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Heart palpitations while sitting/lying down
I am a 28 yr. old healthy female, 5'3 120lbs. exercise everyday. I've been getting heart palpitations for years. Recently they've been coming more frequently but mostly only when I sit or lay down. I do have an underactive thyroid and yes my levels were way off which can cause them, but why only when I sit or lay down they affect me. Any insight to this...
Thanks everyone for sharing their experience with PVC's, getting it out there helps everyone else out there who has the same symptoms. I started having palpitations approx. 1 month ago, I had a MI approx. year and half ago at 53 so first thing that came to my mind was OH NO I am having trouble with my heart, PVC’s started at less frequency and I felt it during exercise Skip or extra beat, then it progressed and on a weekend I had it continuously all night which freaked my out so went to ER. Doctor put me on Atenolol but this beta blocker did not agree with me so I was put on Calcium blocker. It has reduced the PVC’s tremendously but once a while I am getting after eating and while sitting, if I stand up they go away, weird! I also did a lot of research on internet and found a few sites that people were talking about taking Magnesium Taurate so I started to take these couple of days ago, they seem to help but may take some time to accumulate in the body
Thank you everyone for opening up. I know it's not easy. As like everyone else, I am afflicted with palpitations, flutters, whatever you want to call them. I have experienced them off and on for many years. When I first told my doctor, he tested me for asthma. It wasn't asthma. The palpitations didn't bother me too much, so I just learned to live with them. They were infrequent for probably three decades. However, this morning at 0400 they hit and woke me up. I was unnerved and unable to get back to sleep.
I almost always sleep on either of my sides, so I tried sleeping on my back. That seemed to help a little. Later they became stronger and more frequent. I became more uneasy and asked my husband to drive me to urgent care. There I had an EKG done but was told that everything looked good. Although my Heart rate was 63, my BP was slightly elevated (143/88).
I am 58, overweight by about 25 pounds, have high BP and hypothyroidism (both normal with meds). My husband and I retired and moved a year ago and we are having a new house built. We both joined a gym as we both have gained weight since retirement. I'm guessing that, even though I did not think I was stressed or anxious, my body felt otherwise.
Reading EVERYONES' posts has eased my mind, but I still plan on getting further tests done to rule out anything more serious. Thank you for bearing your souls and helping others. I pray each and every one of you finds your peace in dealing with this irritating condition. God bless you! (For those who don't believe in Him, I will just wish you peace.)
I almost always sleep on either of my sides, so I tried sleeping on my back. That seemed to help a little. Later they became stronger and more frequent. I became more uneasy and asked my husband to drive me to urgent care. There I had an EKG done but was told that everything looked good. Although my Heart rate was 63, my BP was slightly elevated (143/88).
I am 58, overweight by about 25 pounds, have high BP and hypothyroidism (both normal with meds). My husband and I retired and moved a year ago and we are having a new house built. We both joined a gym as we both have gained weight since retirement. I'm guessing that, even though I did not think I was stressed or anxious, my body felt otherwise.
Reading EVERYONES' posts has eased my mind, but I still plan on getting further tests done to rule out anything more serious. Thank you for bearing your souls and helping others. I pray each and every one of you finds your peace in dealing with this irritating condition. God bless you! (For those who don't believe in Him, I will just wish you peace.)
I am 52 now and overweight by 100lbs. I too started suffering when I got out of college and went to work as a straight commission salesperson when I was 25. At my age, I invented panic attacks and heart palps! For 2 years I thought I was dying and with no late night help, I would usually go running out of my apartment in my underwear when they would start. Did the beta blockers and the evil Xanax, which I finally got off both. Then depression set in, which I finally got to the right medicine for me, Effexor/Venalfaxine, an evil drug that once you start is freaking impossible to get off of, but it is evident that all of us have a chemical imbalance in our brain that causes these symptoms, so get help. Here is the bottom-line for survival. You will always have palps, but as you age, you stop reacting to them because they become normal and you know that is part of your physiology. You could get ablation and eliminate the excess pathways, but I chose not to. Personally, my relationship with the Lord is extremely important to me as well, priceless, because I know that when it is my time to die, I will die, but if not, nothing on this earth will remove me. Lastly, stay away from the worst irritants there are caffeine (any stimulants) and sugar.
My hope is that you find relief in this message. Your body was designed by our creator and trust me, it is extremely complex, but very, very resilient. Always check with your doctor and make sure it isn't something more serious, because occasionally it is, but the majority of the time, it is something minute or your body adjusting itself to something that you either put in it or stress being put on you physically or mentally.
My hope is that you find relief in this message. Your body was designed by our creator and trust me, it is extremely complex, but very, very resilient. Always check with your doctor and make sure it isn't something more serious, because occasionally it is, but the majority of the time, it is something minute or your body adjusting itself to something that you either put in it or stress being put on you physically or mentally.
I'm 40 yrs old 6'4', 260 lbs, and have had three-day episodes of palps about twice a year for the last four years. It always came on with stress and went away in about three days.
This year, I had a prolonged (6 month) period of different stressors and the palps hit me bad. I do believe it was the prolonged stress that caused problems.
I had always drank a few beers on the weekends and one or two cups of coffee every day. I'm in fairly good shape, but do have an elevated blood pressure and take medication for that.
When I saw my doctor for the palps, about seven months ago, nothing showed up on EKG, a stress test, and a 24 hour EKG. I had ten straight days of palps, which then turned into about 40-50 PAC's per day. My doctor's advice was to stop all alcohol and caffeine. I did that.
Having stopped all alcohol and caffeine, I continued to stress myself out over that idea that what I was experiencing was something more than what it is. My doctor prescribed Atenolol (beta blocker) and the symptoms almost disappeared for three-four days, then would return. He'd prescribe a larger dose, they'd disappear for a few days, then return. Repeat.
I read somewhere that someone's doctor recommended Benadryl. The next episode of PAC's I gave it a try. Bingo. It worked! I told my doctor. He told me that was not an efficient way of dealing with anxiety. I think that was my breakthrough. From that point on I realized my doctor truly believed there was nothing wrong with my heart. He signed me up for an anxiety class where I learned my palps were actually a secondary condition to the anxiety. My mind had convinced my body to engage in fight or flee mode. Once I understood the symptoms, I am 95% better.
I still get an occasional palp sleeping on my side at night and if I've had one too many beers on the weekend without hydrating.
I think the best way to deal with our situations is to control our minds. I believe the main culprit is fear. It should never have taken me 6+ months to beat this thing. For others it seem like it's taking longer. The best advice I can give is to look back on your worst episi\ode of palps and realize that you lived through it. I suppose it took me six months to come to terms that my palps were just an annoying glitch. Hopefully you can realize that a lot sooner than me.
This year, I had a prolonged (6 month) period of different stressors and the palps hit me bad. I do believe it was the prolonged stress that caused problems.
I had always drank a few beers on the weekends and one or two cups of coffee every day. I'm in fairly good shape, but do have an elevated blood pressure and take medication for that.
When I saw my doctor for the palps, about seven months ago, nothing showed up on EKG, a stress test, and a 24 hour EKG. I had ten straight days of palps, which then turned into about 40-50 PAC's per day. My doctor's advice was to stop all alcohol and caffeine. I did that.
Having stopped all alcohol and caffeine, I continued to stress myself out over that idea that what I was experiencing was something more than what it is. My doctor prescribed Atenolol (beta blocker) and the symptoms almost disappeared for three-four days, then would return. He'd prescribe a larger dose, they'd disappear for a few days, then return. Repeat.
I read somewhere that someone's doctor recommended Benadryl. The next episode of PAC's I gave it a try. Bingo. It worked! I told my doctor. He told me that was not an efficient way of dealing with anxiety. I think that was my breakthrough. From that point on I realized my doctor truly believed there was nothing wrong with my heart. He signed me up for an anxiety class where I learned my palps were actually a secondary condition to the anxiety. My mind had convinced my body to engage in fight or flee mode. Once I understood the symptoms, I am 95% better.
I still get an occasional palp sleeping on my side at night and if I've had one too many beers on the weekend without hydrating.
I think the best way to deal with our situations is to control our minds. I believe the main culprit is fear. It should never have taken me 6+ months to beat this thing. For others it seem like it's taking longer. The best advice I can give is to look back on your worst episi\ode of palps and realize that you lived through it. I suppose it took me six months to come to terms that my palps were just an annoying glitch. Hopefully you can realize that a lot sooner than me.
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Benadryl? Maybe I shoukd try that, this is driving me crazy and it been over a week already. Im scared
Wow! Like many of you, I feel relieved to hear that I also am not the only one with these palpitations that won't go away. However, it sounds that I should nonetheless go to a hospital to check out and rule anything out in what it may be or what is causing my palpitations.
I'm 37 and soon to be 38, 5'5 and 200lbs or more. I initially had these palpitations while I was studying for my MA in TESOL in 2013 and they would last all day for weeks on end and then when I finished my MA, they eventually went away. I was looking for a new job and once my previous contract was going to end soon and I didn't have a job yet, and having to think whether I needed to move to another city or not or did I have to move to another country for a job....palpitations came back non-stop again.
The palpitations are bad when I wear things that are a little tight or when I'm sitting or when I lie down, however I'm able to sleep.
When I read it may be possible these are 'anxiety or panic attacks' suddenly....my palpitations stopped! I just never considered it may have been an attack from anxiety or even from panic. I even notice when I pray to Christ Jesus or when I talk to people, the palpitations calm down or goes away completely. I never considered anxiety or panic attacks because I don't feel I have a lot of stress, but....now I wonder maybe my mind doesn't think so but my body perhaps does. Does that make any sense?
Thank you so much for everyone posting on here, I do feel great relief so many others in the same position as I am, even when they are already so healthy or much healthier than I am! Crazy!
At first I thought perhaps I just wasn't active enough, as I dislike sweating and exercise. But even when I did a lot of stairs and walking, I still had palpitations, but then it might have been the heavy food I ate over a meal that day, too.
I'll for sure cut caffeine and heavy foods and change my health and perhaps even foster a small dog to help me go outside for lots of exercise.
But there seems to be a lot of tests I could get...any suggestions on which I should get done?
I'm 37 and soon to be 38, 5'5 and 200lbs or more. I initially had these palpitations while I was studying for my MA in TESOL in 2013 and they would last all day for weeks on end and then when I finished my MA, they eventually went away. I was looking for a new job and once my previous contract was going to end soon and I didn't have a job yet, and having to think whether I needed to move to another city or not or did I have to move to another country for a job....palpitations came back non-stop again.
The palpitations are bad when I wear things that are a little tight or when I'm sitting or when I lie down, however I'm able to sleep.
When I read it may be possible these are 'anxiety or panic attacks' suddenly....my palpitations stopped! I just never considered it may have been an attack from anxiety or even from panic. I even notice when I pray to Christ Jesus or when I talk to people, the palpitations calm down or goes away completely. I never considered anxiety or panic attacks because I don't feel I have a lot of stress, but....now I wonder maybe my mind doesn't think so but my body perhaps does. Does that make any sense?
Thank you so much for everyone posting on here, I do feel great relief so many others in the same position as I am, even when they are already so healthy or much healthier than I am! Crazy!
At first I thought perhaps I just wasn't active enough, as I dislike sweating and exercise. But even when I did a lot of stairs and walking, I still had palpitations, but then it might have been the heavy food I ate over a meal that day, too.
I'll for sure cut caffeine and heavy foods and change my health and perhaps even foster a small dog to help me go outside for lots of exercise.
But there seems to be a lot of tests I could get...any suggestions on which I should get done?
Hi!
I looked up the symptoms of POTS but none of them apply to most of us. These palpitations just happen, there is no dizziness, headaches, nausea or abdominal discomfort, no sweating or lightheadedness.
I went for a second opinion, and like my regular doctor, this one said they are in complete agreement with the original diagnonis. Nothing to worry about..its just one of those things and is probably my anxiety.
I dont like it though. I want a proper answer. Seems I should go for a 3rd opinion and just keep going until someone does something about it.
Thanks for the link though :)
I looked up the symptoms of POTS but none of them apply to most of us. These palpitations just happen, there is no dizziness, headaches, nausea or abdominal discomfort, no sweating or lightheadedness.
I went for a second opinion, and like my regular doctor, this one said they are in complete agreement with the original diagnonis. Nothing to worry about..its just one of those things and is probably my anxiety.
I dont like it though. I want a proper answer. Seems I should go for a 3rd opinion and just keep going until someone does something about it.
Thanks for the link though :)
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