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Anyone else with tachycardia/heart murmur/ectopics?

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Bluemin · 11/10/2025 01:09

For the last 4 years I have had issues with my heart. Im not sure if it is covid related as I think i had covid in March 2020 but no tests were out then. I remember symptoms being bad around Christmas 2020 but not sure exactly when they started.

I have tachycardia, so my heart beats really fast at random times. Usually after eating, when standing up after sitting/lying down, when hot and during exercise.

I also get a lot of ectopic beats, sometimes 3 in a row (trigeminy). Also recently diagnosed with an innocent heart murmur.

I've had all the usual cardiology tests, holter monitor, echo, ecg, tilt test etc. They cant see anything physically wrong but have caught all of the symptoms.

Im just wondering if anyone else has experienced unexplained heart issues like this? I find it really scary even though the cardiologist has been very reassuring and isn't worried at all.

I take beta blockers to control the symptoms (1.25mg bisoprolol). I tried tapering off recently and had an awful experience in a gym class where my heart was racing so badly I thought I was going to faint so I've gone back on them again.

Just confused as to why this has happened to me and feel worried as it just feels like I might drop dead of a heart attack one day even though I'm otherwise really healthy!

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Bluemin · 11/10/2025 22:17

I also get the pulsatile tinnitus at bedtime. Its very odd. Again cardiologist not very interested. I'd had a head MRI that didn't shoe any reason for it.

My blood pressure is really low. Which doesnt help with the POTS-type symptoms.

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Luna6 · 11/10/2025 22:43

Tarkan · 11/10/2025 13:33

I have SVT. I first noticed it when I was a kid but I wasn’t diagnosed until I was around 18. I’m now mid 40s. My heart rate is normal until I have an attack and it’ll go to around 170-200bpm. If I can lie down very quickly after an attack starts it usually stops quickly but when I’m out and about that’s not always possible.

I’m on a calcium channel blocker now and I’ve had to cut out caffeine almost completely (I still have a Coke occasionally but I have to have decaf tea and coffee now). I also try to avoid sudden movements and situations where I can’t breathe properly (I couldn’t wear a mask during Covid and if I have a cold or go out on a windy day I’m more likely to have an attack).

Alcohol is another trigger for me sadly. I’m happy to have a non alcoholic beer but I do love wine and the non alcoholic wines are still awful so I’m just trying to cut back when I can.

I’ve recently been through cardiology to check everything out as I had a weird situation at the start of the year where I ended up in A&E to rule out a heart attack and I asked about an ablation but basically because my ECGs look normal they can’t do anything more for me unless I have one done during an attack. Since it’s hard for me to move during one I’m hoping to buy one of the machines for my phone, the cardiologist recommended it to me since travelling is unlikely.

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maymummy22 · 12/10/2025 08:00

Re bisoprolol and numb fingers, my AF specialist said it was a known side effect so switched me to verapamil and it instantly improved.

I don’t know if they still do it but as well as the sensors they can put on you for 5 days to monitor your heart, 15 years ago I was given a handheld device for a few weeks that I could press over my heart to record an attack and then ‘play’ it back over a phone line where it printed a read out in the hospital.

CharlotteCChapel · 12/10/2025 17:31

I'm tachycardic, I've had it for years, or at least I think I do, I'm on bisoprolol and at my routine appointments I'm fine.

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