Hard Heartbeat? - Anxiety Message Board

yankees123 · 07-10-2006, 09:17 AM

I have been diagnosed with GAD and have been on Zoloft and Niravam since January...I had really bad health anxiety. Over that time, I have had a couple of days in a row where I get like a "hard" heartbeat every 1/2 hour or hour or so...Just 1 or two thumps and that's it...I think it has happened twice before this most recent bout and it usually lasts a couple of days and then goes away..I have been for EKGs, stress, echo last year which came back fine. Has anyone else experienced this "hard" heartbeat feeling? I am on the 4th day of this...Thanks!

kricky422 · 07-10-2006, 09:51 AM

When you say hard heartbeat, do you mean that you can feel it beating through your chest? Like you don't have to feel it will your hand, you can just feel it beating. If that is what you mean, I do have that once in a while.

CircusSquirrel · 07-10-2006, 10:18 AM

I have skippy feeling heartbeats, I've had them on and off for years. Sometimes the beat (which is usually a PVC or PAC and is common in nearly every human) feels hard, like it just thumps. My funky heartbeats tend to come in waves, and I've seen many people mention that. They last for days, then just fade away. The important thing to remember is that these are NOT dangerous in a healthy, structurally normal heart. Since you have had a cardiac workup, you can rest assured that your heart is normal. These things can be scary, though. I started getting them at age 14, I was afraid of them for years, mostly because I kept them to myself, didn't tell anyone about them, and they faded away. When I was about 19 I became afraid again. I had a holter monitor and saw a doc, they said I was ok. My worry gradually faded. I am 31 now, and just recently I have obsessed about this stuff again for some reason (probably because my anxiety recently flared up after a long period of calm). Anyhow, just wanted to let you know you're not alone, this is one of the most common anxiety symptoms, and it happens to people without anxiety, they just don't pay so much attention to it. Take care and feel free to email me [email]REMOVED[/email] wendy