My heart palpitations began six months after my first pregnancy. I was driving home and noticed what was later discovered to be PVC's and PAC's. I had never had these before. They continued for approx three years. I went to see a cardiologist and was given a clean bill of health as far as my heart was concerned. But I continued to feel these PVC's expecially when I would lay down at night or be sitting in a chair.
After about a year into my palpitations, I went into an attack of SVT. They finally caught it the third time around. I am extremely afraid of these SVT's. I do not want to be rushing to the ED everytime I get them. These SVT episodes and palpitations have truely changed my life. I am absolutely not the same person that I was before them. I am constantly aware of my heart, I can't help it. My heart always reminds me it is there.
Then, a year ago, my PVC's dissapeared and I rarely have any! I think this was a miracle that happened!! I have reduced my stress greatly.
Then, just last week out of the blue, I got an attack of palpitations that would not go away! I started to panic, ran to the ED and it was determined later by my cardiologist that it may have been an episode of atrial flutter. This was scary. It just did not feel right. This was by far the scariest sensation! And I thought that my SVT's were bad! Has anyone experiences any of these sensations? Have they ever felt what an atrial flutter
Please post if you have had any of these symptoms. I woul feels like? My cardiologist couldn't believe I felt mine. He said I am so self aware of my heart.
I'd love to hear your stories!
Anne
I dont have time to type my entire story again... but after reading yours I figured i'd take a shot at you reading mine and possibly telling me if you ever experienced anything similar. I'm just copying and pasting what i have been posting anywhere i can find tonight! hope to hear back from you with some feedback...
Almost EVERY time I have sex with my girlfriend lately either RIGHT before we're finished or RIGHT after we're finished (usually after) i get SEVERE tachycardia. My heart starts fluttering at a HIGH rate of speed. (i havent tried to count as i'm usually freaking out thinking I'm going to die) but its easily above 150. It feels like it's pounding out of my chest and they only feel like "half beats" and completelyyyy out of rhythm.
I am 28 years old. I am 5'11 200 pounds of all muscle. I have never done any drugs in my life. I eat healthy every day. I get on the treadmill for a half hour a day and I lift weights 4 days a week. I used to drink alcohol heavily when I was younger but have not in a few years now. Last year I had an EKG, an echocardiogram, a chest x-ray and I wore an event monitor for a month.
The doctor told me that I was "Perfectly healthy" and to "forget about it" but this is IMPOSSIBLE. I know my own body. i was an ELITE athlete my entire life. I used to sprint a quarter mile in 46 seconds in track... a hundred yards in 10.2 second. Have 80 yard kickoff returns in football and NEVER had heart palpitations or anything. I was perfectly healthy. I neverrrr had these problems having sex ever in my life. I used to have marathon sex at a fast pace with all my girlfriends NO problem.
Now I cannot have REGULAR... SLOW sex with my fiance without my heart going absolutely CRAZY for about 2 to 5 minutes afterwards. And it is SCARY. Today when it happened I felt like I had just run a marathon. I wasnt out of breathe at all.... i could breathe fine and I didnt feel like i was going to pass out but my heart was RACING in a manner that didnt coincide with the amount of exertion. In my upper chest during the episode i THINK my chest felt a little like it was burning like if i had just run outside in the cold. But that is the first time I noticed that and I may have been imagining it as I was having a panic attack once it started. The episode lasted about 4 minutes and then my heart was back to normal. This is the 4th or 5th time it has happened in the last few weeks and probably the 9th time altogether in the last year. It is SOMETHING... it is not NOTHING. it never did it before and now it is... So the doctor HAS to be wrong. I called him back to tell him that it is getting worse and he brushed me off like it was nothing. PLEASE give me some advice on what I should do next and what it could possibly be.... I do NOT want to drop dead after having sex... and it is to the point now where i'm scared to have sex!!! at 28....
Now all day since then I've been getting skipped beats constantly. my pulse is up in the high 80s. (normal for me is about 65 or 70) but I'll admit i'm having some anxiety because I'm scared that I had a heart attack or something earlier. SO PLEASE.... what should i do next... how do I find the cause of this.... i can deal with it if i KNOW its not going to KILL me... i just need to know WHAT IT IS!!