Skipped beat

[Ceelos81]

Hi all

Last night I went to bed and as I layed down I felt 2 strong beats. Sometimes I feel them as well when I bend over or I go from sitting down to making a quick movement. Does anyone else experience this and do you know what it is. Ectopic?

[shermanong]

Try taking 800mg of magnesium daily from magnesium glycinate. 200mg each time. Will not give you diarrhoea. It works for me.

livestrong.com/article/4541...

[Ceelos81 in reply to shermanong]

I’ve read the max is 400mg. More than that you be wasting the supplement as the body can absorb so much. I chose mag glycinate but has since stoped taking it due to me being on beta blocker. Reason is magnesium drops your blood pressure and I hate for it to drop to low being on both.

[pottypete1]

It is likely to be ectopics. Ectopic beats are extra or missed beats and are benign. I have also found that leaning or bending forward can make them happen.

I doubt if it is anything that you should worry about.

Pete

[Ppiman]

I’ve had these all my adult life. They are caused by the heart beat timing altering very slightly or by an extra beat forming, one caused by a slight electrical disturbance in the upper chambers of your heart. They are normal and safe - and very common indeed. Some people have hundreds a day. The doctor that first tested me for this told me he had that many each day - and wasn’t remotely worried!

Steve

[dmjtanner]

I get hundreds of ectopics everyday myself. Very disconcerting at times. It happens a lot when I change positions. Getting up out of bed, going from sitting to standing, laying down after being up and on and on. But usually settles after a few minutes each time. Then I also get just the random ectopic anytime of day. No rhyme or reason. 😂