Waiting for answers but had the worst episode ever

Hello all. I'm 24 years old and in the middle of my heart journey. About 2 years ago I noticed that my heart was pounding quite a lot when doing any mild exercise such as walking or going up flights of stairs and I also got other symptoms such as loss of vision, lightheadedness etc. I take Propranolol but this doesn't always help. I had a 24 hour ECG done in December and they found 2 episodes of narrow complex tachycardia with a heartbeat of 154bpm. In the report it was labelled as sinus tachycardia of gradual onset and offset. There was very occasional atrial and ventricular ectopics. I then had a echocardiogram done, which I am hoping to have the results of tomorrow, and last week I had my 72 hour ECG. Just a little story of where I am with everything Today however, I had possibly one of my worst episodes to date. Last night, during the night, my partner woke me up because apparently I was snoring incredibly loudly. He said he had never heard me snore like that. I actually heard myself as I woke up and I was so shocked. Upon waking up I felt incredibly breathless and my heart was pounding. My chest felt like it was floating and fluttering. During the day yesterday I had had some pretty intense palpitations for no apparent reason. It took a while for this floaty feeling to pass before I could get back to sleep. Today I had a short nap because I was exhausted and when I woke up my heart was beating quite fast again. So I took my time, got up slowly and started to make my way upstairs to the toilet. When I got to the door of the toilet my heart was pounding so heart out of my chest. It was in my ears, I couldn't concentrate on anything. This went on for 2 minutes before I started feeling the floaty feeling in my chest. I had to sit on the bathroom floor because I felt so uneasy. I physically did not feel like I could stand with my heart pounding like that. My vision went fuzzy and blurry and I felt so lightheaded I thought I was going to pass out. I managed to get myself up and walking downstairs I felt like I was going to throw up. I checked my heart rate and it was 119bpm once I sat down. I have no idea what is going on with me anymore, but 2 days of palpitations and then this episode is not ideal. If they don't find anything from all these tests I am going to be very confused.

[lettingoffsteam]

Palpitations are really unpleasant aren't they.I've had them for decades but I haven't felt faint thankfully.I hope they can get to the bottom of this for you and help you feel better.You may find the Arrhythmia alliance page useful.

[Faub]

I have palpitations and ectopic beats on the regular and I can understand how you feel, particularly when there seem to be no patterns that cause them whatsoever. Stay positive and I'm sure they will give you an explanation. Don't be afraid to get in touch with your cardiologist when you have serious episodes like this and ask them for an opinion.

[dorito26]

hello! i’m hannah and i’m 20. your experience sounds very similar to mine and i hope you find some answers and things that can help.

at the moment i still don’t have answers for the sinus tachycardia, chest pain, palpitations and a bunch of other stuff.

i was on 9 propranolol tablets a day but they didn’t help much so i’ve now been taken off.

all i can really suggest is to keep pushing for answers.

always here if you need a chat 😊

all the best