Chest/heart fluttering

[Clubbing23]

Hello for the past two weeks or three I have been experiencing chest and heart palpitations a lot more and when I have already tried cutting off so many things such as alcohol, weed, poppers, soda, etc. and it keeps coming back. I have been to the drs multiple times and they can’t seem to find anything, everything seems normal to them, they think it’s stress and anxiety but I don’t think so.

[Galen70]

palpitations are an awareness of your heart rhythm more than normal. the best way to detecta abnormalities of heart rhythm if present is a 24 hour tape. how long do the palpitations last for ? are they regular or irregular ? do you get chest pain or breathlessness with them ? does anything trigger them ? these are the kind of questions we would ask

[Clubbing23 in reply to Galen70]

Yeah they couldn’t find anything but it comes and goes. And not really chest pain. And it seems like everything triggers it like certain food, alcohol, this acid reduced pill that I took before, my inhaler, or just randomly.

[Galen70 in reply to Clubbing23]

So you had a 24 hour tape ? inhalers ( bronchodilators ) speed up the heart rate and you may notice this.

[Clubbing23 in reply to Galen70]

Yes 24 hr but it fell off of me so only 9 hours I wasn’t feeling any fluttering but I did yesterday and I do not worry about speed rate I worry when I feel it flutter or skip a beat or an extra heart beat

[Galen70 in reply to Clubbing23]

Isolated extra beats ( extra systoles ) are usually completely benign and can be sometimes provoked by stimulants , exercise etc. If the tape fell off after only 9 hours you could ask for a repeat.

[Clubbing23 in reply to Galen70]

Yes they will call me to let me know when I can go get one. I haven’t done poppers and ecstasy in a long time so. Maybe I messed up my heart beats and nervous system now?

[Galen70 in reply to Clubbing23]

Ecstacy and poppers don't cause permanent effects on your heart rhythm. However poppers change your blood pressure when doing them, and ecstacy increases your heart rate and blood pressure.

[Clubbing23 in reply to Galen70]

Yeah so idk why this happens to me then

[Clubbing23]

Yes maybe

[Clubbing23]

I should do an ultra sound next they said everything look normal

[Galen70 in reply to Clubbing23]

Hopefully a six hour cardiac tape would pick up AF. An echo would not be particularly useful as it only looks at the cardiac structure, not the rhythm. And an angiogram has a small stroke risk , again would not provide useful information about cardiac arrhythmias .