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Oh my God! just had the worst thing happen! Help!
Hi all
Sorry to be so dramatic but i just had the worst thing i have experienced with my heart. I have flutters occasionally but i just had the worst one ever! I was standing in a shop waiting to get my item when my heart stopped i felt a filling sensation in my chest, i quickly felt my pulse and nothing was there (this all happened in about one and a half seconds. And then BANG my heart started beating again. This just seemed to be a more violent version of what i get. Ive had a week long monitering of my heart which was normal! I had lots of acohol last night and am very anxious. Should i go to the hospital? Can my heart stop for good?
Sorry to be so dramatic but i just had the worst thing i have experienced with my heart. I have flutters occasionally but i just had the worst one ever! I was standing in a shop waiting to get my item when my heart stopped i felt a filling sensation in my chest, i quickly felt my pulse and nothing was there (this all happened in about one and a half seconds. And then BANG my heart started beating again. This just seemed to be a more violent version of what i get. Ive had a week long monitering of my heart which was normal! I had lots of acohol last night and am very anxious. Should i go to the hospital? Can my heart stop for good?
April,
Good post, and good advise! I know about anything can be addictive :) I was so strong over the weekend, but I just came back from the grocery store where I got weak and bought another gallon of ice cream, Bryers my favorite brand :)
I think the reason Jon kept on mentioning the alcohol is because he was trying to find out what his triggers are for these PVC's, but we long time PVC sufferers know there don't need to be a cause at all, but some things can bring them on quicker. I don't drink and I have them frequently again lately, and then I can go for weeks with no PVC's whatsoever. Its a mystery Cardiologists cannot even explain.
Good post, and good advise! I know about anything can be addictive :) I was so strong over the weekend, but I just came back from the grocery store where I got weak and bought another gallon of ice cream, Bryers my favorite brand :)
I think the reason Jon kept on mentioning the alcohol is because he was trying to find out what his triggers are for these PVC's, but we long time PVC sufferers know there don't need to be a cause at all, but some things can bring them on quicker. I don't drink and I have them frequently again lately, and then I can go for weeks with no PVC's whatsoever. Its a mystery Cardiologists cannot even explain.
Jon, I don't understand. Several times in your previous posts you mentioned your drinking habits. Why would you keep bringing it up if you didn't feel like it could be part of your problems? You could have just left all of that out and only posted about your PVC's and nobody would have known how much or often you drink. We only know because you kept writing about it. You also talked about doing a detox. Why would you mention that if you didn't feel like your drinking was a problem for you?
I'm not attacking you at all. I'm just confused. I hope you can help me understand. I don't know you and I don't know whether you are an alcoholic or not. I've just seen the damage alcohol can do in my own family so maybe I'm extra sensitive to it.
Social drinking is fine. I drink occasionally. But if I ever start to feel like I HAVE to have a drink, then I'll know I'm in trouble. I've just learned how much is ok for me. When I was your age, I used to go out with my friends on the weekends to discos and bars and drink too much. Then I'd feel sick or hung over the next day. It took years, but finally I got tired of that. I figured out how much I could drink without getting drunk (in my case it's usually no more than three drinks) and still feel good in the morning! I also try to make sure that I drink plenty of water if I've had a few drinks because alcohol really dehydrates you. That's really why we tend to feel hung over the next day with a headache. It's because we're dehydrated. As long as you can drink responsibly and not feel like you HAVE to have it then go ahead and drink once in awhile. Anything can be addictive if we feel like we have to have it or can't stop, even overeating. Just don't let anything control you and you'll be okay. Best wishes.
I'm not attacking you at all. I'm just confused. I hope you can help me understand. I don't know you and I don't know whether you are an alcoholic or not. I've just seen the damage alcohol can do in my own family so maybe I'm extra sensitive to it.
Social drinking is fine. I drink occasionally. But if I ever start to feel like I HAVE to have a drink, then I'll know I'm in trouble. I've just learned how much is ok for me. When I was your age, I used to go out with my friends on the weekends to discos and bars and drink too much. Then I'd feel sick or hung over the next day. It took years, but finally I got tired of that. I figured out how much I could drink without getting drunk (in my case it's usually no more than three drinks) and still feel good in the morning! I also try to make sure that I drink plenty of water if I've had a few drinks because alcohol really dehydrates you. That's really why we tend to feel hung over the next day with a headache. It's because we're dehydrated. As long as you can drink responsibly and not feel like you HAVE to have it then go ahead and drink once in awhile. Anything can be addictive if we feel like we have to have it or can't stop, even overeating. Just don't let anything control you and you'll be okay. Best wishes.
Aside frim Jon whether what he is or is not doing to himself being not American can mean the person was raised in a different country, culture and different attitude about what is or is not drinking to much, and being an alcoholic in the country he/she lives/comes from means heavily boozing every day and night.
I lived my first 21 yrs in Germany, and when I was I think 19 yrs old I had a bladder infection. The doctor told me "to drink as much beer as I can without getting drunk this would put my kidneys in overdrive so I can pee a lot" I did get meds too. Of course by then I already knew that even one glass of any kind of alcohol gives me a headache out of this world. I told him that and he then said "then get the alcohol free beer". He did not say that at first. You don't have to be 21 to drink alcohol, but 18.
My father left when I was 6 yrs old, parents divorced, but since about the age of 5 and till he left I had to go to the store and get bottles of beer for him, about three I could carry and bring it to him. In Germany kids no matter how young can buy beer for their parents. I used to accompany my friends many times after that when they had to go shop for beer for their fathers. I never remembered ever a kid wanting to know how beer tastes, and wanting to open a bottle to get a "sip" This was a drink for grown ups, and that was the end of that.
I go about twice a week on a German healthboard located in Germany where doctors answer your questions, its not a chat room with others only Q&A with doctors. One doctor after closing out his response to a poster said "and now I'm going home, but I will first stop to get me a couple of beers, as you know beer has hops, and vitamins, and is healthy for you". He was not advertising for a certain brand of beer, there are tons of them, but just in general.
Now imagine over here kids going to the store and buying beer for their parents. Hell, over here a cashier under 21 can't even ring people up who buy beer like the cashier would open a can and drink right there in front of customers. It ticks us off everytime when the cashier has to leave her stand and get somebody "of age" to ring up the beer while people are standing in line having to wait while the cashier is strolling off in slow motion taking her sweet time.
Imagine a doctor over here telling somebody to "drink as much beer as he/she can without getting drunk because its good for his/her kidneys". Imagine a doctor on a healthboard saying "I will get me a couple of beers now after all its very healthy for you" and pointing out why.
If somebody is raised in a country where you are labeled an alcoholic only if you drink constantly and excessively, and this person just started to post here or just came to the U.S. not thinking he/she is an alcoholic and then finding out how soon you are classified an alcoholic over here, I can understand that this person is surprised by some of the responses.
I lived my first 21 yrs in Germany, and when I was I think 19 yrs old I had a bladder infection. The doctor told me "to drink as much beer as I can without getting drunk this would put my kidneys in overdrive so I can pee a lot" I did get meds too. Of course by then I already knew that even one glass of any kind of alcohol gives me a headache out of this world. I told him that and he then said "then get the alcohol free beer". He did not say that at first. You don't have to be 21 to drink alcohol, but 18.
My father left when I was 6 yrs old, parents divorced, but since about the age of 5 and till he left I had to go to the store and get bottles of beer for him, about three I could carry and bring it to him. In Germany kids no matter how young can buy beer for their parents. I used to accompany my friends many times after that when they had to go shop for beer for their fathers. I never remembered ever a kid wanting to know how beer tastes, and wanting to open a bottle to get a "sip" This was a drink for grown ups, and that was the end of that.
I go about twice a week on a German healthboard located in Germany where doctors answer your questions, its not a chat room with others only Q&A with doctors. One doctor after closing out his response to a poster said "and now I'm going home, but I will first stop to get me a couple of beers, as you know beer has hops, and vitamins, and is healthy for you". He was not advertising for a certain brand of beer, there are tons of them, but just in general.
Now imagine over here kids going to the store and buying beer for their parents. Hell, over here a cashier under 21 can't even ring people up who buy beer like the cashier would open a can and drink right there in front of customers. It ticks us off everytime when the cashier has to leave her stand and get somebody "of age" to ring up the beer while people are standing in line having to wait while the cashier is strolling off in slow motion taking her sweet time.
Imagine a doctor over here telling somebody to "drink as much beer as he/she can without getting drunk because its good for his/her kidneys". Imagine a doctor on a healthboard saying "I will get me a couple of beers now after all its very healthy for you" and pointing out why.
If somebody is raised in a country where you are labeled an alcoholic only if you drink constantly and excessively, and this person just started to post here or just came to the U.S. not thinking he/she is an alcoholic and then finding out how soon you are classified an alcoholic over here, I can understand that this person is surprised by some of the responses.
I didn't know you weren't "american".I read your posts and all I got from those was that you lived in Britain.You could be a freakin monkey for all I know but I reached out to you because I have a 23 year old son and if he were having these problems I'd want him to get help too.Since his Dad is an alcoholic and his Dads dad is an alcoholic I pounded it in his head from the time he was a kid that his chances of being an alcoholic were great.Thank goodness he's not a drinker.He saw what the alcohol did to our family he saw what it did to his Dads family.It destroyed his Dads family horribly.I could fill pages with how but I won't.If you are really concerned about what you are experiencing,go get a complete physical and be 100% honest with the doctor.Print out your posts and take them with you if you aren't afraid to be honest.You know, I really hope you get help no matter what.You are so young and I imagine that you could be my son and I feel deeply for you even if I don't know you.And I repeat,you being British has no bearing on the whole matter.My ex-husband is Filipino.I have no predjudices against anyones race,country,or religion.We are just all humans trying to get by in life and the more friends we can have the better even if they are faceless on a forum somewhere.Good luck to you.If my post sounds meloncholy I apologize.It's very early here and I've had 3 very emotionally bad days due to work problems and I just feel sad right now.I truly apologize if you've felt ganged up on.Have a good day Jon.
Hey, We are just trying to help you we all suffer from anxiety its a horrible feeling. Dont get all down and out cause we were giving you a adivse. Try to relax and enjoy life. I think you have a drink cause you have severe anxiety everybody copes with anxiety different ways. Me I dont eat I lose my appetite and get very moody. Nobody is against you here just remember when you post we all try to support you much as we can.
Habg in there Jon....
Habg in there Jon....
Sorry you feel ganged up on. I really do think everyone here is just trying to help you. At the very least I hope you can see that alcohol is most likely the trigger for your severe anxiety. Why not try to abstain for a bit and see if things calm down?
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