please help, I'm terrified - Heart Disorders Message Board

RobThomasRocks · 12-01-2006, 04:17 PM

Hi, since two days ago I have been having a very weird thing happen in my chest. It only happens maybe a few times a day and lasts for one second. I'll feel a very sudden shutter in my chest like my heart has stopped beating, then it flop back in and I'll burp. I'm not having chest pain, or trouble breathing, but I am having a little light headedness. Can anyone help? I have no clue what's going on here, but I am worried about sudden cardiac death...please help

chad341 · 12-01-2006, 05:49 PM

are you feeling flutters or like skipped or a pause in your heart beat?if so sounds like your having pvc's

RobThomasRocks · 12-01-2006, 08:23 PM

It's a skip because I took my pulse during one, but it feels like a flutter in my chest...what's pvc? Is it really bad, or can it be fixed?...etc

Thanks for helping

chad341 · 12-01-2006, 11:44 PM

they say there not harmfull,they are premature ventrcular contractions,this causes flutters and extra or skipped heat beats,the main cause is stress smoking drinking,in my case they started right after i smoked a joint.i have had many pancin attacks since,never had it untill i smoked.pot does cause this,as long as you are just having a few a day you should be fine,i would go to a doctor, just to be sure,but they said i was fine for years untill i went a-fib and that can cause strokes,if untreated,hope this helps u trust me this **** sucks i no but i whouldnt let it worry you. just go to a doctor. a fib feels just like pvc's but instead of feeling 1 or 2 it never stops you stay in that feeling of futters,and that will and did freak me right out

missy101 · 12-02-2006, 05:54 AM

I do believe that this does sound like a PVC or PAC. However, it is important to discuss this with your doctor. They may have you wear a monitor to catch one on tape so they can make a qualified diagnosis. Usually these things are benign. It is true that any type of stimulant (caffeine, decongestants, diet pills, energy drinks, nicotin..) and alcohol or recreational drugs can trigger them. Even some anti depressants can trigger them. And smoking pot DOES increase your heart rate so while I do believe they can trigger what is already a predisposition to these arrythmias, I do not believe that smoking a single joint one time will CAUSE it. I believe that you likely were predisposed to it and the anxiety provoked the onset which I also believe would have happened eventually even without the weed. JMO.