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Anyone get heart flutters/palps?

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michelle5714
michelle5714

Does anyone else get random heart palps and what feels like fluttering in your throat? It happens to me at random times and is usually ony for a few seconds. It freaks me out though. It feels as if my heart will either skip a beat or beat twice and I always feel it at the bottom of my throat. Then I feel as if there's a lump in my throat. My heart will be beating fine then it just happens.

I've had ekgs done chest X-rays blood tests and even a heart sonogram and my heart looked perfect. These just freak me rolleyes

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  • lee12629
    lee12629 michelle5714

    Posted

    Yes,have had them often through the years especially when stressed,they are usually benign. Xx
  • lee12629
    lee12629 michelle5714

    Posted

    Dont concentrate on them,i used to and it made me get them more.
  • sue58256
    sue58256 michelle5714

    Posted

    yes michelle its a common thing with anxiety my doctor explained that in everyday life we all suffer from "missing" heart beats but we dont feel them or we are not aware its only when our anxiety is heightened that they come out even more as we become heightened in our thinking. if everything else comes back normal then its "normal" for those with anxiety to feel an increase it is a horrible and frightened feeling but if you get these quickly focus on something else ie breathing focus on something outside you window or put music or the tv on. if they get to bad your doctor can perscribe a beta blocker.

     

    • lee12629
      lee12629 sue58256

      Posted

      Yes my doctor mentioned the beta blocker also.
  • stephx
    stephx michelle5714

    Posted

    Yes this started again a couple weeks back and it happens random I can be walking or talking or watching TV and I will suddenly get a massive thuds in my chest and throat
  • lynne82155
    lynne82155 michelle5714

    Posted

    All the time its common with anxiety 

    Try to ignore it anxiety loves attention and fearsmile

  • michelle5714
    michelle5714

    Posted

    Thanks everyone. I know they are from the anxiety and luckily it only happens every so often, not to the point where I need like a beta blocker or anything. It helps to know others get the same! I also have GERD which the doctors (and I've researched) say can cause heart palps when it's acting up
  • emilylawless
    emilylawless michelle5714

    Posted

    Yes I get it all the time feels like my heart stops.... Had so many test dr said its anxiety and it's not big to worry about
    • michelle5714
      michelle5714 emilylawless

      Posted

      Same! That makes me feel better. Idk why I'm so obsessed over my heart lately it's perfectly healthy!
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