Heart flutters and shortness of breath

[Jade]

I was diagnosed with angina in 2009 but luckily have been quite good chest pain wise since then.

Now though I am having very regular heart flutters, not what I understand to be palpitations. They take my breath away and for a few seconds I am light headed.

Often through the day I feel light headed, and lately any form of excitement be it good or bad, like laughing leaves me feeling like my head will explode for a few seconds.

It's all very weird but people think it is my age, 51, if so should I just ignore it hope it doesn't get worse, I don't know. After years of negative tests I feel seeing Dr's is pointless. Though I am Anti Ro positive.

[Jade]

I had my thyroid done, well TSH, last year. I have had it done so many times over 25 years but always 'normal' I did once have thyroid antibodies done and they were normal.

Because I am in peri no doubt I am sure the GP will brush it off. Feeling like this is quite new to me, in terms of months.

Today I had reason to be upset ( not uncommon with a teenager in the house) but stood up I was shaking and so light headed I thought I would faint. That is very unusual for me. I'm generally quite tough that way.

[Hidden]

I have that and have had a complete cardo work up. They did not find anything and they think it is from stress. I have had this symptom for over 20 years and have never had a heart problem and I am still here. I would just try to have a cardo work up if you can to make sure there is nothing wrong, and don't stress.

Linda

[daisyd]

Hi, I would go back to your Gp and ask for a referral to a cardiac consultant.

Have you had a 24 hr ECG, box which you wear for 24 hrs.

Wishing you well,I had this a couple of weeks ago. Horrid

Isn't it

I thought it might be due to the lack of fluids. It had been hot and I hadn't drunk much at all.made a difference to my Inr needed my Warfarin to be increased.

[KJay]

Hi Jade

If you feel thyroid may be a culprit in spite of 'normal' tests, there is a brilliant book written by an American functional medicine doctor, Datis Kharrazian, called 'Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab Tests are Normal?'. I don't know if you have read this book but if you haven't, he has a lot of fascinating information in there about the thyroid that I have never read anywhere else. It may give you some insights into your symptoms and it's written by a respected doctor so the medical profession can't just brush it aside as irrelevant as they so often like to do!

Good luck Jade x

[MaryF Administrator]

Until I treated my slow thyroid, and by the way I like countless other people failed the usual thyroid tests, I had huge palpitations, which would come on late in the evening, I no longer get these to the same extent. Do consider joining TUK and reading some of the posts on there, Professor H, also noticed by slow thyroid reflex in the feet! I ended up going privately via a nutritionist and then through private and detailed testing labs, however this is pricey. Mary F x

[Jade]

I did have a 24 monitor in 2009, the consultant felt I had angina but was afraid to put me on a treadmill due o my ill health.

I have never known symptoms like the ones I am having right now, with the flutters I am spending nearly all day feeling like my head is full of cotton wool and focusing on things is very hard.