THOUGHT I HAD GOT OVER THIS!!!

[linjane]

Hi Meg,
I have been taking Magnesium (400mg a day is the dosage) for months now and to be honest have not really seen an improvement. I have now switched to Osteocare which combines Magnesium and Calcium. I also take Vitamin B Complex from Holland and Barrett, which should help my anxiety and again have been taking this for months too, but I am still plagued by these missing beats. As I have said previously, for me at least they seem to be worse when my hormones are at work, from day 25-26 of a cycle until day 15-19 of the next cycle. I don't know if this is just coincidence.
Also, in a previous post you asked me about how long I had tried yoga for. (I did reply to you with a private message, but I don't think you have received it) I tried it for a few sessions, but found I couldn't 'do the breathing' properly i.e. as you are raising your arm breathe in deeply :- if I had already taken a breath I was doing a double breath! Don't know if that makes sense to you a bit hard to describe but I couldn't combine the two. I know I do not take enough time out for relaxation methods and I know my lifestyle is busy and stressful, but I do let the missed beats cause me unnecessary anxiety because they do, for some stupid reason, terrify me! It does not seem logical that I can have them for days/weeks on end and they are not doing my heart any harm. From what I can gather from everyone else who has them, they appear to be less dangerous than palpitations, which thankfully, I don't get so often. When I have had episodes of these I could literally feel that my heart was out of rhythm but I panicked and made it much worse. Touch wood, this hasn't happened for months now but I still have to put up with the ectopic heartbeat. I have given up on my doctor, but my nurse is sympathetic but adamant that I do not need any medication.
Sorry to have gone - Again! I would just be grateful for any advice.
Take care,
Linda.

[Meg]

I hope you are keeping a ectopic diary then and if you can show clearly via this that your cycle is the cause then do ask your GP for a hormone screen and referral onwards to a specialist.

Sounds like your yoga teacher hadn't got her breath control teaching correct. It does all syncronize correctly if she counts it in properly.





Meg
www.overcominganxiety.co.uk
You cannot conquer fear until you have learned what it is you're afraid of. The enemy is ignorance. Vivian Vance

[linjane]

Hi Meg
Nobody has ever asked me to keep an ectopic diary, least of all my doctor. I am just waiting to see what the next few days bring, but I had quite a bad day yesterday - not for me, my daughter was having problems at school and it got quite intense and was left unresolved and then a coach driver hit my car - luckily we weren't in it at the time, but he denied it until a witness came forward, it was basically just a really stressful day - during most of it I had missed beats which I could quite understand because I was so worked up! I am now worrying how my daughter will cope because what has happened at school is not going to have a good effect on her.
What help could I get if they were due to my hormones and also, could there be a any chance that they are just an early sign of the menopause. I am 38 now (something else that depresses me!!!!!!joking (sort of!!!)
Be grateful of your advice,
Linda.