Heart palpatations

[Shadow1986]

Has anyone experienced new heart palpitations?

I’m 38, active and healthy but over the last few weeks I have had a funny feeling in my chest, like a palpitation sensation but it’s quite often and makes me feel weird.

Would this be worthy of a doctors appt? If it’s not urgent I usually have to wait about 5 weeks…

It's always worth getting checked out for this kind of thing.

Do you have an Apple watch or similar, you can record your heart rate when it happens and will be able to give more info to the GP.

Heart palpitations are sometimes a symptom of peri-menopause.

I'm older than you but had palpitations and was recently diagnosed with SVT (supraventricular tachycardia ) and am now on daily medication.

My heart reached 208bpm on one occasion and I went to A&E as it did not go back to normal of it's own accord.

I get them. They last from anything from 30 mins to 13 hours, I find they're worse in the run up to my period, or if I've had alcohol the day before. Sometimes they are triggered by just lying down.

@Katherineryan1986 what helped you reach diagnosis? Did you do an ECG? Not sure how to approach it with Dr, whether to tag it to peri menopause symptoms although it predates that, or push for potential SVT which I'm now wondering about.

If it makes you feel weird you should be checked out. It can be a symptom of perimenopause

Definitely worth getting checked out. It can be hormonal (and is for me - went away when ovulation was suppressed) but I have a family history of AF and they checked me out really carefully. I was also told that it could be an indicator of developing full-on AF later.

@Duckduckgoose24
I had had brief episodes for about a year, lasting no more than a few seconds.
However last new year an episode started and did not stop. My watch recorded it at 200bpm.
We went to urgent care where they saw me immediately and hooked me up to monitors. Their machine recorded it at 208bpm.
They put a canular in in case I needed medication. They put an ambulance on stand by as I should have gone to A&E rather than urgent care.
They performed the valsava manoeuvre. I had to sit upright and hold my breath until I was red in the face and then they tipped me onto my back but with my legs in the air. My heart immediately went back to normal rate and thankfully there was no need for meds or the ambulance.
The doctor there put me on 2.5mg Bisoprolol once a day.
I saw a consultant a few weeks later (privately as the NHS wait was 6 months) and he told me to continue with the meds and he has now discharged me from his clinic.
Since starting the meds I haven't had any episodes at all.

Obviously if you are worried then you must go to your GP. I think it was useful that I had the recording of the heart rate from my watch.

Thanks all. I do have an Apple Watch that I don’t wear so I’ll charge that and see if I can get some readings.
it’s been going on a couple of weeks now.
I will update for those experiencing the same.

I have a scanwatch that can take a basic ECG and measure heart rate etc. I would stick your watch on and get a measure of BPM while the problem is present and that will help you decide what to do.

I have AF, and am on a number of treatments. If this is an ongoing problem you may need anticoagulants so it is worth getting a diagnosis.

Sorry.... AF is?

Shadow, sorry for the hijack! It caught my eye as I was mid-episode!

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of arrhythmia, which means that the heart beats fast and irregularly. The risk of AF increases markedly with age. Some of the known causes of AF include chronic high blood pressure, heart valve diseases and hyperthyroidism.

I found this on AF. Hijack away don’t worry!

I’ve had a quiet day and my palpitations have been constant all day. I would say it’s more of a flutter or a skipped beat rather than increasing rate but I’m not sure. I’m not at home so can’t put my Apple Watch on but as soon as im home I’ll see if I can see anything.

Just a little update to say I'm getting a diagnostic heart monitor for 2 weeks. I'm just hoping I get some actual activity in the 2 weeks now to help them see what's happening.

I had a period where palpitations were happening quite often, it was the run-up to Christmas a couple of years ago. Got checked out, told it was 'anxiety'. It never went as high as 200bpm though - it was my resting heartrate that was creeping up but not particularly high, just high for me.

A number of sources say that palpitations themselves are fairly normal, especially as you're going to sleep. I'm still unsure what mine are, I've had them again this Christmas. Any slight shortness of breath seems to go on for ages but I think that is a lingering post-viral thing.

I would be interested to know if others get palpitations that make you cough? Is that weird?

Magnesium gel can be helpful for this. I put it on at night just before I go to bed. Always worthwhile getting it checked out just to be on the safe side.

I have had SVT for about 18 years - it comes on very suddenly and then usually stops again just as quickly, for a moment it can feel like a flutter but a proper episode is very fast, but regular, heartbeats, around 200bpm. I’ve also had ectopic beats in the past OP - when you have skipped beats that feel like a flutter, I’ve had times where it has happened regularly over a couple of days at a time, but it appears to just be a random thing unrelated to my SVT!

I have AF (atrial fibrilliation) I'm 51 but dont have any other medical issues. I would definitely try to catch it on your apple watch. It will tell you how high your heart rate is. Palpitations can be normal but I would see your gp with any evidence from your watch.

I've had heart palpitations since the age of 14. I've had many ECGs, monitoring, hospital appointments and A&E trips when really severe.. not one doctor has ever been able to find out the reason why. Always best to go and get checked though.