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will my heart stop? panicking again :(

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meljenk
meljenk

HI all,

i suffer from anxiety and have done for some time..

I also suffer from palpitations, ectopic beats and dizzyness.

Every ECG ive had has been normal (heart rate a little high) Ive just finished a 6 day holter monitor and typically i didnt have an ectopic or palpitations BUT over the last few days there back sad

Will my heart just stop? can it just stop? im so scaredc sad

i do have chest pains but i havce tiezties syndrom and always have chest pains.

I have flutters in my throat that makes me want to cough.

please help....am i going to die ???

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  • meljenk
    meljenk

    Posted

    I've had about to ectopic beats since coming g home 3 hours ago. One after each other. Some times I have them when I'm active.

    In just so scared my heart will stop because of then as in still in the process of getting checked out.

    In waiting for the results only my 6 day holster test but I've been told it's could take weeks.

    I've had a few ECG's and an omron test both showed nothing.

    I don't know what else I can do.

    I burst into tears earlier as I'm scared to good sleep :-(

    • littleannie84
      littleannie84 meljenk

      Posted

      If you have had several ECG's that have all been normal, what makes you believe you have a heart problem? Palpitations and ectopic beats are caused by adrenaline. Once you can learn to accept them, your body will stop firing off the adrenaline and they'll go away.

      Palpitations are very rarely a product of a heart condition. The more common causes are anaemia, thyroid problems and anxiety!

    • meljenk
      meljenk littleannie84

      Posted

      I don't think I can accept it because they could be wrong? My ECG's have never picked up the palps/ectopic.

      I just can't accept that it's not my heart causing them as I don't know what else could be

      My thyroid is fine, iron on the low side but in the normal range, and how can It be adrenaline when I'm chilled in bed watching a nice film then bam it happens!

      You nite think I'm just being stupid but I just can't get round the fact it's not my heart causing them as they feel likenotnos

    • oldboy
      oldboy meljenk

      Posted

      The ECGs have not picked up the palps/ectopics because they did not occur during the test.   That does not matter because ECG tests are designed to find heart conditions not anxiety etc.

      "What else it could be" is anxiety!   

      I must admit that it is puzzling why an attack should come out of the blue, but it can!

       

    • meljenk
      meljenk oldboy

      Posted

      I think that's why in so paranoid it's my heart and they some so out of the blue! They knock me for 6.

      I do get panicky when I get them but i don't know what's causing them.

      The doctors haven't done every test yet sonill still worried

    • oldboy
      oldboy meljenk

      Posted

      I used to get an attack when I thought about something in particular.  It does not have to be something physical; a thought will do it.

       

         

    • littleannie84
      littleannie84 meljenk

      Posted

      Adrenaline! That's what it is! Adrenaline causes all kinds of weird stuff to happen inside you but none of it is there to harm you!

      Adrenaline is there to protect you. If you were really in danger you'd need all those sensations to save you but you're not in danger so it's malfunctioning!

      It's nothing to be scared of!

    • meljenk
      meljenk littleannie84

      Posted

      In trying not to worry :-( but I'm trying to sleep and my pulse even tho it's consistent at 74/76 beats per min it feels like it's going fast then slower the. Faster again, it does feel irregular. In scared to sleep
    • littleannie84
      littleannie84 meljenk

      Posted

      It's anxiety. If you Google what Adrenaline does to the body you'll see that you have nothing to worry about.

      An ECG would definitely have told the doctors if you were in imminent danger. As long as your sinus rhythm is normal, it's ok for your heart to beat a bit faster. It does when you run to catch the bus or race up the stairs doesn't it? When your body is full of adrenaline, it's preparing to get you out of danger so of course your heart is going to pound a bit! The sooner you convince yourself that you're not in danger, the sooner the adrenaline will stop firing off!

      Adrenaline only stays in your body for 15 minutes unless you keep it there. If you let go of the fear, the symptoms will disappear!

  • carly28163
    carly28163 meljenk

    Posted

    Hiya iv been having weird feeling in my throat like my heart is coming out my mouth I don't no what that is do u get that it makes me feel breathless and sometimes a bit dizzy sad x
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 meljenk

    Posted

    Viscious cycle of panic attacks.😓 focusing on your heart and that can not play out well. Look up mindfullness. There are videos to teach you how to properly breathe and exolain how to let your mind go blank. Minutes long but i bet you can learn it and do it. Youll see a few minutes relief and realizing you can calm all this down will empower you to realize its mind over matter. Adrenaline from anxiety is wicked strong. I dont know if you know cbt its helpful too. You did all the tests so that part is all done on the health anxiety level. Now you need to address the panic disorder. You are a lot stronger then you realize. Panic attacks are horrible and experiencing them a lot takes an extremly strong person because all that adrenaline rushing about wrecks havoc. Proper breathing will help you and cbt will enlighten you. Hopefully your tests result are good, and believe me being diagnosed with ailments does not mean there is some miracle cure or that youll get more empathetic treatment. I say this because i have lived it. But palpatations, if all tests are clear is panic attacks. If you drink caffiene drinks stop them all. Go on a heart healthy diet there are tons of them online. Add brisk walking or any cardio to your daily life, start off on light cardio. Lastly, keep busy because your mind is so very powerful and focusing in on any symptom at all triggers you into panic. Mindfullness can calm you and cbt can make you aware of what is going on. Nothing will stop the panic attacks but you. You will learn all this in the cbt. Ive been battling this for decades. Does it re occur yes. When i get sick and i have ailements it does happen. Sometimes it gets the best of me..it seems to be an ongoing battle but it is wonderful to have tools to turn too. I use the breathing, the diet part, cbt and listen to audio books on healing myself. One day at a time, sometimes literally one minute at a time. Panic attacks make a person turn to their soul at some point and believing in angels is lovely, or anything in your own belief culture that can and will comfort you. These panic attacks penetrate the mind, body and soul so these are the areas one by one that need your attention. And please believe if your mind is so strong it can wreck havoc on you, imagine if you could turn it around, and you can, imagine how peacefuland calm you would become. Most books written by motivational speakers on healing have conquered anxiety or illness so they do know what they are talking about.  I hate anxiety myself and it has been and is a crooked road with valleys and peaks so i have come to terms with that and when in a valley i just keep loving myself and re listen to audio books and meditate and basically believe it will pass. And it does. Even with health ailments in tow and sometimes its so damn hard, the anxiety part does pass. Surgery freaks me out not going to lie so ik that will trigger a lot of fear and im working on that. But i have concluded the right state of mind can get a person through so much. Every book i have read or listened to comes down to loving yourself, forgiving any wrong done to you, forgiving yourself (hard one if betrayed but needed to release ill feelings) and feeling worthy of healing and living a good life.You do deserve to heal. No person deserves a life with these panic attacks. Because so many people now have come forward research is being done to figure this all out. I believe at some point they will know more. Ulcers were always down as stress for decades until they finally found it to be h pylori a bacteria as the cause. They are working now on panic attacks and anxiety so time will tell. I can say newer research is pointing the gut flora and pre biotics and pro biotics. There is some drug in trials with that. Thats what i read i have no clue otherwise. Sorry i rambled on. Hold on and feel better
    • meljenk
      meljenk lisalisa67

      Posted

      no thank you for this, it all does help.... i just cant get my head about its just anxiety as ill be busy at work, consentrating on my work and numbers and all of a sudden ill have an ectopic beat! how can it be caused by aderenaline? 

      i feel awful today, weak and my chest and throat feel all fluttery sad

    • oldboy
      oldboy meljenk

      Posted

      It is misleading to say adrenaline is a cause.  It may or may not be a link in the chain of events but is not the cause.

      I suggest you Google "ectopic beat"; there is plenty of information on the web about what causes them.    

    • littleannie84
      littleannie84 oldboy

      Posted

      Ok, this is out of hand now!

      Please stop trying to advise this person when you don't know what you're talking about. Don't encourage this person to Google because as any medical professional knows, the net is full of misinformation!

      Adrenaline causes palpitations and I'll happily explain how! Adrenaline is produced to protect us. It causes exactly the same response during a panic attack as it would if we were in the jungle and encountered a tiger! Now what happens to our heart when we're scared?! It speeds up and jumps around all over the place!

      Adrenaline is also responsible for the physical response to excitement and arousal. Who hasn't heard the old cliche "when I look at you my heart skips a beat?"......that skipped beat is the product of adrenaline!

      Anxiety and panic are simply a misfire of this perfectly natural human phenomena! Now please stop needlessly scaring people by telling them that adrenaline doesn't cause palps!

    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 littleannie84

      Posted

      Sorry to ask but have you seen the thread I just posted and if so do you know the answer to that question? Oh and is an ECG and blood pressure test enough to test for a heart problem? Like if an ECG is fine as well as blood pressure then am I fine? I just keep on worrying that the doctors have misdiagnosed me with anxiety.
    • littleannie84
      littleannie84 thomas23086

      Posted

      Yes! Blood pressure even more so than the ECG can tell a lot about a person's heart. Think about it, how could your blood pressure be normal if the organ used to pump it around the body wasn't working properly?!

      An ECG has limitations. It only picks up the sinus rhythm. However, if your blood pressure and sinus rhythm are both ok, there's very little need for more tests.

    • meljenk
      meljenk littleannie84

      Posted

      people have had normal ECG's and blood presure tests and have pased away?
    • meljenk
      meljenk littleannie84

      Posted

      Healthy people have had cardiac arrest (sudden death) this is what I. Scared of :-(
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