Hey guys,
I've got an issue when dealing with my ectopic beats during exercise. just to give you a little bit of background information. I get about 50 ectopic beats a day to show on my 24hr holter monitor, has a successful stress (no issues even though I had 3 during the test), blood work normal, and about a 100 ECG's that have shown no signs of faulty heart......it took me two years to get a doctor to schedule me in for these test, he said I'm too young and healthy to have any issues. 27/m anyways..... I get heart thuds, flutters, skipped, missed beats whatever you want to call em I get em. From weak ones to hard ones, ones that I can shake off and others that kick me back like I got booted in the chest by a horse. I get maybe 1 randomly noticeable one everyday or every few days. EXCEPT if.....and I mean IF....they are exercise induced or elevated heart rate induced. doesn't matter what I do, if im shoveling snow off my driveway, hiking a vigorous trail, having sex, running, turning a stiff valve at work, taking the laundry from the basement to my bedroom upstairs....BOOOOM! I get em. I can almost feel exactly when its going to strike when I'm doing any type of exertion. its consistent, meaning every time!
With all this said, I ve quit my job when I had no idea what was going on, I quit sports, I quit gym, I stop getting excited during football games, I don't rush to get anywhere, instead I make excuses to keep my heartrate low (resting heart rate 72) and avoid all exertion at all costs. its ruined my life, lost my job, its put strain on my relationships wit family and girlfriend. Doctors tell me to get lost pretty much and to get over it. and I Just can't get over it. the harder I try the more scared I become.
any advice on this matter from people who suffer from exercise induced ectopics, am I the only one? I read everyone that say exercise makes them go away where as for me exercise provokes them. after I get them I freak out go into panic, chest hurts rest of the day, left arm feels weird, and I'm left the rest of the day in disappointment. Any advice is appreciated. for now I will continue to avoid all exertion to avoid this terrible feeling.