Does anyone relate depression to heart flutters? Hormonal imbalance maybe?

I've been dealing with anxiety and depression for a long time now.. But within the past 3 years my depression has been at it's worst.. And that's when these stupid heart flutters/palpitations have come on. I suffer from anxiety, depression, GAD, panic disorder.. I'm usually over in the anxiety forum but I've been here a few times as well. I've just noticed when my depression has gotten to it's highest point is when these heart flutters have begun. I've been through every test & monitor and told I'm fine with my heart so I'm thinking it's almost a hormonal issue now. I'm 32 weeks pregnant w/my third baby (first boy) so I'm not taking any meds right now and haven't been for awhile.. This was a goal of mine to be off all if my anxiety/depression meds but it's actually hard to deal without them. )-: even when I was on them I felt like nothing worked and some even made the anxiety and attacks worse.. Which brought on even more depression. It's like I feel I can't win no matter what!!! I've been to many therapists and psychologists and nothing helps, I'm thinking of looking into a psychiatrist here soon ... I feel I really need to now. I need energy and happiness back ... I keep searching for it & can't find it anywhere )-:

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Lacey

I agree, I think that the heart flutters are more apt to be from anxiety.

I am glad you are going to see a psychiatrist. I think that they will be able to help you with this. I know you don't probably want to take any meds because of the baby coming, congratulations by the way...

I think mindfulness and breathing can help you at this point. There is a site called "mindful.org" that may be able to help you. It basically teaches you about mindfulness that can really help with anxiety.

I hope you feel better soon.

Hugs, Karen...

I get a strange feeling in my heart and stomach when I get anxiety.

If you've gone off medications, it could be that it's kicked up from that. When I tapered off Cymbalta, close to the end of a slow taper, my heart went nuts and I started having what felt like jolts in my heart that would radiate out like throwing a stone into water and watching the circular waves radiate out. It was happening every few minutes at its worst. I had to go back on Cymbalta, eventually doubling the dosage until it got more stable. Then I had to deal with other side effects, like severe hot flashes caused by the drug. Eventually I tapered off so very slowly that it took me around a year and a half to finally get off. I don't know why it did this to me. It didn't start until I went almost off the med though. It eventually went away.

I've recently been diagnosed with premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) but I don't think that it's the same thing as what was going on with the Cymbalta. As a note, I'm pretty much unable to take most antidepressants. Low doses of Elavil is the only thing I'm able to handle.