Please Please help me

[villaroyale]

4 yrs ago i went to  co. for vacation when i arrived i felt fine! drove from airport to hotel fine laid down to sleep. i laid down my heart started skipping like crazy! 30 min finally stopped  went to sleep next day felt awful somewhat numb left arm and lightheaded went to er went to ran ekg came back normal except for rbb  and had high blood pressure hr was 75 bpm told nothing wrong sent home felt miserable all week broke out in sweats and nausea heart floppping all over was given ativan and atelnol flew home  got home felt great for about 3 days then felt awful sick to my stomach all day stomach bloated like an elephant trying to get out lightheaded every minute of the day nauceous all day  feel like **** went  er again had ekg same thing rbb and cardiac markers were fine told anxiet sent home all of a sudden felt great agin for like 2 months then boom downhill again for like 3 weeks same  symptoms like a  coaster was sent to cardiologist he did echo  was fine structally normal heart lvef 70%   had treadmill test and passed they did nuculer strest test result was normal study then did angiogram i insisted on that cause of chest pain  and other symptoms the doctors said wow perfect arteries . then did holter test couldnt find anything when i breathe deep sometimes it hurts been back had echo again  3 years later form the first echo same results 70% lvef and normal except for mitral valve regurg very minor then went to new york one day ther my heart skipped every other beat for 8 hours straight almost passed out chest pain and nausea could barley stand got back to hotel and got in bath it stopped now i get a few days feeling good and others heart probably skips about 1000x

David
P.S. im 33 years old male

[aproverbs31woman]

I am a 59 year old female and have 1 stent, and mild aortic valve insuffiency, pvc's and controlled cholesterol and bp with meds.  On my last catherization to check and see if all was ok because the stress test appaentely did not look as good as they want.  They found nothing additional wrong, and told me my LVEF was about 60%. For my age is that good or should I work to make that higher, and how?  What is the range of LVEF from 10% to what and when should I become concerned.
And with mild aortic insufficiency will it always stay mild?

[Michael J. McWilliams, M.D.]

Hi David,
That is a tough situation.   All your tests are normal -- this suggests you have a very good long term prognosis.   Because you are having symptoms that are not related to PVCs, I would have to conclude that your symptoms are not related to a heart rhythm problem.   There is not much an electrophysiogist can do treat symptoms that are not related to a heart rhythm.  It is not out of line to consider that this might be from anxiety -- I know people hate to hear this.  It is worth trying a medication like an SSRI to treat anxiety and even trying several different types if one doesn't work -- try another.  You have nothing to lose by trying.  It is would not hurt to try a medication like 07charger is talking about to treat reflux.  Make sure you talk to your doctor before starting any new medications.  I also agree with 07c that sometimes it helps just to know that  you are not alone and talk to others with the same concerns.

I hope this helps.  Good luck and thanks for posting.

[07charger]

yes I feel your discomfort I have been having these on and off for 17 years, but they seem more frequent as I get older. The general doctor that I am seeing now says its from my stomach problems as I do have bad acid reflux, because the lining between the stomach and heart is very thin layer and when I am having bad episode of acid it does seem to get worse. My chest will feel tight sometimes then skipped beats but as soon as the food I just ate decides to come back up ( gross I know) I feel better. I have been to several gastrolgist and have been on every acid reducer you can think of, I am fairly confident this is my cause, but my next move is to be alergy tested for foods that I might be alergic to that would upset my stomach. All of my heart test came back fine, just found some premature beats on the halter monitor. Sounds like you have the same problem me, and everyone else on this forum have, probably going to be O.K. but are not easy to deal with. I hope this helps. Sometimes its just good to talk to someone about it, and know you are not the only one.

[villaroyale]

Its me david again i forgot to add that latley i have been having NO Skips but feel sick in chest and very lightheaded all day long please help me !!!! what do i do