App with cardio

[Ollie33]

I had my final app with cardio and have been discharged for the cardio clinic . I have had heart palpations for nearly four years . I suffer for ectopic beats more so than fluttering or fast racing heart . It’s like a thud and then moves on as normal . So I have had many heart monitors ecg tests . Echo and stress test . Only one heart monitor that was on for 48 hours showed a few skipped beats . And they saw they r minor or benign . Basically the doctor told me nothing is wrong with me . Ha like you swear it was all in my head . He made me feel like shit . All the suffering I have had and basically told it’s nothing to worry about . So now what . Never been on or will they give me heart medication as I don’t need it .

[Lauriem4]

Hi i have these also and have been told the same . Got them worse after having my children.Do you also find theyre at their worst before your monthly cycle?

[Contra21 in reply to Lauriem4]

As Laurie would know to I'm in the same boat and is she and me 4 years too. They are the worst and don't make life enjoyable and have given me health anxiety. How often do you feel them?

[Ollie33 in reply to Contra21]

I feel them everyday . It’s very annoying .

[Ollie33 in reply to Lauriem4]

Hi . I don’t actually get my cycle as I have the mirena iud in . They come at any time of day

[Contra21 in reply to Ollie33]

Do your feel like a big thump or a few quick thumps. They terrify me do u get scared

[Ollie33 in reply to Contra21]

I feel both . Could be just a bump or like bump bump bump . Yea like I’m exhausted from it . It all started years ago I had a premature baby and while he was n hospital they started on me and I used to have panic attacks etc . Of course I’m scared it’s ridiculous

[Contra21 in reply to Ollie33]

I know. I worried to have kids because of it. Im so depressed and scared it's ruined my life

[Ollie33 in reply to Contra21]

I had two when the palpations started and then went on to have another baby . Yea I was very depressed. I went to councilling for two years . I read some great anxiety books that helped also

[Lauriem4 in reply to Ollie33]

I also had a premature daughter and mine started after my first panic attack x

[Ollie33 in reply to Lauriem4]

That’s mad isn’t it . Yea mine was terrible thought I was having a heart stack so scary . Have you been to councilling. I went for 2 years

[Lauriem4 in reply to Ollie33]

No ive not did it help you?

[Ollie33 in reply to Lauriem4]

It did help me.

[Contra21 in reply to Ollie33]

I've been 4 years worth amd nothing helps the fear of the symptom. It's can't be anxiety!

[Lm92]

I've had them since I was in my teens. I'm 39 now. Eventually, you start getting more and more desensitized to them. When mine became more frequent (happening thousands of times every day, sometimes every 2 to 3 beats), I never would have believed I'd get used to them. I still sometimes get anxious about them, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. Let the reassurance from your cardio who has seen it hundreds, if not thousands, of times help put your mind to rest. Be thankful you don't have to rely on a medication. Do things that help focus your brain. Get your heart rate up by taking a brisk walk (often a faster heartbeat will help quell the ectopics for a little while). Do a crossword or word search. Watch a funny movie. Take a drive. I promise it gets easier.

[Ollie33 in reply to Lm92]

Thank you for your comment x

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I had all the regular checks and reassurance from Doctors that nothing was wrong with my heart. Relief from anxiety over this came not just because I eventually got an appointment with a consultant. He told me I had a healthy heart even though I’d had a hole fixed as a child and that there was nothing he was concerned about. He explained what all the irregular bumps were about. He was so kind and he smiled.

Here’s the best bit: he said that I could always make another appointment to see him the following year if my anxiety persisted.

It didn’t.

Final appointments and being discharged are not completely final and forever if you need to go through the process again.

In the meantime you got us 🤗

[Ollie33 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for your lovely comment . So glad you got great results . My partner keeps saying it’s great . But my palps make me shudder . Over the the last four years I have improved and I have learned to cope .