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Ectopic beats after eating
by wizzy590, May 16, 2008 07:31AM
I had them really bad last night. Had a big curry as a treat after two weeks of dieting and felt so stuffed I couldnt breath, that then kicked off my anxiety and intrun my ectopic beats, I only had two though. I was panicking so bad ! But after reading this I'm not alone and it must be normal. Even Cardiologist said anxiety is my main problem
I have something really interesting according to my Cardiologist. Back in Oct 2006 I was complaining of ectopic beats, had an ECG which was fine and doc said it was normal and was symptoms of me getting anxious/worked up. I've suffered depression and anxiety and worry about anything. Got them really badly again in Jan/Feb 2007 so went back. Did another ECG and it showed a slight abnormality. Went for test at hospital, ECG + echo and they found Left Bundle Branch Block. I then worried like mad so cardiologist did more tests. I did a stress test and walked uphill for 16 mins perfectly and he said that was "fantastic" and in the top 2% in the country. I then had a 24 hour tape. This was then interesting ! Apparently the tape showed up incomplete LBBB and during sleep I had "normal" complexes and everything returned to normal. He said not to worry as he believes I don’t have ischaemic heart disease and that I'm healthy and that this is nothing to worry about and that this is just slight variation from the norm. My worry is that could anxiety and stress/depression have brought this on by the last 6-7 years of depression ? Cardio says lots of people have RBBB/LBBB and don’t even know they have it and those who do have it lead perfectly "normal" lives. I wonder whether it could have been caused by the above coupled with the fact I was VERY active, fit and sporty and went from that to binging on alcohol, smoking and eating junk food and becoming 3 and a half stone overweight and still am ? I'm male, 27, 6'1 and weigh 17st 4 lbs. I must stress I worry about anything, hence why I look for answers all the time and am posting on here. I believe a lot of it is also passed through genes as Father has slight narrowing in two places of artery (angina) and he is 62 and his mother has a pacemaker and she is 80. My Mother also has a slightly enlarged ventricle. Basically, Cardio said he doesn’t need to see me again and the letter he sent my GP stated in the header the results were primarily Anxiety in bold font and an intermittent LBBB in small font.
Anyone else offer advice ?
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I have something really interesting according to my Cardiologist. Back in Oct 2006 I was complaining of ectopic beats, had an ECG which was fine and doc said it was normal and was symptoms of me getting anxious/worked up. I've suffered depression and anxiety and worry about anything. Got them really badly again in Jan/Feb 2007 so went back. Did another ECG and it showed a slight abnormality. Went for test at hospital, ECG + echo and they found Left Bundle Branch Block. I then worried like mad so cardiologist did more tests. I did a stress test and walked uphill for 16 mins perfectly and he said that was "fantastic" and in the top 2% in the country. I then had a 24 hour tape. This was then interesting ! Apparently the tape showed up incomplete LBBB and during sleep I had "normal" complexes and everything returned to normal. He said not to worry as he believes I don’t have ischaemic heart disease and that I'm healthy and that this is nothing to worry about and that this is just slight variation from the norm. My worry is that could anxiety and stress/depression have brought this on by the last 6-7 years of depression ? Cardio says lots of people have RBBB/LBBB and don’t even know they have it and those who do have it lead perfectly "normal" lives. I wonder whether it could have been caused by the above coupled with the fact I was VERY active, fit and sporty and went from that to binging on alcohol, smoking and eating junk food and becoming 3 and a half stone overweight and still am ? I'm male, 27, 6'1 and weigh 17st 4 lbs. I must stress I worry about anything, hence why I look for answers all the time and am posting on here. I believe a lot of it is also passed through genes as Father has slight narrowing in two places of artery (angina) and he is 62 and his mother has a pacemaker and she is 80. My Mother also has a slightly enlarged ventricle. Basically, Cardio said he doesn’t need to see me again and the letter he sent my GP stated in the header the results were primarily Anxiety in bold font and an intermittent LBBB in small font.
Anyone else offer advice ?
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This discussion is related to Ectopic Heart Beats.
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