I’m 34 and I’ve had anxiety off and on about my heart since I was a teenager. What worries me the most are the skipping heartbeats, heart flutters, flip flop heart beat feelings I get off and on.
I had echo, ekg, stress test, and holter monitors completed when I was 16 and 23. All tests were normal. In the past 9 months I’ve had three ekgs, an echo, and blood tests completed that were all normal.
I can just be lying down, calm, and not anxious and my heart will just start fluterring or skipping beats. I get very scared about cardiac arrest and it’s hard to believe it’s not something wrong. Anyone else have these? Can these really just be anxiety?
Hello Yatesrp,
I have a lot of experience with skipping.
Mine started when I was very young, too. Since our symptoms started early and we are clinically fine, I think we are fine.
" cutting to the chase", I will tell you that anxiety brings it on when the adrenaline is released. We will not feel the release of adrenaline all of the time but it happens.
Skipping can be caused by a gut disturbance, or if your back is out or if you have gas in your stomach and the vagus nerve is pissed off.
I worked in a hospital for many years and was able to have every test done, and read by knowledgeable cardiologists.
They believe that this condition is a variation of normal.
Some years I am completely free of symptoms and some years I want to jump out of my skin because it feels like there is either a little pony kicking me, or a rabbit, or a bird trying to fly out of my chest.
Lexapro calmed my gut down and gave me the longest sustained relief from symptoms.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by this condition being a variation of normal?
This reply calms me down so much!!