Pauses in heart😞

[Isaack]

Each beat I get pauses and when I exhale and hold my breath then it gets worse. My heart just pauses every beat. If feels like my pulse is 40bpm but when I take it on a monitor its 80bom. What can this be?😟

[Jeff1943]

In fact although it feels like a missed beat in fact it's an irregularity in the space between beats and a pulse rate of 80bpm sounds normal and healthy. Irregular heart beats are commonly the result of anxiety and the best thing to do is to accept them for the time being and stop thinking about them all the time, stop keep testing and feeling your pulse, just accept them and they will pass. But if you stress and obsess about them they are more likely to continue.

I get them occasionally; always associated with stressful events but as I know they are harmless when caused by anxiety and they always pass I don't fear them in the least and I don't pay much attention to it and it goes.

If it does persist see your doctor for reassurance as there's a very, very small chance of it being physical but this can be corrected.

So don't worry and all will be well.

[bantam12]

Sounds like ectopic beats which is actually an extra beat which then feels like a missed one, very common and quite often caused by anxiety, best to get it checked anyway.

[Isaack in reply to bantam12]

What are ectopic beats? The thing is I feel my heart pausing as well. It feels like its beating slowly. Especially when I'm laying down