Point of Interest

[countrygirl54]

I am a 56 year old female with a history of what has felt like "skipped beats" over many years. Just recently I began having 30-50 a day where I would only have about 3-5 in a month. I went to the doctor and my EKG was normal. Of course none of my symptoms happened during the EKG. I had blood tests and all came out ok. No difficulty breathing, no sharp pain, no dizziness, no pain down arm. I went in and had a 24 Holter Monitor and my results came in as stated in my last post. Here's the point of interest.  My Vitamin D is 14!  That is REALLY low. I have begun taking higher doses to get the level higher, but have recently read research that vitamin D can affect your heart health. I'm truly wondering if my Vitamin D level is the reason for my palpitations. We'll see, as I am going with Dr. Oz and taking 1,000 mg. of Vitamin D daily and 1,000 of Fish oil. In addition to that, my doctor is putting me on Ergocalciferol for a few weeks to increase my vitamin D. I truly hope this is the answer. I have dealt with this so long!

[Mom2four85]

I wish I could take fish oil, (can't because of my health problems) I would love for my skin to be soft again :P  that's a good side benefit I'll have to remember.

[countrygirl54]

Thanks for the comments. I am feeling better already and my palps are not as bad. Plus the fear of having them causes more palps! I think many things are a factor. I guess I have to go with what the doctor said and consider the fact that it is stress. I had a very difficult couple of months with a lot of stresses and I think I threw myself over the edge in the stress department! November and December were extremely difficult and now that things have settled down I am doing somewhat better. Besides the low Vitamin D I also have low "good" cholesterol.  I think my system is just freaked out and running on empty. Will pursue the fish oil and Vitamin D as well as the doctor ordered perscription of Ergocalciferol and see what happens. I seem to have more energy already and my mood is better.  Plus, the fish oil has made my skin really soft!  Thanks all

[TatiSD]

Please let us know how you fare after being on vitamin D and fish oil for a couple of months.  I'm curious to see how it affects you.  I hope it diminishes your palps.  Fish oil is very helpful for some, for me not so much.  I can't tell if vitamin D is helping me in the palp dept.
Good luck.

[Jerry_NJ]

I have read both of your posts and can not add anything very helpful for the first, for the second, this one, I comment any deficiency in your blood test results should be corrected asap, and then see if that provides any relief to you palpitations.  I think that may be the case.   Good luck.