I am so glad I found this forum. Does anyone out there get a lot of feeling of skipped heart beats one after another? I went to bed last night and I felt a flip flop, then another flip flop about two beat later. I rolled over to the other side and it kept flip flopping for about 3 minutes (I think it was about every other third beat). Needless to say I was horribly scared and got out of bed to go downstairs. It stopped doing it then but it sure scared me a lot. Does anyone else out there get these flipping flopping sensations a lot of times in a minute or two? I have been to the doc and they say they think they are pvc's and not to worry. It is really controlling me. Please respond anyone that feels the same thing.
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Hi, I have these same feelings. They are horribly scary. Sometimes I have like 20 feelings in an hour. All my tests have come back normal, too. But now, all of a sudden, I found out that my thyroid is overactive, so my doctor is saying this is the reason. I don't know, but I do know that I absolutely hate these flip flops, they scare the *#*! out of me!!! Any suggestions? I'm only 35!!
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hi Caroline,
My name is Cathy and I am 30 years old. For the past 3 years i have gone through hell with the very same symptoms you are having. I was amazed when i read your letter because it sounds so familiar. I gone through an EP study and now I am on a medication called Tambocor in which I need to come off of. Please contact me at my e-mail address. We can talk about this more if you would like.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Cathy
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Hi.. I am new to this web site..I have started having what I describe as my heart "flopping" in my chest in the last 4 months..I talked to my Dr. about it and he thought maybe it was caffeine..So, I eliminated all caffeine and alchohol..don't smoke..and I am still having the "flopping"..ALOT..I don't take any medication at all except I am on a hormone therapy patch..Vivelle.01..have been for about a year..Why would this start now??? Any suggestions..I will make another appointment with my Dr....
Hi, Caroline,
I'm in the same boat. I'm 49, tho, and mine started last year when my son and father were very ill at the same time. They stopped for a month after my father died, but then started up again.
I have PAC's and the Holter monitor showed 2400 and the doc said they were benign with no evidence of heart disease. He also said if they were under 8000 per day, it was OK. They never showed up on EKG's until recently when I had a routine EKG before breast surgey (just another stressor to throw on the pile!). This time they showed up and on the pre-surgery chest
X-ray, my heart was a bit enlarged altho it was still within normal limits. A second cardiologist looked at all this and said it was no problem-have the surgery. Well, I freaked!
I just had a 3rd doctor look at everything over the past 2 years and he says he sees nothing to worry about. I'm obese and need exercise but I've been scared I'd drop over dead! Anyway, I am having an echocardiogram as I have never had one and he wants to view my heart. I have all the symptoms of mitral valve prolapse but no murmur, but then I've heard if you are obese and/or "well-endowed", the murmur might be heard to detect, so if it's there, I guess the echo will show it.
Anyway, I too decided to try some supplements. I had been taking no vitamins at all and didn't eat right. I got a book on the heart, The Miracle Heart, by Jean Carper. She talks about what the various supplements do and some are good for the heart muscle specifically. I've been taking magnesium, potassium, Co-Enzyme Q, Vitamins E and C, Calcium and fish oil capsules. I've been taking them for 3 weeks and can feel a difference. "They" aren't gone as I can feel my jugular vein and feel them periodically. But, I don't "feel" them as much in my chest so they don't bother me as much. Don't know if this is the reason, but it seems to be working.
Like they said above, you are not alone. I think we need a separate arrhythmia Board to support each other as it is scarier (even scarier to me than my possible breast cancer!).
Take care, Pam
I started taking atenolol for pvc/psvt about 2 mths ago....i had terrible headaches. my gf (who is a pharmacist) said that although most docs wont tell you so, this is a common side effect and that it will diminish over time...it did in my case...headache free now.