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My heart is playing tricks

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aabb
aabb

For a while now my heart feels like it beats as normal then struggles to get to the next beat, it is as if it needs a quick start to get to the next beat. It can last from secs or it can be off and on up to 30 minutes. It doesn't happen every day either. I don not have any pain when this happens. The only thing that i have noticed is that it seems to happen when i am sitting doing nothing. My GP organised an ECG which i got last week, that was ok, and i have to go in a couple of weeks to get the 24 hour monitor. Has anyone else experienced these symptoms? I am a relatively healthy 49 year old woman who loves my job and my life so i can not even blame stress or panic attacks.

aabb

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  • derek76
    derek76 aabb

    Posted

    Do you have a BP monitor or a pulse oximeter ( quite cheap )that would show your heart beats. Or can you check your pulse when it is happening ? If you miss beats when resting during the day it probably happens when asleep as well.

    A 24 hour monitor is not very long. I had a three day one and my wife had a seven day one. Mine showed that my heart rate in the high 40's during the day went down to 37 at times during the night and that I was having 3.7 second pauses between beats at times.

    • aabb
      aabb derek76

      Posted

      I do not have any of these things. I have checked it when it happens but do not know if it is normal, that is why I went to the doctors. Can i ask if your heart rate is normal or do you have a problem with it?

      AABB

    • derek76
      derek76 aabb

      Posted

      Read above.

      I was then told that I needed a pacemaker fitted as a matter of some urgency.

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