Me again :( what does a palpitation episode feel like?
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Aaargh! I'm having a day of it! Just walked downstairs and sat down and my heart started racing. Going fast then normal for a bit then fast. I'm contemplating the out of hours doc but I don't want to make a fool of myself. I know a lot of you have had palpitations so I'm just trying to normalise this. My mum died of a heart attack hence my panic xx
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Tazchurch stella19032
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However call the out of hours Doc and tell him why you called him. As a Dr friend of mine once said they would far rather be called by 99 patients that didn't need them than not by the one who did.
Big Hugs xxx
jayneejay stella19032
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well if you are worried see a doctor ..
a palpitation that i experience is a sudden thumping of the heart, we feel it, for a few seconds then it eases.... in peri it happens on and off ... and a symptom, but if you are unsure seek medical advise ..
learn to relax abit ..... you sound so stressed ...
sit down, relax, deep breathes ....
jay jay xx
stella19032 jayneejay
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Tazchurch stella19032
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jayneejay stella19032
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big hugs hun....
if we look at all our families medical history ... we all had something ot other, i know i have aswell.... but stress makes it all worse..
you need to have a warm bath, sit and relax.... forget everything else. have some you time...
jay xx
Tazchurch jayneejay
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At times ignorance is bliss as they say
jayneejay stella19032
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What are heart palpitations?
Palpitations are irregular heart beats that can include skipped beats, extra beats (as many as 8 to 16 beats a minute), and a racing heart (as many as 200 extra beats a minute). Many people suggest that having palpitations makes them "aware of their heart beating."
Women and men can have heart palpitations. In healthy people, they are most common in perimenopausal and menopausal women as a result of fluctuating hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. Some perimenopausal and menopausal women suggest their palpitations occur during or after a hot flash.
try and relax stella
jay xx
BellaRubia stella19032
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jayneejay BellaRubia
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I have had palitations all through peri 9-10 years, occassionly, not often.
i am now meno reached ... and only last week i had one...
i was pottering outside , nothing strenuous, and bingo, i had a rather intense one, i just sat and relaxed and it passed..
theres no time scale, of how long we have them, they just happen..
and may occur over many years..
like you say, if you havent had one ever, then it can be alarming, the first time, but once you know and realise , then they are part and parcel, we just think, oh another one..
mine dont occur during a hot flush, some ladies do, we are all very different ..
jay xx
BellaRubia jayneejay
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Jay, I just hope (and pray), that for now on, I will be more like my older half-sister. She has never had ANYTHING like that; no pain, no heart pounding, no sickness at all. Even hot flushes, she only had for few years past her last period... Some are lucy, why not us?! hgs
jayneejay BellaRubia
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Dont know hun, my mum sailed thro, two years all done, from age of 42 - 44 ,
Me 9 - 10 years from age 40/41 to 50 ....
Oh well .. That is life ay .... Take care hun
Jay xx
mary08016 stella19032
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I am 52, not overweight and in pretty good health, started peri I believe last October. I would get awful paplitations/racing heart just from going up/down the stairs but seems to have subsided since I started the iron. Just a thought hope you get to the bottom and feel better.
jayneejay mary08016
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hope you well, glad your feeling better with abit if iron.. worked for me too a few months ago, mind you more for energy, did not stop the odd palp for me..
do you take a vit C or drink Vit C etc with your iron..
Taking vitamin C and iron together helps the body absorb the iron.
It doesn't matter whether the vitamin C comes from food or a supplement. But, taking a vitamin C supplement to improve absorption of iron properly .
have a great day Mary
Jay xx
jayneejay stella19032
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Magnesium is amazing for heart health
jayxx