"too often a person sees their regular doctor, the doctor doesn't hear anything unusual and they send the patient home"
I think this happens way too often; sometimes drs miss things or just plain don't think anything is wrong - you've seen one, you've seen em all type mentality...[steps off my soapbox]
I would def request in writing a copy of all your medical records and take them to a cardiologist who will look into what's going on, keep looking until you find one that will give you the answers you need.
I would ask why you have HR & BP so high at your age and fitness level, not just prescribe medication for the easy fix when they don't know the answer [ducks] I'm a why person and I keep badgering until I find my answers.
I keep a journal of symptoms, what I was doing, stress levels etc to take to my drs and figure this craziness all out.
Did the same dr prescribe the meds for headaches for the other meds? If you're having headaches, you need to see if you can find out a cause - see a neurologist to rule out different conditions.
I too get ringing in my ears, but it's not constant like yours. I think mine is linked to BP/HR; if I don't sleep it is unbearable and if I'm under alot of stress or get aggitated I can count on it to be persistant. I'm interested in knowing a cause, but no one has told me anything other than it CAN be BP/HR related.
Oh goodness - I never even thought about your comment as trying to diagnose the rhythm. I tend to agree with you; it does sound like the typical PVC's be-bopping around in there. But too often a person sees their regular doctor, the doctor doesn't hear anything unusual and they send the patient home. Well, that's no help at all.
Sorry to hear about your bad valve. Glad someone caught it though. I imagine you're feeling a lot better.
"Your heart rate of 130"
I agree ireneo. This is virtually double an ideal resting rate.
ireneo, yes, I didn't mean to be diagnosing plpeterson's arrhythmia, just saying that it doesn't sound normal to feel your heart tumbling. It does need to be evaluated. Your idea about the Holter or event monitor is right on. Hopefully, if plpeterson can get in with a cardiologist, the problem will be diagnosed. Theoretically, a PCP can order the monitor, but if I were plpeterson, I would want to just move along and get in with a cardiologist. In fact, I have done it just the way I described above, for similar reasons, and the cardiologist heard a valve murmur on my first visit. My PCP thought everything with my heart was just peachy, up to then. It turned out I needed valve replacement right away.
You mentioned that your doctor has never been able to observe your strange heart rhythm. There's a simple fix for that if only he had thought of it. Most of us with sporadic heart rhythm problems have had to wear monitors. The Holter monitor will record constantly for 24-48 hours. That works great if your heart is jumpy every day. For those that have arrhythmias once a week or so, there is the event monitor. It has a "loop" that records about 90 seconds and then continues to record over itself. If you have an event, you push the record button and it will save that period of arrhythmia. That way you can "catch" the problem and the doctor can see it when printed out.
I would strongly recommend you check into wearing a monitor.
The visual disturbances sound a lot like they're migraine related. I've had those; my Dad had those. His doctor told him they were a type of migraine. Just no pain involved. Strange but interesting.
Your heart rate of 130 at rest is not normal nor healthy. Your doctor needs to address that, not ignore it.
First you need to find out what kind of arrhythmias you're having before they can be managed or fixed. I hope you get the answers soon.
When you say your heart is "tumbling", that sounds like really bad PVC's. (When I was having that, it felt like a fish was flopping inside my chest.) A resting heart rate of 130 is not normal for a 28 year old who is in good physical condition. There are a lot of heart conditions that can be present in a young person. A family history of heart defects elevates the risk that you have something yourself. I would say that you need to be evaluated by a cardiologist.
Assuming you live in the US, and you're in the type of medical system with which I am familiar, you can refer yourself to a cardiologist. Call the cardiologist's office that you want to see, ask whoever answers the phone what records the doctor will need from your PCP, and then call the PCP's office and tell them what to fax to the card's office. Don't ask the PCP for the referral, just tell him or her that you are going. At that point, if the PCP does not cooperate, it is hard for him or her to justify why not.
Better yet, have the PCP's office get the records ready for you to pick up. If you transport the records to the card's office yourself, you will know that they got there. I have heard of people waiting and waiting forever for records to be sent from one doctor's office to another, and you can cut that loop.
Good luck.