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pulse/heartbeat all over my body.
Lately, I have noticed that when I go to sleep, I can feel my pulse in strange places, such as fingers, legs, stomach...and lately, all over at the same time.
Any idea of what this is?
Any idea of what this is?
Don't worry, most of the times these feelings have no real physical cause. As someone else said: it's all in our head. You'd be surprised to know how many illnesses our mind can make up :)
I've been suffering from heart palpitations for quite a while now. At times, I can feel my heart pounding very fast, and I can feel pulses in all parts of my body: neck, arms, legs, etc. Very annoying and distracting.
The first time this happened, I was so scared that I could not focus on what I was doing, I had to leave a meeting at work and rush to the hospital to be checked. It happened all of a sudden - never happened before. I started being anxious about my heart not working well. At the hospital they checked me and everything was fine: blood pressure okay (a bit high but okay), pulses okay, oxygenation okay. They told me to go home and relax. It happened again a couple of weeks later (much worse than the previous one) and again a couple of weeks ago. Each time that happened, I felt so unwell that I had to go to the hospital and be checked. A couple of ECGs: okay. Blood tests: perfect. It's just anxiety. Note that anxiety does not necessarily have to be triggered by a conscious reason. However, to rule out any possible physical reason, do all the tests prescribed by your doctor and ask to be checked by a cardiologist. Relax :)
I've been suffering from heart palpitations for quite a while now. At times, I can feel my heart pounding very fast, and I can feel pulses in all parts of my body: neck, arms, legs, etc. Very annoying and distracting.
The first time this happened, I was so scared that I could not focus on what I was doing, I had to leave a meeting at work and rush to the hospital to be checked. It happened all of a sudden - never happened before. I started being anxious about my heart not working well. At the hospital they checked me and everything was fine: blood pressure okay (a bit high but okay), pulses okay, oxygenation okay. They told me to go home and relax. It happened again a couple of weeks later (much worse than the previous one) and again a couple of weeks ago. Each time that happened, I felt so unwell that I had to go to the hospital and be checked. A couple of ECGs: okay. Blood tests: perfect. It's just anxiety. Note that anxiety does not necessarily have to be triggered by a conscious reason. However, to rule out any possible physical reason, do all the tests prescribed by your doctor and ask to be checked by a cardiologist. Relax :)
Don't worry, most of the times these feelings have no real physical cause. As someone else said: it's all in our head. You'd be surprised to know how many illnesses our mind can make up :)
I've been suffering from heart palpitations for quite a while now. At times, I can feel my heart pounding very fast, and I can feel pulses in all parts of my body: neck, arms, legs, etc. Very annoying and distracting.
The first time this happened, I was so scared that I could not focus on what I was doing, I had to leave a meeting at work and rush to the hospital to be checked. It happened all of a sudden - never happened before. I started being anxious about my heart not working well. At the hospital they checked me and everything was fine: blood pressure okay (a bit high but okay), pulses okay, oxygenation okay. They told me to go home and relax. It happened again a couple of weeks later (much worse than the previous one) and again a couple of weeks ago. Each time that happened, I felt so unwell that I had to go to the hospital and be checked. A couple of ECGs: okay. Blood tests: perfect. It's just anxiety. Note that anxiety does not necessarily have to be triggered by a conscious reason. However, to rule out any possible physical reason, do all the tests prescribed by your doctor and ask to be checked by a cardiologist. Relax :)
I've been suffering from heart palpitations for quite a while now. At times, I can feel my heart pounding very fast, and I can feel pulses in all parts of my body: neck, arms, legs, etc. Very annoying and distracting.
The first time this happened, I was so scared that I could not focus on what I was doing, I had to leave a meeting at work and rush to the hospital to be checked. It happened all of a sudden - never happened before. I started being anxious about my heart not working well. At the hospital they checked me and everything was fine: blood pressure okay (a bit high but okay), pulses okay, oxygenation okay. They told me to go home and relax. It happened again a couple of weeks later (much worse than the previous one) and again a couple of weeks ago. Each time that happened, I felt so unwell that I had to go to the hospital and be checked. A couple of ECGs: okay. Blood tests: perfect. It's just anxiety. Note that anxiety does not necessarily have to be triggered by a conscious reason. However, to rule out any possible physical reason, do all the tests prescribed by your doctor and ask to be checked by a cardiologist. Relax :)
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"Note that anxiety does not necessarily have to be triggered by a conscious reason."
This is an excellent point! Many people are so ashamed of anxiety that they avoid treatment, as if having the condition were due to some kind of failure or lack of personal strength.
Not so at all. Often it springs up when nothing anxiety-causing is going on. It is probably be a kind of misfiring of the nervous system, probably has a hereditary component, and is a perfectly real illness, as deserving of treatment as asthma, for example.
This is an excellent point! Many people are so ashamed of anxiety that they avoid treatment, as if having the condition were due to some kind of failure or lack of personal strength.
Not so at all. Often it springs up when nothing anxiety-causing is going on. It is probably be a kind of misfiring of the nervous system, probably has a hereditary component, and is a perfectly real illness, as deserving of treatment as asthma, for example.
I have had this problem as long as I can remember, but never mentioned it because I thought everyone could hear/feel their heartbeat throughout their entire body. Recently, it was so strong, I yelled, "My heartbeat is driving me crazy." My family looked at me like I was nuts. That is when I learned I am "weird", as they put it. Needless to say, I am so happy to know I am not alone.
The heart rate feel/ throbbing started in my mouth after general anesthesia for a dental implant. Then spread all over my body. Anybody else had general anesthesia and found the symptom started?
Possibly Breathing Pattern is off then it self corrects and pulse is less noticeable and heart rste slows .Carbon Dixoide is evalated when hypervent same as breathing off track.Such as Panic Disorder most of the symtoms before a attavk during is the bodys natural breathing pattern is interfered with by holding or faster or shallow breaths crested by our conscious self..One you learn to not focus and let our body do what it does alone symtoms subside.Also tingling numbness dizzyness blurred vision is all from the carbon dioxide levels in the blood is off ..I had panic Attacks from 1986 to 1994 everday every nite all day anywhere anytime There gone and My Heart goes out to Anyone Suffering with them I hope this helps.
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