Rapid Heart Beat

Posted By C.F.D. on June 30, 1999 at 10:01:33
I am a health 29 year old man who is very active.  I've always been an athlete all my life with no problems.  I played college basketball for four years.  My second year in college I used "Brain Pep", which is one of those pills used to "increase oxygen to your Brain", thus making you think better.  I used this product for about a month then stopped because of an anxious feeling that came over me.  Since then(10 years ago), when I step onto the basketball court to play I would occasionally(this does not happen all the time) get rapid heart beats.  This would happen once while I am playing and last for about 5-20 seconds then everything is back to normal.  During this time, I feel a bit light headed and nervous, and once it passes, then I can play for hours without any further problems.  This is very puzzling to me because I've had two EKG's and everything is fine.  I've also worn a monitoring device for a month while playing and of course  I got no rapid heart beats for that month.  Yesterday scared me the most because while playing I had a bout that lasted for about 10 minutes.  I stopped playing to relax for a few but it did not stop.  It stopped only after I had sat down for about 5 minutes.  I was shaken.  This only happens sometimes when I play basketball.  It has never happen while jogging or lifting weigths.  Do I need to be afraid of this? and can something that happen 10 years ago still affect me today?  










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