heart flutters/prilosec correlation!?!?!

Hello everyone.

I've been thinking...these heart flutters started shortly after I started taking prilosec, anyone out there take this and get them??!! I am thinking it may be giving me some kind of vitamin deficiency because by taking it my  body is not absorbing what it needs to properly, like it is blocking out everything since it is an anti-acid and coating the lining of my stomach... and now with being pregnant and the baby taking all of the good from my body, it's leaving me worse and causing these horrible flutters/palpitations. The prenatal vitamins made me super sick so I am not taking those at the moment which I know is probably making things worse....I know I feel like crap anyway! My dr . gave me a magnesium supplement for my headaches everyday and horrible migraines, but I have yet to take it. I have heard magnesium has stopped the flutters of some and improved headaches by alot or totally made them dissappear!? Prilosec has been the only thing I have taken recently and I havent taken it since my bad episode two days ago. I have been eating more nuritious foods, and i WANT to say the flutters have calmed down alot, but about an hour ago I had a pretty scary little quick one for a few seconds, but that may have been it today?? Cant really remember... It feels like I am going to get another soon though...weird?!?!? Can anyone else just "feel" that feeling when they may be getting a heart flutter/palpitation coming on?? Is that anxiety? Can people with heart disease tell when they may be getting a palpitation? Man oh man it is scary. Atleast I know my vessels are fine by the ultrasound/echo/stress test I had done a few months ago, but these feelings can be oh so tricky to the body and mind!

Just a thought! If anyone else experienced this let me in on it!!

Have a good night everyone.

Lacey xx

LMA,

Are you postive that what you are feeling are palps...and not gastric in nature?

I ask, because if you are taking a PPI, I am assuming that you are dealing with stomach issues.

Well, I have had bloating/gas type episodes that I thought were palps, but turned out to be stomach related.

...so it may not be the Prilosec causing the palps...but rather the reason (stomach acid producing gas) that you are taking it in the first place!

Just a thought. :)

S.C.

YES YES AND YES!!!!! I actually went to the ER because of my heart palps and the doctor told me I was correct in my assumption that my acid reflux was causing them and sure enough I was right my vagus nerve was getting irritated from the acid and causing them. Stop the prilosec you need more acid not less....it's confusing and too long to explain on here look it up but its a proven fact and very interesting. This is coming from experience! I am an RN and doctors either go one way or another some live by PPIs others hate them. Try bananas or a teaspoon of honey in the morning then before lunch a bug table spoon of apple cider vinegar. Its going to burn like crazy but it will help in the long run. Also I'm assuming you have already ruled out anything cardiac with a doc. I hope this helped!

Thank you for all your wonderful responses!! I don't really know how to tell the difference between stomach issues and heart flutters... I'm always positive it's my heart cuz I feel it up in my chest .. But don't know what the other feels like if it's not the other ... Haha!!! Confusing I know!!! The heart flutters have calmed down since I stopped taking the Prilosec ... I've been eating even healthier than before like more fruits veggies protein .. More heart healthy foods like Cheerios and oatmeal to get my body some vitamins n minerals back. I always eat healthy but
Taking it to a whole new level now to see of it helps for the time being.. A little test I guess lol. But I do realize that the flutters started after I started the Prilosec . Anxiety causes them as well that's why I'm pretty sure it is flutters and not gastric related ..but then again who really knows!! And yes to everyone who has asked , heart disease and issues have been ruled out by many tests and holter monitors by my pcp and two cardiologists. I also see my pcp every 2-3 months so he can monitor me and my meds as well. I never get any bad news ... I'm supposedly super healthy other than my anxiety issues and migraines. Thank you everyone on healing well!! Your input is always appreciated !! (: (: (:

Lacey