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HelpMeJB · May 11, 2021

Hi! My wife actually gets that exact same thing when she is under a lot of stress. When her stress levels go high she gets a really bad irregular heartbeat.

I can definitley say that those of us that suffer from HA there is definite chance our stress levels are high.

Maybe some solace for you hopefully!

Cuchculan · May 11, 2021

Just my own take on it. I always say that something very serious does not stop for 4 days and then come back. If anybody had anything really serious wrong with them, it would be the same every day, right the way around the clock. I would take comfort in that one small fact. Ask yourself why they stopped for 4 days? If it was something over the top serious. Why give you 4 days off? Did you do something on those 4 days that is any different to what you have been doing over the past few days? Something that made it stop. Just disappear for those 4 days. Friday will be here before you know it. But right now you are fully focused on your heart. You are expecting them to happen. I would never count how many heartbeats I had in a minute. That is only asking for more trouble. Nobody can stop you running to the hospital. That part is up to you. You could do that if you really felt you had to. If it would give you peace of mind. That is a choice only you can make.

Cuchculan · May 11, 2021

No need to say sorry after making a post. You were concerned for yourself. That is what we are here for. To help people like yourself out. Just do your best to try and remain calm until Friday. Then you go see somebody and can have everything checked out. Then we will all know how exactly you are. Stress can cause us so much pain at times. Things going on all around us and not much we can do about it. Important to note that we can't always fix problems for others. There are times we might just have to watch on from a distance. Is when we take everything in, it really brings us down. Hope you will be fine. Just 3 more days. Then you see a doctor. You can do this.

bin_tenn · May 11, 2021

If you're having PVCs, the general consensus (per Google, so ask your own doctor to confirm) seems to be that 10-15% of heartbeats being PVCs in a 24hr period is considered normal. Anything more is generally considered excessive. That's also what my friend's cardiologist told her a while back, except they told her 20% is the upper threshold for normal. She started having frequent palpitations, lasting days on end, and she had never had (or at least never noticed) them before. Her heart is just fine, she takes a beta blocker now and that's helped. She was at 15% and they only gave her a med because she was having other symptoms.

I think you'll be just fine waiting to see your doctor on Friday. I understand how uncomfortable the can feel though, and it can definitely make you feel like "I can't wait!" If you start feeling symptomatic palpitations (chest pain, shortness of breath, numbness/tingling, dizzy, etc) maybe try to get in sooner, or go to urgent care. From what I've heard, and through my own experiences, it seems asymptomatic palpitations are often much less of a concern. But I'm no doctor, so don't take my advice as 100% fact...

suzzeeb · May 11, 2021

I have posted before about my situation with PVCs (skipped beats). I had 4000 in 24 hours, which was every few seconds, for almost a year before I decided to have an ablation done, which pretty much took care of 90% of them. I get them still but not even close to how they were. The electrophysiologist who did it said I would have been fine even if I did not have the ablation, and they would not have hurt my heart in any way. I just couldn't deal with them, but it was an elective procedure. My husband has episodes of bigeminy which is a skipped beat, regular beat, skipped beat, regular beat, etc. Every other beat basically. He take a beta blocker when that happens and that stops them. Beta blockers didn't work for mine. They really are just annoying and nothing life threatening. Look up Sanjay Gupta MD (cardiologist) - he has tons of information on them online. Getting checked out will make you feel better for sure, but in the meantime just know they are not as serious as they feel. They are super annoying and distracting but that's usually about it. Hope you feel better soon!

bin_tenn · May 12, 2021

Your doctor will indeed take great care of you, that's their job.

This is why avoiding the doctor isn't a great idea, *especially* when we feel like something is very wrong. Lots of folks with anxiety (and I did this once upon a time as well) refuse to go to the doctor "in case they find something wrong." I mean, that's part of what doctors are there for, to find things that may be wrong and help us fix them. No worries, I think you'll be just fine regardless.

HelpMeJB · May 14, 2021

ThankfulJen said:
So, not much reassurance from the doctors appointment. They took blood for labs. And I was going to get a heart monitor but one won't be available until Monday. She told me that it could be anxiety but since it's been going on so long they want to check for other things like thyroid issues, anemia, gerd, etc. She gave me some medication for gerd to see if that changes anything. I'm having a really hard time not being scared to death. I keep thinking what if it's c causing this? And, of course, when she checked my pulse I wasn't having any. And I even felt myself and wasn't having any. No. Thay came after I left the office! Go figure! I'm shaking and finding it hard to hit the right letters on here..

Hey! You are going to be alright, I am currently going through an issue with an abdominal pain that has me worried out of my mind. My wife (a Nurse) told me the worst thing we can do is think about the big C. Almost 99 percent of issues are treatable, I am in your boat though my mind loves to go right to the worst possible diagnosis.

Like a poster said earlier, your doctor has your best interest in mind and will be happy to help you through everything, that is their job.

Stay strong! You got this!

HelpMeJB · May 15, 2021

ThankfulJen said:
Thank you for the positive words and encouragement. I really appreciate it. I guess them being more thorough about what's going on with me is what I actually wanted. A solid answer would be wonderful. You stay strong too!! We got this!

Yes, I actually will be seeing my Doctor this coming week and hopefully I get an answer. I am of course anxious about this answer but hopefully I get one!

I need that answer as to really help my anxiety! We both got this!

Phillies Phan · May 15, 2021

While of course I’m not medically trained, I am an expert in suffering from HA. I have worried about so many symptoms in my life that it’s insane. I know of no serious disease whose symptoms involve the heartbeat issues you‘re dealing with. All of the things your doctor is checking for are easily addressed if they turn out to be the cause. All benign.

One thing I try to keep in mind when I’m in an episode; the odds of “xyz” symptom being of a serious origin is very small, and those of us with HA underestimate our ability to deal with whatever is causing our problem.

Everything’s going to be OK. (EGBOK).

bin_tenn · May 15, 2021

They're doing what they think is necessary to rule out different causes (eg thyroid). I understand the anxiety in anticipation of tests and results, but try not to worry. It's going to be fine. And you're right, this is indeed what we want from a doctor, but we all understand how convincing and irrational anxiety can be.

Hang in there, you'll be alright! And of course we'll be here to help you along the way. How are you feeling overall today?

Cuchculan · May 15, 2021

What is the lesson learned from all of this? You say that after the appointment your beats were irregular. So do we take it that during the appointment they were all good? Which is normally the case. So now we ask ourselves, what can happen to make something come and go? That is the big question. If I was the doctor I would have done things a little bit different. ( Here is were Bin gets those dirty thought again

) But there are tests were they can have you on an exercise bike for five minutes even. Make you work your heart. Then check it out at various times over a period of the next 20 minutes or so. If it was something serious, your heart would be going mental and it would not stop. But if you simply relaxed and there was no sign of anything wrong 20 minutes after such a test, that would speak for itself. Some places do these tests. They make a lot of sense. Your worry is your heart. Make your heart work and beat faster whilst they are there next to you.

I do take medication for GERD. One PPI every morning. Not saying it is that. But you did have that tummy ache after eating and on other occasions after eating your heart did kick into play. Obvious question to ask there is did you ever have any acid reflux at all? Not talking small amount. Talking big time. Comes up from the stomach into the throat area. You would know if it was happening. It can make you feel all hot and set the anxiety off. Along with the heart racing. Very obvious to know if you ever had that. Thing with me was it was making me throw up all the time. Turned into gastritis. Got me well known in the hospital. Were I would end up a lot of times because of it. Which finally caused the burst ulcer. Hence I am saying most people would know if they had acid reflux. Doesn't always get as bad as mine got. Hardly ever does. PPI is meant to help that to never come back. But a bit pointless putting a person on medication if they don't have something. So unless you told them you had acid reflux, I am kind of lost as to how they arrived at that conclusion.

Then you head back home. Slap on a film with the girls and everything seems fine again. Distraction seems to work in stopping it. Quiet time, when you have time to think, and the mind becomes active, seems to be the worst time for you. I take it another visit is on the cards? Maybe, and I mean just maybe, make a suggestion that they check your heart out by making it beat a lot faster. Like I said at the start of my post. That will be a real heart test. Just see what they have to say about that. Even if it is anxiety, your mind won't like having to pump your heart as fast as it can go. It might hate that. So to do it with a doctor there only makes sense.

So concludes my book.

bin_tenn · May 15, 2021

ThankfulJen said:
Not all heroes wear capes

Who's to say I don't? You don't know me!...

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