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Surely this pounding isn't normal
I have a constant pounding heart.
No fast pulse or anything, just a pounding even when i'm resting.
Doctor says it's nothing to worry about.
Had the ECG and chest x-ray which were normal, but surely this pounding isn't normal?
I've also been having sharp chest pains but in different places which the doc says is skeletal, but the constant pounding is the biggest worry.
Anyone had the same.
I'm quite fit apart from this.
No fast pulse or anything, just a pounding even when i'm resting.
Doctor says it's nothing to worry about.
Had the ECG and chest x-ray which were normal, but surely this pounding isn't normal?
I've also been having sharp chest pains but in different places which the doc says is skeletal, but the constant pounding is the biggest worry.
Anyone had the same.
I'm quite fit apart from this.
IAM A YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE TEENAGER AND I HAVE SIMILAR SITUATIONS AS SOME OF YOU.WELL SOMETIMES WHEN IAM JUST WATCHING TV MY HEART JUST
HARD LIKE ONE BIG BEAT OR TWO THEN GOES BACK TO BEATING REGULAR IN MY SLEEP TO MY DOCTOR SAYS ITS NOTHING BUT I DONT KNOW THIS ISNT NORMAL AND IT MAKES ME SCEARED AND TERRIFIED THAT ONE DAY IT'LL KEEP BEATING HARD AND NEVER GO BACK TO A NORMAL HEART BEAT NEVER HAD IT MY HOLE LIFE JUST STARTED WHEN I WAS 15? I NEED TO KNOW WHATS WRONG? BUT GOOD TO KNOW IAM NOT THE ONLY ONE I THINK!
HARD LIKE ONE BIG BEAT OR TWO THEN GOES BACK TO BEATING REGULAR IN MY SLEEP TO MY DOCTOR SAYS ITS NOTHING BUT I DONT KNOW THIS ISNT NORMAL AND IT MAKES ME SCEARED AND TERRIFIED THAT ONE DAY IT'LL KEEP BEATING HARD AND NEVER GO BACK TO A NORMAL HEART BEAT NEVER HAD IT MY HOLE LIFE JUST STARTED WHEN I WAS 15? I NEED TO KNOW WHATS WRONG? BUT GOOD TO KNOW IAM NOT THE ONLY ONE I THINK!
I've been having this same problem. About 2 months ago I was at work and thought I was having a heart attack. Well, it turns out it was just a panic attack. Then I was having panic attacks once a day for a week or so because I thought something might be wrong with my heart. I went to the ER the first time and then went to my doctor and she sent me to a cardiologist for a 24 hour holter monitor and a echo cardiogram. Everything is suppose to be fine from they have diagnosed. They said I had a anxiety disorder. I'm 26 years old and have been under some stress at work because of layoffs, but I'm not sure what triggered the attacks.
Now, since the time of the very first attack, whenever I lay down at night I can feel my heart beat. I also sometimes wake up with a brief sharp pain and kind of a tickle in my heart when I'm drifting off into sleep. This doesn't happen that often but I can always feel my heart beat. The doc said pescribed me Lexapro and I took it for about 6 days before quiting because it made me feel like a zombie and I lost all motivation to do anything. I usually wake up a couple times a night and the first thing I feel when I wake up is my heart beating. It is kind of annoying and I can usually get back to sleep. I'm not going to take any kind of SSRI's to try and fix the problem either. I would rather deal with this than be zombiefied.
I quit smoking and cut down on drinking any alcohol or caffeine along with getting more excercise. I also have been trying different herbal solutions. So far I've tried Valerian and Passion Flower, they both seem to work for the heart beat issue but valerian tears up my stomach and passion flower gives me a splitting headache. Recently, I've been taking Calcium/Magnesium before bed and that seem to help out a bit for about a week. Now it doesn't seem to be helping much. I kind of lost confidence in my doctor because she gave me Lexapro and that was just horrible, it also caused me to start having panic attacks again.
The problem is really wierd and I kind of believe the doc when she says it is a chemical embalance. I'll be watching TV and my heart will start pounding away and I try to laugh about it because I know what is happening. It just makes me feel really uncomfortable though.
Anyhow, is the pounding heart ever going to go away when I'm trying to sleep?
Is that caused from a chemical embalance?
Any help is appreciated. I go back to the doctor on the 27th to see what kind of drug she will throw at me this time.
Thanks,
Eric
Now, since the time of the very first attack, whenever I lay down at night I can feel my heart beat. I also sometimes wake up with a brief sharp pain and kind of a tickle in my heart when I'm drifting off into sleep. This doesn't happen that often but I can always feel my heart beat. The doc said pescribed me Lexapro and I took it for about 6 days before quiting because it made me feel like a zombie and I lost all motivation to do anything. I usually wake up a couple times a night and the first thing I feel when I wake up is my heart beating. It is kind of annoying and I can usually get back to sleep. I'm not going to take any kind of SSRI's to try and fix the problem either. I would rather deal with this than be zombiefied.
I quit smoking and cut down on drinking any alcohol or caffeine along with getting more excercise. I also have been trying different herbal solutions. So far I've tried Valerian and Passion Flower, they both seem to work for the heart beat issue but valerian tears up my stomach and passion flower gives me a splitting headache. Recently, I've been taking Calcium/Magnesium before bed and that seem to help out a bit for about a week. Now it doesn't seem to be helping much. I kind of lost confidence in my doctor because she gave me Lexapro and that was just horrible, it also caused me to start having panic attacks again.
The problem is really wierd and I kind of believe the doc when she says it is a chemical embalance. I'll be watching TV and my heart will start pounding away and I try to laugh about it because I know what is happening. It just makes me feel really uncomfortable though.
Anyhow, is the pounding heart ever going to go away when I'm trying to sleep?
Is that caused from a chemical embalance?
Any help is appreciated. I go back to the doctor on the 27th to see what kind of drug she will throw at me this time.
Thanks,
Eric
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I've been having this same problem. About 2 months ago I was at work and thought I was having a heart attack. Well, it turns out it was just a panic attack. Then I was having panic attacks once a day for a week or so because I thought something might be wrong with my heart. I went to the ER the first time and then went to my doctor and she sent me to a cardiologist for a 24 hour holter monitor and a echo cardiogram. Everything is suppose to be fine from they have diagnosed. They said I had a anxiety disorder. I'm 26 years old and have been under some stress at work because of layoffs, but I'm not sure what triggered the attacks.
Now, since the time of the very first attack, whenever I lay down at night I can feel my heart beat. I also sometimes wake up with a brief sharp pain and kind of a tickle in my heart when I'm drifting off into sleep. This doesn't happen that often but I can always feel my heart beat. The doc said pescribed me Lexapro and I took it for about 6 days before quiting because it made me feel like a zombie and I lost all motivation to do anything. I usually wake up a couple times a night and the first thing I feel when I wake up is my heart beating. It is kind of annoying and I can usually get back to sleep. I'm not going to take any kind of SSRI's to try and fix the problem either. I would rather deal with this than be zombiefied.
I quit smoking and cut down on drinking any alcohol or caffeine along with getting more excercise. I also have been trying different herbal solutions. So far I've tried Valerian and Passion Flower, they both seem to work for the heart beat issue but valerian tears up my stomach and passion flower gives me a splitting headache. Recently, I've been taking Calcium/Magnesium before bed and that seem to help out a bit for about a week. Now it doesn't seem to be helping much. I kind of lost confidence in my doctor because she gave me Lexapro and that was just horrible, it also caused me to start having panic attacks again.
The problem is really wierd and I kind of believe the doc when she says it is a chemical embalance. I'll be watching TV and my heart will start pounding away and I try to laugh about it because I know what is happening. It just makes me feel really uncomfortable though.
Anyhow, is the pounding heart ever going to go away when I'm trying to sleep?
Is that caused from a chemical embalance?
Any help is appreciated. I go back to the doctor on the 27th to see what kind of drug she will throw at me this time.
Thanks,
Eric
Now, since the time of the very first attack, whenever I lay down at night I can feel my heart beat. I also sometimes wake up with a brief sharp pain and kind of a tickle in my heart when I'm drifting off into sleep. This doesn't happen that often but I can always feel my heart beat. The doc said pescribed me Lexapro and I took it for about 6 days before quiting because it made me feel like a zombie and I lost all motivation to do anything. I usually wake up a couple times a night and the first thing I feel when I wake up is my heart beating. It is kind of annoying and I can usually get back to sleep. I'm not going to take any kind of SSRI's to try and fix the problem either. I would rather deal with this than be zombiefied.
I quit smoking and cut down on drinking any alcohol or caffeine along with getting more excercise. I also have been trying different herbal solutions. So far I've tried Valerian and Passion Flower, they both seem to work for the heart beat issue but valerian tears up my stomach and passion flower gives me a splitting headache. Recently, I've been taking Calcium/Magnesium before bed and that seem to help out a bit for about a week. Now it doesn't seem to be helping much. I kind of lost confidence in my doctor because she gave me Lexapro and that was just horrible, it also caused me to start having panic attacks again.
The problem is really wierd and I kind of believe the doc when she says it is a chemical embalance. I'll be watching TV and my heart will start pounding away and I try to laugh about it because I know what is happening. It just makes me feel really uncomfortable though.
Anyhow, is the pounding heart ever going to go away when I'm trying to sleep?
Is that caused from a chemical embalance?
Any help is appreciated. I go back to the doctor on the 27th to see what kind of drug she will throw at me this time.
Thanks,
Eric
Hi Mike, succes, and please report back when you know more!
Thanks for the link.
*Ianna*
Thanks for the link.
*Ianna*
Hi Folks,
Since my first post in October, my symptoms have got worse.
To add to my "pounding heart" and sharp chest pains, I am now getting lengthier chest pains and strange "fleeting sensations" in my heart. Last night I couldn't sleep because my heart felt like it was going to stop. It's all very weird.
Saw the Cardiologist 2 weeks ago and he said everything was fine after ecg and bp tests. He was only worried about the pains so he decided on a treadmill test which he will evaluate shortly. I felt that was okay as I am pretty fit apart from the "problems".
He told me to forget about the "pounding and palpitations" which I was a bit concerned about especially in view os my sleeplessness.
I suppose the problem with all this is that I don't get breathless and my ECG's are okay. I say "problem" but of course that is good news.
I am stressed about financial worries so that obviously doesn't help, but I do feel I am being treated a bit "it's all in his head".
Anyway, I try to do some research myself as it could help and I found a rather interesting site that descibes almost all my symptoms. http://www.advocatehealth.com/system/info/library/articles/heartcare/common/mitralvp.html
It states that a Echocardiogram is needed to confirm rather than the ecg I have been having. I'm not saying it is this but it does seem rather co-incidental. I will certainly take this reasoning to my cardiologist next appointment.
Thanks for all your comments, it's nice to know people like to help.
Mike
Since my first post in October, my symptoms have got worse.
To add to my "pounding heart" and sharp chest pains, I am now getting lengthier chest pains and strange "fleeting sensations" in my heart. Last night I couldn't sleep because my heart felt like it was going to stop. It's all very weird.
Saw the Cardiologist 2 weeks ago and he said everything was fine after ecg and bp tests. He was only worried about the pains so he decided on a treadmill test which he will evaluate shortly. I felt that was okay as I am pretty fit apart from the "problems".
He told me to forget about the "pounding and palpitations" which I was a bit concerned about especially in view os my sleeplessness.
I suppose the problem with all this is that I don't get breathless and my ECG's are okay. I say "problem" but of course that is good news.
I am stressed about financial worries so that obviously doesn't help, but I do feel I am being treated a bit "it's all in his head".
Anyway, I try to do some research myself as it could help and I found a rather interesting site that descibes almost all my symptoms. http://www.advocatehealth.com/system/info/library/articles/heartcare/common/mitralvp.html
It states that a Echocardiogram is needed to confirm rather than the ecg I have been having. I'm not saying it is this but it does seem rather co-incidental. I will certainly take this reasoning to my cardiologist next appointment.
Thanks for all your comments, it's nice to know people like to help.
Mike
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