Have you ever?

[jointpain]

My poor old heart has a life of it's own! Running at whatever speed it wants to, mostly goes along at just over 40bpm even straight after a long walk. Some times for no reason it will decide to ramp up the beats to over 100bpm at rest, also many missed beats and extra ones to boot.

I down loaded an app "cardiac diagnosis" which often tells me what I already knew, though it does suggest that when I have two reds showing, normally the arrhythmia and any of the three others, it flags up danger. I went to my doctor over this in August, (please see previous posts!!!)

Do I go back or carry on? Thanks for any suggestions. Steve now 61!

[Mickey16]

Same things were said and happened to me too. Totally agree with Happyjo's advice.

[Jennbr]

As the others have said, insist on a cardiologist referral. I was told by my GP for nearly 4 years that I was “normal” when I finally got a referral to the arrhythmia clinic at hospital I was diagnosed with svt. I’m now under the care of a very good cardiologist who specialises in arrhythmia, and am awaiting a 2nd ablation after an unsuccessful 1st one. I am the same as you though, generally I have a very slow heart rate but when I get an svt episode it goes up to 260 bpm+

Keep pushing your GP though, only a specialist can really tell if what you are experiencing is normal or not.

Good luck!

[wilsond]

I agree,I was given medication to slow my heart rate down to combat paroxsymal atrial fibrillation,but with underlying high BP,this is not a good combo..as I found out recently by having a suspected monochrome.Go back please!

[jointpain in reply to wilsond]

Wow, a lot of words I have not come across! My bp is low but was lower, as was my hr up until recently.

Will look up mono chrome in relation to atrial fibrillation.

[Andym666 in reply to wilsond]

Hi I’m very interested in your phrase monochrome can you describe it for me please regards Andy

[wilsond]

Oh I'm so sorry!!!autocorrect gone mad! Should have read ministroke!!

Sorry!