Just Arrhythmia? Please Help! Posted: 05-01-05 13:15pm
I am 23 female. 3 weeks ago I had an
episode of feeling faint, and my heart
started pounding for about 20 minutes. I
freaked out and went to the hospital.
They said I was dehydrated, which I found
weird because I had a lot of water that
morning. After that day, I have not felt
myself. I went to the doctor complaining
of very short periods of my heart beating
fast, feeling faint, feeling "anxious" at
times, and my throat for some reason
feeling "tight". After wearing the holtor
monitor, and numerous blood tests(which
came out perfect), she told me I have
arrhythmia. She didn't seem concerned,
said I had a "not serious" kind. However,
she said to document my feelings over the
next 3 weeks, and if I keep having
symptoms, she is going to send me to a
cardiologist. Since then, I have not felt
rapid heartbeats, but I seem to feel
"on-edge" all of the time. I am obsessed
with this and think I am going to drop
dead at any minute of the day. Could this
just be anxiety from worrying so much? Or
could she be wrong and could I have
something much more serious?
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Pika
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 47 Location: Australia
Posted: 05-16-05 02:12am
Hi stix,
please refer to my post to chris 321 early
today. I think you need the dr to catch
it when your palpitation is on.
Good luck.
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evee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 8
Posted: 05-16-05 23:44pm
Interesting that a friend of mine at
church has just been through the same
thing, except that her doctor said that
she is having anxiety attacks. I don't
know what meds she is on, but when she is
having these attacks she takes some
medicine and waits for the rapid heart
rate to slow down. The doctors say that
her heart is fine. She seems to have
these attacks when she is in a room full
of people. I hope this is helpful to
you. She is about your age and I know
how disturbing this has been to her.
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mountainskydancer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-13-05 05:03am
Stix!!
Im a 30 yr old who just had my
fourth baby and my last week of pregnancy
I had like 10 palpitations a minute for
hours for daysat times with chest pain..I
was so scared...Then after I gave birth it
started again but for like 3 weeks every
minmute all day and stuff ..I had holter
moniter,blood tests,cardio gram and echho
cardiogram(ultrasound of my heart)and they
said it all looks normal and they just
dont know why my heart is doing thisand
the said my blood flow was normal to my
heart.. When I was asleep my hert beat
would go down to 35 ( thats slower than
the heart beats outside its own body!) and
up to 130 ....Well I gave up smoking and
it got much much better I only have mabe 2
0r 3 a day at times 2 a week...Sometimes I
get a few a hour again,,,, I dont know why
my heart does it nor do the
doctors"sighs"so im with you and dont
worry the head cardioligist of the unit
sais hes been living with it for years and
hes ok (hes 60) so yeah good luck there
sister
