ectopic beats

I have never heard about this. Did you see a doc about it? 

Agirl x

My doctor diagnosed me with ectopics a couple of months ago. I also have anxiety attacks.

I know exactly what you mean by the big thud then it just carries on as normal.  I do get a bit of lightheaded Ness sometimes but my symptoms always worsen when I focus on it. 

Has your doctor told you that you have ectopics?

Marsha x

Ha ha the good old Ectopic Beat or PVC's (Premature Contraction) `They are harmless my dear - you will live too tell another story,  although very scary and troublesome - they are benign in nature and are very common, 'we all have a few a day at least a minimum of 1 or 2 as our hearts go on pumping life through our veins at an average of 100,000 times in one day, that's about 35 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times. Give a tennis ball a good, hard squeeze. You're using about the same amount of force your heart uses to pump blood out to the body. It's amazing to think - how amazing our hearts are their is no pump that a man/woman could ever build that would compare in nature to the heart.

The point of the above is too show you that your heart is a force of nature and am sure your Gp's have told you - but it does not mean that out of the 100,000 beats per day it might not throw a wobble or like a car backfire every so often - I mean, say you get 20 thuds as you explain, which sounds like Ectopic Beats (Basically an Extra Beat) That's 1 in every 5000 beats.  

I have seen patients that throw off an ectopic evey minute and can actually catch them on a brief 12lead ECG tracing and they are fit as fiddle - its a very common complaint by many - but not to worry about (easy said than done) but try and take your mind off of them - as it causes you to become far too self aware of your body and are then focusing wating for anything strange to happen - which will cause more worry.

If at wits end see you GP and ask for a Beta-Blocker (Propranolol) which will slow down the excited cells and give you some relief. 

Here is a link for this side - explaining a greater detail ..... 

All the Best,  Good Luck   

Its soo good that other people recognise these and can advise on this

Emma,

Do not worry about these they are very common, a lot of people have them and are completely unaware. The reason it is magnified for you is because you have anxiety. 

Im always here for a chat chick. Dont suffer in silence xxx

When I went to A & E a few months ago due to chest pain from anxiety, I had an ECG and was told I had ectopic beats and that they are very common and nothnig to worry about.

Hope this helps