Heart Palpitations Anyone?

[sinead]

Does anyone else experience heart palpitations? as in skipped beats & thuds... I hear this is a common symptom for us, but would like to hear from some real people who have it. This has been a major issue for me lately & it is very scary. Thanks for your input.

[coaterman]

Rule one DON'T PANIC they called mine symptomatic atrial ectopics and said that no one has ever died from them, although I agree they are very frightening, I had a 24 hour monitor that I wore while moving around, and it recorded them, so yes they are common, but nothing to worry about.

[Curls]

Check out dysautomomias such as POTS, Posterial Orthostatic Tolerance Syndrome (I might be off on the spellings).  Dysautomias are very common in cfs.  One of them is POTS and includes sensations with the heart.  I think they call it heart palpations - I have the Neurally mediated hypotension, so I'm less familar with pots, but have known people with it.  It was originally tested by tilt table at Hopkins.  Cheney's info may be very interesting on it too to read - from Platelet.

[keblergirl1]

hi im not on any meds except 4 pain an i get them too  an i had a stress test  it turned out to be  fine but if ur worried you should always  talk to a doc  n make sure your heart is strong& healthy before letting it worries you to death!

[bngmm]

I get those also and stabbing twingy pains my dr says it is costrochronditis

[alaskanmom]

I just spent a week in the hospital after experiencing palpitatious serious enough to send me to the ER. I get them regularly and this is the 2nd time in the past year that I was hopsitalized for this. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia just a few months ago but starting to wonder if I don't have CFS in addition to or instead of FMS... It took me almost 5 years to get the diagnosis of fibromyalgia where I live. The doctors here don't take it very seriously and it wasn't until I was reffered to a visiting specialist, a Rhuematologist, (after having every test known to man and being told that nothing was wrong) that I suddenly told I had Fibromyalgia, mixed collagen vascular disease, osteoarthritis, and sjogrens. Needless to say, I was stunned... No one has said anything to me about a connection between fibromyalgia and my heart, but one doctor did say that there could be a link between the mixed collagen vascular disease and the heart issues because the MCVD causes problems with connective tissues and the vascular system... In the mean time I am dealing with constant PVC's and PAC's along with ventricular trigeminy... It has been recommended to me to get on a beta blocker like atenalol to help. I will be seeing my primary care physician on Monday and asking for a referral to a cardiologist just to be sure... I would recommend if it is becoming a problem for you especially if you are noticing it a lot even at rest, to make an appt. with your regular doctor and get it checked... A good doctor will talk to you about possibly having an EKG, a stress test and an echocardiogram if it continues to be a problem. I recommend keeping a log of when you have the palpitations, how long they last and what you are doing when you get them... I hope this helps! Good luck

[alrightyroo1]

I had heart palpitations in the beginning, for the first couple years, with FMS. It might have been some of the various medications I was on, however.  Including, at one point, Elavil.  You're not on that one, are you?  It's so bad for your heart!