Re: Started Feeling a Lot of Heart Palpitations Tonight
Originally Posted by
Elfking
I don't know what to do and I'm freaking out no matter how much I work to calm down.
Hi Elfking, I had to do a double-take on your username as I read it initially as 'Effing'. I think it's therapy time for me again.
This evening (around 9pm) I felt a particularly big heart palpitation. No big deal, they happen and I know the vast majority mean nothing. Then a few minutes later it happened again. I immediately start to worry.
I have some whoppers. A quick cough and that sorts things out. But sometimes I get what feels like clusters of the buggers. I've had all the heart tests (they were for palps) and I'm fine. I've worn heart monitors 24/7 for a week as part of being tested. Not one ectopic in the entire week! This is how my brain plays with me..
Sounds to me like you had an Ectopic beat and then you scared yourself into fight or flight response. My heart dicks skipping and stuff about when I'm in fight or flight so I know to get my breathing under control pronto because it's a horrible sensation, right?
I Googled things and can see that it is unlikely to be serious but that's not helping me right now.
Ah.... Dr Google!
A few months ago I had two 24-hour ECGs as a result of seemingly random dizziness that seems to have almost certainly been caused by anxiety. The ECGs showed only one abnormal event where my heartbeat briefly raised and then went back to normal but the cardiologist they asked was unconcerned by it.
I had a panic attack during my heart echo and one during my last ECG. My heart almost flipped the pads off my chest is was banging so hard! My doc wasn't bothered even when it came back as 'abnormal' because of the heart rate. Dude knows I start panicking at the sight of a white overcoat these days..
Thing is, they know what they're looking for with heart issues and they know what anxiety looks like. Have faith in those who have put the time in at med school..
Even as I wrote this I've felt another palpitation. I don't know what to do
Cough, drink some cold water (slowly) distract yourself from your scary thoughts..
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