Just trying to live and cope with these heart palpitations!

I am so sorry to read of the puppy with Parvo.  It sounds like you are doing all that you can and what a kind soul you are.  This is a hard virus to fight but you can do it from home as you are so know you are on the right track.

I can imagine that your anxiety is up watching the puppy as you try to help him get better.   We are here for you so remember those beats are just anxiety kicking in and try some breathing exercises when you feel them.

Gentle Hugs,

Kitt

justwannafeelgood,

As I read your story you could be telling mine. I am also a mother, I have four children who are all grown and away from home now. I feel like I was never the mom they deserved because of how I felt back then. I didn't have the internet to chat with others to compare how to cope with the palpitations so I also wondered everytime they would start if I were going to die and not see my kids grown. On the good days I would wonder if I did certain things if that would cause them to start. No one I knew had them so I thought I was strange to be experiencing these. The doctors always said my tests came back fine, nothing wrong. None of them took time to explain anything to me. They tried some medicine but that made me feel worse and I didn't like that either so I would go without. Because of the the unknown I had a lot of anixety and would stuffer from attacks with that. I would get so bad I couldn't breath and I would throw up. A few times when I threw up it put my heart into a-fib so I ended up in the hospital and more tests that all came back fine. My daughter told me she has had some palpitations lately. I just hope I didn't past this horrible stuff onto her. After all these years of suffering with them, I have finely gained some piece of mind about them and I know they won't kill me. I won't say they don't freak me out, I think they always will.  When my daughter comes to me about having palpitations I know that I can ease her mind in a way mine wasn't at a young age and I will see that  she doesn't loose those early years the way I did. I also have started to take magnesium, I am taking 500 mg a day. There are different kinds what kind are you taking? My palpitations are getting better but they aren't completely gone. I read somewhere that your blood tests can say your mag. levels are fine but then there are other tests that can show it's not. I will try and find where I read that, it listed the test that would show the correct levels.

As Fugs stated...we cant change the past but we can use the knowledge we have gained throughout this ordeal to help us have a better and more enjoyable life, as well as comforting those that are just beginning to experience these dreaded palps.  The magnesium has helped me tremendously...I should have started out on it slower and at a smaller dose than the 500mg...now I have it leveled off at a total of 375mg daily and it has made such a difference.  I hope, wether it be from learning to de-stress on your own or with meds or the magnesium, that you and your daughter can work through this and find the solution for the palps.  They are definitely no fun!

How have you been feeling?  Are you taking meds for the haital hernia?  If so, how is it working?  Are the palps getting better?  My son (20yrs old) told me just today that he has been feeling some fluttering/skipping of beats lately.  He said they are sporadic and he is just trying to ignore them.  I so hated to hear that.  I pray that he isnt starting up with this.  He goes to college so I dont know if he is worrying about his school work or he is stressing about anything.  He says everything is going great...and I know his grades are good.  I tried to re-assure him that it wont hurt him and just try to stay relaxed.  Ughhhh....I hope this isnt something that I passed on to him.  Im thinking maybe we should at least have it checked out since he is so young...seems kind of early for something like this to start happening to someone.

I read Carly's post about her daughter starting to feel this....then my son tells me his is feeling it too.  How crazy is that!  So Carly...if you are out there.....how old is your daughter?  How often does she feel these?  How is she coping with it?

 Hi JustwannafeelGOOD............. I am up to 375mg of Magnesium.. It does work.  IT DOES WORK!!  It is not a placebo affect it is real... I am much calmer and its amazing.  How are you doing? Did u ever have thyroid testing?? A friend of mine has all our crazy symptoms and has been diagnosed with thyroid trouble??? I have been tested they keep telling me its in the normal range but after a nuclear scan they found small nodule on the thyroid!!!... It can cause unusual heart rhythm and palpitations sometimes my neck hurts!

Sorry it has taken so long to reply.  I hope you and your daughter are doing well.  My son (the one that told me he is experiencing palps) has gone back to college until Thanksgiving.  I was wondering about your son....does he still experience them or did they go away?  You said he was 15 at the time and you had tests done on him.  Did all his tests come back normal?  Do you think it was stress related?  My son doesnt say much about when he feels bad do I was kind of surprised he mentioned it to me....it must have frightened him which tears me up.  I hope it doesnt hang around with him as long as it has with me.  Well, take care! 

So good to hear from you!  As far as the magnesium...I can only tell you what is working for me.  We are all different but the magnesium seems to be working for a lot of people.  Dancinheart is now taking Mg and is feeling no palps.  Fugs took them and it increased the heart rate.  So start out with a low dosage (I jumped right in with 500mg and I started having headaches but no more palps).  Hopefully it will work for you!  I am now taking about 300mg a day.  The headaches went away and I still have no palps.  Its amazing!!  I know there are different kinds of Mg and there is one that absorbs in the body much better than the others.  When I went to the pharmacy to get my Mg, they only had one kind and it was just plain ol' magnesium (which Ive read if it just says magnesium, it will be the kind that doesnt absorb as well).  However, it is working fine for me and since I spent the money on them, I will use them til they are gone and then possibly look for the other kind.  But these are working just great for me so far!  I adjusted my dosage so I could take my multi-vitamins.  My vitamins have 50mg magnesium, so every morning I take my multi-vitamin,  fish oil 1000mg (which is also good for the heart), and 125mg of Mg.  Then at night I take another 125mg Mg.  Im keeping my fingers crossed but it has been a couple weeks since Ive had palps...one or two tiny palps have snuck in but they were very faint feeling so it didnt even phase me.  Let me know how it works for you!

I asked my son if he was taking the vitamins that I sent with him to college and he said no, he keeps forgetting!  So to get him started on Mg would probably not work since he cant remember to take the vitamins!!!  Im sure if the palps bother him too much, he will let me know and then I will talk to him about the Mg. 

Its amazing to me that I have been taking heart medicine for all these years which has helped a little bit, but throwing in magnesium has made them go away.  I think doctors should check into the magnesium a little more before they put someone on a beta blocker if all heart tests are coming back normal.  Oh well.  I will continue doing what Im doing now because I feel soooo much better! 

 Dear Friends on Healingwell,   Sorry u r having palpitations.  They do suck!! Since I am taking Mg 3x a day (125 mg each x) I dont have any palps at all.  Also I am exercising. I started out w/1 mile now up to 3 1/2 miles a day and that has changed my life and health.  Try some kind of aerobic walking, power exercises with the walking, it WORKS ,,,,I am feeling much much better!  Hope it works for you too.  Try the Leslie Sansone Walk tape . It goes up to 5 miles.  A friend told me about it.  She is a diabetic and also heartattack survivor.  She had stents put in last year and since she is power walking has lost 20lbs and still going strong!! No more meds for the diabetes and if she keeps losing weight they will take her off her high blood pressure meds.  It does work.  Sincerely, Dancinheart