Irregular Pulse

[hemi2006]

Hello to all.  
Last night my husband (43 years old, good shape 5'10" 167 lbs) told me that he is recently having a hard time sleeping at night and feels anxious.  He checks his pulse and it is regularly being irregular.  What I mean is that every 12-15 beats, it skips one and then continues and it does this regularly.  

I checked it with him last night (both neck and arm pulse) as he was lying in bed and confirmed what he was saying.

Has anyone heard of this?  I would really appreciate hearing from you....

Thanks!!!!
Hemi2006

[ace55]

I agree, BYSTOLIC appears to control and relax the heart rate like no other beta blocker I was ever prescribed. My experience during the past couple of months with BYSTOLIC (5 mg) are excellent heart rate control, no gastro issues, anti anxiety effect and good sleep. The negative effects have been knee pain, stiff and heavy legs, especially when using stairs, low libido (loss of morning erections), and fatigue. I 've also experienced some weight gain, higher cholesterol, and my blood pressure is not being controlled too well. I tried BISOPROLOL (ZEBETA) recently, Blood pressure control was much better, achy knees when standing disappeared and minimal effect on sexual function. The down side is fatigue and a real slow heart rate which was causing me more skipped beats The only reason I switched to BYSTOLIC was because it is supposed to be the latest and greatest (and my MD gave me lots of free samples) and the positive effect on heart rate.
All beta blockers appear to have their own unique list of side effects. I think we need to decide which drug benefit appears most important to us, and be aware that side effects may improve over time and that everyone reacts differently..

P.S. I also take 4 mg of ACEON (Perindopril)  

[connie53]

I have had irregular heartbeat and strong pulse feeling intermittent for a long time and it  became all the time, mostly feel skipped beats and pressure in middle of chest in addition to what felt like adrenaline surges at the least little stress;  have had all tests to check out (your husband should have these tests) and doc feels I am ok but recently prescribed a betablocker bystolic (new) and I've only taken for a week but no more irregular heart beat, no adrenaline surge, some antianxiety effect.  The problem is my legs feels like they weigh 500 lbs and I'm a little fuzzy headed, with mild headache.  I also take an ace inhibitor for bp as well.   Original bystolic dose 10 mg, I cut in half and feel better with that.  When I see the doctor we may make further dosing adjustments.  By the way, it is hard to sleep when the heart is flip flopping like that, stay off the left side.  Good luck.  Connie

[erijon]

His heart is not actually skipping a beat. It is really an extra beat and the skipping sensation is the compensatory pause to let the heart fill back up and literally "catch up". These are rarely dangerous, but if they are new they need to be reported to your doctor so they can be checked out to be safe.

Good luck,

Jon

[juzaskn]

arrythima is what it is called, a term I am getting to know better than I want too.

Have a cardio check it.  They will most likely put him on an EKG and get an echo.  Arrythmia's can be nothing but they can also be serious - no point in messing around with it.