MENTALLY TIRED

Hello, my name is Anna and I am a 28 year old female. I have gone (and am currently) going through the same journey as you are. First off, I want to assure you that you have come to the right place to seek support and experiences which others very similar to you are going through. I found this site by mistake, and it was like a miracle. Here are people feeling and thinking the EXACT same things as me, and finally someone understood. I too suffer from a fluttery, flippy heart. I have irregular rhythm at times, or my heart all the sudden feels like drops, skips beats, double beats, flutters and does god knows what. At times when this is happening it makes me cough and grab my chest. (Coughing helps when you're feeling these flutters) it kind of resets the rythm, in my experience.

Last winter it got so bad that I could not sleep or focus on my job. I decided to have a number of tests done including an EKG, holter monitor, and echo and a full blood panel. ALL CAME BACK COMPLETELY NORMAL. I was sure I was dying. They took a good look at everything and assured me that my heart is structurally normal, and I just have an oversensitive heart, where I experience irregularities, and flutters, premature beats etc, but this will NOT kill me. If there was something very serious with your heart you would know it.

By you getting these tests done is a good idea. The echo will tell the doctors if something is actually wrong. From the sounds of it, you are going to be just fine and live a normal and healthy life. Now a year later I barely notice my heart when it's doing silly things. I just let it be, and tell myself it's all ok. If you are fainting, or feeling numb in your left arm or are dizzy and confused then get that looked into more, but if not, I'm almost sure you're just fine!

As for your pain, it might not be your actual heart. Lots of nerves and things that could trick you into feeling like it's the heart itself. As far as the medicine you're taking, I have heard it could potentially make symptoms worse. I bet you, after you get your holter and echo test done, and all results come back fine: you will not want to take the medication any longer.

I hope this helps ease your mind a bit. Remember our bodies are amazing things, every cell in your body wants to live and thrive. Maybe you are having some anxiety as well, which is making this worse. I suggest getting your answers from all the tests and then go from there

Hi apparently lots of people suffer from this.it's an extra heart beat,it's not meant to be harmful.I have suffered for a year now with this,it's not nice to have some days are better than others, Don't be scared.I got told the jump in your heart is when the heart is correcting the rhythm of your heart, they say treatment.yoga meditation, even can be if your anaemia,or your hormones, they say going on the pill. Or exercise. These things they say can improve it .hope that's helpful.

Dear Islandgyal I really feel sorry you are having this problem. I have had it for thirty years with it being very problematic and then some periods with it being OK on different medications. Its troublesome at present and so I have tried different diet restrictions. Sometimes this helps. Dairy especially and perhaps wheat. There is something called gastric cardiac syndrome I have just discovered and will research with my GP's help. Hope this helps you.

Sorry to Hear about your symptoms i am facing the same problem from last 4 years its hard to deal with it------3 years back i have lot of ecgs and echo which come back nomral but i feel my heart escape beat and lot of fear when ever some one die from heart attack i can not explain it to u the fear i have my breathe top suddenly i was thinking i am going to die bcoz my heart stop beating----long story short now als oi face the same problem----3 weeks ago i go to cardiologist where he run for 2 ecgs one is normal  the other show small pause of heart where the cardiologist say to me for holter ecg of 24 hours i have been monitor with it for 24 hours and the result was 99% doc say some time you have palpittation or pause but its not like that that u need treatment he mention that i am not alone lot of people have this i say to him i feel scared every time he tell me go to pschytrist any ways i tell him that wanna do echo i am waiting for echo now which has been on 28 of this month------i have lot of burping heart burn problem and i strongly believe that it will be cause because of it but my cardiologist didnot think well i know my self better then doc i have anxiety no doubt but when ever i burp i feel heavy in my left side chest if there is no burps there is no heaviness------few days back we have routine company check up my ecg show tachycardia so sad but result of my ecg is border line oops it make me scared i run to wards my gp clinic he run for me another ecg which was norml i mean how is it possible such a ------ i am mentally sick now every time think about it every day belching bloating now bcoz of alot of thinking i feel dizzy---i have  complete cblood urine check up waiting for the result nd waiting for the echo after that i will decide what should i do more? i am 30 year male 

are you on a blood thinner. i was diagnosed with afib in july and they put me right on blood thinner and the same beta blocker as you- i went out of afib in a couple weeks, but lately i have been getting the fluttering again, i go for a cadiac catheterization tomorrow because my stress test showed some possible issues but the dr thinks it could be false positive so i pray the test goes smooth and shows nothing. But remember anxiety can cause that too- i noticed if my stomach gets bloated it must press on my heart and i get flutters. You should make them see you earlier and have the tests earlier. The waiting alone can cause that fluttering. good luck and keep us posted!

I'm so glad to hear from you guys. Like December is so far away and sometimes I feel like I won't make it because of the fluttering and chest pain