Basic: I'm 26 years old, non-smoker, non-drinker. BMI 20.7. Relatively healthy diet, no junk food, no trans fat, little red meat, little sugar, only thing I indulge in is too much cheese occasionally. Little caffeine, just tea on my days off, most days nothing. No medications except doxycycline for acne.
Five days ago I found my heart pounding in my chest for no reason at all. The entire day it went like this like a giant kettle drum in my chest. After this went on for a few days I got scared and went to the doctor. They timed my heartbeat, checked my blood pressure (125/85), did an EKG, and told me I had an irregular hearbeat. Basically, it's all over the place, speeds up and slows down at a whim for no apparently reason at all. Thing is, they're not sure why.
I'm not on any weird drugs and I'm not feeling any particular stress or anxiety these days (except over THIS, of course...). There's nothing unusual about the beats themselves, and I've got no other symptoms, no dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath, nothing. Just for some unknown reason my heart has gone all wonky on me.
The doctors just told me to take it easy and come back in a month. I'm scared to death and afraid I'm going to go into cardiac arrest at a moment's notice (which I'm sure isn't helping the problem). I have a sneaking suspicion that they're just hoping it'll go away on its own. I just wish I had ANY idea what might be causing this out of the blue.