Heart Palpitations For Hours At A Time

claybabe · Newbie Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 18

Recently i have had these heart palpitations for hours at a time. They start when I wake up and go on until it seems I am fully awake. It feels like my heart is skipping beats causing me to cough afterwards because I felt like I missed a breath. It's a very uncomfortable feeling. I have never felt dizzy or like I was going to faint however. I've never really been short of breath, I just take an extra breath after each time this happens. I'm always fine during the middle of the day and then again towards the early evening and night I go into these episodes again. In september I was diagnosed with mild gastritis and have been on liquid carafate 2-3 times daily. I've been on and off sick though for a couple months. I used to be a very healthy person, sick maybe twice a year. I'm athletic and only 20. I do have a lot of stress in my life, but this worries me. They have been going on for a few weeks now. They did this at first and I thought it was pseudophedrine, i was taking a lot because the doctors couldn't get a cold away. So I stopped that and they stopped for a couple of weeks. I was happy and then they just started again about 2 days ago. I can usually even feel them coming on. It's just making me feel very uneasy. I won't go to sleep until they stop, and they worry me when I am working. But yet again, I haven't felt dizzy so they don't prevent me from doing things. Just cause worry. Please answer me if someone has any idea. I plan on calling my doctor on Monday, but I want an idea of what it could be.

Thanks!

mindik · Newbie Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Nebraska

I know this is late, I hope it can help you though. I had the same problem 2 years ago, even with repeated trips to the ER and a consult with a cardiologist, no one could figure out what was wrong with me. I finally mentioned it to by gynecologist when I went in for my yearly visit. I had had a hysterectomy, but this happened prior to that also. He checked my hormones and they were way off. Prescribed Premarin and I've been fine ever since. This isn't necessarily a menopause or post hysterectomy problem. I had it before my daughter was born 25 years ago and was given birth control pills, but I had totally forgotten about that. It might be worth checking out.

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I used to suffer very badly from a racing heart, an event which amost always started when I was asleep and would wake me up. After many trips to the ER, I would be given a drug called adenosine which in effect, stops the hearts abnormal beats and kicks it back to a regular rhythm, although the process is a bit scary because you almost lose conciousness and feel like you are dying for a couple of seconds. However, once the drug leaves your system (after about 20-30seconds) you feel as right as rain and are ready to go home. Further investigation by my cardiologist revealled that I have a disorder of the adrenal glands called primary Aldosteronism or Conns Syndrome. It was once thought to be a very rare disease, but more and more medicos are now of the opinion it is a lot more common than first though. It is caused by a disorder of one or both of the adrenal glands that sit on top of the kidneys and causes abnormal amounts of adrenalin or cortisol to be pumped into the system and causes the heart to race, anything up to 200 - 250 beats per minute. Hope this helps fellow sufferers.

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I had this in college. I can remember sitting in class thinking, what the heck is going on. Once college ended, it went away. I do get something milder when I eat certain foods, typically really fatty stuff with MSG. Obviously I stay away from that stuff.

I actually did a google search for this tonight, because I was in the middle of a good workout when I felt a couple. I hopped off the machine a few minutes ago, got online, and here I am. I think this time it's due to some cold medicine and this cold I'm fighting - I shouldn't be exercising at 85% MHR in my condition now anyway.

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I've occasionally had this same thing, and have had two longer episodes (week or two of palpitations) in the past (about four years apart). I'm a runner and triathlete with no known heart problems.

I got it checked with EKC, echo, holter monitor, but the skipped beats didn't show up in any test results. I was diagnosed with premature ventricular contractions and a possible leaky valve but nothing else. When I saw a sports doc, he did tell me that this was a common thing he saw among athletes and that it typically didn't mean anything harmful. Was told by another doc that having such a low resting heart rate (avg 50 bpm) could also cause some arrhythmia.

Hope you've found an answer to what's causing things. In my reading up on this, it often seems to be simply an annoying but harmless condition.

TamiJMays · Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

Hey all - i have this problem (heart palpitations) and have had it off and on for years. Finally read an article on magnesium. Our bodies lose magnesium every day when we urinate and especially when we drink alcohol. One woman found that taking mag supplements helped her heart palpitations go away. I have been taking an extra 500-1000 mg of Mag every day with my normal daily vitamins (it is safe- the worst that can happen if you take too much is you will get diarrhea) and i have not had the problem since. I have had it so bad i had to drop down and lay on the ground until it would stop!
I hope this helps some of you. Also diets rich in dark green veggies will help with this problem! Not sure why the doctors are not onto this, other than the fact that they want to keep us taking prescrip drugs.

GOod luck!

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