Should I worry

[Kellz75]

Hi everyone a quick history about myself I have cptsd and anxiety I have been getting palpitations for a while now even a couple of trips to a&e had ECG at a&e had blood test everything fine had my gp refer me for 24 hour tracer results came back with two short narrow complex tachycardia been Doctor didn't seem that bothered I had to ask him so what happens now and he said he will contact cardiology for advice they said put her on bisoprolol and refer her but non urgent I didn't want to stop the propranolol I'm on for anxiety so my gp said as long as I'm taking a beta blocker it's fine to stay on them instead of going on bisoprolol I take 40mg of propranolol morning and evening but I find I'm still getting plapitaions my question is should I be worried about the two short narrow complex tachycardia my health anxiety is up the wall I'm so worried I've got something seriouslywrong with me

[Buffafly]

Hi, as you have had tests seen by cardiology and they have no urgent concern I should try not to worry. I have little bursts of tachycardia every day and before I knew what the various flip flops I get were I was very anxious too, still don’t like it. You have been lucky because your GP has taken you seriously as we have heard many stories on here of people whose palpitations were dismissed as ‘anxiety’. It is true that anxiety causes palpitations but palpitations cause anxiety 🙄 Bisoprolol can also be used for anxiety but seems to be considered the best for palpitations so you might want to think about trying it. Best wishes 💜

[Kellz75 in reply to Buffafly]

Hi buffafly thank you for your reply it's just so hard not to worry my mum had heart disease and loads of other problems but many due to unhealthy life style I'm on cholesterol tablets but it's just a prevention my LDL was a little higher but not a big problem just put on them because of family history I feel I drive the doctors crazy think that's why I got referral lol

[Physalis]

I think the short answer is you shouldn't worry. Your GP is not bothered and, compared with lots of people on this board, your symptoms are quite minor.

Sanjay Gupta who is a cardiologist in York has put several useful videos up on line. One was about a patient who had twenty thousand ectopics (palpitations) a day and he didn't see it as a problem. However, this one may be helpful to you

youtube.com/watch?v=-i3b-ur...(Not working as expected?)

and I started looking at this facebook.com/watch/?v=33413... . It is about about medication that worked but I didn't watch it all.

Anyone bothered by ectopics might be interested.

[Kellz75 in reply to Physalis]

Hi physalis thanks for your reply it's will have a look at the videos

[The_Lord_is_with_Us]

I had to laugh! You had 'worry' in your title .... and worry 2 or 3 times in the body of your post.

That's how I used to be. I had the worst case of acute Generalized Anxiety Disorder you can probably have, 20 years ago. Full body muscle twitching .. laying in fetal position on floor feeling adrenaline like electrical charges surging through my nerves .... could not sleep ..... worried about dying (of some kind of ailment) .... worried about family I'd leave behind ... had balance problems .... tunnel vision .... aching, sore muscles ... continuous thoughts that would not stop ... fear . . . panic attacks with a pounding heart up into my throat . . . on and on.

Once I found out what I had, that was the beginning of healing. First they put me on meds to break the anxiety cycle. They wanted me on SSRI's for life as I was calming down. But, I wasn't going for that.

I began to meditate, eat and live healthily, take calming tea and supplements, and learn to 'think' correctly about things. Read a couple books about 'thinking' and Cognitive Behavioral Training.

In those books, I could see all the mistaken thinking I had been doing. For example, Not catastrophizing about things that have not even happened yet (as I see a little of that in your post). Another example is always thinking in two extremes of black & white, not considering all the outcome variations of grey in between those two polar extremes. Soon, the paper tiger began to slowly fade away.

During that troubling time, I still got a great job during employment search ... dealt with AFIB .... had my 4th ablation recently (flew down to Los Angeles by myself during COVID in OCT 2020). Back during my early recovery from anxiety, there were times when my GAD (anxiety) wanted to keep me hidden, fearful and down, but I refused.

I don't think your tachycardia is the primary problem. It's probably insignificant. But, there's still work you need to do on your anxiety. It's not difficult ... and you'll be amazed how fast it recedes.

[Kellz75 in reply to The_Lord_is_with_Us]

Hi sounds alot like me now I also have cptsd aswell as anxiety I was seeing a psychologist for over a year but due to budget cuts in uk I've had to stop my treatment until July my health anxiety is at its peck atm i do have anxiety attacks I have travel phobia I worry alot about my mother's illnesses that she had before she died 8 years ago she had copd diabetes heart failure high blood pressure i do smoke and trying to stop I'm 45 it's never too late the doctor tells me so part of me is convinced I have copd aswell as heart problems I've been looking in to yoga I've had a intereste for a long time now but have social anxiety so find it very difficult to speak face to face hope your well

[Buffafly in reply to Kellz75]

You can see Tai Chi instructions online on YouTube. Tai Chi is very calming and teaches controlled breathing, also I think ‘safer’ than Yoga because you can injure yourself if you overdo Yoga positions. My Tai Chi instructor moved to Zoom classes.

[KMRobbo]

No don't worry. Worry make a everything heart related worse, it's a viscious circle.Stop worrying and break the circle.

Not medically trained, just experience of afib and a flutter, both banished by ablations . I still get ectopics 3 years later but IMO worrying about them made them worse so I stopped . Now I don't really notice them , and even if I do I still dont worry.

Note that everyone has some missed beats/ ectopics, BUT until you have issues they go unnoticed. Then you focus on EVERYTHING, which becomes an issue.

[Kellz75 in reply to KMRobbo]

Thanks for reply I'm suppose because I don't know what's happening or what two short narrow complex tachycardia is important stressing last night had a bad night hardly any sleep because I got myself in a state worrying about the plapitaions I do need to find ways to chill my anxiety rules my life atm it's very tiring