dizziness, rapid pounding heart rate. 18 yrs old.

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im 21 years old
recently ive experienced a scary racing of my heart..it would pound so hard i could feel it jerking throughout my entire body..right before it comes on , i feel this tingling numb sensation throughout my limbs.everything in my vision begins to flash in this whiteish color..the pounding last for about 10 mins.ive noticed my heart beating alot harder and stronger than normal throughout the day.when it happened the second time i went to the er..they told me it was anxiety..but i highly doubt it..i kno my body and i can tell something is not quit right.my doctor wont refer me to a specialist because he believes im too young for heart issues.. i dnt kno wat to do..i dnt kno wat it could be..i could remember goin to get an ecg.as a young child after complaining of chest pains..they said i was perfectly fine..could it be something overlooked..or hard to find..anyone with any opinion would be greatly appreciated,,this is such a scary thing for me and i dont kno wat to do

My 18 year old son was also having these same problems. He had all the same tests that have been mentioned in these messages. The doctor said all the tests came back normal, but said for him to quit taking Erythromycin ( he had been taking it for about 2 years to help clear his acne) and Claritin. It seems that both of these have side effects that involve the heart and the doctor felt the combination may be the problem. Since he has stopped taking these his symptoms have cleared up. His allergies have been bad this spring and nose sprays weren't working , so he started taking the Claritin again, but has stayed symptom free. XD

My son is 20 and living in Australia. About 3.5 months ago he was feeling ill and was diagnosed as testing positive for MONO. Now about 3.5 later, he is complaining of these identical symptoms. He has had an EKG, stress test (heart rate didn't elevante completely normally) and s wave was slightly shorter. I am wondering if MONO is the confounding factor here. Mono can affect your heart. I'm not really sure why it would affect these areas but this really sounds so similar. If you have found any solutions I'd be interested. My daughter did have a treatment for MONO (she also had a really low low platelet count (70's). Surprisingly after the treatment her platelet count rose, as did her iron level (anemic). Could these symptoms be additional symptoms found in males. Did you ever visit Australia?

I had "mono" in second grade, and found out 2 years later it was actually Lyme disease. I was treated for Lyme and most of my symptoms were under control for a while after that, but it came back in high school and worsened through my first 2 years in college. When I was 21 my heart suddenly started acting exactly like what you are describing. My cardiologist ran all the tests and found that my heart's sinus node was not working right but could find nothing physically wrong with my heart and no cause for the problems, so we presumed it was the Lyme and she put me on some heart meds to help me deal with the symptoms for the time being. Over the next two years I completed an aggressive Lyme treatment, and was able to come off of my heart meds. Now it is MUCH better, and I only occasionally experience those symptoms.
Hopefully what you're dealing with is not Lyme, because it's a very hard disease to diagnose and treat (and many doctors will do one blood test and rule it out, even though you may very possibly still be infected with it). However, it may be something worth looking into. Good luck!

Yes, I am 15 and have always been struggling with dizziness and blacking out. Recently, I had this weird thing where it felt like pressure across my chest especially on my heart, that only lasted about ten seconds. Then, my heart started to beat really fast and then it slowed down and then it would pick up again. It was really irregular. It freaked me out but I don't know if this is similar to anyone else's.

I am 20 years. I have been so busy in studio recently (I am in Faculty of Architecture). 4-6 hours of sleep per day, always under stress, around 2 cups pf coffee per day (well, I never drink it before) and as a result, constant panic attacks (maybe, something else). My heart beats fast, I feel like crying, can't breath normally. I got scared and wanna go to washroom:P This happens without any reason, even when I just sit at home, not doing anything. Can't sleep normally either, nightmares and sleep talks about my projects:(
Gonna reduce coffee, sleep better, and go to gym!

I've been having all these symptoms for about 3 weeks and I recently came off anti-depressants (Citalopram 20mg) I get slight dizzy spells all throughout the day and have the palpitations where my heart beats ever so fast and almost feels like it skips beats - I notice the palpitations more at night. Could it have a link to the anti depressents does anyone know? Thanks..

i am 18 yrs old and i hav been dealing with high blood pressure since 2008. the doctors hav run the gauntlet on me with every possible test they could think of. i do not hav many chest pains but i do hav blood pressure that runs around 170 on top but its usually at a fair amount on bottom such as 80 to 90, but i hav headaches and joint pain and memory loss, vision loss, and rapid heartrate at different times. the headaches are more like pressure on the outside of my temples instead of pain on the inside of my skull.the doctors think it could b reanl vascular hypertension but they r unsure, the tests havnt returned yet, the only disease i ever had was mono but that was yrs ago. if anyone has any suggestions please tell me i would appreciate it. thx

I am 20 years old and i have exactly the same symptoms as most of you, i was absorlutly terrified i fort i was dyin.
The first time it happened i had just finished work and i had been out the night before i was very tired and i just felt drained. I poped home and then went to the shop, i stood in the que and my body went really hot, my heart was racing so fast i though it was going to pound out my chest i felt really shaky and dizzy and i also felt like if i dont get out of here i am going to faint.
So i went home crappin my self i didnt tell my bf i just went to bed hoping it would pass and it did
The next time it happened my bf was having his friends round to watch the boxing i was upstairs reading a book, i popped down stairs for a fag and went bck up carrying on reading. all of a sudden i felt sooo dizzy and my body went hot my hands shaking and again my heart racing so fast.
Its happened 3 times since then and all in the space of me starting my new job, it terrifys me each time it gets worse as im worrying what it is i am so glad other people can relate to me about how i am feeling

I'am a 23 years old guy who lives in lebanon one day i was working and suddenly my heart start to beat faster arround 100 pulse/min and i were fainting my skin were so white i went to the ER and i slept for one night in the hospital.

The day after i went to my doctor and asked me to do several medical exams like blood test,TSH,Urine,X-Ray for my chest,ECG,scanner for my stomach and everything went normal.i've been like this about 2 months and i barely can moves i always feel sick and i'am going to die i'am feeling so weak and i always have a severe headaches and i'am not balacend,and my vision is not always clear.

Some doctors told me that i'am having a stress disease but i'am not sure about it and others told me could be my stomach.so i went to a gastroloc and told me that i have a kind of infection in my stomach with ebb so he gave me a medicine but i'am still feeling that i'am not normal there is something wrong.

Please if you have any advise for me about my case let me know,what type of medcines i have to see? I'll be waiting your response as soon as possible because it drives me crazy and don't know waht to do.I need to know if my case could cause a death?

Thank you,

Please can someone tell me what is the solution for my case?

This all started 10 days ago, I ate a magic mushroom(fungi) called amanita muscaria to hallucinate. Becoz the mushroom itself uses toxins to cause this. After eating it about 2 days later i was experiencing stomach pains and from what i know now as lower back pain from work, I thought i had cause my kidney's or liver to fail (anxiety) even though 3 of my mates had taken the same dose or mabye even more n they had come out fine. Then about 7 days ago i went to my doctor n told him, he quickly ruled out no liver or kidney failure and diagnosed me with GORD. I was given nexium i took them then proceded to a mates house. It was very cold on this day and we procceded to smoke weed through a bong as we had done for about a year. I kept thinking i shouldn't be doing this on medication but being me procceded anywai, after the 2nd rip my heart started to race and i became very cold in my fingers and feet, sweating under the arm pits no heart pains form what i can remember just very fast heart rate and very hard heart beat. while this was happening never experiencing anything like this i decided to go home coz i thought i was having a heart attack. Walking home in the very cold with this happening to u by urself is not a very good idea Lol. Anywai once home i had a warm shower and calmed myself down and thought that would be the end of it but it wasn't. The next night i was experincing chest pains although not extreme enough to worry me so i called nurse on call n i was told to take aspirin and if pain did not go away i was told to go to the emergency room. Once there they took blood test, ECG and could find nothing wrong. Over the past week and a bit ive had 4 blood test 4 ECG and I think 2 12-lead ECG still couldn't find anything wrong other than arrhythimia but told me im fine. The past week I have experinced mild heart pain, increaced heart rate, hard heart beat, trouble breathing, cold hands and feet but sweaty hands and under arms even when cold, blocked ears light headedness and gas (somtimes smelly) dry lips but not mouth and mild headackes. I have been given a heart program by the hospital that will be conmenceing withiin a week or two but i feel im getting worse. No other medical history of anything this serious EVER! i used to go to gym very frequently so im in good health or was anyway not overweight. I cant say im the healthiest person when eat but has never affected me before I drink plenty of water and stay away from soft drinks and somtimes drink cordial im 18 yrs old. I need to know is this anxiety or somthing more, I feel like i can exercise without my heart going up but on the weekedn when i was drunk i partied very hard at a club for about 5 hours and experieced no heart pain or lose of breath??? I have no IDEA Also when meditating or calming down i can lower my heart rate but the pounding almost always is present??? any ideas. Also should I start to eat healthy and start to take vitamins and start to exercise excluding walking becoz im always walking ( no car atm). Sry for the ramble but u can see why i would be slightly scared seeing how be4 this i was a healthy young man.

hi im 18 too and about a month ago i was driving and out of nowhere i thought i was having a heart attack cuz my heart was rapidly beating, after being on an ekg they said i had svt, but recently ive come down with what we belive is mono, all this has happend within a month. so im thinking that mono might have something to do with the onset of rapid or irregular heart beats. the doctor gave me toporal and its doing wonders for me, as of right now i wake up feeling good one day and bad the next but the beta blocker reaallly helps.

Ahh, I too suffer from anxiety attacks. Only that when it happens to me the day after it happens i feel all weird. I feel nauseaous and my left part of my chest feels very uncomfortable. Along with my left arm. It feels kinda sore. I don't know why this happens...but it scares me. A lot. Does anyone know why this happens?? Is it normal?

wow im so amazed to see im not the only one, im glad im not its such a horrible feeling the first time i got it i was watching tv nothing out of the ordinary. I got up and my heart was racing i freaked out thinking i was going to have a heart attack i called my mom and then called an ambulance. I remember i coulnt focus on anything so they took me to the hospital and they said eveything was fine, my cousin later told me he has these panic attacks but it seems really weird i never thought of it as a panic attack. I will say i am very stressed lately and i think its what keeps these attacks going and it makes me feel like im depressed and dying. but then when im having the attack i just cant seem to be able to calm my self down until i find something to focus on.

ok well last september i started experiencing dizzyness and trouble breathing and my chest felt tight.. it was nothing serious so i just overlooked it, until a few weeks later i had an insame attack and went to the hospital, i had xrays, ekgs, and urine samples done and everythingcame back normal, i had mono 2months before that. i was ok after that i experienced minor symptoms, but 3days ago my heart started beating out of my chest, i couldnt see my vison was blurred, my palms sweaty, hot flashes, shooting pain in my head, chest and left arm, tingling in my stomach feet and chest, pain in my tailbone, i ws unable to breathe, it feels like my throat is closed off, i start to think of disturbing thoughts and my whole body shakes.. the ambulence came but i started feeling better so i didnt go with them. since then i have had 4  panic attacks in 2days some last for hours on end but mild symptoms, im soo scared i dont know wat to do... i suffer from paranoia which doesnt help, i also have mild depression sometimes it gets pretty bad so i drink alot to distract myself and try to make myself happy.. When i try and sleep sometimes i have jilts like im being electricuted and i shake... i get pins and needles constantly and experience huge doses of pain.... please tell me at to do im terrified, im turning 20 in 2weeks and im so scared im goin to die before i get there... :( help me