Heart Palpitations

[ImHere_Again]

I was able to get four hours of sleep. Still I woke up feeling the Palpitations. I really am trying to just sleep but it's so hard to ignore the feeling. I am now afraid of falling asleep because the process is scary. Everytime I sleep I feel the Palpitations starting to occur. I'm really irritated because I'm prone to feel unbalanced through out the day and not sleepy is not going to help me in that situation. I have had this feeling before but it always goes away with some sleep, that has not been the situation lately. I wake up with the same feeling. I was wondering if anyone has experience this and what kind of things have helped.

[sweetiepye]

I have had heart palpations for forty years. I still don't like them, but they are benign . I was so afraid of them in the beginning that I ended up with anxiety and panic attacks. I was sure I was dying. I recovered from the anxiety and PA , but I was left to get along with the palpations. They don't bother me so much at For awhile I was on beta blockers which helped. Your Doctor should be able to help you if you let him know how much this bothers you. I don't think it's necessary to suffer when medicine has so much to offer.Not getting enough sleep can cause palpations. Maybe a sleep study is in order. The longer this goes on the harder it is to overcome. Hope this is helpful. Pam

[ImHere_Again in reply to sweetiepye]

Hey. This has only started happening. I am suppose to be taking my anxiety medication but I still have not, I am just to scared of having side effects. Now that I am having this issue I am even more afraid that the medication will make it worse. I do have a doctor's appointment next week. I have had this feet before but it always went away and it's not going away this time which is scaring me. I feel like I'm on a verge of a meltdown because this week has been one of the worst, when it comes to my anxiety. I recently talked to my parents about it, for the first time. I feel like after four years of misery I have finally accepted my anxiety, I just don't understand it. I feel like I accept my anxiety inn and now it's taking over me. I'm afraid to even cry because I don't want to disrupt my heart rate. I have been wanting to do a sleep study but everytime I get the chance I don't have these feelings and don't see a point. I appreciate your response. I hope really hope you well and you are really strong for having to deal with this for 40 years. Best of luck.

[sweetiepye in reply to ImHere_Again]

Hang on, you're not listening. You say this has only started happening recently and you also say it been 4 years ? When you accept anxiety it means you go through your fear and come out on the other side. If you get anxious you don't stop what you are doing you keep on, eventually your anxiety will subside, it may come back in awhile and you do the same thing again. It may take some time to over come this. You are relearning how to react to it and it is hard work. You have some tools to use such as breathing to calm yourself also distraction. Find something to think about other than your fear, count back ward for instance. Heart palpations can be caused by anxiety. If you have symptoms from medication then just stop the medication and the symptoms will cease . Your Doctor can order something else for you. I am strong but I haven't dealt with anxiety for forty years. I got over it around thirty -five years or so.. My palpations hung on for awhile longer. You should have the sleep study done anyway, they will be able to tell you what's keeping you from sleeping. Good luck.

[Nlp1999]

Similar issue I feel like my heart isn’t beating and is going to stop been losing sleep over it I’m slowly getting better still scared to sleep but at one stage it was at the point I was waking up every 40ish minutes to chest my heart rate

[ImHere_Again in reply to Nlp1999]

Once I fall asleep I'm ok. I do get waken up my small noises in the morning and immediately feel my heart like if its beating too slow and get scared so I wake up quickly and thenmy heart starts to beat faster, like if I were going to have a panic attack. That's the feeling that ain't let me sleep. Has anything helped you or has it been going away on its own?

[sweetiepye in reply to Nlp1999]

Do you have a fitbit ? I wear one all the time and always know my HR. I have SVT so I like to know if it gets too high. Pam

[Ceelos81 in reply to sweetiepye]

How often do you have SVT and can being anxiety drained bring on SVT? I had a holter that detected some pvcs/pac and one 9 beat svt that lasted 6 seconds

[sweetiepye in reply to Ceelos81]

My first encounter with SVT my heart rate was 243 bpm and I had to be cardioverted. Since then (2 yrs ago ) I have been free from it. Recently I have been in the 120's so I think something is going on and I'm watching it. I don't know why I have it except that I have afib , I am getting older, and who knows. You can learn to control your anxiety which is what I would do because as hard as that is , it's better than any procedure you might have for your heart. Less invasive . this is the kind of thing I ask my cardio guys about. They have the information and are willing to share so that is to your advantage. The more pro-active you are the less afraid you will be. Take heart. Pam