Hi folks!
I am going crazy with my heart palpitations the constant thumping feeling then skipped beats and flutters I am so scared. I have been given beta blockers to help it but its not working to get rid of the palpitations and my ecg isn’t till 3rd march and that is ages away and I am finding living unbearable at the moment.
I can’t help but just a thought , has your doctor told you to give up tea and coffee . I was told to stop drinking tea . I now by caffeine free . I think the more you worry too the worse it can get. I am alright now . Just go back to your doctor again. Or ring 111 . I do hope you feel better soon .
I had the same problem which i now know are caused by pre ventricular contractions which are quite normal for some people and getting anxious definitely made them worse. All cardiologists and therapists agree that exercise like brisk walking for 30 minutes every day will help calm them down and it really works for me.
I hope your ecg will be the one you wear for a few days because just a quick ecg at a clinic for a few seconds dose not always catch the problem. good luck.
I had these type of palpitations (ectopic heartbeats) several years ago. I took careful note about when I had them and kept a diary. I noticed that I had them on an empty stomach, but also when I went outside in the winter with no coat on or in a strong wind. I went into the mechanisms as to what happens when you have an empty stomach. when blood sugar levels drop it makes your brain release glucose from your liver. And to do that the brain increases adrenaline. To test this I borrowed a sugar monitor from a friend with diabetes and sure enough the palpitations started when my blood sugar dropped to rock bottom and stopped when the liver kicked in with more glucose and the levels had gone up again.
I am not saying that this is the same mechanism for you, but it might be worth really thinking about when they happen and why. For you it might be stress releasing adrenaline or something else.
So I went on a hypoglycaemia diet which was zero carbs for two weeks, then slowly reintroduce a bit of carb, but not too much. I also stopped anything that would release adrenaline such as coffee and tea. That got things under control. And I always wore a coat outside!
After a year of this I was able to go back to coffee and a more traditional diet, but I still always put a coat on when I go outside in the wind and cold!
I still get them occasionally, once it was due to a medication so I stopped that. But I randomly get them and I find that taking a very sharp and deep breath stops them.
I am not saying that any of this will work for you, but just showing you how you can figure out what is going on and what might work for you.
Oh, and yes, there is a downward spiral where you get them, and you worry about them and the worry makes them worse, so don't worry about things you can't know yet, wait until you have had the ECG to worry about what is wrong, and maybe by March you might have actually figured out what is triggering them and how to minimise them.
Hi, I to have suffered from palpitations for years, having had ECG , EKG, EKG check blood flow in and out of the heart, mine was fantastic. I was even told by one hospital doctor after a chest X ray he thought that I would be one of the last ones to have a heart attack. What I have found myself is, that I occasionally suffer from silent reflux when this happens I know that I am suffering or are going to suffer palpitations. After my last episode, and after another ECG, once again I was told everything was ok, and that sometimes palpitations in people happen quite regularly.
How did you deal living with them?
It was very hard at first, I started taking Magnesium table each day, and it appears to have been of some help to me. I occasionally still suffer with palpitations but they are not as severe as they once used to be. I have had so many ECGs in the past, that I think I have gotten used to it, as each time I was being told that everything was fine. As I said at the beginning one of my lady GPs said to me that palpitations in people are quite common.
Hi friends sorry I’ve just seen this post. I was having them quite a lot throughout the day and yes they are scarey! My doc told me to take another Atenalol(beta blocker) in the evening as well as my morning one (for high blood pressure). I don’t get them as bad but still do at least once a most days. If I’m stressed or anxious they start but also just come on when I’m sitting quietly, usually after my evening meal for some reason. I used to really go into a panic with them which of course made them worse. I’ve had ecg’s, monitors strapped to me and am told my heart is fine. I have decaf tea and coffee and I now do meditation and it really does stop them with concentrating on my breathing. I use Alexa, it has a daily meditation on there. I also use an app called ‘calm meditation’. I find it really helps. A paramedic once told me, yes 111 sent me an ambulance when I couldn’t stop them and I was in a right state, that you have to ride through them. He said think of little waves going in and out on the beach and breathe with them. It really works. I hope you can try these things and they help you. Xx
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