Sudden Hard Little Faster Heart Beat

[kyomagi]

Ok so i have a history of PVC's, im on a medication that is working well in lowering the number of pvc's i have a day. Now this is the 5th time this has happened in the last 2 years, i have seen my cardio and he said that as long as its not happening everyday i should be ok. Let me describe what the feeling is.

I get the feeling in my chest that my heart is beating strong, steady, but strong. I felt my pulse during the ordeal and my heart rate was up and my heart was beating hard. I did not feel any skipped beats, it was steady, the patter lasted about 10 long seconds, and went like, hard beat hard beat hard beat, normal beat normal beat Hard hard hard and then normal again. It really spooked me but i had no other symtoms, no dizzy feelings, no light headedness, only thing i had was weak legs prolly cause i was scared half to death.

anyone know if these are just palupitations?

[LBBBguy]

Sorry, don't know the answer to that question.

[kyomagi]

i guess my last question is, if i did not freak out or get suddenly spooked, why would my blood pressure sky rocket like that if i had a quick bout of palpitations and sinus tach?

[kyomagi]

how does a palp look on a heart monitor?  I watched my heart monitor for a minute, then felt my heart sink, kinda like a palp.  It looked like my normal beat but weird

      I      I      I           I      I     I     I
......I......I......I.    I    .I......I.....I.....I
                     :...I...:


If you picture that what a beat looks like

[LBBBguy]

I would just add that being scared to death could certainly cause your BP to spike like that. I'd agree with cindy here, that it sounds pretty tame. I know it doesn't seem that way. I get those kind of palps relatively frequently, and depending on my mood, they can be anywhere between no big deal and rather worrisome. There's kind of a catch with these things, IMO. The more you worry about them, the worse they tend to get, causing more worry, and so on. My understanding is that the "heavy heartbeat" type of palpitation isn't really of much concern. So that said, I'm assuming that since you've got a history of PVCs, you're working with a doctor. When in doubt, give your doctor a call and go in to see him/her if that will help ease your mind.

[kyomagi]

i forgot to mention that when i had the palpitations that my blood pressure when up  to about 155/95, it went down about an hour after wards.  I did go to the hospital after the second time it happened and they said it was palps to.

[cindy707]

Hi read your post......it does sound to me exactly like run of the mill palpatations to me and you are a lucky person if you've only had a few episodes in the past couple of years,  Palps are a common occurance with healthy people and doesn't mean that they are going to come more frequently or get worse.  These could just be isolated cases brought on by stress or anxiety or possibly even your caffeine intake.  its great that you aren't experiencing any other symtoms so yours is a situation where you need in my opinion to just accept them on occasion and know that they will pass.  Everyones heart has its own personal way of functioning and doing a vagal manuever may work for you, glad the meds are working tho.  I'd relax a little and live your life.......