Still obsessed with heart palps - Heart Disorders Message Board

Golfnut00 · 06-25-2004, 12:02 PM

I know, I know another post about heart pals and skipped beats, but here goes. I've been dealing with these for a couple of months now--lots of stress and anxiety in my life these days. They are driving me crazy! Cardiologist says their not a concern and most of the time I can deal with them. BUt I've gotten to the point where I'm totally obsessed with these--checking my pulse all the time and counting how many I'm having. I can go hours where I don't have any at all, then boom I'll have an episode where they are constant (every 3-4 beats) for several hours. I can't seem to figure out a pattern or why they come on. I wish I was one of the lucky ones that don't feel them. I feel every one and they're very uncomfortable and scary. I'm on a beta blocker that helps but all I want is to be able to deal with these better and not obsess so much. Any advice?

Pez Dee Spencer · 06-29-2004, 12:22 PM

Belive me I can understand where you are coming from. I was diagnosed with mirtal regurgitation and it gives me a fluttery feeling in my chest. Its like my heart is ever so slightly quivering most of the time. This has led me to be OBSESSED with dying. I am always sure that at any second I am just going to drop over dead.
A few times I have gotten really really REALLY ****ed with this and just went out and rode my bike or just done strenuous exercise and said to myself, "come one you *******, if youre gonna quit on me then lets see it. Im tired of *********** with you, lets see what youre made of."
Needless to say, Im not dead yet and Ive gotten to the point where I look at it as, if I am going to die than so be it. Everyones gotta die sometimes. I am only 27 years old and sure, I DONT WANT to die but when death comes it comes. You cant run, you cant hide.
I remember a while back when this thought crossed my mind - "You always hear of people dying of cancer, heart attacks, losing their minds and going totally insane, getting killed on their way to work by a crazed gunman, etc. etc.. But WHO EXACTLY does these things happen to? They HAVE to happen to somebody or you wouldnt hear about it right?" So with that said, why would it be so far fetched to think that those things could happen to ME??? That scared the **** out of me. I think that was when I realized that I was no longer an invincible kid that would live forever.

I know our conditions are somewhat different but I hope you can understand where I am coming from.

I guess my point is, that we are all going to die. Get over that fact and GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE. Our lives are short enough as it is. Lets enjoy it. I wish you the best of luck and my prayers are with you.

Joe

Pez Dee Spencer · 06-29-2004, 12:22 PM

Belive me I can understand where you are coming from. I was diagnosed with mirtal regurgitation and it gives me a fluttery feeling in my chest. Its like my heart is ever so slightly quivering most of the time. This has led me to be OBSESSED with dying. I am always sure that at any second I am just going to drop over dead.
A few times I have gotten really really REALLY ****ed with this and just went out and rode my bike or just done strenuous exercise and said to myself, "come one you *******, if youre gonna quit on me then lets see it. Im tired of *********** with you, lets see what youre made of."
Needless to say, Im not dead yet and Ive gotten to the point where I look at it as, if I am going to die than so be it. Everyones gotta die sometimes. I am only 27 years old and sure, I DONT WANT to die but when death comes it comes. You cant run, you cant hide.
I remember a while back when this thought crossed my mind - "You always hear of people dying of cancer, heart attacks, losing their minds and going totally insane, etc. etc.. But WHO EXACTLY does these things happen to? They HAVE to happen to somebody or you wouldnt hear about it right?" So with that said, why would it be so far fetched to think that those things could happen to ME??? That scared the **** out of me. I think that was when I realized that I was no longer an invincible kid that would live forever.

I know our conditions are somewhat different but I hope you can understand where I am coming from.

I guess my point is, that we are all going to die. Get over that fact and GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE. Our lives are short enough as it is. Lets enjoy it. I wish you the best of luck and my prayers are with you.

Joe

Pez Dee Spencer · 06-29-2004, 12:41 PM

Belive me I can understand where you are coming from. I was diagnosed with mirtal regurgitation and it gives me a fluttery feeling in my chest. Its like my heart is ever so slightly quivering most of the time. This has led me to be OBSESSED with dying. I am always sure that at any second I am just going to drop over dead.
A few times I have gotten really really REALLY ****ed with this and just went out and rode my bike or just done strenuous exercise and said to myself, "come one you *******, if youre gonna quit on me then lets see it. Im tired of *********** with you, lets see what youre made of."
Needless to say, Im not dead yet and Ive gotten to the point where I look at it as, if I am going to die than so be it. Everyones gotta die sometimes. I am only 27 years old and sure, I DONT WANT to die but when death comes it comes. You cant run, you cant hide.
I remember a while back when this thought crossed my mind - "You always hear of people dying of cancer, heart attacks, losing their minds and going totally insane, etc. etc.. But WHO EXACTLY does these things happen to? They HAVE to happen to somebody or you wouldnt hear about it right?" So with that said, why would it be so far fetched to think that those things could happen to ME??? That scared the **** out of me. I think that was when I realized that I was no longer an invincible kid that would live forever.

I know our conditions are somewhat different but I hope you can understand where I am coming from.

I guess my point is, that we are all going to die. Get over that fact and GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE. Our lives are short enough as it is. Lets enjoy it. I wish you the best of luck and my prayers are with you.

Joe

cajunmommy · 06-29-2004, 09:02 PM

I know how you feel, I am 28 and have palps all the time. Finally went to a cardiologist who did bloodwork, ekg, stress test, echo and I wore a 30 day looping monitor which did pick up on an extra beat at the top and bottom of my heart. Echo picked up mitral valve prolaspe. He said the extra beat is not dangerous as long as nothing else is wrong with my heart. I stopped caffeine, chocolate, most sugars and starting eating a bananna a day. Also started taking a multi-vitamin and magnesium everyday. The combination of all of these as helped ALOT. They are not completely gone, but I would say cut more than half. They knowing that they are not dangerous has helped alot too. If I feel them I go on about my business. I was a constant pulse checker, that just made it worse!!! My advice, see a doctor. Get told from a physican that you are ok, then belive it. That is what I did, and I feel so much better. Hope you do too soon.

God bless,

cajunmommy