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Heart Is Skipping Beats

This past fall I first noticed my heart skipping beats while checking my pulse. Its very annoying. When I check my pulse I'll get a series of normal beats and then a skip. This repeats itself throughout the day. I've noticed it more as the day goes on as opposed to when I awake from sleep in the morning. If I'm busy with work, etc. then I really don't notice them. When I think about it, I can also feel the sensation of my heart beating. I can feel it. What caused me to suddenly develop this heart skipping? Will it ever correct itself? On this site I read about PVC's, PAC's, etc. What are these? What do you think causes my heart to skip beats? Can an arrhythmia cause a slight cough. When I feel the sensation of my heart skipping beats then I tend to cough. Any information will be very helpful. Thank You!
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HELLO, I AM A 35YR OLD WOMAN. I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU. I SMOKED POT FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN JULY 2003 I WAS HEADING TO  EMERGENCY WITH A RACING HEART, CHEST PAIN AND IT FELT LIKE MY CHEST WAS ON FIRE BURNING ALL THE WAY UP TO MY NECK. I WAS SO WEEK I COULD BARELY STAND UP HAD TO GO POO TOO. HOT FLASHES, CHILLS, PAIN IN ARMS, BACK NECK, LEGS. I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS A HEART ATTACK. EMERGENCY SENT ME HOME WITH MALOX. I ENDED UP IN EMERGENCY 3 OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. FINALLY WENT TO DR. AND CARDIOLOGIST. I WAS TOLD I HAD ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER. THAT SEEMED STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ANY THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. THE DR'S ASSURED ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HEART. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL EKG'S,CHEST XRAYS,SCAN,HEART MONITORS. (I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT) I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO SUE THEM ALL IF I DIE OF A HEART ATTACK..ANYHOW AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I GOT MY PANIC DISORDER FROM SMOKING POT. I DO NOT SMOKE ANYMORE IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 5 MONTHS NOW WHEN DIGNOSED.THE THING IS I AM TAKING MEDICATION EVERYDAY AND I STILL FEEL LIKE ****...I HAVE NOT FELT NORMAL IN MONTHS. I HAVE CHESTPAIN EVERYDAY.ALONG ARM PAIN, LEG PAIN,BACK PAIN, HEADPAIN,NECKPAIN,
NAUSEA,HEARTCPALPITAATION, WEEKNESS.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS MUCH DISCOMFORT ON A DAILY BASIS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW? DOES ANYONE HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS? ARE CHEST PAINS NORMAL EVERYDAY WITH ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER? I CONTINUOUSLY FEEL NERVOUS,I THINK I AM GOING TO KILL OVER AT ANYTIME.I AM TAKING 20MG PROZAC,1/2 TABLET 25 MG ATENOLOL, 15MG BUSPIRONE 2X DAILY AND .25 ZANAC WHEN NEEDED (WHICH IS EVERYDAY JUST ABOUT) ANYBODY WITH COMMENTS PLEASE SAY SO...I GET NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OTHER WEB SIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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HELLO, I AM A 35YR OLD WOMAN. I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU. I SMOKED POT FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN JULY 2003 I WAS HEADING TO  EMERGENCY WITH A RACING HEART, CHEST PAIN AND IT FELT LIKE MY CHEST WAS ON FIRE BURNING ALL THE WAY UP TO MY NECK. I WAS SO WEEK I COULD BARELY STAND UP HAD TO GO POO TOO. HOT FLASHES, CHILLS, PAIN IN ARMS, BACK NECK, LEGS. I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS A HEART ATTACK. EMERGENCY SENT ME HOME WITH MALOX. I ENDED UP IN EMERGENCY 3 OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. FINALLY WENT TO DR. AND CARDIOLOGIST. I WAS TOLD I HAD ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER. THAT SEEMED STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ANY THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. THE DR'S ASSURED ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HEART. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL EKG'S,CHEST XRAYS,SCAN,HEART MONITORS. (I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT) I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO SUE THEM ALL IF I DIE OF A HEART ATTACK..ANYHOW AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I GOT MY PANIC DISORDER FROM SMOKING POT. I DO NOT SMOKE ANYMORE IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 5 MONTHS NOW WHEN DIGNOSED.THE THING IS I AM TAKING MEDICATION EVERYDAY AND I STILL FEEL LIKE ****...I HAVE NOT FELT NORMAL IN MONTHS. I HAVE CHESTPAIN EVERYDAY.ALONG ARM PAIN, LEG PAIN,BACK PAIN, HEADPAIN,NECKPAIN,
NAUSEA,HEARTCPALPITAATION, WEEKNESS.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS MUCH DISCOMFORT ON A DAILY BASIS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW? DOES ANYONE HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS? ARE CHEST PAINS NORMAL EVERYDAY WITH ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER? I CONTINUOUSLY FEEL NERVOUS,I THINK I AM GOING TO KILL OVER AT ANYTIME.I AM TAKING 20MG PROZAC,1/2 TABLET 25 MG ATENOLOL, 15MG BUSPIRONE 2X DAILY AND .25 ZANAC WHEN NEEDED (WHICH IS EVERYDAY JUST ABOUT) ANYBODY WITH COMMENTS PLEASE SAY SO...I GET NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OTHER WEB SIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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HELLO, I AM A 35YR OLD WOMAN. I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU. I SMOKED POT FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN JULY 2003 I WAS HEADING TO  EMERGENCY WITH A RACING HEART, CHEST PAIN AND IT FELT LIKE MY CHEST WAS ON FIRE BURNING ALL THE WAY UP TO MY NECK. I WAS SO WEEK I COULD BARELY STAND UP HAD TO GO POO TOO. HOT FLASHES, CHILLS, PAIN IN ARMS, BACK NECK, LEGS. I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS A HEART ATTACK. EMERGENCY SENT ME HOME WITH MALOX. I ENDED UP IN EMERGENCY 3 OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. FINALLY WENT TO DR. AND CARDIOLOGIST. I WAS TOLD I HAD ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER. THAT SEEMED STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ANY THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. THE DR'S ASSURED ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HEART. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL EKG'S,CHEST XRAYS,SCAN,HEART MONITORS. (I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT) I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO SUE THEM ALL IF I DIE OF A HEART ATTACK..ANYHOW AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I GOT MY PANIC DISORDER FROM SMOKING POT. I DO NOT SMOKE ANYMORE IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 5 MONTHS NOW WHEN DIGNOSED.THE THING IS I AM TAKING MEDICATION EVERYDAY AND I STILL FEEL LIKE ****...I HAVE NOT FELT NORMAL IN MONTHS. I HAVE CHESTPAIN EVERYDAY.ALONG ARM PAIN, LEG PAIN,BACK PAIN, HEADPAIN,NECKPAIN,
NAUSEA,HEARTCPALPITAATION, WEEKNESS.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS MUCH DISCOMFORT ON A DAILY BASIS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW? DOES ANYONE HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS? ARE CHEST PAINS NORMAL EVERYDAY WITH ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER? I CONTINUOUSLY FEEL NERVOUS,I THINK I AM GOING TO KILL OVER AT ANYTIME.I AM TAKING 20MG PROZAC,1/2 TABLET 25 MG ATENOLOL, 15MG BUSPIRONE 2X DAILY AND .25 ZANAC WHEN NEEDED (WHICH IS EVERYDAY JUST ABOUT) ANYBODY WITH COMMENTS PLEASE SAY SO...I GET NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OTHER WEB SIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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HELLO, I AM A 35YR OLD WOMAN. I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU. I SMOKED POT FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IN JULY 2003 I WAS HEADING TO  EMERGENCY WITH A RACING HEART, CHEST PAIN AND IT FELT LIKE MY CHEST WAS ON FIRE BURNING ALL THE WAY UP TO MY NECK. I WAS SO WEEK I COULD BARELY STAND UP HAD TO GO POO TOO. HOT FLASHES, CHILLS, PAIN IN ARMS, BACK NECK, LEGS. I THOUGHT FOR SURE IT WAS A HEART ATTACK. EMERGENCY SENT ME HOME WITH MALOX. I ENDED UP IN EMERGENCY 3 OTHER TIMES WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. FINALLY WENT TO DR. AND CARDIOLOGIST. I WAS TOLD I HAD ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER. THAT SEEMED STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ANY THING LIKE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. THE DR'S ASSURED ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HEART. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL EKG'S,CHEST XRAYS,SCAN,HEART MONITORS. (I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT) I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO SUE THEM ALL IF I DIE OF A HEART ATTACK..ANYHOW AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I GOT MY PANIC DISORDER FROM SMOKING POT. I DO NOT SMOKE ANYMORE IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 5 MONTHS NOW WHEN DIGNOSED.THE THING IS I AM TAKING MEDICATION EVERYDAY AND I STILL FEEL LIKE ****...I HAVE NOT FELT NORMAL IN MONTHS. I HAVE CHESTPAIN EVERYDAY.ALONG ARM PAIN, LEG PAIN,BACK PAIN, HEADPAIN,NECKPAIN,
NAUSEA,HEARTCPALPITAATION, WEEKNESS.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS MUCH DISCOMFORT ON A DAILY BASIS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW? DOES ANYONE HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS? ARE CHEST PAINS NORMAL EVERYDAY WITH ANXIETY-PANIC DISORDER? I CONTINUOUSLY FEEL NERVOUS,I THINK I AM GOING TO KILL OVER AT ANYTIME.I AM TAKING 20MG PROZAC,1/2 TABLET 25 MG ATENOLOL, 15MG BUSPIRONE 2X DAILY AND .25 ZANAC WHEN NEEDED (WHICH IS EVERYDAY JUST ABOUT) ANYBODY WITH COMMENTS PLEASE SAY SO...I GET NO RESPONSE FROM ANY OTHER WEB SIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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Ha ha.  Yea I know how bad Penna. roads are.  PennDOT is pretty lame.    

I wish these skipped beats would go away.  Today, Sunday October 5 was fine until about 5PM then it got bad.  Oh well must be something I "et".  My diet is pretty bad, so it is probably half my fault anyhow.
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Sorry to hear you are having episodes again... but driving on PA and OH roads will give anyone episodes.... hahaha !! Hope you are feeling better soon...!!!
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