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Tight chest and fluttery heart.. what on earth could this be?

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:41

For the last couple of days, in the evenings especially, I've been having a really painful tight chest. It feels like someone is sitting right on top of it / putting an immense amount of pressure on the top of my chest.

I have also had a strange fluttery feeling in my heart.. I don't know if this even makes sense!! It feels like I'm skipping a beat / catches me off guard and is just awful and really unsettling. I'm sat here as I write this and am hyper aware of the way my heartbeat feels, it just doesn't feel right.

I did have the Moderna booster around 2 weeks ago. Could it be this..? I feel terrified it's something worse.

I do suffer with anxiety but this is definitely not anxiety driven, I know the difference and usually get a bad tummy ache / pain with anxiety. I don't know what to do! It feels like I have to take a really deep breath to try and re regulate my heart rate 😣

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:42

Sorry to post in AIBU, I thought I was in the coronavirus thread!!! 🙈🙈

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TheFuckingDogs · 25/12/2021 21:44

Bloody hell - this had been me today as well. Always suffer from anxiety but this is different and exactly as you describe. Also had my Moderna 2 weeks ago

Aderyn21 · 25/12/2021 21:45

I think you should get checked out by a dr, but when I was having palpitations it turned out to be a menopause symptom

Hamjamwich · 25/12/2021 21:46

I had this at start of menopause and then it disappeared. Ring GP though, heart issues must always be checked. ECG takes 10 minutes

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:46

@TheFuckingDogs oh wow! It's awful isn't it! Proper heart palpitations and racing. It's absolutely horrendous. I feel like I'm going crazy trying to figure out what I've done differently, but nothing!

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Hospedia · 25/12/2021 21:47

It could be heart palpitations and hormonal changes, unpleasant and a bugger on the nerves but ultimately harmless however you do still need to get medical advice to rule out other causes first.

Titsywoo · 25/12/2021 21:47

I get similar with indigestion/acid reflux - you been eating more/ rich/fatty food/alcohol?

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:47

Oh gosh I didn't think about calling GP.. I suppose you're right though.
I will perhaps give them a call? It's just in the evenings that it seems to come on.

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Shouldbedoing · 25/12/2021 21:47

You should get checked out

CheshireKitten123 · 25/12/2021 21:48

I'm sorry this is happening to you OP it must be scary.

I don't know of a booster producing those symptoms but then I'm not a doctor.

It could be anxiety but please call NHS111 and have a chat to someone.

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:49

I haven't eaten anything abnormal and don't drink as I'm allergic 🙈 it's been predominantly the last two days, but had the jab around a week and a half - two weeks ago. The first night it happened i honestly thought I was going to die. Sounds dramatic I know but I actually panicked as I couldn't get a breath in. I could physically feel my heart slowing / missing beats 😣😞

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:50

Even breathing in and out is slightly painful actually. It feels like I'm having to force everything like breathing which should be a natural thing!

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Hospedia · 25/12/2021 21:51

ECG takes 10 minutes

Exactly this. I had an ECG, a heart monitor to wear at home for 48hrs, and then another ECG as well as bloods and a general health check (blood pressure, urine sample, weight, etc). All fine. I tend to get the palpitations for a day or two around ovulation and then for a few days around my period, I also get costochondritis to go with it now because the only thing more fun than palpitations is palpitations with chest pain Hmm

Toloveandtowork · 25/12/2021 21:52

Have heard it can be linked to the booster vaccines. Best to alert the GP.

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:53

Thanks all. I am overweight but actively trying to loose it. I think my weight scares me when it comes to things like this as I think the worst 😣

I am due on my period in the next few days but honestly I've never had this around my period or ovulation. I wish I could pinpoint it to something so that I could avoid it.. eg a certain drink for example. It's just driving me insane!

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 25/12/2021 21:54

@Friendviv1987

As a cardiac nurse I think it is probably anxiety.If the problem continues get an ecg .X
A cardiac nurse advising somebody with crushing chest pain that it's 'probably anxiety'?

OP, you need to seek advice from real professionals now. Chances are it isn't anything awful - but it's not a random on Mumsnet's call to make.

LifesABotch · 25/12/2021 21:54

@CheshireKitten123

I'm sorry this is happening to you OP it must be scary.

I don't know of a booster producing those symptoms but then I'm not a doctor.

It could be anxiety but please call NHS111 and have a chat to someone.

Agree with this, if you were to call 111 with those symptoms, it's possible they'd want you to be seen by a doc. It is possibly relevant that you had your covid booster recently as well. Hope you feel better soon Xmas Smile
OutIsay · 25/12/2021 21:54

You need to get that checked out.

misssunshine4040 · 25/12/2021 21:55

@Friendviv1987

As a cardiac nurse I think it is probably anxiety.If the problem continues get an ecg .X
Wow, this is a bit irresponsible no? Surely best to advise she gets checked out
Tippytaps · 25/12/2021 21:56

This is a call 111 for advice situation.

Palpitations was my first covid symptom, it got worse (heart wise). I did not feel sick, a slight cold perhaps so it was a surprise to test positive.

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nonotquite · 25/12/2021 21:57

Thanks all.
If I think about it, I've also got a slight cough but only in the evenings again. I test daily and also take PCR's that i send off for work, and negative. It's very very strange.

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Batinthehouse · 25/12/2021 21:57

When I had my Moderna booster, the person who administered it said there was a rare possibility it could cause inflammation of the heart muscle, I'd definitely get checked out OP.

GrowThroughWhatYouGoThrough · 25/12/2021 21:58

I had similar side effects from Pfizer vaccine however I'm use to it with suffering from anxiety too

Teaandcakeordeath83 · 25/12/2021 21:58

I had my Pfizer booster in late November and have been having this for about 3 weeks- I didn't even consider it could be the booster as I rarely have any side effects from jabs and didn't after my first two Pfizer. The tightness in my chest is more like the top of lungs/ lower airway. I have PSVT anyway (benign heart palpitations) but they've been way more frequent because the pattern of my breathing has changed because it is uncomfortable to breathe deeply and sets off a coughing fit. I'm gasping for breath in weird places when talking because I feel like I can't breathe deeply enough- almost like having a conversation whilst running. It isn't covid. Isn't a chest infection. Isn't anxiety. My GP sent me for a chest x-ray and has px a salbutamol inhaler for now as a temporary measure over Christmas. It's horrid.