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Heart worries

Grace360

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Is anyone else scared of having an undiagnosed heart condition, like me? Like I'm afraid I have an arrhythmia or like superventicular tachardiya or like some heart condition and that it'll just stop my heart one day or even while I'm sleeping and then that's it. I feel like I should be rational and say they would've found it by now but sometimes that isn't the case. I was afraid because at work today I felt a thump in my heart, it felt like it skipped a beat. I even felt like I stopped breathing for moment. Maybe it was just panic but still.
It happened about three times today, the thumpy feeling in my heart like it skipped beats.
 
TruthHurts

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Palpitations.... how much caffeine do you drink in a day?
 
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Palpitations can happen for no reason, everyone experiences them at one time or another, and they can also be triggered by anxiety.
 
bin_tenn

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Grace360 said:
I'm paranoid about caffeine, so I usually never will exceed 100mg. Today I just had 26mg
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Caffeine is a stimulant, and any amount can contribute to palpitations and other side effects. Also, as Iugrad said, they can happen for no apparent reason. They're not inherently abnormal, at all.
 
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Hon, I am going on my 4th day with them. I get them off and on. More so as I've gotten older. I have no heart desease. No heart problem. My lungs are good. I go to bed at night and wake up the next day. I know they are scary. Believe me. But they are especially common with anxiety! So I think you are very safe!
 
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ThankfulJen said:
Hon, I am going on my 4th day with them. I get them off and on. More so as I've gotten older. I have no heart desease. No heart problem. My lungs are good. I go to bed at night and wake up the next day. I know they are scary. Believe me. But they are especially common with anxiety! So I think you are very safe!
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Good to see such positive words from you in this post.
 
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