The Holter monitor came out normal, however, today I had a scary experience. I was sitting at my computer at work and felt a flutter in my chest. I felt faint, hard to breathe and then my dizziness got worse. Didn't waste any time getting to the ER. They took some blood and did EKG and a chest x-ray. All came back normal except for a flutter on the EKG. They recommended I keep an appoinment my family physician set up with a Cardiologist to see why I have this dizziness problem, going on 6 months now. I'm getting concerned it might be serious.

Hi...I am having the same problem, but I havent been to the Dr in almost a year. I will sometimes, and very suddenly, get dizzy and feel like I cant take a breath I even once almost blacked out. I was driving and called 911 and they came and I told them that I have palpitations and they said I appeared fine to them and that it could be hormones (im on birth control pills). I passed the holter monitor too. I still have no reason for my dizziness either. It's like no one wants to help us. Frustrating.

Same thing here. I think I had to go through 5-6 heart monitors before I finally caught a black out spell. Turns out I was having multiple PVC's in a row. They actually took away my driving privileges. :nono:

Charm, can you make yourself dizzy or worsen it by back and forth head motions or exercise?

I never take my dr's word for it that my tests were "normal"; I always get a copy of the results.

When I had my holter monitoring done my physician's assistant told me everything looked fine except for a couple of isolated PVCs. When I got a copy of the report I found that I had had thousands of SVEs (supraventricular ectopic beats) and a few ST segment elevations also. I requested a referral to a cardiologist. I'd rather hear that the results are normal from a cardiologist than from a PA.

Kelly

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The Holter monitor came out normal, however, today I had a scary experience. I was sitting at my computer at work and felt a flutter in my chest. I felt faint, hard to breathe and then my dizziness got worse. Didn't waste any time getting to the ER. They took some blood and did EKG and a chest x-ray. All came back normal except for a flutter on the EKG. They recommended I keep an appoinment my family physician set up with a Cardiologist to see why I have this dizziness problem, going on 6 months now. I'm getting concerned it might be serious.

The heart's electrical system runs 24 hours per day, and is subject to all kinds of changes and patterns, the most significant being the body's circadian rhythm.

There are many irritants, chemical reactions, allergens, pollutants, foods, drinks, drugs, interactions, etc., that can cause a heart to misfire. Most of the time, when a heart gets irritated, it will miss beats, palpitate, pause beats, pound, run fast for a few beats, etc. The patient will notice that their heart is misfiring, but will usually ignore it because they feel fine. This is usually OK, and millions of people suffer from non-dangerous problems with their hearts misfiring.

However, once a heart becomes irritated and starts misfiring, any additional irritation could cause the heart to go into a more dangerous rhythm. For example, let's say that someone just drank a couple of cups of caffeinated coffee and it caused the heart to start palpitating. Then, that same person ate some chocolate, or came into contact with dust, or became super stressed out, or used a strong smelling chemical cleaner, or the person's circadian system pumped some additional hormones into the person's blood stream, etc. The person's already misfiring heart will now go into a more irregular rhythm pattern, which could be more dangerous.

During tests in the ER, or during the wearing of a Holter monitor, if the heart is just misfiring "normally", the test results will not show any dangerous heart rhythms.