Heart stoppage

Posted By David F. on July 25, 1998 at 22:22:54:







15 years ago I began having episodes once every 6 months of lightheadedness
due to my heart slowing down or stopping.  10 years ago while on a vacation
I had a pronounced one, went to emergency, and it cut my vacation short.  
After back in town I wore a holter monitor, ran tread mills, etc. and they
found nothing.  Since then I have lived it and the frequency has varied to
once or twice a month to once every 6 months.  Two years ago I had a serious
one that caused me to go to emergency.  EKG showed nothing.  Another
treadmill showed nothing, perfectly normal.  In the past six months I have
had about a dozen of these attacks, two today that scared me.  I am
normally relaxing or talking and suddenly start passing out and almost
black out, but not quite.  I have felt my heart during these episodes and
it seems that it stops beating.  Also when it kicks in it seems irregular,
a real strong beat, then soft ones, then a strong one or skips, with no
regular pattern.  Every time I have gone in nothing is found.  Today was
one of the most serious ones but I slept it off and now feel fine.  I am
healthy, fit, and don't have caffiene in my diet.  I don't know when I'll
have another attack, could be months. What do I do next.  Thanks alot.  
It is very kind of you to have this web site and help people like myself.