Heart Flutter

zeus · Post by **zeus** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:17 pm

I have had anxiety for 6 years now. While I have had many symptoms, my biggest fear are heart related fears.

I have had racing heart. Heart skips (fels like a heart pause then hard beat) and heart flutters.

Tonight I had a run of about 3-4 flutters in a row, not used to that. It lasted 3-4 seconds. Anyone else get this?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:34 pm

I too have had the anxiety and panic brought on by heart fears. I've gone through many tests, and I have something called PVC's. Basically they feel like beat beat beat pause BIG BEAT. Sometimes it actually feels like I lose my breath, and occasionally I'll get dizzy. 2 Cardiologist have look into this and tell me that 90 percent of people have these, most don't notice them, but we anxious people pay way to much attention to the way we feel, looking for something to go wrong, that we feel every pause and flutter. They've reassured me that it is fine, and completely harmless. One offered me Atenolol for the PVC's and said it may or may not work, so I didn't take them. I take enough for my anxiety. So, I've learned to ignore them, yes, still have them, but finally am convinced they won't kill me after about 7 yrs of having them off and on. They are aggravated by stress (HA), lack of sleep, CAFFEINE, sugar, and eating too large of a meal. Hope it helps, on these boards you are NEVER alone

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:36 am

Thank you for your reply.

So you are saying you have had the rapid succession of them for a few seconds like I did?

I am used to the pauses and a skip feeling or hard heart beat after a pause, but this was a little different. But it's what my husband describes he gets when they happen to him.

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:44 am

Yes, I've had the runs of tachycardia too. Its weird, they come out of nowhere, I don't even have to be exerting myself. It actually just happened this am while taking my kids to school, in the car, and it was and always is scary, but I've been checked out so I tell myself to let it go.

sleeplessinseattle · Post by **sleeplessinseattle** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:46 am

how long did it last for you?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:55 pm

That is what my hearts does and has done in the past-aggrivating isn't it? It makes us think we have some heart condition that might kill us when really we are just blowing things out of proportion in our heads. I think it all has to with anxiety because I have been checked numerous times and even was told was I had SVT and WPW but then the doc kind of joked around like I was the girl who freaked out physically over fixing to get married. I think when we are anxiety proned any kind of life change bothers us. We are just so sensitive to life-I guess that is what makes us special:)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:03 pm

Usually the rapid heart thing would last less than about 10 to 20 seconds or less. Almost like a weird quiver. PVCs if I provoke them can last for hours, I'll have 7 or more in a minute sometimes, but doc after doc says no harm. Oh well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:32 pm

I TOO HAVE HAD RACING HEART AND FLUTTERING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW IT STARTED LAST JUNE IT IS VERY SCARY I HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS DOCTORS INCLUDIND CARDIOLOGIST IN WHICH THEY HAVE RAN NUMEROUS TEST ON ME AND THEY TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG I HAVE BEEN TO THE ER 10 TO 20 TIMES IN THIS YEAR THINKING I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK THEY HAVE PUT ME ON SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDICINE THEY TELL ME IT IS ANXIETY AND I NEED TO RELAX EASIER SAID THEN DONE MY HEART RATE HAS GOTTEN UP TO 165 BEATS A MINUTE AND I WILL FEEL VERY DIZZY WHEN IT FLUTTERS I GET SO SCARED IT TRIGGERS OFF A PANIC ATTACK I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN I HAVE ALOT OF CAFFEINE SO I HAVE TRIED TO CUT BACK I JUST STARTED THE PROGRAM 2 DAYS AGO I HAVE NOT RECIEVED BY PACKAGE IN THE MAIL YET I SURE HOPE IT HELPS THE ANXIETY AND FAST HEART RATE IS REALLY GETTING TO ME

baby_g · Post by **baby_g** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:09 pm

I have this to, and I get them periodically, I have been all my life and am still fine. When I told my cardiologist he did not even run tests on me, so sure that it was completely normal. Last week I had two long ones in a row and I admit they scared me but the more I think about them, at no point during when I have them do I feel dizzy nor weak, nor do I ever feel like passing out. It is merely uncomfortable, and sometimes there is a slight pain but that is it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:06 am

Hi All, I have what I call heart palpitations all the time. I have been checked as well. I have had these skips, palpitations last for a long as two hours and I am still here. Clearly whatever it is has not killed me. I think it has to do with anxiety. That does not mean that I don't get scared when it happens. Also, we who monitor EVERY feeling in our bodies have just gotten hyper-sensitive to all body feelings. I wish us all peace and health! I just started the program, lesson one - week one. I have high hopes!!!