Docs convinced it's gerd, I believe it's heart related

Hey all, so a few weeks ago i began feeling some interesting symptoms. While lying in bed i felt almost a flutter of the heart followed by it pounding for a few seconds with a sense of doom then it slowly went away. Throughout the week when I would wake up I would feel normal but as the day went along i felt mini flutters in my chest and can't stop thinking about it. Was working one night when I felt real uneasy and the sensation in my chest was pretty strong and I felt like I had to walk just to make it not seem so bad. Wen to the hospital that night and they did blood work, keg, and a chest x-ray. Said the x-ray and ekg look normal, and i had low potassium so they gave me two large potassium pills. I was prescribed omeprazole and have taken it for a week but it hasn't helped much at all. I still do burp a lot though. Just went to my family physician the other day who performed another ekg and said it looked perfect so he scheduled me for a barium swallow and a esophageal manometry this Friday and also added ranitidine to my prescriptions. Sometimes I have the fluttering with a sense of doom/panic right after it, other times i feel like something it at the base of my throat. Also on occasion have had pains over left arm and left chest as well as i feel possible trouble breathing when i lay down. I am 5'10 about 250 pounds, don't smoke or drink. Please help!!!!

You need to give the omeprazole more time to be effective - a week is not enough time to judge whether it has been effective. Do you also suffer from anxiety? The reason that I ask is that panic attacks sometimes mimic the symptoms of heart problems.

Your mom is probably right!

You sound like you are going through exactly what i did when my gerd first started. I had no heartburn just heart pounding, or skipping beats. You should hope that it continues like that, heartburn is very unpleasent!

Youre lucky that your dr has started treating for this, mine went straight to blaming it on 'anxiety', well of course im anxious if my heart isnt beating properly!

Hopefully the omeprazole will help, though i didnt find it that helpful in my early days. I would be more careful with diet and not eating too late at night, i found that far more effective than any drug for keeping the symptoms at bay.

Hey guys, I've also recently noticed that for the past 6 days or so I get what feels like a strong ache over the center of my chest, then a feeling of doom/nervousness that lasts a few seconds and goes away. This happens on and off throughout the day.

I went through something similar. First I had a severe spike in blood pressure which sent me to ER. BP went back down for a couple of months and then started spiking again, starting around 4 pm and lasting until at least midnight.

I started having discomfort and some pressure in my chest area and especially right at the top of my heart. Also had burping that lasted all day long. My doc wasn't much help on this. EKG (3 of them) all OK.

Went to a walk-in clinic one Saturday when discomfort really had me concerned. Another EKG with no problem. Doc prescribed prilosec. Within a day I had noticeable relief and within a week, burping and chest discomfort was just about completely gone.

I had no symptoms of GERD of heartburn before this, so I am wondering what triggered it. I suspect one of the BP medications (or a combination of them). What you might want to do is look up any medications you are on, especially ones you recently started, and see if any have a symptom of heartburn or any other symptoms you are having. Your pharmacist might be able to help.

I think it can be a combination of lots of thing. In my case I think one aggravated the other. The reflux gives me chest pain which triggers anxiety and anxiety always manifests itself with tight chest with me plus as my reflux aggravates my lungs I can get that tight breathless sensation due to sensitive airways. All seems to focus on the chest area with me.

I also would have chest pain that would radiate into my arm. My pain seems to increase as the day goes on also. I dont know if its because once I am up and moving it aggervates things. Im happy to hear that you seem to atleast be feeling abit better.

Hello ,
I'm also new here . I've been experiencing some of the same symptoms you have . I have also been through a battery of test, which all came back ok. I understand how you feel it's like your ok one minute then feel doomed the next. But it will get better follow the Dr orders and most importantly listen to your body .

I have the same problems tmochrie. It scary at the beginning because Doctors tell you it not your heart, and you wonder what is wrong with yourself.
For me I found this website and figured things out for myself years ago. The only problem I have is I know more about GERD than the doctors I deal with.

For the past 2 weeks I've gotten the ear pressure too. I try to blow out to release it and get a dull popping noise each time. It's only in my left ear and I also get pulsating headaches on the back left side as well.

Ear pressure was the very first sign I had for GERD I went to the doctors twice and was told my ears were clear but I felt like everything was muffled. I could hear crackling and fekt like water was stuck in my ears. They would pop if I yawbed or when I was eating. I had pain in my face and in my teeth which I've been told is reffered oain from sinuses due to my sunused being aggravated by the gerd. I get terrible Palpitations and chest pain and it always feels worse when I'm lying down. I get a hot right feeling in my chest and it will sometimes go when I sit up. I get horrible collarbone pain on the left hand side and pain down my left arm too. All of these synotoms always occur when reflux is quite bad. I don't worry so much about it now as I lnow what it is. Just want it sorted and gone!

Think you will have more of a clue when you have had all of your test results. I've learnt that getd/lot is a very funny disease with lots of symptoms that you wouldn't necessarily think are indicative of gerd. I know that doctors kept telling me I was suffering with anxiety but I was anxious because of the sensations in my chest that felt like anxiety of that makes sense!! I hope you get answers very soon because I know the not knowing can make you feel worse. Good luck.