Heart Is Skipping Beats

[roland]

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!

[MsMel]

Hello All.  My name is Melody and I also suffer with PVCs.  I have come to believe after countless of emergency room visits and doctor visits that doctors do not know what causes PVCs.  My pvcs last for hours at a time. They occur while I am sleeping, shopping, walking, eating, watching TV, etc.  I have eliminated caffeine, smoking, drinking; I am on a low carbo. diet; tried the Reliv products with no success.  I take magnesium and potassium daily with Gatorade to see if this will help.  It appears that the PVCs have a mind of their own.  They come and go as they please.  All my tests reveal that nothing is wrong with my heart. Doctors have given me countless of prescriptions, some which made my pvcs worse and made my bp go extremely high.  I see another of my cardiologists tomorrow.  After reading all the messages, I am going to see if I should try zoloft.  I work 40 hours a week, go to school part time, starting a group home with my husband now and have 3 boys.  Stress has been mentioned to me but I feel I experience as much stress as anyone else.  I am also going to see if I can get referred to an electrophysiologist.  I have not seen one yet.  I feel the current heart specialists do not have anymore answers and can only push more pills on me.  I am also going to see if I can find flax seed oil.  Can't hurt.  All I know is I would not wish this problem onto my least favorite person in the world.  Its depressing, it stops me cold, I cry when I get the long drawn out ones, and I am extremely broke from going to the emergency room hoping to receive help to prevent them.  Any other suggestions, please respond.  Take care all.

[spachic1]

O yes they do come and go dont they?? And when they come back we rack are brain trying to figure out what we ate or drank or did to make them return. I am so in that boat.. They are very spontanious to as when there returning. Although thank you for saying that life is basically to short to let them reck havic in your life. I believe that alot of this is in the attitude in which you alow them to control you and for how long. I chose to take zoloft because the dr said it would help and believed that alot of my pvc is anxiety induced. Since I have been taking the zoloft they still come but much less, and that i can live with.
thanks for your comment it was good to here.

[jimmyb]

First of all, I hope nobody on this thread has paid any attention to "alphy". It is just a hoax, and not a very funny one. I hope someone monitors these and deletes it. As far as PVC's, I've had them for about 35 years. Last year I had them almost non stop for about a year and figured that they were just here to stay. They were very annoying, but I accepted them. Then about six months ago, they stopped. I have had hardly any for that period. I don't get it. I'm sure they'll come back, but I'm sure enjoying them being gone. I exercise regularly and am in very good shape. If you have them, they are annoying, but are harmless unless you have some underlying heart disease. Your doctor could help you out a lot better than I can. But don't let them freak you out. I wasted a lot of years of my life worrying about them. Don't make the same mistake!

[spachic1]

I have been told that pvc at any number are ok if your heart is normal. I have had a skip every other beat for 3 weeks at a time and they are not concerned. I figure like this. If I don't have chest pain or to much shortness of breath I try to just deal with them and the more I relax the less I have. I now take zoloft which is really helping and magnesium and calcium I don't really know which of them are working but I sure feel better. try to relax and distract your self from thinking about it. take care.

[nikostc]

hi there ..continouing what i sais before i went to another doctor he perscribed me lopressor and it wont work on me i have about 300 a day now pvcs..does anyone know whats the number of pvcs in 24 hours that would make the doctors worry!others say 1000 others 3000 one told me 12000,anyone knows the trouth!????

[nikostc]

hi there i am amale 33 years old and i have about 300 pvcs aday in my holter tests!i have tried a lot af therapies!the best one i had which actually helped me a lot was 40 mgrams of sotalol combined with xannax 0.5 one a day!and i saw a big improvment!try it guys its really working!hi to all and dont be scared ....