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Woke up this morning at about 0300 and immediately noticed two successive skipped beats and that the heart seemed to be “quivering”. I have posted on this before; it feels like a shivering sensation. When I checked my pulse it was regular and fairly slow. I took a Kardia reading and it indicated that all was normal. I don’t think I had been in AF as I had also woken 45 mins earlier and not noticed anything- normally PAF would last longer than 45 mins. When I place my hand over the heart there was no indication of the quivering or shivering sensation and I am not completely certain it originates from the heart. When I have posted on this before, some people suggested that it could be atrial flutter. Some flutter was noted on a couple of ECG’s, but this was always during an episode of what I thought was PAF, and never involved the quivering. So it remains something of s mystery. When I reported it to the local cardiac nurses they were dismissive, saying it might not even be the heart. I am wondering whether I should ask for further investigation or whether this can be dismissed. If it was atrial flutter, wouldn’t this show up in Kardia and wouldn’t I have some awareness of a rapid beat? The sensation, unlike PAF, always goes after about 10 mins, particularly if I get up.

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CDreamer

I sort of know what you maybe talking about. I wouldn’t call it a shivering sensation. Sometimes I get what I can only call an adrenaline rush type feeling and a sort of shakiness around my diaphragm area and sometimes accompanied by a sort of weak feeling. I interpret that as my ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) cutting in which certainly would respond to multiple ectopics, low BP, low HR or a startle response.

If any of that resonates with you I would suggest you read up on ANS and how it functions and sometimes dysfunctions. I found this video tutorial the most comprehensive and simple to understand explanation.

youtu.be/3a_aLsFvNWs

I have ANS dysfunction which affects my BP and gives me POTS and I find I am hyper alert to any changes in my body. More centres are now testing for ANS dysfunction but trying to get a referral is not easy.

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This sounds like something different; the only symptom I get is the “shivering” which passes when I stand up. It is fairly infrequent and always happens at night. The room wasn’t cold. On this occasion I also noticed a couple of ectopics when I woke up. It’s a mystery!

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This sounds like what I have, I've just posted about it now.......I don't get dizzy but a real heightened state, a very odd sensation it scares the life out if me...

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There seem to be lots of different “quiverings”!

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JohnEagel

Yeah, I reckon I know exactly what you are talking about. I have the same feeling sometimes and I know it is not a PVC or a PAC. It just happpens very short between normal beats. Like a flutter for 1 sec. I will upload a pic and have marked the spot what I call my quivering.

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J

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Buffafly

I sometimes get a quivering or shuddering feeling, usually when lying down. Since I discovered there is nothing really holding your heart in place apart from the tubes attached to it I have assumed (especially as I have a wonky back) that it's being poked or pushed by something it doesn't like or a line is a bit kinked - probably totally wrong but I doubt anybody is going to investigate it 😊

I rang the cardiac nurses today and they were again rather dismissive saying ” it doesn’t sound like anything we have heard of.”

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JaneFinn

I’m not sure if my experience is similar to anything you (or anyone else!) is experiencing ... But for years I’ve intermittently experienced short periods of a kind of buzzing/vibrating / quivering sensation in my heart area. Even as a child I remember lying in bed and feeling like a cat was purring in my chest!

I recently developed AF and had a loop recorder implanted. I had a buzzing/vibrating etc incident not long after that - and nothing at all showed up on my loop recorder! So it seems it’s not actually about the heart rhythm in my case...

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Lahodges10

I get this! It’s horrible 😭

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