Does anyone else get heart palpitations??

[Courtneykinns]

when laying on their left side?
I never get pain or dizzy, they just feel funny until i change positions. Anyone else?

[sandyrdh1]

when laying on their left side?
I never get pain or dizzy, they just feel funny until i change positions. Anyone else?

Oh yes. Search the feed for heart palps. We all get them. I had them since July last year everyday, every other beat or every 30 beats etc. I did some research and found that stress can cause this and that magnesium citrate helps so I went and bought that and since I took it Sunday I have only had a few each day!!! Oh and fish oil omega 3 is good for palps too and I started on that too. I am just so excited how I have been mersible for 7 mths and pretty much free of them now I hope it keeps working for me. You cannot use mag oxide it does not absorb well and is worthless. I tried that for months. My pharm has skipped beats to and he Rec the mag citrate because he takes it and it got rid if his

[Courtneykinns]

Oh yes. Search the feed for heart palps. We all get them. I had them since July last year everyday, every other beat or every 30 beats etc. I did some research and found that stress can cause this and that magnesium citrate helps so I went and bought that and since I took it Sunday I have only had a few each day!!! Oh and fish oil omega 3 is good for palps too and I started on that too. I am just so excited how I have been mersible for 7 mths and pretty much free of them now I hope it keeps working for me. You cannot use mag oxide it does not absorb well and is worthless. I tried that for months. My pharm has skipped beats to and he Rec the mag citrate because he takes it and it got rid if his

Ive had bad anxiety since december 2012 & at first i didnt experience any palpitations i had had a few every once in awhile in the past though. My anxiety went away for a week & came back & this time with the palpitations, i got one every once in awhile & once i started stressing about them, i got more! But when i lay on my left side, they do not stop! Its so scary. I cant take them anymore.

[sandyrdh1]

Ive had bad anxiety since december 2012 & at first i didnt experience any palpitations i had had a few every once in awhile in the past though. My anxiety went away for a week & came back & this time with the palpitations, i got one every once in awhile & once i started stressing about them, i got more! But when i lay on my left side, they do not stop! Its so scary. I cant take them anymore.

Laying on the left side does make them worse. I don't know why but that's what I have read. And I know how you feel. I had them way back but maybe a few every so many months. Them July last year they woke me up going crazy! And they never stopped. I did not know if I could keep going like that but took it day by day. And 7 mths later there almost gone. But I believe it's because of the fish oil(omega3) and the mag citrate. I also saw where you can buy epsim salt and soak in the bath and its suppose to help calm palps right then the mag citrate is a calming vitamin for your muscles and nerves. They even use it in hosp of course at a much higher does for irregular hart beats. So that's why I went and bought some and I can say with the fish oil and mag I started last Sunday WOW. I am scared to get to happy. Lol. But man, I forgot how great it was not to have palps every few seconds all day long! Just don't get mag oxide. It does nothing! Start with epsim salt baths for 15 mins. 1-2 cups 3-4 times a week or when ever your palps get going. And get the fish oil and mag citrate.

[sandyrdh1]

Laying on the left side does make them worse. I don't know why but that's what I have read. And I know how you feel. I had them way back but maybe a few every so many months. Them July last year they woke me up going crazy! And they never stopped. I did not know if I could keep going like that but took it day by day. And 7 mths later there almost gone. But I believe it's because of the fish oil(omega3) and the mag citrate. I also saw where you can buy epsim salt and soak in the bath and its suppose to help calm palps right then the mag citrate is a calming vitamin for your muscles and nerves. They even use it in hosp of course at a much higher does for irregular hart beats. So that's why I went and bought some and I can say with the fish oil and mag I started last Sunday WOW. I am scared to get to happy. Lol. But man, I forgot how great it was not to have palps every few seconds all day long! Just don't get mag oxide. It does nothing! Start with epsim salt baths for 15 mins. 1-2 cups 3-4 times a week or when ever your palps get going. And get the fish oil and mag citrate.

And high stress like anxiety depletes us of vitamins. I started with bad anxiety first then the palps came. The more I stressed over them the worse they got. It caused my anxiety to get worse because its such a terrible feeling.

[scared44]

I have them everyday!!

[jamus75]

Yes. Me too. Also I found laying on my Left side causes my Pulse to beat hard in my ear in my temple. Sometimes it beats so hard that actually moves my head a little bit.

[nickaepi]

Hi guys. I just joined this forum today. I have anxiety disorder and recently went to my doctor complaining of heart palpitations (random, felt like my heart was skipping a beat and would lead me into instant panic attacks). Vicious cycle, to say the least. It was going on and off for about a month but I just couldn't live everyday, in fear, not knowing if maybe I had a serious heart issue. Fear of dying is awful (and I'm only 36). FYI-I currently take Klonopin .5mg 3x/day to help control panic attacks.

I went to a cardiologist and they put a 24-hr. heart monitor on me so I could press a button anytime I felt the "heart palpitation" and it would record exactly what my heart was doing at that exact time. I probably pressed the button about 10 times in 24 hours and also wrote down what I was doing at the time it happened. (I.E.- watching tv, playing video games, walking, etc.) They also did an EKG and an Echo (ultrasound of your heart for anyone not familiar).

A few days later, I had a follow up on all the results w/ Cardiologist: EKG normal, Echo normal and he showed me my heart patterns when I had pressed the button feeling the "heart palpitation". Guess what? Everytime I pressed the button, there was no evidence of a heart palpitation. Ironically, I only had 14 PVC's (when the bottom of your heart beats before the top) out of like 88,000 heartbeats and when I had the PVC's I didn't even feel them. I was pressing the button but no abnormal cardiac event was recorded on the heart monitor. I promise I am not crazy.

So..Dr. says you are 100% fine and you do not need to be here. I asked him, what the heck am I feeling then? He said they are "ghost palpitations", meaning non-heart related. Could possibly be a nerve twitch, muscle twitch, even gastro-intestinal. He couldn't explain it but I sure as heck felt 100% better knowing that I wasn't really having heart palpitations at all. It was all in my head and probably just a symptom of being anxious.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Did you ever figure out what you were actually "feeling"? Noone can seem to figure this out. I just have to deal with it. BUT I don't get scared anymore because I know it's not anything to do with my heart. I just get random "twitches" from time to time and life goes on.

Sorry for long post but I wanted to make some of you feel better because I know the heart palp sensation is super scary, especially when you already have bad anxiety/worry like myself. If you have insurance, I suggest to go get it checked out by a cardiologist . You may find out what I did and not be afraid to live anymore.

[jamus75]

Hi guys. I just joined this forum today. I have anxiety disorder and recently went to my doctor complaining of heart palpitations (random, felt like my heart was skipping a beat and would lead me into instant panic attacks). Vicious cycle, to say the least. It was going on and off for about a month but I just couldn't live everyday, in fear, not knowing if maybe I had a serious heart issue. Fear of dying is awful (and I'm only 36). FYI-I currently take Klonopin .5mg 3x/day to help control panic attacks.

I went to a cardiologist and they put a 24-hr. heart monitor on me so I could press a button anytime I felt the "heart palpitation" and it would record exactly what my heart was doing at that exact time. I probably pressed the button about 10 times in 24 hours and also wrote down what I was doing at the time it happened. (I.E.- watching tv, playing video games, walking, etc.) They also did an EKG and an Echo (ultrasound of your heart for anyone not familiar).

A few days later, I had a follow up on all the results w/ Cardiologist: EKG normal, Echo normal and he showed me my heart patterns when I had pressed the button feeling the "heart palpitation". Guess what? Everytime I pressed the button, there was no evidence of a heart palpitation. Ironically, I only had 14 PVC's (when the bottom of your heart beats before the top) out of like 88,000 heartbeats and when I had the PVC's I didn't even feel them. I was pressing the button but no abnormal cardiac event was recorded on the heart monitor. I promise I am not crazy.

So..Dr. says you are 100% fine and you do not need to be here. I asked him, what the heck am I feeling then? He said they are "ghost palpitations", meaning non-heart related. Could possibly be a nerve twitch, muscle twitch, even gastro-intestinal. He couldn't explain it but I sure as heck felt 100% better knowing that I wasn't really having heart palpitations at all. It was all in my head and probably just a symptom of being anxious.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Did you ever figure out what you were actually "feeling"? Noone can seem to figure this out. I just have to deal with it. BUT I don't get scared anymore because I know it's not anything to do with my heart. I just get random "twitches" from time to time and life goes on.

Sorry for long post but I wanted to make some of you feel better because I know the heart palp sensation is super scary, especially when you already have bad anxiety/worry like myself. If you have insurance, I suggest to go get it checked out by a cardiologist . You may find out what I did and not be afraid to live anymore.

Nick I went through the exact same thing. I even had them while doing my EKG while at a heart specialist who specializes in arrhythmias. He told me nothing wrong with my heart. These are normal. Everyone has them but not everyone can feel them. Said once you feel them and know what they are then most likely you will feel them all the time. Also said stress and anxiety are the biggest triggers for them. Guess that's why I seem to only feel them when I'm stressed or panicky. My heart actually skips a beat when this happens, I have felt my pulse miss. I was so worried about it but every doc I have seen says treating it is not worth it. Said just learn to live with them. Being down stress levels. They come and go. Right now they are gone. Been months since I've noticed them.

[lua piquanina]

Nick, I had to go to three different doctors because I was sure I was having heart palpitations and wanted to be tested several time. All fine. Right after the skip I have a panic attack because I feel terrified. Gradually, the skips are disappearing. Very uncomfortable. Feels like everything may end in a second.