Constant Heart Palpitations???

[Chrissy364]

So, I think I've posted at least three other questions on heart palpitations in just the short time that I've been here. But asking questions and having people answer is really soothing, so I'm going to ask away again. Well I've had terrible anxiety for the past two months now. I have many symptoms, really bad chest pain/tightness, trouble breathing, dizziness, etc. But one of my absolute worst symptoms, are my heart palpitations. I get them pretty much 24/7. I've had a chest x-ray, EKG, and blood work done. Everything came back normal (well, the blood work results aren't back from the lab yet but lets say they are normal too). Anyway, I have heart palpitations everyday, 24/7. There are the absolute worst when I wake up in the morning; I barely roll over to see what time it is and my heart races. It makes me crazy!!! I just want to lie in bed cause I'm scared to move yet laying down I can feel them so much more so I end up getting up. I pretty much always have my shirt up with my hand placed over my heart, right under my left breast so I can see how fast my hearts beating. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm doing it. Well, its always beating too fast. I can be watching TV and get up to get a snack and BOOM, there they go racing just from getting up off the couch. I used to exercise so much more, but now that my heart races from barely walking a couple steps, I'm scared to exercise. I always feel like my heart is going to explode or stop beating from working too hard. Even when I'm completely relaxed I get palpitations. I'm even scared to go out shopping now cause I feel like it will work my heart too much. I'm only 17 and I've been told I'm too young for heart problems, but I'm still being tested just to make sure. Is it common with anxiety sufferers to have heart palpitations all day/week long? And does anyone else constantly feel their heart beating fast from the slightest of movement? And do any of you get them while relaxing, like just watching TV? And lastly, if my palpitations aren't a heart or thyroid problem, just something caused by anxiety, are they dangerous? Cause they certainly feel like they are! If anyone could please give me some advice or share their heart palpitation experiences with me, it would be much appreciated!!! Thanks!

[ShainaRoss]

Have you ever backed out of your driveway and almost got hit by a car? Ever slammed on your breaks to avoid hitting someone? Your heart immediately races, you get palps, sweat, the works. You don't worry about it because you just escaped death right. That's what's happening to your body minus the actual near death part. Your getting surges of adrenaline that provokes a COMPLETELY NORMAL response. Your flight or fight is broken and your getting trigger by a danger that doesnt actually exist. Then you feel those sensations you wouldnt normally notice if you were in real danger. Those sensations scare you which in returns triggerd more adrenaline. Once its gone you worry about having them, think your dying, whats wrong with me, etc. Triggering flight or fight causing more scary symptoms giving you more adrenaline and the cycle continues. Stop playing into the cycle and you WILL GET BETTER i promise.

[EvieSebie2016]

I'm so sorry that you're going thru this. It's anxiety. I know it because it's happened to me! Sometimes I wake up fine. and as soon as I move to get up my heart starts going crazy. It's in our head. Subconsciously we are anticipating that we will feel "funky". Especially since it's been happening for a a few weeks now. Have your mom take you to the primary care doctor. Maybe start going to therapy. You may need to start medication. At least for a little while until you feel better and that you have this under control. Pressure for teens these days is crazy! I can only
Imagine how you are feeling. I hope you take the advice. Best of luck!

[Kaya7890]

Hey I've been experiencing the same problems. However mine is accompanied with sever shortness of breath, I have to take a sharp intake of breath every five minutes or so, if I don't it feels like I will pass out or something bad will happen to me. I've had this for five months and it really is scary, because nobody understands. The shortness of breath is un-noticeable almost like a hiccup but it severely effects my life. I'm scared it won't go away. And the racing heart beat 2/7 7 days a week doesn't help. Does anybody else have this problem???

[leiah56]

Hello!
Look, everybody gets nervous and anxious when they notice the palpitations. It's important to look for answers with a Doctor. And we have to realize that the Heart works harder on some circumstances.
Everything depends on the facts/ Your age, Family Heart Disease(High BP)/Stress/Anxiety(increases palpitations)/Big meals and resting after it/Food reactions/Acid Reflux\ Digestive Problems, etc. Now I would see a Cardiologist and eliminate the first step(Heart Condition). Please do all the tests required. To relax, pls. do breed deeply and exhale slowly. Do that a few times and you will see that your heart rate will slow. Try to remain calm, you will see the improvement.
Go see a Cardiologist do not let this situation linger.
Be well

[Vailantman]

Hi chrissy.
I feel ur pain i too have this issue some times i get a break for a few hrs where i feel ok then ill have periods where i think I'm dieing From the constint pain or headach even dizzy.
I am a military vet I'm 44 i dont smike, i have a few drinks a month but never more then 2 at a time. I am not over weight. And i too use to work out more then i do now. Ive been pretty heathy all my life. My family has no history of heart disease.
Heres my issues. I am taking hp pills. I have ptsd, anxiety and depression. No meds for the ptsd. But. I find my mind is the worst. If i feel anxious i get the palps. If i stress i get them. If i eat spicy food. Or too much caffeine.
I also get heart burn at tines even if i don't eat spicy foods.
I have been researching this alot. If your doctor feels your at risk they will tell you. But millions of people suffer from this. What you need to do is find out the trigger. Is  it food. Meds. Emotions. Etc,etc.
I have found that exercise does help. Also coughing, and baring down as if ur flexing your stomach or like pooping.. helps it triggers the nerves to reprogram per say to trigger beating change.
I have also found meditation helps. As well crying. And talking about how you feel. Maybe write your concerns on paper so your mind can relax.
Cold water splashed on the face can help. Most of what your feeling is not life threating but it does feel like it. You could have an arthemia but ur doc would test for this.. i encourage you to study your body. Write down how you feel when they start and stop.  Track the time. And ur mood. Meds can help. But they can cause the issue aswell. All in all try and breath deep. Relax calm ur mind. Do what ever u need to relax. Even walking can help. Music. A bath. Light work out. Swim. Yoga. What ever. The fear if ur heart stopping is just that fear. Ive been dealing with this for like 3 yrs now. I'm not dead. Your sole is strong  its just hurting. Find a  way to heal. And it will go way

[specialmom]

Hi Vailantman.  So, thank you for your service. Do you talk to anyone like a counselor for ptsd?  Does the VET department help with that or are you on our own?

Yes, I get these due to caffeine intake and stress.  It does feel terrible when it happens, doesn't it?  Not because it hurts but because it is scary.  But generally, it is supposed to be fairly harmless.  

Anyway, thanks for the kind and caring post.

[Brogynxx]

I’ve been getting really bad anxiety symptoms like struggling to breath,chest tightness,throat tightness,dizziness and feeling like I can’t get enough air in my lungs!! I was put on fleuxitine 20ml but I took an allergic reaction and got a bad rash what does other people take for panic attacks 24/7? It’s been like 2 months now!!!!!!

[Paxiled]

You might want to start a new post so more will see this.  You don't say anything about yourself, such as your age, how long this has been going on, whether you have had something happen to you about the time these symptoms happened, whether you had a thorough exam with your doc first, whether you're seeing a psychiatrist or a regular doc, etc.  If you do need medication for this, there are a lot of them out there, not just this one.  But if you're getting panic attacks 24 hours a day, I'm really hoping you did get the most thorough check-up you've ever had, especially if this just started and you weren't a chronic anxiety sufferer already.  But again, assuming this is an anxiety disorder and not anything physiological, different people react differently to different meds.  One person's experience will be different than the next person's.  It's very much trial and error with medication, so if you need it, you experiment until you find one that does work for you.

[Sani11]

Hi Chrissy , Did any thing work? Is your problem resolved now?

[Tryndamere]

I have heart palpatations 24/7. Iv had it for about 15years now, and just like many of use iv been to the docter and had test done only for them to say that nothings wrong and im fine. Over the years this is what iv learnt. Heart palpatations are normal only if thay are just palpatating. But palpatations causing dizzyness, shortness of breath or tight chest are alittle bit more to be concerned about. If you are experiancing palpatations along with those other symtoms go see a docter immediately and TELL THEM you have palpatations along with such and such. Palputations and irregular heart beat are more Often on the normal side. Till this day at 32 years old nothing has been done and i dont think you can do anything about it. Im going in to get it checked again soon just incase its developed into somfing more but if its just irregular heart beat and or palputations i can live with that. Iv lived with it basicly half my life. Your heart is a strong muscle and it wont just give out just because it misses a few beats or thumps harder then normal at times. For those who have palputations or irregular heart beat my advice is just make sure you go and see docters every now and then because if anything were more seriouse then your heart skipping beats thay will know. Cheers gyes hope this helps.

[Kevin45750]

I have constant palpitations almost all the time, but I do have anxiety a lot. I do notice they subside when I'm really calm, but the palpitations bring on anxiety to. I feel hard beats about every 3rd beat but my pulse rarely goes over 80 bpm. I hate the feeling of the hard thump, feels like it's in my throat. I never have any pain but I do have high bp and type 2 diabetes, which also causes anxiety especially when my glucose level drops to a low point, then you have a rapid heart beat, sweating, feel light headed and the palpitations. I also take 2mg Xanax, that helps some but still have palpitations. I'm afraid as they're pretty much constant. So I feel anxiety has a lot to do with it.

[Natykhoury]

I am a mother of 2 kids , am 40'years old. I have been experiencing heart palpitations since 5 days now. I went to the doc. he did echocardiogram and all was normal. I did blood test to check the level of vitamins D , B , calcium and Iron. All was normal except for deficiencies in Iron. I started Iron supplements as well as magnesium. I first thought i having a gastro reflux. But then the palpitations didn't stop and i was having a cough too. I went to see the doc again and he gave me Concor Cor 2.5 mg . I hope it is gonna work. I feel really tired and out of breath. In the mornings when i wake up is the worst time... but i can say that these palpitations are killing me ... i want it to stop :(((

[m3l1998]

Hey, just seen your post I get them every day and have done for the past two weeks it is the worse thing ever and so scar! I have generalised anxiety disorder and this just makes my anxiety worse, I get light headed, chest pains, feel like someone is squeezing my chest and pains in my arm and pins and needled but I've been to a&e and doctors and everyone one of them keep telling me it's anxiety but I feel like I don't believe them!

[CourtneyMardell]

oh my goodness I thought I was the only one I've felt so alone in this I've had the exact same as this literally the exact for over 2 months now it's so scary and has made me house bound I can't even move around without my heart beating rapidly!

[kplacido]

Courtney, keep in touch, please bear with the time difference though... but i will keep in touch :)

[Gemfly]

Doctors don't always test Vitamin D and Vitamin B12. If these are low you will have symptoms. Magnesium is also crucial for health. It helps with racing heart too.

[Chantelbreann]

I know you posted this awhile..I'm wondering if you are still alive!?!? Bc I am 30 years old and I've never had palpitations and I went from getting them once in a while to all day everyday for the passed 5 days. Omg I cannot take it. My anxiety level is thru the roof! I feel them in my throat neck and heart. My heart will literally shake. Smh I CANNOT TAKE THIS! BEING SO YOUNG AND a mother of 4 I feare for my life and my kids will grow up w no mother. Same as u all my test results came back normal my EKG ok.. i also feel sometimes before I fall asleep my body jerk I'll wake up almost feels like my heart wasn't beating or I wasn't breathing omg this is the worst ever! I've been to the ER so many times and I get looked as if I'm crazy. I wish I was then this wouldn't be happening.. well I hope u r alive bc I'm scared to death!

[Mollyxxxx]

I have been going through the same it's only 20 and can't take it I've had 3 Ecg all come back normal but I can't get my head round it. I've had palpitations for about 3 weeks all day every day and I'm so scared something is going to happen. I feel like I'm the only person this is happening to and fed up with people telling me it's just anxiety how can't anxiety cause all of this?!

[reda0907]

I understand you totally, I'm a mum of 3 & 37 years old, I went from only having palps sometimes to most days now, they became worse 2 months after having my 3rd baby & it's been going on for a year now, I've had many tests all normal, this is just my opinion but it has to be hormone related as the 7 days or so before my period they are the worst & so is the anxiety, I'm afraid to drive, go to the shops, be alone etc, it's hard sometimes

[kplacido]

Hi there, i have tried searching for you in facebook to message you. I would like to keep in touch with you to help share your burden. I have experienced the same as you did. Would you keep intouch pls?

[Gemfly]

Get your Vitamin D and B12 tested ladies.

[Rebecalaflair]

I'm 43 I have them now and for days and it scares me UT I have had before and they did stress test and cardiovascular work up but heart looks good yet this is happening . I can't get it to stop going to doc again tomorrow I have to work and live.  I hardly never had anxiety  or depression  or anything that would make me have these

[Ibiza_islander]

Im still here terrified. Lost 4st. Im beyond help... I cant go on anymore with these things... Theyre killing me as Im not eating or drinking. I feel 4 years old and petrified. Wotds cant explain it or my misery. No help for me or any of us...... I wish someone was nr me in the uk, Cornwall x

[Tippey76]

I'm 40 years old had the same symptoms on and off since I was 15. It's definitely not easy to live with but have you tried taking some vitamin D as I found out mine was low and took some vitamin D daily for 3 months and definitely helped with my palpitations. Good luck and don't let it beat you.

[Winechick937]

My heart palps were the same as yours....my doc gave me a medication to take daily and they have totally went away. Have you tried anything?

[Optihealth]

Commonly we are lead to believe that heart palpitations must be the result of something wrong with the heart (which yes sometimes it definetly is). The next is that it is the result of some mental/emotional/psychological problem (which yea sometimes itndefinetly is). On the contrary, mental/emotional/psychological problems can be the result of (and not the cause of) some other physical problem within the body usually pertaining to inflammation. Gut health is a great place to start. Get tested for bacterial/yeast/parasite infections as well as leaky gut. If you have gut issues, your body will certainly be not working properly and all sorts of mental (anxiety, depression, etc.) and physical (heart palpitations, dry mouth, etc.) symptoms will arise. Get with a good functional medicine doctor. You can even find one online and have skype consultations which may be better because you then have the ability to work with some of the best functional medicine doctors in the business. The gut is a great place to start especially with all of the crummy food we eat filled with pesticides and chemicals.

[Kirstlou1234]

Hi I live in the U.K. And I've had these palps it really scares me can u text bak do we can chat it's my first time on here

[Ibiza_islander]

I feel for tou so much. Im lying on my bed  terrified to go to the toilet. I live in my besroom. Im so so terrified deapite being  tols theyre harmless. Palps palps palps. They've mentally killed me. Its been months since i went ahopping. Im peteified and have no life. I wish i cpuld help but just nees tou to know someone wlae deels it too..... Id love ro meet fce to face someone who auffers this! Even these help lines like the Adib one is run by people who dont have it so how can thwy possibly asvise or comfort us who do have it. Im at my end. Ive no life. We were moving to Ibiza but the thought of an attack on a plane is horridic!! Nobody can ever convince me tjese are safe. Doctors say wverybody gets them but I have lived dor 40 yers and nevwr met one pwrson who hs has a palpitation!!!!  Bless you & i am thinking of you. Please reply if youre still there xxxx

[HappyRN811]

Did they every go away, or calm down?

[tictac99]

I'm a 16 year old male, I noticed pulpitations last year during the winter. I play soccer from Spring -> Fall and when that started all my symptoms besides indigestion faded. My high school soccer has a conditioning week in the summer and after the week I had chest pain for the whole following Saturday. That was the only returning symptom until about 2 weeks ago, which is about 2 weeks after the season ended. I started researching through various websites and found my results freightening. I went to the doctor about 2 weeks ago and my results still haven't returned from my ekg and I'm worried cus I only wore a heart monitor for 1 day and had very few symptoms in that time, now I'm having what ;ve researched to be heart attack symptoms (unexplained upper body pain such as sore arms/neck) I'm hoping for the best right now I feel like I'm too young to have heart disease but the symptoms point to it.

[Fdubbs]

I have only just recently started having palpitations. Calling Doc tomorrow because they are freaking me out. I already take fish oil pills :( so I guess thats not gonna help

[KatyGaga]

Hey everyone, I suffer with anxiety on and off, but recently when i thought I was going through a good period out of no where I have been getting isolated palpitations, like just a thud where it feels my heart has skipped a bit, like my heart is flopping in my chest, just a single beat but I have been ongoing for about a month now, like 3 an hour all day...I have had a full blood test, ecg done even showed a palp on it and they say it is all anxiety! It feels horrible and feel down I am worried and just want it to go away...why are they doing it?! any ideas?? Thank you x

[Fandarue]

I have suffered with the same problem for a few months now.  Every morning when I wake up my heart starts pounding and racing and feels like its flipping around. It does it at night too.  It's very scary.  I was diagnosed with anxiety in my 20's. I'm now in my 30's and it's worse than its ever been.  I haven't been on anxiety meds in 6 months. I go back to doctor soon so I hope I can get back on meds and start to feel some relief because it is driving me crazy.I know this post was from a year ago but it has helped me get through my anxiety attack at the moment. I hope you have gotten relief from yours.

[Tdub13]

I know this is old, but I've gone through same things recently.

Backstory: I was on anxiety meds for 20 years (I'm 43) & in 2020, no one here wants to prescribe them anymore,i can't afford a psychiatrist, & if u say u aren't suicidal, u can't free help. General practitioners are who gave me my anxiety med before, but 1 retired & the other stopped prescribing them to anyone, they said (they won't even give non narcotic anxiety meds for whatever reason). So, i had to find another doctor, who doesn't prescribe them either. They gave me a non narcotic med, which hasn't helped at all. The benzo i took for 20 years worked, & it sucks that the fear of lawsuits can affect doctors giving medicine that works. I have no job, no insurance (affordable care act says i have TOO LITTLE income to qualify for the insurance that covers the payments. I can sign up for a bronze plan or whatever, but that's $180 a month, with insanely high out of pocket minimum, so no help), so i can't afford to self pay for a psychiatrist, & even if i could, there's only a few near me that i can find, most are neurologists or child only psychiatrist anywhere near me.

I have been to the emergency room 3 times in 3 months, then 3 more times in the prior year because of new or increasing symptoms of chest & left arm/shoulder pain, stomach pain, nausea, left hand numb (could be caused by a pre existing shoulder blade injury)l, that anxiety makes way worse, i have no idea what actually happened to it, but if i sleep on my left side, it makes ot hurt really bad in the past, but would get better after a couple weeks). The tests always come back negative for troponin, something that is in ur blood, so it seems it's all caused by panic attacks. I just always think maybe they missed something, it's health anxiety. Knowing this doesn't make it better, though, sadly. Still, I'm still here, so maybe they're right & i just have to try to live like this. Just get tested & rule out actual heart issues, & that can help calm your mind. I think our brains were so used to getting help with medication that it doesn't know how to handle the panic yet, so maybe over time it will get better. This is my prayer & hope & i do pray that everyone here gets better. I appreciate every post, because it makes us realize we aren't alone. Hang in there.

[Eliza12345]

Hi barb I also have afib. Wondered what mess you are on and if you have ever had an ablation done. I am 66 and started this afib nightmare 4 months ago. Cannot tolerate the medications they have made me very sick. Would love some contact with you.

[Worryqueen]

I feel you there..my friends joke about the things I choose to tell them about my anxiety...my family however is very supportive...I would be glad to be your friend

[njl093038]

Hi ma'am. Im 24. I have palpitations. And its worsen at night

[barb4758]

Hey, you are only 17. I believe you are having panic/anxiety attacks. The more you pay attention to the palps the worse they get! I am a 68 year old woman and I have afib. I have had it for over 50 years. Its an abnormal beating of the heart. I have learned to live with it, but palpitations are part of it. Not saying you have this, but I know a LOT about palps! I have done so much research. I don't like doctors( their business anyway) But I do take heart meds and anxiety meds. I was fine until the year 2000. Had a major attack and now I am plagued with palps everyday. I have learned NO caffeine, NO alcohol! Darn I hate that!..But salt,beer, coffee,chocolate, caffeinated sodas,  fats, msg ( chinese food) are among the things I have given up and it does help. I have an off day occasionally. But like so many others say, if you get busy , get your mind off them.....they will disappear. Maybe not all together, but you can manage to get through. You are not going to die from palps.........unless you have something very bad wrong and they would of found that by now with all you tests..So I hope you can get your mind busy and get out doors and stay busy...Its a messed up thing,but you will live with it. You just have to try. Ignore the funny little umps..Good luck and you will be fine!!  ;)

[ste1234]

Hi i'm 17 yr old and i have been suffering with heart palpitations for over 2 months now all day every day. It's so scary asoon as i stand up i feel my heart racing rapidly and can literally feel it out of my skin just around my left nipple. I get chest tightness and sharp pains in that area. When this first occured i got paranoid and caused myself have a panic attack and scared me . I went the hospital a few days later because i was getting worse and they told me i had pericarditis disease which is uncommon but which is a bag around my heart to stop it from infection and they give me naproxen tablets and was taking them for just over a month and nothing seemed to change so i went back to my GP and she told me i don't have pericarditis disease because my bloods come back all normal and when you have that they come back adnormal and just told me to get another blood test done and not to worry. So i had my other blood test done and whilst i was waiting for them to come back i had really bad tightness in my chest again so i rang an ambulance and they took me hospital and i explained everything to the doctor and he just told me i have muscalur pain and not to worry and go home and just take paracetamol. But my heart palpitations have still not stopped i have no reason why i am getting them i'm so scared at times and noone understands the situation i am going through. I am only 17 years old i should not have to go through this at my age. Just wondering if anyone can help or for someone just to tell me everythings going to be fine i will be okay:(

[Trace_19]

Hi, ste1243. I have suffered from heart palpitations for at least 3 years now. I am 19 years old. I will get where my heart skips and does weird things. Other times, it will beat fast for absolutely no reason it seems like. I also have gotten pain whether it is back, chest, or shoulder pain. I also get paranoid and worried, thinking that I have some major health issue or heart problem. It seems like everyday I get something. I can be relaxing, and my palpitations and weird heart beats will come on. It really affects my quality of life. I feel as if I can't do anything because of these issues. I had Wolff-Parkinson-White, but I had a successful catheter-ablation surgery that delivered me from the heart syndrome. Now, though, I get racing, skipping, pounding, and irregular heart beats frequently. I have seen my cardiologist several times and have had several tests done. All my  testing has been good, nothing bad being found. My doctor has diagnosed me with autonomic dysfunction. It is something that many young people get, especially those who are tall and thin. I also have suffered from a great amount of anxiety that causes me to feel like a wreck at times. I think my anxiety has a big deal to do with all of these symptoms I have had. So, my advice and encouragement to you is to try not to worry about these things. I tend to worry and think about things all the time, causing me to feel horrible and anxious almost constantly. Everything will be ok. And you will be just fine. I hope that you and I will no longer have these annoying and extremely frightening issues any longer. I also hope we will have assurance and peace to know what our problem is and that our problem is nothing serious. Have a great day and I will be praying for you. :)