heart palpitations

[babyjane67]

Hi all
Im46&have been having these every day,more than once aday,for the past7days!
ive had them before about7yrs ago&i had a24hr ecg which i had to wear whereihad to press a button eachtome it happend
They said all was normal&put it down to stress as i was workkng in a cafe/bakery at the time&walking to work
It went away after a while&ionly felt itevery so often
But now these last few days its come back with a vemgeamce&with it i get an aching/pain&a feeljng of pressure on my chest
Ive recently been diagnosed with ostroartritis which i have to have physio for.plus i have ibs&am having investigations done for bleeding in between periods
I MAY be perimenopausal!
Should i go bk to gp?ive never seen them so much in my life!
Also today ive been out shopping&just before i came home i had a really bad pain in my left arm pit.it lasted bout5min or so then went but made me feel bit odd
Imhome now&palpitations are there again but not aa bad

Well with me they weren't sure, but certainly there is a thyroid connection, as when my levels are low my palps are worse. I also get them with caffeine, annoyingly.

Well ive had blood test results today&all normal!
Cholesterol is3.4which is good apparently&im very surprised at that considering how much choc&crap i eat!lol
So its not thyroid,anaemia etc
Ive also had my app through for24hr ecg which is on22nd november
So we see what happens with that!

Well i emded up in a&e yest afternoon!
Had3bad bouts of papls.the one i went in wiyh had gone on for over an hr making me feel bit weird
It lasted over2hrs as it went on in hosp
Had the heavy aching in centre of my chest&bit of pain in left arm
Pin&needles in left hand
Slight breathlessness
Ecg was normal though&so were blood tests(when they eventually came back!)
They gave me pain killers
Theyre saying at this point its ectopic beats or ventricular something.i cant remember what he called it!
Though dr also did say it coild be angina
I haveto stay under gp for the invwstigations like the24hr ecg &see what they come up with

Good grief, I've only just read this thread. While there are lots of possible explanations for your symptoms many would raise some suspicions of a heart problems including heart attack and are most certainly not to be ignored. In fact if you'd called NHS Direct or 111 while they were happening they'd have send round an ambulance on blue lights.

Heavy ache/feeling of pressure in the chest/left arm plus some difficulty in breathing = dial 999.

Very glad it turns out not to be that and you are getting treatment, but please, if you do get the symptoms again and they don't pass off very quickly either get yourself to an A&E or just dial 999.

Google superventricular tachaecardia (SVT). This may be what they're referring to. I had it badly from the age of 15 to 28 when I eventually had a treatment called radio wave ablation where they use radio waves to burn away the extra nerve circuit which is causing the tachaecardia. It was miraculous! I went from having several episodes a day, to absolutely none! The treatment changed my life.

Purplewithred a&e dr said to stay under gp&have all the tests done
He said the chest pain may be stress but have to see what the investigations come up with
None of the palps sjowed up on ecg.it was normal evwm though i felt them!
Littlefish did yr prob show up on ecg or did you have to have other tests which showed it?
My eldest dd whos27had lots of probs after having a traumatic birth
She had7ecgs&all were normal but it was the ecjcardiogram that showed up the tachycrdia she has
Shes been on betablockers ever since!
We do have a history of heart probs in our family

It's so long ago, I can't remember if they showed up on ECG or not. However, I was really lucky and had the start of an episode as I was walking out of the consultant's office after my first appointment. He could see that I was completely calm and that it had started from no-where. Until that point, the GP kept telling me it was panic attacks which I knew wasn't right.

Thats like me!
Mine can start at any time whether im sat down or getting dd ready for school&are outa the blue!
Thats what i told dr yest

I can also have several episodes a day!
Its been happening on&off since i got up this morn!
I can also have days where i dont get themuch at all but theyre starting to get less&less!

Magnesium deficiency?

Marjie3 no ive had all blood tests done&all are normal
So no deficiencies

Hi all
Well ive got the24hr ecg on
Gotta take it back tomorrow pm
Have had a couple of palps so far
Have to wait&see what it says!

I hope you get lots more palpatations on the tape!