aurora75
01-03-08, 09:51
Hello (I am new here), :)
I would really like to hear someones opinion on this:
Since a week before Christmas I started having skipped beats en masse (about 50-60 a day I guess). I went to the doctor and she said it was stress.
In February I started having days without skipped beats, but mostly they are here every day.
I think it might be true I have a lot of stress in my life:
Studies at university (both my husband and I) and therefore very poor economy. Way too large workload. Two small children and me doing 85% of the housework. Problems in our relationship (I thought about leaving). And recent death and heartattacks in our family. Plus my dad's having triple by pass next week.
It is just so difficult for me to relate this to my heart acting up. I can not convince myself that it doesn't indicate I am having a physical problem.
1½ year ago I had two EKGs and a 24 holter monitoring because of an episode of extra beats (probably originating from the trouble in our relationship). The EKGs didn't catch any extra beats that I know of, and I was told to be normal. And after half a year the went away again.
I'm in good physical shape, but might tend to have a little too much wine at times (to relax).
The thing that scares me this time with the extra beats, is that they come in series. They might come on every 5-7 beat for maybe half an hour! Especially if I wake up at night or when I go to bed.
I really hate it, and am nervous about this new development in their occurance. My doctor says it doesn't matter how they come and that they're still harmless.
What do you think? Is it ok that they never caught any on the monitoring?
Do you think it is "just" stress?
Thanks for your time. And sorry for mis-spellings. I'm not a native English speaker.
aurora75
I would really like to hear someones opinion on this:
Since a week before Christmas I started having skipped beats en masse (about 50-60 a day I guess). I went to the doctor and she said it was stress.
In February I started having days without skipped beats, but mostly they are here every day.
I think it might be true I have a lot of stress in my life:
Studies at university (both my husband and I) and therefore very poor economy. Way too large workload. Two small children and me doing 85% of the housework. Problems in our relationship (I thought about leaving). And recent death and heartattacks in our family. Plus my dad's having triple by pass next week.
It is just so difficult for me to relate this to my heart acting up. I can not convince myself that it doesn't indicate I am having a physical problem.
1½ year ago I had two EKGs and a 24 holter monitoring because of an episode of extra beats (probably originating from the trouble in our relationship). The EKGs didn't catch any extra beats that I know of, and I was told to be normal. And after half a year the went away again.
I'm in good physical shape, but might tend to have a little too much wine at times (to relax).
The thing that scares me this time with the extra beats, is that they come in series. They might come on every 5-7 beat for maybe half an hour! Especially if I wake up at night or when I go to bed.
I really hate it, and am nervous about this new development in their occurance. My doctor says it doesn't matter how they come and that they're still harmless.
What do you think? Is it ok that they never caught any on the monitoring?
Do you think it is "just" stress?
Thanks for your time. And sorry for mis-spellings. I'm not a native English speaker.
aurora75