Palpitations

Yeah! I just took a look at the date! I thought posts so old might be closed, but I should've looked more closely! Apologies, for raking up an ancient post, folks...I'll be more careful!

This thread is thirteen years old.

I believe sometimes stress can cause an irregular heart beat. I had my second heart op about a year ago. Initially I had some a fib but it had settled until I got a severe cold that went to my chest The a fib returned and has taken about six weeks to almost settle

Natsnan

Just had the results of the ecg ultrasound, all was normal. Phew! Just need to get the results of the 24 hr monitor then I can relax. Such a relief.

Have you had covid or long covid? Sometimes this leaves the heart with strange rythms that don't show up on tests, so are ok, but still quite frightening aren't they ?

NatsNan: How are you? How have you been doing, with this?

I started with palpitations over 30 years ago. You have had the tests which will very likely say there is nothing majorly wrong. Millions of people in the UK suffer from this, the most common heart condition. My GP always tells me it won't kill me which I hold on to even though sometimes it feels as if it might. All the best.

I do not add salt to anything when cooking, but have no ualms about eating it in foods - like cheese. I also do not eat salty snack foods like crisps, nuts etc. But I do this because I do not like them, not because they are salty.

You are very good, cutting out salt - I don't add it at the table but wouldn't like to cook without it and I really wouldn't want to go without cheese.

Natsnan

Goodness, a lot of us in the same boat. I've been cutting out caffeine, wine and salt to see if they trigger anything, but haven't noticed a difference. Let's hope we all get some answers.

Caffeine was the problem for my DH and for his aunt in Canada wine was the problem.

harrigran

Yes I suffered with palpitations, my heart would race or do cartwheels. I had ECGs and 24 hour monitoring which showed very little. Cardiologist put me on beta blockers and it did the trick, heart rhythm has settled.

Exactly the same as my DH, he had episodes of an extremely fast heart rate, over 200 BPM, which were very frightening and he ended up in A and E twice. He was put on Beta Blockers which helped but since we changed to decaffeinated coffee he hasn’t had a single episode of a rapid heart rate. He recently had an echocardiogram for another problem and apparently his heart is in very good shape for an 83 year old so the rapid heart rate problems seem to have done no harm.

This is very useful for me because I had palpitations for the first time in my life this year at 72. I felt silly going to the GP but did and have a doctor's note to get all the tests that GNetters have described above.
Probably I think that this was stress as others have said due to my OH having had a bout of ill health.

Lots of old topics are being resurrected- which is good. For instance, this one.
When I am anxious or stressed, I too get palpitations.

ORIGINAL POST 13 YEARS OLD!! Still a useful topic I know, but…..

Mine was caused by stress. As I came out of the highly stressful part of my life, the palpitations stopped.

I have longstanding atrial fibrillation and now have a pacemaker and av node ablation.

Many arrhythmias can be safely ignored or easily treated - some need dealing with. But the help is there if needs be - and it's free!

I also get ectopics and like many others they are worsened by stress. Luckily for me beta blockers work well in calming them down. My experience is that they as dismissed as not being harmful. Maybe not but they are distressing and very uncomfortable.

REPORTED

I get missed beats sometimes when I lie down at night. Everything stops momentarily and then starts up again with lots of beats - makes me gasp. OH (doc) says nothing to worry about - I choose to believe him!

Just had the results of the ecg ultrasound, all was normal. Phew! Just need to get the results of the 24 hr monitor then I can relax. Such a relief.

Almost 40 years ago, a young doctor detected an irregular heartbeat when I went for a completely different examination. After an ECG, I was told I had sinus arrhythmia but my GP said this was nothing to worry about. Ever since then, it has been a sign of stress and a warning to take things easy; and it occurs also when I am unwell. Quite often it doesn't happen for months but then when it does, I know something is amiss - but probably not with my heart.

Goodness, a lot of us in the same boat. I've been cutting out caffeine, wine and salt to see if they trigger anything, but haven't noticed a difference. Let's hope we all get some answers.

And me! Sometimes I get loads of them or I can go days or weeks without any. As I was getting quite breathless too, I went to my GP and everything was normal (BP/cholesterol etc) but sending me for an ECG anyway.

It started happening last year when I was really stressed about something. (I'm always stressed about something!) I think it's this, combined with the fact I have a sedentary job that has caused it.

The occasional one I don't worry about, but I hate it when I get several one after the other. Once I get the 'all clear' from my GP I think I will make a concerted effort to get healthy.

Me too. Only at night. I think they are caused by the amlodipine as i have tried not taking for a few days and they settle. Cutting out coffee helped as well. But I really must persist with the tedious process of trying to get a GP appointment. Starting today at 8am.

Thank you for starting this thread Natsnan. I am waiting to have the 24 hour monitor having had all the tests you've mentioned, with similar results. My GP gave me a low dose of Atenonol in the meantime.

I feel fine but find the sensation really disconcerting.

Thank you all so much. It's reassuring to hear your experiences and to know the outcome. Icyalittle, mine skip probably once or twice in a minute. I'll get it on and off for a couple of days then I'm ok for a few days before it starts again. Hopefully, I'll get the results this week and l'll report back. Thanks again.