Describe your palpitations

[never2late]

Those of you posting on this thread may find the following quite interesting, or you may not . . . but I'll post it and take my chances.

I have been relatively palpitation-free since the end of July. Yes, every so often I will experience one or two, but I could not tell you the last time that I felt one (I get the top four choices of the poll here -- but the worst, by far, is the feeling associated with the "flutter at the bottom of the rib cage and momentary loss of breath").

However (now here is the interesting part):

Today, I found a thread in one of the other sections where someone was talking about their heart (and anxiety issues associated with it).

I decided to post, and tell about how rapid heart rate, skipped beats and very high blood pressure sent me to the hospital for the first time in 52 years on July 28 of this year. AND, how I have been panic attack free since then.

I made my post and went around reading other threads.

And what do you think happened?

I got a skipped beat sitting here.

After getting it, I momentarily felt that initial burst of adrenaline, and got another.

So I got up out of my chair and began to walk around. I would get one every so often.

Knowing what was going on -- and the fact that I survived the terrible ordeal in July -- I knew I was not in any danger. Although that is VERY hard to convince oneself of right in the middle. It took a bit of time before I found myself "coming back down" from it -- but I did not cross over into panic, and for that I am giving myself a high five.

It seems -- and I'm not just imagining this -- that I would get these in the past shortly after thinking about them. Even if I had been skipped-beat free for a long time, if something would make me think of getting them. I'd get them!

And so it was again today.

Does anyone else seem to find the same thing? Remember, it only takes a external "suggestion" to trigger. One does not have to be thinking specifically of skipped beats. If you've ever been taken to the hospital for them, seeing a hospital on TV is enough of a suggestion for the subconscious mind.

Think about it . . . or, on second thought, don't think about it!

[tHamera]

Those of you posting on this thread may find the following quite interesting, or you may not . . . but I'll post it and take my chances.

I have been relatively palpitation-free since the end of July. Yes, every so often I will experience one or two, but I could not tell you the last time that I felt one (I get the top four choices of the poll here -- but the worst, by far, is the feeling associated with the "flutter at the bottom of the rib cage and momentary loss of breath").

However (now here is the interesting part):

Today, I found a thread in one of the other sections where someone was talking about their heart (and anxiety issues associated with it).

I decided to post, and tell about how rapid heart rate, skipped beats and very high blood pressure sent me to the hospital for the first time in 52 years on July 28 of this year. AND, how I have been panic attack free since then.

I made my post and went around reading other threads.

And what do you think happened?

I got a skipped beat sitting here.

After getting it, I momentarily felt that initial burst of adrenaline, and got another.

So I got up out of my chair and began to walk around. I would get one every so often.

Knowing what was going on -- and the fact that I survived the terrible ordeal in July -- I knew I was not in any danger. Although that is VERY hard to convince oneself of right in the middle. It took a bit of time before I found myself "coming back down" from it -- but I did not cross over into panic, and for that I am giving myself a high five.

It seems -- and I'm not just imagining this -- that I would get these in the past shortly after thinking about them. Even if I had been skipped-beat free for a long time, if something would make me think of getting them. I'd get them!

And so it was again today.

Does anyone else seem to find the same thing? Remember, it only takes a external "suggestion" to trigger. One does not have to be thinking specifically of skipped beats. If you've ever been taken to the hospital for them, seeing a hospital on TV is enough of a suggestion for the subconscious mind.

Think about it . . . or, on second thought, don't think about it!

wow. amazing, that happens to me often - or should i say when i think, "hey, i havent had a flutter in a few days." the BAM a few minutes later or a few hrs later i get the flutter. its cray how that stuff works. it kinda reinforces that its all mental and not a serious condition!

[SKC]

I hate to say that misery loves company, but it is somewhat comforting to know that others have experienced what I've been dealing with for the past few years.

I remember one very frightening episode of irregular heartbeats after I had just left an airplane and was waiting at the baggage claim. I thought for sure that I was going to have a heart attack and that I would die without seeing my family again. Now I dread getting on a plane again for fear that I'll have the same episode. This is going to be a problem as I have a lot of business travel planned this year.

The cardiologist diagnosed me with ectopic heartbeats, but that didn't seem to alleviate my fears. I notice them particularly after I play competitive sports--again, always after the heat of the battle. I guess that's just the adrenaline talking.

Anyway, I'm glad to have this forum to read your experiences and to vent. Thanks.

[Dazo]

My heart feels like it is banging itself out of the body.
It beats so hard and it feels allover my body.

[wjw39]

hi , new to the site .. i get racing heart and palps usually when im having a panic attack but recently im getting them all the time but seem to skip every other beat , sound familiar ?

[valleybear]

Mostly 'skipped beats' which I am told are really early beats, with normal space afterward which gives the impression of missed beat. Have had these for over 20 years on and off and this time every day and loads of times a day! Sometimes fluttery feeling in throat but think this is just another form of ectopics. Rarely racing and no breathlessness with the ectopics

[CGI]

Very similar to the above... premature beat followed by compensatory pause that seems to force breath out; making it hard to breath in. Then the large thud, followed sometimes by a flutter where the throat meets the chest plate... then finally a panic attack.

In fact, I've just come in from a chinese restaurant and had some really nasty flutters and breathlessness at the table. Very scary...

[Anxious_gal]

I've been getting heart palpitations for two years.
I'm awake right now as they are pretty bad!
ok so I will describe the pretty bad ones! as sometimes I get light palpitations too.
my heart is beating very hard,
the pace is erratic, example, two very slow beats, missed beat which feels like a flutter and then a few hard fast beats.
I hate when I can literally feel my heart stop, and sometimes like right now! my heart beat seems to disappear as in I can't feel it!.
other sensations are my chest feeling tight,
Ive also noticed It feels hard to breath as if someone is pressing on the soft spot at the base of my neck.
worse part is when they are bad i get really anxious which makes them worse. the bad ones can last a few hours to a few days!

[HappyNow]

It tends to vary with me. Sometimes, just like bubbles in my chest. Sometimes bangs, often two fast beats every 3-4 'normal' beats.
At worst, it seems like I'm having them all day long, and we all know how bad they feel at night.
My palps even, and I SWEAR this is true, even used to rock the bed - but that was years ago when we had a wooden framed bed and it used to creak just from my palps

Interestingly, I found that I could REALLY feel them by placing my hand to my ribs on my left side - and whoah, ever seen the film 'Alien'!!!!???

Just started on Propranolol again, and.... nothing, just proper sinus

[missheartbeats]

hello my name is debra ive had missed heart beats / paplpitations / since i was 17 years of age , im know 32 , i have depressions and worry about everything , ive been 2 many hearts specialists , and dont haVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE , or abnormal cholesterol , but the herat issues come and go , some dyas i have one others days they are ongoing and it makes me sik , and stressed i can have them 4 no reason even when im happy it will happen , my dad has heart issues hes 65 and my doctors says stress , and anxiety can cause all symptoms , ive been rushjed 2 hospital many times and they stop when i get their , worried had missed heart beats all nite and i was vomiting 2 weeks prior i had them and the docs at the hospital did ecg said nothing any ideas , im on antideprsesents again , will the heart issues stop as it gets to the point im worried my heart will give up , also seems more prevelant around that time of the month any other females have the same , thanks debra