Heart palpatations-help

[Fed_up123]

The first time I notice my anxiety was when I got my first palpatation it made me really nervous that I drove myself to the hospital. My heart was racing and I thought I was going to drop on the floor from all the symptoms. I'm talking about light headed, fear of death, not being able to understand anything, the rush that just rips throughout your body the sweaty hands everything just look like it was moving in slow motion. I wanted to run I wanted help and all the hospital staff did was tell me to sign in and have a seat. I look at this person like wtf.. but only thoughts .... and what was that 1st thought for .... it just opened the door for anything negetive to think .. one after another ... I finally grab the cell from to call a family member to come to my aid... I didn't know what was wrong with me, I thought I was going to lose my mind. I felt neglected and I turned over to the waiting area and saw a sink .. and just ran to it and started drowning myself in water all over my face and neck as if I was on drugs.. by this point I didn't care what anyone thought off me, not to mention that I left my car in the ambulance bay with all my windows down because even tho I was breathing I couldn't get enough air.... thought after thought.... I finally get called in to triage and my blood pressure is perfect and the nurse looks at me and says what seems to be the emergency... I take a look at the gauge and say idk you tell me.... embarass now I'm saying to myself wtf is wrong with me... my family member runs in yelling my name... I take a look at my love one and say I'm okay just need to be seen by a doctor... The nurse then tells me to wait back outside and the doctor would be calling me shortly... I'm in the waiting area and hear trauma bay into the er code what ever over the intercom .... 5 hours goes by waiting !!! I decide to screw the doctor I feel fine again I'm going home... On my drive home lucky my car was in one piece... all I can remember is saying to myself maybe i'm spending to much time in the house playing my Ps3 and that I should cutt back a little.... and I would be just fine and things would feel normal again... 2 weeks later 4 visits to the er and stacks of hospital bills from ekg to blood work wearing a 24 hr heart monitor everything you can name I had done.... I wanted someone to find something wrong so that I can be fix and take meds and feel fine again... Truth is they can't but even with me knowing that it's only anxiety it's still a bit over powering... My family thinks I'm crazy... because I get anxiety!! Does anyone get pain in the center of the chest or right by the heart... or like muscle twitches thoughout the body???

[marambula]

Wow, AS I am reading this I am thinking this sounds just like me !! I started having chest pain about a year ago I have been to the ER twice and back to my doctor numerous times for EKG and blood work.. always is fine.. That should be good right ? But then why when I come home and feel any sort of twinge or pain or skipped beat do I freak out ? I am trying to teach myself that the anxiety causes the strange heart symptoms not the other way around.. I am only 29 and do not have a heart problem I just wish I could make my mind believe that..

[Why Me]

Dear healing soon, thank you, thank you. I thought i was all alone. I too suffer from heart Palpation, for as long as i can remember. Because of this condition i've stoped talking to family and friends, and doing anything i used to enjoy doing. It comes from no where. Happy or sad. All day long i have them even when things are going good, it's really bad. It got so bad one time, I passed out. I thought i had died and went to hell, and i believe this is my Hell. My punishment from GOD. I wish i could give you advice, but i can't. It's just part of my life. It's become the norm for me. Good luck, Feel better! Why Me

[jtswenson]

I too have struggled with these for years. Sometimes worse than others. The scariest thing for me was it was never even mentioned to me by a doctor that it could be stress/anxiety related. I just went on to another test. I went to specialists and different tests and everything checks out just fine. This can be very frustrating. I was getting them so often and so strongly at work, that I would have to go home because I thought I was going to pass out and I felt so cruddy. I would also feel like I was full of gas that I couldn't get rid of and that pressure was helping to cause the palps. I ended up having to quit the job because I was missing so much time feeling like crap. Almost immediately after the stress of dealing with whether I would work or not and whether I was letting people down was gone, my palps improved substantially. This really helped me to believe that it could just be stress/anxiety and not until I did my own research did I find that palps are almost always caused by such. Obviously, it's a good idea to have yourself checked out, and most of us have, but if there's any way that you can reduce stress and remind yourself that it's most likely caused from that, you'll be better off. God bless you!

[luvu4u2003]

I have PVC's 24/7. I first noticed them a month after my brother died. I was under extreme stress due to dealing with arrangments for him, not eating right, i quit exercising, not sleeping, I was holding my whole family together, and trying to cope with the fact that my first funeral ever was one that not only did I have to plan, but was one where I would see my best friend in the whole world (my big brother) laying in a box. I know that stress did this to me because I felt great before the funeral. I was very active. How do we fix it?! I have had 2 stress tests, 2 echos, 4 ekgs, multiple blood work ups and a holter monitor.$3,000 later in med bills and ER visits, My heart is in great shape. But still, I have PVC's every other beat all day every day. I have come to the conclusion that, We all need a potassium, magnesium and fish oil supplement and a really freaking looooonnnnngggg vacation . ... love to you all..

[KMMeyer]

Mine are much worse around that time of the month as well. In fact, I'm currently undergoing a series of tests from my OBGYN to try to figure out what is causing them. Are these seriously just from anxiety???