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Posted 1/22/2015 11:00 PM (GMT 0)
My anxiety has been under control lately and my heart hasn't been bothersome at all. Today I got up from the couch, bent over to put something in the dishwasher, and when I stood up my heart skipped a beat. I noticed and it skipped several more beats in a row!

I was feeling completely calm but the skipping freaked me out and now I feel anxious. It's back to normal but I think I had a little reflux when I bent over. Does anyone with GERD have reflux that makes their heart skip beats?

Is heart skipping like this common in other people? My dad is in his late 50s and he has atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem... so the random outburst of skipping beats brought on a huge flood of anxiety.

Confused, alone, and freaked out.
Posted 1/23/2015 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
Hello A! Yes, I have GERD too and I've been told it can go hand-in-hand with skipped beats. You could have been sitting down, walking across the room, showering, or whatever and it could still happen. They're usually really random. Have been checked out by your doctor before to discuss this happening? They're usually nothing, but if you haven't, for your own piece of mind, I would recommend it if they bother you.
Posted 1/23/2015 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
Ajg,

I am just so sorry for this.... My heart simply goes out to you, and to everyone else who have to face these same troubles. This skip that kept going happened to me the other week too, and I simply felt terrible afterward too.

What coping skills do you use when this happens??? It's hard to find one that works every time, but I usually go sit on the couch, breathe, pray and ask God for peace, and try and move on and forget about it.

It is so hard though, you'll be a tougher person for making it through these challenges!!!
Posted 1/23/2015 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi AJ,

Checking in...

Are you feeling better today? Were you able to practice some stress relieving exercises for relief? Sometimes we don't 'feel' anxiety, but our bodies let us know about it.!

Hope you are having a symptoms free day.:)

S.C.
Posted 1/23/2015 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
Have the "skipped heart beats" too - mostly when stressed, and they can be very annoying. I deal with them by realizing that they will not cause a heart attack, and won't kill me. Sometimes I do the opposite of what you did - rather than go sit down I go do jumping jacks or running in place to prove to myself that it is safe! Lately there have been some very stressful situations in my family and my heart did a lot of these flip-flops. There is rarely a day when I don't have some of them. Our nerves can play some very mean tricks on us, and that is just one of them. Relax and just let them happen - ignore them if you can. Even when you think things are fine, your subconscious can dredge stuff up and put them to work.
Scaredy Cat always has good advice :-) Chill out, and have a good weekend. I'll try to do the same.
Posted 1/25/2015 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
MSP: I have talked to my doctor about heart concerns and we've ruled out that there's nothing going on there. However, atrial fibrillation can creep up. I know it's not common in young adults, I don't even have high blood pressure but I catastrophized a little bit. What you said makes me feel better because I know I have GERD and that seems like a far more likely cause!

TMA: My coping technique was to run to get my water bottle lol because I realized I hadn't drank much water that day. Hydration is really important for me. Then I sat on the couch and called my dad to talk me through it. It was one of those things were your physical symptoms quickly dissipate but you're minds going nuts. I felt all the way better after about an hour :)

SC: Yes, I am feeling better! Thanks for checking in :) I need to make my stress relieving techniques more habitual. It's hard to motivate myself to do these things because I believe I am going through a phase of depression at the moment and its hard to participate in anything really. I think it was one of those things were my mind didn't catch up to the stress that was happening in my body. Through biofeedback I learned that I do have a delayed reaction between thought and bodily response!

Reepin: I saw somewhere that exercise is good for regulating palpitations but I have so much exercise anxiety now its gonna take a big push to make myself comfortable with doing anything strenuous again. I should try though, thanks for the advice :) Hope you're having a good weekend yourself.

Thanks so much community for reaching out, you make me feel like I'm not alone :)
Posted 1/25/2015 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
Never alone here!! :)

Keep posting...and taking the small steps...as much as you can on a daily basis to make the positive changes you need in order to feel your best.

5-10 min morning and night with the coping skills...and short/easy walks until you feel comfortable doing more.

There is hope and recovery!

S.C.
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