Please Help!! PVC's/PAC's are ruining my life

[samib]

i'm 24 year old, i do smoke & drink occasionally. 3 years ago i used to use drugs occasionally until once i had smoked weed after taking a dose of cocaine and ended up in hospital cos my heart started racing and i taught i was going to die. i stopped drugs ever since and didnt smoke cigs for 3 months. its been 3 years since that day and i still get palps and chest pains everyday. i aslo put on wieght and sometimes i feel tired with no strenght in my hands. i never had a normal day ever since and its driving me mad. i cant imagine myself living all my life like this. i tried to change my way of living but didnt really help. i had 3 ECG tests which turned out to be normal. blood pressure is normal. Did an X-Ray which showed nothing and also did an Echochardiogram Test. the doctor told me that i have a small leak. he told me its not something normal but its not something to worry about either. why am i getting all these simptoms then? i know i'm not crazy cos i can feel like something is putting pressure on my chest along with palpitations. everyday for 3 years. i really need some help. i cant do anything anymore. i cant watch a DVD cos i get palps. if i smoke cigs or start speaking loud i end up with chest pains. sometimes the chest pains stay for a whole day. until i sleep. its horrible. doctors told me it might be stress as well. it might be. but i doubt i was stressed out for 3 year in a row. i cant have a break of these simptoms anymore. please help. i would really appreciate some comments. Thanks

   Sami

[fairybells]

A related discussion, don't sound like anxiety to me was started.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

you get them from anxiety , same with me even though am having fun not thinking about it deep down i am and it causes me to have the anxiety and pacs, have had them for years now i learn to live with them and that they are not going to kill me, yes they still scare me now and than but most the time am fine with the i just keep living my everyday life and let it do its thing. are you on meds for them, have you wore a heart montor , if not get one wear it for 30 days it will help you to understand when it is happening and they can tell you whats going on. here if you need to talk.Barbara

[samib]

But why do i get chest pains everyday. sometimes i'll be really having fun with my friends so i wont be thinking of anything bad and it just starts hurting. why is that?

[Michael J. McWilliams, M.D.]

These symptoms are not all from your heart.  It sounds like depression from what I read above.  If your doctors think your heart is fine and that you are not at significant risk, you need to take control of your life.  If they told you that you are fine from a heart perspective, you need to find a way to believe this yourself so you can move on.  I know this is very frank, but I hope this helps.