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heart flutters
for the past 4 months my heart has been fluttering, it only lasts seconds and it takes my breath away. I didn't think much of it till two days ago when i was sitting watching tv, it happened again, but this time i couldn't catch my breath and i began to black out. After it happened i got really cold and was shaking. I went to the er and without doing any tests they told me i had a panic attack. Should i be concerned, why does my heart flutter randomly? I had very low potassium levels about a year ago because i was put on a diuretic, my doc thought i had menieres disease. I stopped taking the diuretic because of it. Could this have caused a problem with my heart. I don't feel anxious and panicky, and am aware that i am not dying. But am totally open to the fact that i could be having panic attacks, because i suffered from social anxiety years ago. should i be concerned?
I'd like to know if heart flutters, palpitations, panick attack etc. can result from a car accident. A few years ago, I feel a sleep behind the wheel of my car while driving. When I woke up I realized that I was off of the road and on the grass in an open feild. I panicked and tried to get the car back on the road, but ended up flipping the vehicle on the drivers side. A few days or weeks later I started experienceing palpitations. This also happens when someone wakes me from my sleep, When the phone rings when I'm asleep etc.
I've had an EKG done and I was told that I have PVC. Could an accident such as this cause someone to have palpitations. Is this something that I will be experienceing for the rest off my life?
I've had an EKG done and I was told that I have PVC. Could an accident such as this cause someone to have palpitations. Is this something that I will be experienceing for the rest off my life?
I'd like to know if heart flutters, palpitations, panick attack etc. can result from a car accident. A few years ago, I feel a sleep behind the wheel of my car while driving. When I woke up I realized that I was off of the road and on the grass in an open feild. I panicked and tried to get the car back on the road, but ended up flipping the vehicle on the drivers side. A few days or weeks later I started experienceing palpitations. This also happens when someone wakes me from my sleep, When the phone rings when I'm asleep etc.
I've had an EKG done and I was told that I have PVC. Could an accident such as this cause someone to have palpitations. Is this something that I will be experienceing for the rest off my life?
I've had an EKG done and I was told that I have PVC. Could an accident such as this cause someone to have palpitations. Is this something that I will be experienceing for the rest off my life?
I have had these flutters for years now. They are the least of my worries. I'm a 28 year old male, and about 4 years ago I started getting awful panic attacks. I had them briefly for about a year and a half when I was a teenager (around the age of 16), and then they went away. I blame the panic attacks when I was a teenager on smoking pot, since the first time I had one was also the first time I got high.
Anyway, I stopped doing that silly stuff a long time ago, but alas my panic attacks returned. It's pretty funny how a 200lb guy covered in tattoos and strong as nails can be almost brought to his knees from fear he creates within his own mind. Panic attacks suck.
The heart flutters usually occur when I am stressed out or having a panic attack. I currently take Xanax, which is a wonder drug and has made my life 100% better. I take a .05 to .10mg per day (one pill to 1 and 1/2). I've been on them for three years now. I'm sure I'm physically addicted to them, but I don't care. They work. That is all that matters.
Xanax virtually eliminates all of the symptoms of my panic attacks including the flutters. Sometimes I get the flutters with only subtle symptoms of a panic attack, but the Xanax stops them anyway. Therefore, I totally attribute the flutters to anxiety and nothing more. I also get an annual chest x-ray and ECG. Everything has always checked out OK.
I would put money on alot of you people expierencing panic attacks and not even realizing it. I don't care if you are not under any actual stress. They still can happen, and when they do it is terrifying. You guys just need to chill out. Unless you feel like someone is standing on your chest, and your left arm gets numb or hurts like hell you shouldn't worry. Just my 2 cents!
Anyway, I stopped doing that silly stuff a long time ago, but alas my panic attacks returned. It's pretty funny how a 200lb guy covered in tattoos and strong as nails can be almost brought to his knees from fear he creates within his own mind. Panic attacks suck.
The heart flutters usually occur when I am stressed out or having a panic attack. I currently take Xanax, which is a wonder drug and has made my life 100% better. I take a .05 to .10mg per day (one pill to 1 and 1/2). I've been on them for three years now. I'm sure I'm physically addicted to them, but I don't care. They work. That is all that matters.
Xanax virtually eliminates all of the symptoms of my panic attacks including the flutters. Sometimes I get the flutters with only subtle symptoms of a panic attack, but the Xanax stops them anyway. Therefore, I totally attribute the flutters to anxiety and nothing more. I also get an annual chest x-ray and ECG. Everything has always checked out OK.
I would put money on alot of you people expierencing panic attacks and not even realizing it. I don't care if you are not under any actual stress. They still can happen, and when they do it is terrifying. You guys just need to chill out. Unless you feel like someone is standing on your chest, and your left arm gets numb or hurts like hell you shouldn't worry. Just my 2 cents!
I've had these strange heart flutters before...lasting days, and am currently having a bout of them now. They started yesterday morning at work. I did overindulge in a few rum & cokes the night before, and did infact stop taking my calcium/magnisium tabs this week as I ran out.
I use to get them just slightly when my sugar level dropped(as I'm hypoglycemic) but not to the extent of having them for hours or days.
I also experience tingles in my hands and feet when this happens. I did see my doctor awhile ago, and discussed them. He explained that they are common as well, but because of my family history with heart disease I thought I should check it out. My doctor is also very aware this.
A brief explanation of it is as follows....
My brother passed away at 18yrs old with an enlarged heart, but that was in 1967 when technology was no where near the advancements of today. He contracted measels in Germany as a baby, and they attribute that to damaging his heart.
My other brother had a massive heart attack at 37yrs old, 15yrs ago and survived, with heart damage. He see's specialists in Toronto for years for his heart disease, and also was told that this is common, even for him, so I'm trying not to panic anymore, just find it annoying when it lasts for days.
My passed tests came back fine, when I used to have my physicals.
I'm not due until late August for my next one, so kind of anxious to say the least at this point.
If it persists into tomorrow, I think I will pop into the ER and see a doctor on call. I know the difference from anxiety and panic disorder from this as I experienced both years ago, with a hormonal imbalance.
If anyone has similar symtoms, I would greatly appreciate, if anything a conforting word, that it may indeed just be a nonserious matter.
I read the other posts and can relate somewhat.
Thankyou,
Urssy
I use to get them just slightly when my sugar level dropped(as I'm hypoglycemic) but not to the extent of having them for hours or days.
I also experience tingles in my hands and feet when this happens. I did see my doctor awhile ago, and discussed them. He explained that they are common as well, but because of my family history with heart disease I thought I should check it out. My doctor is also very aware this.
A brief explanation of it is as follows....
My brother passed away at 18yrs old with an enlarged heart, but that was in 1967 when technology was no where near the advancements of today. He contracted measels in Germany as a baby, and they attribute that to damaging his heart.
My other brother had a massive heart attack at 37yrs old, 15yrs ago and survived, with heart damage. He see's specialists in Toronto for years for his heart disease, and also was told that this is common, even for him, so I'm trying not to panic anymore, just find it annoying when it lasts for days.
My passed tests came back fine, when I used to have my physicals.
I'm not due until late August for my next one, so kind of anxious to say the least at this point.
If it persists into tomorrow, I think I will pop into the ER and see a doctor on call. I know the difference from anxiety and panic disorder from this as I experienced both years ago, with a hormonal imbalance.
If anyone has similar symtoms, I would greatly appreciate, if anything a conforting word, that it may indeed just be a nonserious matter.
I read the other posts and can relate somewhat.
Thankyou,
Urssy
I used to have pains that moved around my upper body that were really bad when the settled in my heart. They have been replaced my fluttering mainly in the middle of my uper body and sometimes into my heart. That's really disturbing.
Most of the time I can't tell the exact source of the fluttering but I can hear it in my ears.
My heart specialist said to find an ear doctor. He isn't a very good dr. even though he is a big shot in this town.
I saw the online dr. mention these were palpitations. The flutter rate is too high to be a palpitation. Mine are about 50-60 cycles per second and can move to a lung or the stomach or liver area, or go away.
Most of the time I can't tell the exact source of the fluttering but I can hear it in my ears.
My heart specialist said to find an ear doctor. He isn't a very good dr. even though he is a big shot in this town.
I saw the online dr. mention these were palpitations. The flutter rate is too high to be a palpitation. Mine are about 50-60 cycles per second and can move to a lung or the stomach or liver area, or go away.
After reading most of your comments on "flutter", I would suggest that you go on a blood thinner as quickly as possible. If there's a clot somewhere, it can cause a massive stroke.
I say these things from experience.
I went in to the ER with flutter. After a quick ekg, they realized I has classic flutter. Normally it lasts about 10 to 20 minutes, but this time it went on for a couple hours.
They quickly got me on tenormin and within a few minutes it stopped.
Since then - 3 weeks ago- I have been on blood thinners with blood test each week to determine the thickness/thiness.
I have had 1 or 2 episodes of flutter over the 3 week period.
I might have an "oblation" to totally correct this which has a 90 - 95% success rate. What oblation does is correct the electrical conduit within the heart to return the beat to normal, which is a simple as I can describe it. But you can read about it on the web.
I live in Los Angeles and have some of the best doctors here at UCLA.
I really feel for you people that have this perpetually, it is a feeling hard to describe to someone that has never had it..it is scary.
Hope this helps someone.
I say these things from experience.
I went in to the ER with flutter. After a quick ekg, they realized I has classic flutter. Normally it lasts about 10 to 20 minutes, but this time it went on for a couple hours.
They quickly got me on tenormin and within a few minutes it stopped.
Since then - 3 weeks ago- I have been on blood thinners with blood test each week to determine the thickness/thiness.
I have had 1 or 2 episodes of flutter over the 3 week period.
I might have an "oblation" to totally correct this which has a 90 - 95% success rate. What oblation does is correct the electrical conduit within the heart to return the beat to normal, which is a simple as I can describe it. But you can read about it on the web.
I live in Los Angeles and have some of the best doctors here at UCLA.
I really feel for you people that have this perpetually, it is a feeling hard to describe to someone that has never had it..it is scary.
Hope this helps someone.
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