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Posted 11/29/2011 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Just got the word from my GP that my K, thyroid, liver, kidney labs all came back good.  My holter showed only "benign rare skips. So now what is it????  I am still having the "feeling my own heart beat/race" and some tightness in the upper chest.  My doc is great and will keep trying, but I don't know what else this could be.  Now add to this I have had really bad heartburn and burping the last 7 days and I am short of breath more often than usual.

Could it be stress..sure I don't know...but it has been going on a long time now.

Stop the world I want off!

Posted 11/29/2011 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
You could possibly have GERD/Acid Reflux and those can cause the tight chest feelings. Maybe you need to talk to the doc about something like Prilosec to see if that helps.

My hubby kept thinking he was getting ready to have a heart attack, turns out it was acid reflux. He has been on Prilosec since then and no further problems. Good luck!
Posted 11/29/2011 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
I wore a Holter last April after a month of PVCs and got the same "benign premature beats." I have just accepted that they are benign. Sometimes they are really annoying. They seem to be related to my asthma, or perhaps my allergies in general - I haven't had upper GI complaints in a long time so I can't connect that dot.

My dad had years of benign PVCs until one day when they were no longer benign because he went into Atrial fibrillation. Now he takes a beta blocker. My DR offered me one but I turned it down. Probably one day I'll need it.
Posted 11/29/2011 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
A racing heartbeat and severe heartburn can sometimes indicate too much caffeine.
Posted 11/29/2011 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
I'm dealing with some reflux type issues as well, upper chest pain that comes and goes. I've been on Prilosec since my diagnosis two times a day as well as Carafate a couple of times as needed. Lately it hasn't been as effective, or I'm wating the wrong things and they are the culprit... hard to say.

...and for a long time I'd have periods where I could feel my heart pounding. I think that is anxiety because now I dont notice it so much anymore.

Posted 11/30/2011 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
Years ago I had the same symptoms you are describing--"pounding heart" and tightness in the chest. My doctor sent me for esophageal mannometry which measures the pressure in different parts of the esophagus. The diagnosis was severe esophageal spasms. Perhaps if nothing else shows up, you might want to ask your doctor about this.

Hope your doctor comes up with something helpful.
Moodindigo
Posted 11/30/2011 12:34 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone.  I am kind of heading toward my "dark place" and this just added to it.  My "new job" this year turned out to be a mistake, worried about how to find a different one or afford taking a much lower position, not enjoying dealing with some of my husbands traits or his family, really tired...it's all just coming together at the wrong time.  I love the Christmas season so much...and to be unhappy during it just cascades the unhappy further.  I was hoping to have an answer to this so I could have one thing in my control and fixable.....I guess I just have to wait longer for an answer.

Posted 11/30/2011 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
Geeeeeeeeez Habs , you sound about as stressed as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs . Sounds like fight of flight stress to me . I can tell you from experience that it can make your heart beat go up and also make you short of breath plus cause chest pain among other crappy symptoms . Only thing you haven't described is the cold sweats and the shivering shakes . Some advice my head shrinker gave me was to live in the moment . Don't try to deal with what you think , could , happen just what is going on now . Don't ,,,What If . Also find the good in the situation . Hmmm , I know that's a hard one but you can do it . I recall a horrible day one time when I sat looking for something good and all I could find was the fact that my feet were dry . I hated being wet all the time in my bad past times . Know what ,,,, it helped . Hang in there .
Posted 11/30/2011 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
Here's to more dry feet for all of us!! Hang in there Habs, thinking of you sweetie. Hugs
Posted 11/30/2011 1:58 PM (GMT 0)
Hello!

I think it wont help, but anyway. Just thinking. I had heart problems and fast rate
when I us to sleep less. I did not get enough sleep. Or I gone to bed late in evening. Anxiety causes this also. Or
some sort of meds. Just thinking ...

Might help:


www.chemocare.com/managing/rapid_heart_beat.asp

www.hrsonline.org/patientinfo/symptomsdiagnosis/rapidheart/rapidheartbeat.cfm

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003081.htm


Wish you to get to the bottom of your symptoms.

Best!

YP9

Post Edited (YP9) : 11/30/2011 7:01:21 AM (GMT-7)

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