Thank you guys. I feel better knowing that i am not alone with the fainting feeling. That worried me. I havent had the thuds in a few days now so im glad. Happy 4th of July!
Sounds like premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), or possibly pauses, or perhaps a run of PVCs called NSVT. too hard to tell, these must be caught on an ECG to know.
The steps you will be taken through are to
1: get an ECG. If that's clear in the office, COOL! you cleared some hurdles.
2: Since you are symptomatic, regardless of if the ECG is clear, you should get a holter monitor. This is something you wear to record ECG. There are various types. 24 hours loops, 14 day events, 30 day events. It depends on how frequent your episodes are. If they are infrequent I would insist on at least a 14 day event type.
Other tests might be ordered based on these finds such as: Stress test, Echo cardiogram. If still more tests are needed you might get a nuclear stress, MRI, or CAT scan. If et more are required you could be ordered to start getting invasive studies done such as an electrophysiology mapping of the heart or perhaps an angiogram.
Given you are symptomatic I wish you could get in sooner. More than likely it's garden variety ectopic beats, but it’s shame people have to wait for insurance or not go at all due to lack of it.
you're not alone, some of us do have dizziness, which can be caused by a great multitude of things; infection, inner ear, ANS, heart, dehydration, colds, medicines etc etc dizziness caused by abnormal heart rhythm is not a common thing and normally proceeds to full fainting episodes
to learn more you can read here in the Dysautonomia forum
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Neurological-Disorders/Autonomic-Dysfunction-FAQ/show/181?cid=196 or go to http://www.ndrf.org/LearnMore.html there's a great explanation of how this is all connected in the Patient Handbook
you should have a full cardiac workup to make sure everything's ok and find out what's going on; if the dizziness/faintness continues they can do a tilt table test to see how your system functions together...
Hi, This is how mine started and I went to get it checked out, so should you. Ive had both a scan and 36hr ECG which picked up on the 'missed beats'. They are scarey, but once they have been checked out and explained to you this may help. I get them daily now.... and it feels like my hearts coming into my throat!!! My feeling of missed beats are actually two beats close together, bit like a drummer one drummer carries on drumming happily yet the other goes out of sync and catches up with the other one. it does feel like a right thud. Just get them checked out to ease your mind.