When i go to bed at night i have terrible trouble sleeping..even if im really tired because my heart races, judders, stops, thumps etc for hours. Its truly terrifying. Small noises or creaks in the house make me jump a mile and set my heart off thundering away again. At night time I feel so unsafe. Come morning time it seems a completely unreasonable way to have been feeling and I get really annoyed that Ive not slept. I also get the shakes from the neck up and a load of pressure in my head. This has come and gone since the birth of my child 4 years ago. At first my doctor thought I might have thyroid problems because of these symptoms and because I had goitre, but the blood tests he did came back fine. So then he did heart monitor overnight, but again that came back fine. Im too frightened to go back to the doctor again, Ive been a lot already because of pelvic pain that the gynaecologist is telling me is endometriosis, and I feel if I go again hes just going to say Im an anxious patient. Last night I was freaking out because I have a large lipoma in my calf and it was agony, AND my heart was banging hard and fast for about 2 hours, then its like it cuts out with a big thump, and then starts back in a wobbly kind of way. Im wondering if this is night time panic attacks. If it is, can I do anything about them. I try to convince myself its not harmful and palpitations are not in themselves dangerous, but sometimes when my heart is racing for hours I think it cant be normal and at what point is it going to do some damage to me.
For information, I am a bit overweight but quite fit, I run 2 - 4 miles 3 times a week, do zumba, abs sessions and yoga. I dont smoke but drink about 2 bottles of wine a week. Ive cut out sweeteners and only have tea through the day. If anyone reads this and it sounds familiar and they did something about it, please advise me...I want my life back!