racingheart

[girl1989]

Hello i am a 20 years old girl suffering from racing heart problem.I don't know what it is but its bothering me day and night.From the past three or four months i feel that my heart is beating really fast.I thought its due to my stress or tention but when am happy or stress free at that time also i can feel my heart beating fast.When my heart is beating fast,i can also feel some nerve movement in my head as well.It feels there is a nerve that is connected to heart and head both and it keeps on shaking.As a result i went to a cardiologist and he recommended an ECG,which showed everything normal.Is anyone out there with the same problem?If this is anxiety than how can it be cured...specially without medicines,and am i normal?I fear that i might get heart problem at such a young age or in future because of this thing?I am really worried.Am i a heart patient or can become one?

[Haych22]

i too suffer this...just saw a cardiologist last week...hada 24hr holtor monitor, EKG, echocardiogram and stress test done...all normal, he was actually impressed with how good my heart is sructured and healthy i am cept arythmia showd up on the holtor(not that abnormal for anxiety sufferers), im only 21 nex week and this all happened outta the blue for me, i do to wounder if ill be normal again, im on meds to regulate my heart rate wich is horrible how tired i get from them...its anxiety, its gotto be ive had every test u cud imagine and all negative, i hope this gives you sum relief

[girl1989]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with me.They are helping me a lot to face this problem.The thing that bothered me was of becoming a heart patient,if it'll not cause heart problems than i can face it more strongly.I hope it goes with time.Is anxiety related to restlesness also?I am observing that i am doing my day-to-day activities faster.For example when i am drinking water,i am drinking it really fast or if i am talking to another person i am not taking a pause while talking as if a train is going than i suddenly realise that there is no hurry and i should calm down.Is this anxiousness a symptom of anxiety?

[patient49]

Hey, sorry for responding a little late, by the time I got your message last night I was too tired to respond!

But no, your anxiety will not develop into a heart problem!! However, it is normal for you to think that it might because your anxiety is causing your heart to race. But this is a normal anxiety problem, and your response to your anxiety is also normal. Also, I think the nerve that you, and I, feel in our head is from stress also, and you shouldn't worry about it, just work on getting better! :)

I hope you are feeling better today, and continue to ask questions and address your concerns, and you will get better! :)

Take care!

[cheshchesh819]

i too have had all these feelings that you are experiancing first time it happened was 3 years ago,it has only recently come back,like you i dont want to take any meds so now i reconise the symptoms from last time and refuse most of the time to feed them with my minds thougths,the mind can be a dangerous thing when its aloud to be,try to learn to relax more

[girl1989]

yes,i'll surely go to a docter for reassurance to rule out any physical problem but if as you say..it is anxiety than could you tell me whether it can cause any heart problem in future for me?As i want to live a healthy life and don't want to become a heartpatient?

[patient49]

Any doctor will be able to let you know if it is a real physical problem, so get some reasurance. Otherwise this sounds like a classic, very common anxiety problem, so yes it could all very easily be anxiety.. believe it or not. But I have had anxiety in the past, cured myself from it without medicine, and unfortunately I have it again. But I know that the first time I had anxiety I thought I had a physical disease, and I couldn't imagine it being caused by my mind. But it was my mind, and if you read into this forum you will see that many people experience the same thing. Yes, Sometimes, and sometimes often, even when happy my heart rate is up, but it is because I am worrying and may not even realize it. Besides, excitement can cause your heart to race. But I also will experience what feels like a nerve at the top of my forehead vibrate at times, but I am able to stop worrying about most of my symptoms that come and go cos I know it's anxiety.. now that's an art aquired over time. But what you really want/need to do is stop worrying and obsessing over your anxiety symptoms, if anxiety is what you are diagnosed with, and try to solve your underlying concerns. I think this is how it works. Best!