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My body shakes every time my heart beats.

Is it normal to be able to feel your heart beating everywhere in your body? Depending on what position I'm in, my heart beats so forcefully that it shakes my body. If I'm sitting on the couch with my back against it, I can feel my heart beating through my back, head and neck, and if I'm laying in bed on my stomach, I feel it everywhere on the front of my body, from my face to my chest, stomach, thighs, and feet. My heart beat is so forceful that I can actually feel different parts of my body shaking with every beat. Sometimes it's very easy to see the shaking, but sometimes I'm only able to feel it. It's really distracting because I can always feel it in my head. It feels like I'm always bobbing my head up and down or side to side. No matter which position I'm in, I can always see my abdomen pulsing, too.
I do have sinus tachycardia. My heart rate is rarely under 100 bpm. It's usually around 110 or 115 but it often goes up to 140. I have normal blood pressure, 110/70. I'm 21 now, female, but this has been happening since I've been 14 or 15 years old. It has recently been getting more noticeable though.
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Does anyone have more details on this. I'm suffering the same symptoms. Rocking head which I now think is swaying to my heart beat. I can constantly feel my beating heart except when I'm keeping busy. Going crazy worried. I've just had a blood test and booked for an echo in 2 weeks because of heart murmur...currently taking multivitamins plus magnesium flakes in water plus iron supplement. Always cold too so I think I'm low in iron..
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Hey just wondering if this has resolved for you, cheers
Had the same issue. I found out I have Hasimoto (autoimmune hypothyroidism).
Medication for that and an extra pill to decrease my heartrate has completely resolved the issue and I am symptom free.
See a specialist doctor such as an endocrinologist!
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Ok people I suffer with panic attacks, shakes and a hard heart. I stopped alcohol 4 months now and exercise twice a day I run 15 minutes on a morning 20 on a night. Losing weight has controlled the panic attacks. I take multi vitamins strong ones and my heartbeat calms right down until after exercise. It's all linked with me and exercise is all I think about. I stopped thinking so much about dying. My heart actually beats harder now because its stronger and to be honest I don't want to feel like that again. I mean feeling like your body's juddering from the inside, cold sweats, panic. I'll tell you three things its only you who can make the change. First multivitamins, exercise twice daily to burn fat and strengthen your heart, alcohol it does more damage than you think. Is it worth your life for a wobbly feeling??? Make the right choice. I'm 4 months in and I feel alive and kicking, haven't felt this good since I was 2, 12 years ago. Good luck
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I don't know what my level of magnesium was. My dr told me it was very hard to measure. I could not find a dr to help me figure things out so I read everything I could find related to my symptoms. It came down to thyroid and/or Magnesium. My dr tested for thyroid but left off critical tests like free T3 so I'll never know. I did just get my thyroid tests redone and will have more info in a week or so. My heart pounding was driving me crazy but every time I checked my heart rate using a Fitbit it would show it was normal to low. My average over 1 yr was 59bpm. About 3 months ago I started on the following:

1) 600mg Magnesium
2) multivitamin
3) 100mg coQ10
4) vitamin b12
5) probiotic

I've also limited my bad carbohydrates. I noticed when I ate sugar the pounding got worse.

I am 90% better. What's interesting is after 100 days my resting heart rate actually jumped up to 66 from 59 for about 3. Weeks. During that time I was also having palpitations which I hadn't had at all. Now the palpitations have stopped and my resting heart rate has dropped to 61. It's almost like my system was rebooting. I haven't felt this good in almost 2yrs.

As an engineer, I don't like not knowing the root cause but at this point I'm just happy I can sleep at night.

I hope you solve your issue.

Ed
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I am re-posting my comment here as it is the same issue that daniiii brought up in his thread.

Hello all... I am a 33 y.o male and have been having the same symptoms from time to time in the past. They started the all over again mid October and have been going on every late evening since.
The "earthquake" starts after 8pm till the early hours of the morning (3-4 am). I visited multiple doctors and had a full medical checkup. The main concern was elevated heartrates from 90 to 120 bpm.
The cardiologist gave me a clean bill of health... I knew I had hypothyroidism and had an endocrinologist run more tests. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (Chronic thyroiditis).
It sounds serious but it is not uncommon at all.
Basically the thyroid gland produces the hormones that control your metabolism and your heart rate. Any malfunction of the gland (especially hyperthyroidism, where more of the hormone is produced) directly affects your heartbeat. Even if the rate is not too high it can still feel like an internal earthquake, mostly felt when sitting still or laying down. The constant vibrations/palpitations also cause the nausea and dizzyness by shaking the labyrinth inside your ears, that controls balance.
The fact that it happens late at night or early morning also has to do with the times that your body adjusts hormone levels to prepare you for rest or for a new day ahead.
Having said all that you would expect that since doctors have found out or hypothesised about the cause they would have come up with a treatment to stop the symptoms. Not really!!!
Apparently besides prescribing INDERAL (propanolol hydrochloride) which slows down the elevated heart rates, but does not eliminate the trembling symptoms; doctor suggested a better, lenghty management of the thyroiditis with regular tests of the hormone levels (T3, T4, FT3, FT4, Anti-TPO etc) and adjustment of the thyrohormone with meds (pills).
I hope you found this useful and that I have motivated you all to check your thyroid. Visit an endocrinologist to make sure! Finding what is wrong is a process of elimination, so why not ckeck this out too?
If I have any updates, I'll keep you all posted!  
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Thank you NasosD! This has been troubling me most of my life and they put me on propranolol, which isn't really helping. I will have them check my thyroid. My mom had problems with hers, which were different, in the past, so maybe that is heriditary. The problem with the Propranolol for me is that it makes a swishing sound in my head like shifting sand in a glass jar, very quick sounds. This has been driving me crazy. I can't sleep more than 2-4 hours every night, although I do take naps when I can. Your advice might save my life. Thanks again.
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Hey just wondering if this had resolved for you ? Cheers
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Hello all.

Had the same thing all my life, Im 21 now. After the heart shaking becoming more and more disturbing I told my family about my case. Although only after a year or so I went to see cardiologist.

First meeting was unsuccesful as they did not found anything. Only asked weather I drink a lot of coffee or alchohol and smoking. Never used any of these all my life.

After some time I went to meet the best cardiologist in my country. After 3 different procesures I was diagnosed with a Bicuspid aortic valve defect and aortic stenosis defect.

The thing is that these heart defects are very rare, as firstly mentioned BAV happens to less than 1% people in the world. So some cardiologists may not see that so easily or do not even believe this can happen.

There are a lot different heart defects and ones are more common than the others. My personal case has unfortunate 2 defects and that increases my heart shaking double the time.

This is really rare in my case and leads to heart surgery at about ~40 years, because as my doctor explained to me My heart gets older 2 times faster than the normal person. And I have bomb in me that can explode and stop my heart any time.

My reccomendation would be seeing cardiologist that really cares about people advising them heart defect problems.

These heart shakes I have all my life and trying to live with them is really hard. Better catch your heart problems earlier than never.
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This is  one of the reason of GERD which triggers the vagus nerve. Consult a consult a cardiologist if he finds ok then nothing to worry.
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Yes started taking magnesium,I can here my valve glichung but rocking heard changed to better ,plus I take a lot of natural stuff for heart,but magnesium very effective.
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Nobody will help and nothing
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Oh man I can understand ,I have same,I mean everything you describe.Doctors said you have normal heart haha.its shaking insane,beatings so loud just crazy,I waned to kill my self many times,nobody  understand...
But what is now your situation,mine heart same ?
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I have figured out how to improve my pounding heart beat dramatically. I started taking Magnesium after reading everything I could find on the internet. I found a cardiologist and discussed my situation and he agreed with my diagnosis. My increased exercise, and a couple of bouts with antibiotics depleted my Magnesium. I've been taken by 600mg for 2 months and have gone from an 8/10 pounding to about a 2. The dr said it could take up to a year to get it back. I've also noticed that when I eat, especially sugar, it gets a bit worse but nothing like it was before Magnesium. The great thing is I noticed a difference in 48hours. I hope this helps someo else.
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What was your magnesium level before you started taking the magnesium?
Hi, I read your story comment and it is the only thing giving me some hope. I have the 24/7 nonstop upper body and head swaying effects for 6 weeks now, it's horrifying. I realized my head is literally being moved by my pounding heart from my chest, with bizarre palpitations.
  Do you really think this is thickened blood from severe hydration? How did your magnesium and drinking more water help you??

  Please I beg you, write to me because the doctors all tell me they don't know or understand. Thank you so much.
  Melody
Hey just wondering if you’ve resolved this and what you did cheers
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You might dehydrated, I sometimes get this way when I'm dehydrated. Make sure you're drinking enough water everyday. When the body gets dehydrated the blood becomes thicker causing resistance to blood flow. This might be why you're able to feel your body throb with each heart beat. Drink a few glasses of water and see if the throbbing stops
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I can feel my heartbeat without touching my chest. While lying on my bed I can see my left chest go up and down with the heart beat. Sometimes my whole body rocks like i am hit by earthquake. For couple of months, I have been getting these feelings frequently.During days when I am busy at work or when im with my friends i don't have these feelings. But once i am alone and specially during nights, i can feel my heartbeats. I can continuously feel my heart beat. It seems like i can feel them 24/7. In couple of nights i couldnot sleep for hours as i was feeling some shakings in my heart. The shakings were like those we get when we are nervously doing presentations infront of mass. I have not gone to doctors yet. I am worried now. Looking into websites and comments have increased my anxiety level.
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I have been experiencing heart pounding for about a year. My BP has gone from 120/70 to 135/85... not too bad. I have also noticed that many, not all, who have this exercise quite a bit. It just so happens that I started exercising intensely right about the time this started. Additionally, I was given antibiotics 3 times in a 6 month period.

After reading everything I could find, I started taking Magnesium and within 48hrs my pounding went from a 10 to a 3. It's been 8 weeks since I started and while it's not gone I can live with it. I've read it can take up to a year to get magnesium deficiency corrected.

I hope this helps someone else!!

Ed
Hey just wondering if this has resolved for you ? Cheers
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Anyone figure this out yet?

I've had this issue for over a year. I don't notice it unless I'm still and of course trying to go to sleep. *****.

Primary care physician hasn't helped other than running a host of blood tests including thyroid and everything looks fine with the exception of B12. I've been taking liquid forms of that and it hasn't helped yet. He also had me go to a cardiologist and have an echo stress test. All fine.

My resting heart rate is mid 50's. My average BP is 130/80 or so and I'm in my 50's.

What's interesting is it seems via my online research that many that have this exercise regularly. I do as well. No idea if there's a link but it seems to be a common trait.

I've scheduled an appointment with a new cardiologist but don't expect to find anything. I've also ordered CO10, iron, and magnesium as it can't hurt to try.

If anyone has solved this, let me know. I'm not worried about it but would certainly like to make it go away.
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I have the same problem from last 3 years, but my heart rate is arround 60/70 mint, i do bodybuilding, during excersise i feel like my heart coming out of my chest, but i ignore it.when i am about to sleep i feel like an earthquake in my chest.it really disturb me. I checked to doctors many times i had different heart Tasts and the results are all normal, still i am searching for its solution, i want to live my life as like before...if any one knows please guide me....
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Hey just wondering if this had resolved for you ? Cheers
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I feel same problem after the earthquake of 26 DEC 2015 . still my problem is continued . I am not worried . I have not any sort of stress . I sleep eat drink and do every thing normal but when I sit alone at rest mood I feel heart beat as shakes my whole body from head to toe .
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It is wise to see a highly rated  cardiologist let them sort it out
, I saw many MD's.  naturopathic doctors  and at that time my heart was freaking out so bad, my heart would pound my whole body would shake, dizziness wheezing and my heart hurt.  I notice it was hard to keep my eyes open, since I had previous black mold exposure  it was  assumed that my hearts reaction due to  central nervous system still reved up from  allergen black  mold after my treatment was done and we moved into a new house away from allergens, I still had issues, with my heart, I was sent  two Cardiologist  one thought it was PVC and told me to ignore it or get on some medication which my regular MD advised me not to because of the side effects! The second cardiologist diagnose sinus node. I'm seeing a third cardiologist to be sure if this indeed the case I will be  contemplating stem cell treatment

I researched for about a year on heart issues,,and read  tons of cases where people have  cured their heart palpitations,  by taking supplements, My ND , checked my  hormones levels, and . put me on magnesium, CQ10,  acteyl l carnosine, D- Ribo. and I was put me on a parasite cleanse, and I was told you can parasites from any restaurant.  .I increased my iron supplements, and B12 and folic acid, I'm a organic non GMO  gluten free vegetarian but it was strongly suggested I go an food elimination diet. Stop all supplements. For people use sugar substitutes  especially  Aspartame   I would stop immediately my doctor thinks that stuff should be banned!T I read you have to off gluten for like 8 months to see if you feel better. Also it was suggested I see a dentist to make sure there is not  a hidden infection, and consider dental cavitation which I did
  Since more and more people are showing up with this EMS electro magnetic sensitivity, apparently smart meters   wifi, cell phones microwaves it causes some people hearts to have problems,. So I had my phone and computer hard wired just like the old days. I kept my cell phones off  except to a hour year or there where I turned it on to listen to message or left in the garage and hat the cell phone forward call to my home.. I bought all new shampoo, soap lotions that are organic.
For what it worth I noticed I felt a lot better after taking hot saunas, which led to me believe I  had a hidden  infection which let me to  an  ENT doctor and he told me that my sinus was blocked on one side  and infected so I had sinus surgery . The point of the story it that it was a winding road to possible cause and many times it is your own detective work that can find the solution
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I noticed my body shaking to the heart beat about a month back. I can feel it strongly when I lie down. I am 41 years old, male. One thing common I find is that I have been going to gym almost five days a week for the last five-six months. And, my body is experiencing this level of exercise after a gap of about 20 years. I plan to skip gym for a month or two to see whether the pounding persists. I believe for me walking/ jogging will be a better exercise. And, maybe you too can cut down on excessive stress on body.
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Hey just wondering if this has resolved for you cheers
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Get a stool check for candida overgrowth this is supposedly the only test that is accurate. I had two blood test it was negative I then had the stool test it was positive. I stopped all sugar, gluten and dairy. Got on a anti-fungal medication
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Get a second opinion see another cardiologist . Thoughts about heart pounding  consider sinus issues because your not plugged up doesn't mean you do not have a sinus issue, there is  Sinus tachycardia causes heart pounding  so can dental issues, food allergies, vitamin deficiencies , parasite do a parasite cleanse    see an endocrinologist to make sure everything is working correctly My doctor recommended Ubiquotol CQ10, magnesium, and ribos. Also see an chiropractor. Consider where your living being the cause I had heart issues when I was living in house that had hidden mold and when I moved and my doctor gave me Cholestryramine to get the mycotoxins out of my body I was fine See a chiropractor as well . Consider seeing  a Chinese Medicine doctor and starting taking herbs
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i am a 33 yo male and have been "living" with this condition for the past 14 or so years now. i really do not know what to do and i am at my wits end as it has caused me severe deprression so much that i have become a recluse from close family and friends, as they all think im crazy because i dont get involve in their conversations and sit in my room all day, i used to be a university student when i got struck with it and had to drop out as i could not concentrate on my work like i used to. my mind usually is blank because of this condition and it really annoys me but u know how people are if they dont understand they dismiss it as unreal. anyway wwhat i think caused it was some tablets i used to take when i was in my early twenties that i took to control my weight as i used to go to the gym alot back then. i feel like i am 50 years old and im only 33 its so crazy this condition has ruined my future and i dont know what to do, i need your support and help. my main conditions are my head nods to my heartbeat and my body feels like its shaking all over at the same time and if i look in the mirror at stare at my self i can see my head rocking to my heart beat in synchronisity. i am so fed up of this i have some docs take a look at it and they found nothing abnormal made me wear a portable ecg for 48 hours. if someone who is in the same situation can help me i would be so greatful, i dont know if it is a thyroid issue or if its aortic regurgitation, these comments have got me confused as to what it is, i thought it was regurgitation but now im not sure anymore?

also get dizzy alot and shortness of breath, for example when im shopping i feel it and get very anxious and nervous as i feel my energy levels dropping halfway through. i think one day i will just drop dead in the mall....lol

thanks for taking time to read my story appreciate it
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Im facing same issues like you.I'm 25 now.it's so disturbing.looking for a way out.if you have found a solution.please help me with it. I was a chain smoker and alcoholic. But now quit smoking and occasional drinking. Still this problem persist.
Just wondering if this had resolved for you ? Cheers
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Hi,

I wanted to check with you, if you find any relief from your symptoms ? I have been experiencing the exact same symptoms...and  they are disturbing me so much that I don't know what to do.   Sometime I feel as if I need to go to ER...I have referral for endo now, but I will have to wait until monday to schedule an appointment.  Please suggest..if you were able to treat your symptoms and what meds helped.

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Hey just wondering if this is still a problem or if it had resolved cheers
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I am a 42 year female and is experiencing the exact same symptoms of internal shakiness, palpitations and strong heart beat that you can feel in your entire body.  I also feel as if my heart is pushing me.  To find answers I also requested my primary care to check for thyroid anti bodies.  My thyroid level is normal but had high antibodies.  (indicative of Hashimoto's).  My question is if my thyroid level is normal then could it still be a possible that thyroid is playing a role in this strong heart beat and shakiness symptoms I am experiencing ?
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If you're a male as you profile indicates, be careful with the iron supplements.  Unlike females, we males cannot rid ourselves of iron build-up through menstruation cycle.  A regular blood donation is very helpful in doing that, and it serves another good purpose as well.
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