Need help asap if anyone can. I had a few short episodes of extra beats in a row, a skipped beat. I'm feeling better now.

[braziljjay]

I have anxiety and get panic attacks. A lot less now beause I'm taking care of myself, being more mindful, sleeping better, hydrating more.

However today I had a very stressful day

I had also ordered a Latte from Starbucks, with caffeine

So the whole day everything was okay but then in the evening after I was done my work, I started getting

2 to 3 several episodes of

many extra beats

a pause, a hard beat

Then normal\

Then again, ,when I would clear my throat, , chest

it would start

Earlier when I had a moment of like almost crying because I was just dealing with something like real emotional(both negative and positive), I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach, chest, you know that feeling that precedes when you actually cry, that mid of chest hard feeling. I had that and then my heart started to palpitate like pvcs, or extra beats, a lag and then a hard beat

So noticing nervous twitches in my legs and arms now.

Is that because of the Starbucks caffeinated Tea and the anxiety and stress or what? Anyone every experience this?

What did you do to get out of it?

I just breathed myself out of it..

Thanks for any advivce or a relatable story you can share.

[HamishBoxer]

Not certain that caffeine and stress are a good combination.

[HamishBoxer]

I certainly have had those (have) those symptoms.

[Jonp]

I am not a medic but have 10 years experience of pvcs, occasionally thousands a day. Not nice! Caffeine is a known cause but I find all hot drinks, particularly very hot, can cause pvcs as I swallow air as I drink. It is natural to avoid burning the mouth. Swallowed air gets trapped in the esophagus, irritates the vagus nerve = pvcs. That is my theory, backed up by some others. Slow breathing helps or a good burp. Hope this helps.

[Marty0001 in reply to Jonp]

Do you ever feel like lightheaded after a pvc?

I get a missed beat randomly and always makes me feel lightheaded afterwards.

Regards Marty.

[Jonp in reply to Marty0001]

I don't often notice single pvcs, I certainly feel lightheaded when I get a run of them.

[Marty0001 in reply to Jonp]

Thank you for replying ok a long run makes you feel lightheaded,it’s awful and really worries me but I don’t get long runs of them just a random short missed beat.

The lightheaded feeling is ruining my life and just the general feeling that comes with it also tired feeling as well as lightheaded.

[Jonp in reply to Marty0001]

That is different to mine. Also stress, medication, other health problems all get confused so it is difficult to know what causes what. Pvcs may just trigger lightheadedness which is actually caused by something else. I have had a lot recently plus pvcs, turns out I had sinusitis, antibiotics are helping.

[Jeff1943 in reply to Marty0001]

The light headed feeling could very well be stress and anxiety, there is am anxiety symptom called derealisation which makes you feel light headed as in not feeling where you are or like you're watching everything on tv. If you accept it for the time being, rather than fighting it the feeling will pass but you must truly accept it.

[Marty0001 in reply to Jeff1943]

Thanks Jeff

I do find fighting the lightheaded spacey feeling worse if I try and fight it.

It does make me feel anxious and a very weak sort of feeling like I’m going to pass out,it can take a while to pass especially say if I’m at golf,can last a couple of holes which is awful.

Thank you for responding Jeff it’s really appreciated 😊

[sotolol]

Stress stress and more stress causes so many different reaction in the body. Totally get that feeling in chest and stomach before crying when you try to stop yourself wham heart goes mental and your brain tells you all things that are not helpful. I have sad thoughts everyday for nearly 8 years now. They’ll never go I know that. You learn to live with them.

Breathe deep for a while and try to tell your self the things you’d tell a friend if it was happening to them.

I’m drinking coffee now and I’ll have more later I’m lucky it doesn’t affect me. Just anxiety and thoughts that take my day over.

You can’t change the way you are but you can help yourself. It seems what you are doing is good.

Don’t let this thing beat you. Tell it where to go!!! In time you’ll except it. Stress is pants.

I take a mild dose of antidepressants they don’t make the thoughts go but they take the sharp corners off of life.

Covid doesn’t help and this world has gone bonkers but you can’t change that. Look at what you CAN. Change.

I wish you well you and only you can do this. You can ok

[sotolol in reply to sotolol]

Maybe a trip to Doctor to make sure you are ok and put your mind at rest.