heart problems :(

[ella_s2s2]

hey my names ella and im 17.. i was just came acroos this website today and i am really suprised to hear people have symtoms like me i thought i was the only one! :( when i was younger i used to have really bad anxiety and pannic dissoders for a couple of years.. it started as early as grade 3!! till about year 7 and ive now learned to controll and dont really have anxiety attacks anymore.. but since i was about 15 ive had an irregular heart beat.. and by that i mean its really fast all the time.. and its goten worse over the last 2 years.. ive had an ekg and a 24 hour holter moniter and the results came up perfectly fine  but my docter just said my resting heart rate was very high.. average about 124 bps!! its so hard to explain.. but its so so uncomfortable to live with,, its constant 24 hours i put up with it..and my boyfriend of 3 years, who ive tried to explain it all to doesnt understand!! he thinks its all in my head!! :( and like others have said when i eat my heart races very fast sometimes i get shaky and feel very sick and have to lay down for a while..so now i try not to eat as much. is it mabey something to do with my liver? i dont know what is wrong with me and im scared that i will die young of a serious heart problem.. does anyone know what is wrong or had had the same symtoms and found out exactly what goes on? and is it something i will have to deal with my whole life.. i wonder if it could be stress tachycardia but does that mean the stress from when i was younger had badly effected my heart for good? i cant stand it anymore my docter said it would go away but its been long enough i dont know what to do! if anyone can help me on this thankyou so much :) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxox


This discussion is related to Stress/Anxiety Leading to Tachycardia?.

[ella_s2s2]

thank you rosemary

yes i will go to a docter about it soon, and get reffered, my mum would be very supportive of it and so will my boyfriend, thank you so much! xx

[Rosemary349]

Hi Ella

I wouldn't worry too much but i would go back to your doctor and say that you wish to be referred to a cardiologist.  There is no harm in seeing a cardiologist.  If there's nothing to worry about they'll tell you and be able to explain what is happening....and if there is something to treat, then they will treat it and you will have the best people treating you.

Just be firm with your doctor.  You might be young, but you still have a right to request certain medical investigations and treatment (if necessary will your parents support you in seeking this help?)

I would also get some help for the anxiety that you have.  It sounds like you've made great progress with it already and it would be worth doing some extra work on it to really get it under control.  The thing is the more you work on yourself now, at this young age, the better equipped you will be in the next decade or so.

All the best!  :-)

[ella_s2s2]

hey yer thank you but i have had anxiety since i was very young and i may still have a mild case of it i certainly dont have pannick attacks very often anymore only if i am in a  very stressfull situation. when i mean my heart rate was 124.. that was recorded on the 24 hour holiter moniter i had about a year 10 months ago, that was ona a good day and the average was 124 bps, what im saying is my heart reaches very high bpm when i eat or not feeling well, and that is when i havto lay down, not when it is at 124 bps. when its at that rat i am very comfortable i am used to it now. and when it reaches thay high bpm thats when i feel faint and havto lay down, it really does affect me, and i am sure it really isnt normal. i suffer in the heat especially.. i hate summer purely for the fact that i cant stay outside for to long my heart rate just accelerates so high i cant take it. My friends mum has been suffering with the same symtoms all her life and only just foundout she had something wrong with her. my heart even goes so fast sometimes it skips beats.. and when it does it slows down and then speeds back up again. its horrible. and it comes out of knowhere. it goes so fat sometimes my face arms and legs get pins and needles in them and go num.. feels like my heart is trying to hard to pump blood to them but it just doesnt get there and i cant move properly or even talk sometimes.

[grendslori]

You are probably still having anxiety now; you said you have learned to control it. The reality is that you have probably just learned to internalized it. The way you are writing and the things that you wrote tends to show this is the case. A heart rate of 124 bpm is really not that high. Most people can handle rates like that with little problem; rates of 140-150 + can make a person feel uncomfortable. Rates of 125 bpm certainly wouldn't cause a person to have to lay down. Most people lay down with rates of 180-200 + because at those rates people tend to have pre-syncope or feel that if they don't sit or lay down, they will pass out. If, after eating, you are having shaking, you may have low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) I have never seen any patient with a rate of 125bpm shake as a result of that heartbeat rate. Try and not worry about this, I understand that may be hard for you, the stress factor of this is probably causing you the problems that you are having. Young people in your age group, if they have true heart disease, are well aware of it; they don't have to ask about it. Try and enjoy your time. Even people who have SVT with rates of 160+ are still around. I'm 58 and still going strong and that is without taking meds anymore!  

[ireneo]

There are things that will raise a heart rate - certain medications, coffee, stress or fear. But that's a temporary thing, only lasts as long as the stuff is in your system or until you calm down.

Are you saying your heart rate is consistently in the 120's all day long? If so, then you should mention it to your doctor. Ask him/her if you should wear a Holter monitor for 24 hours so they can see what your heart does in a normal day. Then they'll be able to get a better idea whether your heart has a problem or if it's a matter of worry on your part. They could also check your thyroid to make sure that's not out of whack.

Bottom line is you'll have to talk this over with your doctor. I've had arrhythmias all my life (irregular heart beats) and I'm doing fine at age 57. Hope you get some answers soon.