Hi all!
I wondered if anyone has ever experienced what I have, for years I have had ectopic beats with no other symptoms.
6 weeks ago I went to bed with ectopics, didn’t take much notice as it happens most days, suddenly I woke in the middle of the night feeling out of breathe and very weak a feeling I had never experienced before. I went to see my gp who ran some blood tests and did an ecg which all came back fine. A couple of weeks on and things were getting worse, I was waking after 2 hours of sleep with the same thing happening but each day that went past I was experiencing more symptoms, arm numbness, racing heart, feeling very faint, shaking. I spoke to the gp again and said things are getting worse, but only at night time, I had a chest X-ray which came back normal. I ended up in hospital as the symptoms were getting far worse and I just could not get any sleep. They was monitoring my heart rate constantly, during the night it went up to 180bpm whilst sleeping. They was also concerned with my sit to standing pulse. Going from 87bpm sitting to 144bpm just standing. I had lots of blood tests done, a heart ultrasound and antibody thyroid tests and they have all come back normal. I have been put on a beta blocker which has brought my heart rate down but I am still waking with severe weakness and dizziness. The next step is a 24 hour heart monitor and follow up with cardiology. If anyone has experienced anything like this is would be great to hear from you! Many thanks