My sister had an episode in the summer which took her to the hospital. She had heart palpitations and felt nauseous. They kept her overnight and did bloodwork which came back positive for cardiac arrest but then negative the second time she took it. It's a time sensitive thing though so perhaps the second one was taken after 24 hours. In any case she was to go to a cardiologist but never did. Lately she's been having heart palpiations all the time. The weird thing is it also makes her cough, kind of like she has to catch her breath. It can get worse when she is lying down. I'm trying to get her to go to the doctor but she procrastinates. Please does anyone know what this could be?
Heart palpitations with the urge to cough is apparently a common problem, according to this discussion. Many here reported that they have experienced the exact same symptoms as the discussion starter's sister. The member who replied first told that her problems started about two months ago.
It feels like my heart is catching and it makes me cough.
This is how she described the feeling, which many other participants confirmed later in the discussion. She also said that the cough and palpitations were usually worse at night when she was laying down, although they happened during the day as well. At times, the palpitations and cough were much worse than other times. She did EKG and echogram and the results were good. She also wore Holter monitor (heart monitor) for 24 hours but it only detected a few skips, most of those during sleep.
The participant who responded next also had a Holter monitor, ECG and blood work, but everything was good with no signs of heart attack or other heart problems.
In the following reply, the member said that he/she was suggested to visit the endocrinologist, who partly helped with the problem.
He diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and started me on Thyroid medicine. Surprising the hard 'thud' and cough has lessened back to a 'flutter' and cough.
After one month on the medicine, the endocrinologist sent this member to a cardiologist, suggesting that the symptoms might be caused by mitral valve prolapse.
Several other members also mentioned that they were diagnosed with Hashimoto's or other thyroid disorders (mostly underactive thyroid) and that they have experienced similar symptoms that involve cough and heart palpitations.
Certain cardiovascular disorders were also mentioned in the discussion as common causes for these symptoms.
The tests showed that I had a hole in my heart in between the top 2 chambers. The specialist said it was quite common and I didn't have to worry about it.
Another participant who experienced these symptoms also reported having a hole between atrial chambers, as well as leaky internal valves.
I was diagnosed with having Premature atrial heart contractions. It is completely normal. It isn't an extra beat, it is a "skipped" beat. Everyone has them but only about 50% of people can actually feel them when they happen.
Premature atrial contractions were named as one of the possible causes for cough and palpitations. Usually, premature atrial contractions have no clear cause and no health risks. In most cases, premature atrial contractions aren’t a sign of heart disease and just happen naturally. They don't require therapy.
My cardiologist said I could take medication to keep them from happening, but the side effects wouldn't be worth it.
Another participant in this discussion was diagnosed with Premature ventricular contractions, abnormal heartbeats similar to premature atrial contractions, except for that they begin in the ventricles - lower heart chambers - not in atria.
Some other causes mentioned in the discussion include:
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in the upper part of the heart
- Viral cardiomyopathy
- Hypokalemia (low potassium levels)
- Stress
- Too much caffeine, etc.
Several participants reported that symptoms get worse after drinking alcohol or after strenuous activity, such as the gym.
What do experts say?
Feeling your heart suddenly and unexpectedly starting to race or pound, fluttering or skipping beats is a sensation called heart palpitations.
Heart palpitations can be bothersome or frightening, but they usually aren't serious or harmful, and often go away on their own. Most of the time, palpitations are caused by stress and anxiety, or because of excess caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. They can also occur in pregnancy.
Sometimes, although rarely, heart palpitations can be a sign of a more serious heart condition. This is why it is important to see your doctor if you have heart palpitations, especially if they're accompanied by some of the following symptoms:
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Dizziness
- Fainting
The cough may also occur along with heart palpitations and could indicate a more serious condition, such as heart failure.
Possible causes of heart palpitations
There can be many causes for heart palpitations that can be related to your heart or not. Non-heart-related causes are quite common, such as anxiety, fear, or stress. Heart palpitations often occur during panic attacks. An imbalance in electrolytes (usually due to dehydration) is also a possible culprit. Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or illegal drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines can also cause fluttering in chest and abnormal heart rhythm.
Not only unhealthy habits can cause heart palpitations, but healthy ones, such as vigorous physical activity, too. Certain medical conditions not related to heart, such as thyroid disease, low blood sugar levels, anemia, low blood pressure, fever, and dehydration can cause palpitations.
Palpitations can develop as a side effect of certain medications, including diet pills, decongestants, asthma inhalers, and some medications used to prevent arrhythmias or treat an underactive thyroid.
Heart-related conditions can cause heart palpitations, including:
Conditions that affect the heart's upper chambers (atria), such as premature atrial contractions (PACs), which are almost always benign, meaning they aren't life-threatening or the sign of a heart attack in the making; or more serious conditions that affect atria such as atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia that both should be evaluated by a physician.
Conditions that affect the heart's lower changers (ventricles) such as premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) which are not a reason to worry unless accompanied by other symptoms such as fainting or shortness of breath. On the long run, premature ventricular contractions can lead to the deadly cardiac condition known as ventricular fibrillation.
Other heart conditions can also cause heart palpitations, including, mitral valve prolapse, myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart (myocardium), and heart failure. The latter two can result in "coughing spells", or a long-term (chronic) cough, which can be either dry or productive (with mucus).
Diagnosis of heart palpitations
Heart palpitations tend to come and go, so it is important to keep a record of the frequency of their occurrence, as well as to keep an eye on other possible symptoms that may indicate a serious condition behind this sensation.
In any case, heart palpitations should be evaluated by a physician who may conduct a series of tests including:
- a physical exam that can reveal telltale signs of palpitations, such as murmur
- a blood tests, if a thyroid imbalance, anemia, low potassium, or other problems that can cause or contribute to palpitations are suspected
- an electrocardiogram (ECG), which is a standard tool for evaluating heart palpitations
- an exercise stress test, if heart palpitations come with chest pain
Treatment
Treatment depends on the cause of heart palpitations. In most cases, lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking, cutting back on alcohol, or reducing stress, as well as self-help techniques, such as deep breathing, Valsalva maneuver, or splashing with cold water are enough to help.
If these not help, especially if some heart condition is causing palpitations, medications called beta blockers may be prescribed, or a medical procedure called an ablation.
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What symptoms have been reported?
- I have heart palpitations and pounding, dizziness, lightheadedness, fatigue (extreme), and have to be careful that I don't blackout when I change positions.
- I've had similar symptoms, although mine don't feel like they are in the chest, more like the diaprahgm.
- It never happens when I am standing up, only sitting, and mostly at night laying down.
- It feels like my heart is catching and it makes me cough.
- abotu a year ago i started having heart palpitations whilst i was lying in bed - relaxed not stressed at all.
- I used to feel like my heart stopped beating for a second and I would have to cough.
- I started having what I call a skipped heart beat in my 20's at times it is bad enough to where I have to cough so that my heart starts beating again.
- The chest pains are so painful and the flutter is so hard in my chest.
- I describe this as more like someone kicked me in the chest.
- I also had seve (thunderclap) headaches when exerting myself which stopped when I stopped exerting myself.
- But I don't feel stressed about too much, though it's already challenging.
- I have been having the same palpatations, feels like my heart is fluttering, and it makes me want to caugh, sometimes it gives me a slight headache and slight pain in my chest.
- I can get this when totally relaxed, I have also experienced a couple of times when walking a lot in cold weather that I get a pain in my chest and the top of my head.
- At times I feel I cant take a complete breath of air, and my lungs push against my heart as I attempt to breathe fully.
- The strange thing is my head has felt heavy, sort of a 'full of blood' feeling, or as if I were doing a handstand ever since the heart palpitations started 2 weeks ago.
- I also have a headache and occasionally feel pressure on my heart.
- So, a couple of weeks ago, I began to feel an onset of an unusual amount of missing beats.
- No real measurable, steady frequency.
- have had these symptoms since I was 11.
- the first time it happened I told my Dad that my heart had stopped, he said dont be silly.
- I lived with it alone untill an episode with my now wife when I was about 25.
- I kept going to my doctor complaining that I was having a hard time catching my breath, after about a year of this I was diagnosed with hypothyroid.
- Mine escalated a few years ago and that, along with difficulty breathing, checked me into the doctor who informed me I was 4 out of 5 in terms of heart failure, with 5 being curtains.
- I have the same symptons you say, specially at night, palpitations, and a feeling that I can't swallow or breath, but I can because if I lay quietly, I see that I can breath ok, You know I talk to my older sister and told her my symptons, she said that Is part of menopause, she had the same symptons almost like panick attacks.
- and when i lie down it gets worse.
- altough i sometimes felt weak at heart.
- and if i take a deep breath something does not feel right,,,shall i see a doctor?
- I also have these things happening to me except gets better when lying down also sometimes i cough so much in a day i get pain in my head when i cough, does anyone know what i can do to ease the episodes i'm getting about a week out of a month without coughing.
- I have had this on and off for probably 6 or 7 years now.
- The main thing is the big thud in my chest followed by a cough and a slight dizzy spell (and some anxiety).
- This usually happens off and on during the day and usually lasts for several weeks.
- Then it goes away.
- The last time this happened was August of 2007, and then it started up again last week.
- Feb and March were very stressful months, but since then things have calmed way down.
- My mother had it and I have it too.
- Basically she would feel for 15-30 seconds that she is going to die and by the time she went to a doctor all tests are normal.
- Trying to run errands and these exact symptems described above cause my throat to tighten and burn.
- Then push pressure in my head so hard my head aches terribly.
- It only happens periodically but when it does its very severe and very uncomfortable.
- I've been reading this thread and I'm going through like fluttering in the center of my chest also.
- Caused me to panic and I went straight to ER.
- She had heart palpitations and felt nauseous.
- Lately she's been having heart palpiations all the time.
- They started about two months ago.
- My husband does not understand why it makes me cough, but I keep telling him that it feels like my heart is catching and it catches my breath.
- Also, it is usually worse at night when I lay down.
- It happens during the day also, though, and at times is much worse than other times.
- I gave up caffeine completely (including chocolate) about two weeks ago and it has continued.
- Although It started last feb.
- with a couple of trips to the hospital.
- It can be random where nothing happens for a couple weeks then other times it keeps up for days at a time.
- Started as a Flutter when I was pregnant with my 12 yr old and progressed to a hard thud and cough as soon as two months ago.
- Would also happen mostly when laying down in the evenings.
- But I was also feeling very bad and having lots of strange other symptoms and going from Dr.
- to Dr.
- I have had this off and on for 13 years but since it is such a hit and miss thing that when I did talk to one Dr.
- about it she said it was my stomach.
- then i didn't have any for a while but recently i've been getting the palpitations again so i think i might go back for more tests to make sure it's not getting worse.
- not sure if this is much help but it sounds similar- i couldn't breath sometimes and actually lurched forward out of bed to catch breath which was quite freaky.
- but mainly it happened when i was at my most relaxed.
- coughing with skipped beats.
- I've had runs of this in the past, but never constant.
- At 42yo, they have now been present every single day for over a week.
- They do NOT get worse when lying down though.
- im 14 and have these symptoms but it dont happen when im lying down
- It felt like my heart had stopped for about a second, and a cough was just pushed out of me.
- Well, I'm 35, haven't smoked pot in many years, and I can say this condition has never left me.
- I've had periods where it happens so rarely that I forget about it, and then other (like now) where it's a daily occurence.
- It gets worse when I drink alcohol, and I've made several efforts to try to do the right thing and go to the gym, but after about 12 minutes on the treadmill--boom.
- It happens.
- It sucks, and I feel like it's getting worse.
- Back in 04' (I was a healthy non smoking, non drinking 24 y/o) I drove myself to the hospital because my heart felt like it was fluttering every other beat.
- It went away an hour later, but I had heartburn for the rest of the week, and felt sick.
- Now on occasion, maybe once a week, I will get the 'thud' in the chest and have to cough.
- There has to be a connection with the heartburn, because all day today I have been feeling it.
- I had been having heart palpitations every day and night for the last 2 weeks.
- Also, I am short of breath, to teh point of panic, when lying down.
- They started one day when I had horrible food poisoning and an especially heavy cycle.
- The palpitations actually haven't gone away, and have even gotten worse.
- The last 2 nights in a row I haven't been able to sleep because it CONSTANTLY palpitates (for up to an hour) with coughing and dizziness.
- I sit up, and I'm fine.
- They seem to happen most when I'm relaxed and/or lying down (although not always).
- Its funny, I have been having heart palps for about a year now.
- if I am feeling my pulse, the skipped beats are detectable that way, but I also feel "flopping" im my upper abdomen and sometimes a strange weakness inside my body.
- Still a little coughing and palpitating, but not like before.
- My heart issue has been occuring for years now but not with as much frequency as I have read on other posts.
- I had the same issue with heart palpitations and having to cough to get my breath.
- A few years ago I became concerned with this same heart skips a beat, creating a thud I guess when it restarts, and creates a need to cough thing.
- It's not in the throat like irritation, not sure what it is, more like a quick blow to the chest or back would do to you.
- I am a 27 year old female and have been having similar symptoms for about 4 years.
- I first noticed it during a period of high anxiety, but my most recent episodes have occurred when I have been pretty stress free.
- I have not noticed it to be worse when I lay down, though it has bothered me on the not as good days.
- I also have shortness of breath, and it seems to be worse sometimes after I eat.
- I am a 30 year old male and recently I began experienceing heart palpitations as well.
- I've actually experience them since I was in my early 20s but they happened very very VERY infrequently, once a year perhaps.
- Recently (figures it would happen when I turn 30), I began to get them more frequently, 2-3 times a day.
- They happen when I am relaxing (sitting or lying down) and when they occur I have the urge to cough, sometimes I won't cough, sometimes I will but the cough "reflex" always occurs.
- It feels like my heart has stopped and that it is "reminding" itself to start again with a very forceful beat.
- Another thing I've noticed with the recent occurances of these palpitations is that sometimes there is an adrenaline rush associated with the palpitation that makes it difficult for me to sleep, I'm not sure if this is caused by my anxiety or the palipitation.
- The earlier occurances of this palpitation (back in my early 20s) didn't have this adrenaline rush.
- I have been having similar symptoms for a few weeks - with palpitations ("skipping a beat") several per minute, not always with the adrenaline rush, but occasionally.
- I also started it in my early 20's (hmm.
- but if I don't take my magnesium, it sure gets a lot worse.
- My doctor contributed them to stress combined with extremely low blood pressure, but recently they have become worse.
- It happened the first time when I was pregnant at 15.
- There have been years when I didnt have any, but they have become more persistant within the past 3 years (since I started my current job).
- My palpitations seem to get worse and last longer when I am sitting or lying down and I start coughing to catch my breath.
- But I have noticed that since I have stopped the supplements and yoga I am having them often again.
- My heart "bounces" and I cough.
- (I'm a college student, I need caffeine sometimes) This for me is a more recent occurrence.
- It mainly came in the form of a heavy heart beat when trying to sleep.
- At about age 24 I started getting the "flip-flop" feeling followed by the hard beat and a cough.
- I have been suffering badly for the last 6 months and finally (!) and having a 4 hour stress test done to try and find the cause.
- I have the same thing but again, it doesn't get worse when I lay down.
- I had a very active morning and filled the monitor up with 10 events in about 2 hours.
- When I get the palpitations, I almost always feel the urge to cough.
- I have the same symptoms, skipped beats, coughing and freaking out!
- I've had this problem since i was about 12(that i remember) a thud or flutter that makes me cough.
- It has happened while exercising a few times but i just slowed down for a minute?
- heart palpitations with urge to cough etc.
- female, and I occasionally experience these heart "catches" and it's associated cough reflex.
- It used to freak me out, although I never usually get more than one a day, although once or twice they were pretty bad for about an hour.
- :-) Anyway, my PVCs have lately gotten a lot worse.
- That's really hard, though, when you're trying to fall asleep and you can feel your heart beating hard!
- Just turned 60, had this so bad for the last two months.
- Then this started and many nights it keeps me awake all night - basically my heart goes beat beat beat for 10 or so beats then thud.
- It does seems to be worse after lunch and dnner and when I go to bed, so I wonder if it is something to do with caffene, I only have one cup of coffee a day but do drink a lot of Coke Zero.
- I've been having similar palpations for the last six months.
- Normally after a palpation and the follow-on cough, my throat is hoarse, I feel a bit chesty and I keep coughing as if I have a tickle in my throat - it then clears up within an hour normally.
- I am now in my 5th week of medication and they have started up again.
- I've been having the same symptoms as described on this forum: "skipped" heart beats and the urge to cough after the palpitation.
- When this happens I can get dizzy and have to breath kind of heavily.
- Had this problem for years doctors saying nothing wrong and me worried like anything.
- But same as most of you, I get palpitations and a very general rushed anxious feeling when I go to bed.
- When I do have these attacks, I feel a rush of adrenaline and once it starts it seems to continue very easily.
- I won't try to answer it because I've seen so many great answers, but would just like to add to the list of people with the same condition, and provide my personal details: 27, Male Smoker Recently Overweight (over past year) No stress Feels like anxiety because I'm constantly worried about it Exercise feels all right Doesn't worsen when laid down Occasionally lightheaded strong urge to cough each time Symptoms got worse when switched from smoking to electronic nicotine inhaler
- sometimes its in my throat, sometimes in my abdomen, but i feel both beats , one fast and the second beat cant keep up with it.
- The heart pounding doesn't hurt, but it is uncomfortable.
- It is totally involuntary.
- Hi every1 at the age of 16 i was told i had SVT (Super ventricular tacycardia), i was taken to hospital after i visted the doctor as i was having a funy feeling in my head light headed kind of thing the first time that feeling happend wen i had been out clubbing with my friends from work and i was panicking as i thought someone had spiked my drink, i had all of sudden got a funy taste in my mouth and my head went all funny, but then it happened for a few days after that.
- im still on the medication and im now 21 in 2 weeks, another think that is strange is before i took the tables i couldnt feel my heart beating fast but now i can and its good in a way as i can stop it as before i didnt know and its dangerous to let it keep beating so fast,, i have not yet fainted when my heart is going fast but i have felt very light headed,, my trick to stop it once its palpitating is to crouch down low or drink cold water or sometimes i hold my breath and push hard with the breathe on my throat if tht makes sence i dont use my hands on my throat but the breath.
- It doesn't hurt when the flutters happen, but I also sometimes get sharp stabbing pains in my chest near my heart.
- I am 33 years old and i started having the same symptoms in June and it scares me because it was prceded by a pain in my chest.
- Sometimes I get a bunch in a row and I feel a little light-headed, but for the most part, I haven't had any other symptoms.
- It litteraly exhausted me as if I had been chopping wood all day.
- I few times in the past I would be walking along and feel a weak flutter then the pause and feel really lightheaded.
- it sounds very hacking, sometimes dry and so painful, it feels like it's burning my chest.
- Sometimes, i also develop like an irony taste in my mouth that lasts for a while.
- then i felt dizzy and took me to hospital where they did all test but found nothing on ecg and bloodtest, x ray.
- My vision was also blacking out when I stood (not fainting, but almost) - the beta blockers seem to help with that as well.
- Throughout those four or so days there was no pain/nausea/dizziness just a general discomfort in my chest.
- I also get the "catching" feeling in my chest just before I cough.
- There is a feeling of pressure, and fullness in my chest during this time.
- I have flutterings, and it feels as if my heart is beating much faster than it should be for a short period of time.
- I will just be standing somewhere doing absolutely nothing that could be stressing me out and my heart will feel like it speeds up really fast, I feel nauseous and it throws me into some kind of coughing fit.
- As some other people have said, it feels like you've just had the wind knocked out of you (without the trauma impact, of course, but my lungs feel flat and I'm a little breathless during the episode.) It doesn't get worse when I lay down, that I've noticed.
- And having an episode freaks me out, which causes a mild panic attack, where I then hyperventilate, which causes the dizziness and nauseous feeling.
- It's almost as if my heart is struggling to pump sometimes.
- I had a car accident 5 months ago that shocked me so much that my chest was hurting for a week.
- One day my heart felt it had stopped, and I could see only whiteness, but the heart started again, and I could see.
- I get very nauseous and light headed.
- This last year I have gotten real bad.
- When I am ill is when symptoms are almost non stop as well as worse when I lay down.
- I feel like I broke something in my heart - not painful, but soooo sensitive with the palpitations and coughing.
- I'm really tired early in the evening, and I hope this adjusts when I get used to not having caffeine.
- Tonight I thought I'd choke to death after an episode.
- I went to the ER after feeling faint during a walk.
- sometimes I can feel my heart beat higher in my chest(just below my throat) I have a lead feeling at times-not constant.
- Back then however I would have only had palpitations and had to catch my breath.it developed to feeling tingling in my fingers to getting dizzy.All this gets worse when I lie down and now this coughing has started I've.
- The Dr said that it's just probably panic attacks but this happens when I'm relaxing and gets worse at night.
- He had to crawl up, litterally just to make it bc he was having those pains and fluttering and was coughing and trying to catch his breath.
- By the time we got onto the road he was completely out of breath and by the time we got to out porch he was completely exhausted and his heart felt like it was going to beat out of his chest and was beating very irregularly.
- At this time i am still having them with some slight chest pain on and off.
- I have had chest pains, heart palpitations and these episodes for years.
- Seems like my body would calm and relax my heart rate if I could ge into a deep sleep.
- I also feel this weird feeling in my heart when I lay down at night on my left side, it doesn't happen often, but when it happens I have to change that position and the feeling disappears.
- L ventricle contraction (think) and slight dizziness.
- Today the "andrenaline" Rush has been going on about 80% of my day.
- My husband has heartburn, but on one occasion it seemed different than the others.
- He was also throwing up a lot - nausea is a common symptom of heart attacks.
- When I feel the fast heart palpitations I feel light headed and at times I have felt nauseas.
- Not sure what will happen next but the exhaustion I feel is the most disheartening.
- Started with chest pains above left breast that went to my jaw and shoulder while pregnant on my last child.
- But since having him in August it's just gotten worse where some days they are constant but I also have discomfort around my left breast with it
- This coughing, though, just started a few days ago and it is hurts deep inside the chest to cough.
- I have been having episodes of palpitations and coughing,for over a year now.it can last for hours at a time sometimes all day.the coughing is so bad it wears me out.
- Ago,am coughing so much my throat feels raw.
- (Non smoker) Since I was a kid I would get sharp chest pains breathing in and would have to wait it out or drink water for it to go away. My mother would get the same thing as well, for example horsing around in the house or laughing too much then the sudden chest pain causing her to hold her chest like myself.
- Also, sometimes I will move positions, can't lay on my left side cuz it feels like I'm pressing on my heart and I will feel sharp pains but my right side I'm fine.
- My heart just felt wrong.
- Sometimes when close together and all day i expierence a lil headache at base of head, might be stress from worrying about it.
- But I've had terrible acid reflux and heartburn with this last bout and didn't think they were connected since I suffer from heartburn normally.
- I get it so bad that i could feel it in my throat and i also get a sore throat when it happens, but not all the time my heart flutters so hard i feel it in my throat and it makes me cough.
- However, this latest episode, I had noticed they were more intense and uncomfortable and I even got dizzy a couple of times.
- I couldn't sleep and was about to go to an emergency room because it felt like I was having to force myself to breathe.
- Every day I feel them and now I get episodes of chest tightening or feeling like I need to breathe deeply and it's usually accompanied by a sensation to cough.
- It's feels like my diaphragm has episodes of weakness.
- I felt like I was going to faint one warm sunny morning.
- I was very lethargic by this stage and even sitting in the car at the supermarket waiting for my partner to come out was scary because on a warm day I couldn't get a breath.
- Now, after 2 separate incidents of intense chest pain, I have this all the time.
- These symptoms seem to happen when I lay in bed or I'm just relaxing I feel this rush in my heart it starts to beat fast and I get dizzy and I feel weak my body feels a intense fatigue and I just feel weak and I feel ligh headed I don't know what's wrong with me I'm healthy and don't seem to understand how the doctors can't determine what's wrong with me.
- Everything I have been reading here sounds lust like what I am dealing with has been going on for awhile some times worse than others I have not been to the doc yet seems when I go it stops then when I leave it starts again been going on for while , but the last couple weeks it has been worse, I really don't notice it when I am sleeping tho I do wake up with a cough or 2 , wake up in the mornings with headaches some does worse than others, and I feel like all I want to do is sleep its hard to stay awake at work I'm on my feet all day long and at work all I want to do is sleep standing sitting always trying to figure out how I can sleep come home sit down I'm out, had my husband listen he looked at me like I was crazy and said ( what was that , that sounded really strange ) so will be making apt to see the doc, thanks for sharing the stories now I don't feel as if I'm crazy
- One day it felt like my heart was just flopping around inside my chest.
- It feels scary as it king of feels like heart, but it is weird that it is in my throat.
- It feels more significant than any other physical effects I've noticed from stress before.
- Back then when I had palpitations my chin and left shoulder/arm would hurt simultaneously.
- And every so often I get a feeling of euphoria while standing during an episode.
- I was also nauseated and fatigued.
- I get dizzy, feel faint and have to fought to make my heart stop bouncing around.
- I start to freak out getting dizzy fatigued faint heart beat.
- And in the verge of passing out.
- However i still feel tired dizzy and weak.
- However i still have been experiencing weakness and a hard heart beat and the feeling of coughing.
What diagnosis has been made?
- I just got diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome where I have an increased fast heartrate usually about 110 - 130 bpm and a low blood pressure.
- I was wondering if it was normal that I keep coughing when I have a PVC or APC, which I have already been diagnosed with.
- i was on one diabetic drug when this started i now have a daily medication dose of 15 pills and have currentlyhave had 4 stents in my heart and been diagnosed with CORANARY ARTERY DISEASE and on a transplant list
- My doctor said he thinks they were PVC's (premature ventricular contractions).
- I have mitral valve prolapse and everything you say is what I experience.
- The doctors said it could be stress or too much caffeine.
- He diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and started me on Thyroid medicine.
- After all my tests and meeting with a cardiologist, I was diagnosed with having Premature atrial heart contractions.
- I have had similar issues in the past, and the cardiologist I went to said it was vaso vagal syncope.
- This hasn't made my PVCs (it's what I was diagnosed with) Premature Ventricular Contractions.
- My thyroid is slightly overactive and I thought this what was causing the palpations.
- they diagnosed me with superventriculartacycarida.
- Finally saw a cardiologist, did echo & stress tests which revealed a hole between atrial chambers, also have leaky internal valves.
- He was diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy.
- I also have hoshimotos.
- i get these too had tests etc, I have extermly low ferritin levels which may contribute to it , This could tie in with your pregnancy?
- I have been hypoglycemic since a child and now diabetic as of last year, so maybe the meds I'm taking will improve the problems.
- Doctor and I decided it was stress related, 'background' stress if you will.
- I do have HBP and am taking Levothyroxin (sp?) for my underactive thyroid.
- Hi i am a 35 year old female and have had the same issues since i was 26 years old do not ignore these palpations as they could be warning signs i was a healthy 26 year old female with 2 children when i felt everthing you are feeling i did get tested they told me nothing was wrong untill just this past fall of 2013 i bacame so badly ill that i couldnt walk 5 steps to my front door and was at the point of passing out over a 9 year period my heart had enlarged and the heart muscle was so swollen and stretched that i was in CHF i was holding 22 pounds of flui and was hospitalized for 3 weeks in pretty bad shape after several days of testing i was diagnosed with DIALATED CARDIOMYAPATHY which is usually a silent killer to young physically fit healthy people young high school football players colapse on the field due to this condition you do not have to have high blood pressure , or heart palapations or any other health condition as a trigger for this and people need to take this serious every health fair that you are notified about with 25 dollar heart scans GO!
- it could save your life after an abnormal heart scan the sent me for a routine heart catherization almost 4 months ago before taking me back my blood pressure dropped to 51 over 46 and i was asypmtomatic to it (no symptons) while during that procedure they dicovered that my AC artery was 100% blocked and my Left Ventricular Artery was 90% blocked and my cirrcumfrence artery was 30% blocked like i said im 35 years old and i dont drink caffine im diabetic and eat really low carbs and im 169 pounds and otherwise healthy so you have to question how it got to this point ?
- He listened to my heart, and told me it sounded "very healthy" and sent me on my way.
- Its actually an extra beat, and then your heart pauses to reset.
- I have also had an echo gram and my results were good and I was told I had a murmur, but I didnt have the symptoms that I was trying to explain to the doctor.
- My doctor at the time suggested I have a heart murmer and placed me on medication.
- One stress test revealed that my heart does skip a beat in a regular pattern -- it's my normal & no worries.
- Another doctor told me "If you were overweight & feeling this, I'd be concerned -- you just don't have enough fat on you so your heart is virtually up against your breastbone & that's why you feel it & are aware of it."
- I kept going to my doctor complaining that I was having a hard time catching my breath, after about a year of this I was diagnosed with hypothyroid.
- The Dr said I was having ectopic heart beats that I had nothing to worry about.
- Everyone has them and they are harmless.
- I have this and I've been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
- I have lived with arrhythmia since my teens--only finding out last year that i have it.
- I've had the same symptoms as you all,I met up with one of cardiac doc at private hospital and he also did the same thing as holter,echo and stress test but failed to find out what is this,they call it extra beep or premature beep,I'm 39 years old,previously happened when i was 32 yrs but then i it cannot cure,one month 2 or 3 time sure occurred,I suspect maybe its link to our food.God knows.
- I'm 52 and was born with aortic problems.
- The interesting thing about it, however, is that finally at 70 she had to get a pacemaker because she was diagnosed with sick sinus syndrome.
- Im 46 and am told they are ectopic beats and normal for my age!
- Like dixongetsresults, I to have Hashimoto's, so I wonder if there's a correlation.
- I was diagnosed with PVC's.
- Premature Ventricular Contractions.
- His diagonise was that my heart is normal and structurally healthy.
- His advice was that it is mostly stress related or Caffine.
- He said there may be some unknown causes also.
- They kept her overnight and did bloodwork which came back positive for cardiac arrest but then negative the second time she took it.
- He mentioned that it might be mitro valve prolaps but with some reasearch nothing on mitro valve has said these symptoms.
- about it she said it was my stomach.
- the tests showed that i had a hole in my heart in between the top 2 chambers.
- the specialist said it was quite common and i didn't have to worry about it.
- It is completely normal.
- Everyone gets them.
- It isn't an extra beat, it is a "skipped" beat.
- My cardiologist said no one knows why some people are more sensitive to feeling them and some others are not.
- When I searched/spoke to doctors back then I was told there was no connection between the two.
- My D.
- said (when I had palpitations before sporatically) that it was stress, but now a combination of symptoms?
- I saw my endocrinologist a couple of weeks later and my TSH was out of whack, which he said was causing my palpitations (I'd been overdosing on my Levoxyl, so he lowered my dosage).
- It turned out, that this would take place about 45 minutes after I would eat and would come on even stronger after I had anything with caffeine.
- I seem ti have a post nasal drip also.
- I went to the doc for something else and mentioned it and he said oh your heart wouldn't make you cough, then mumbled something about being connected with the respiratory system or something like that and then said so yeah, I guess it's possible.
- The results showed a small Upper AV Block.
- My cardiologist stated that a human heart beats over 2.5 billion times during a normal life span and that when added up these "skips" only equal less than .01% or about 250,000 times during your life.
- When I was pregnant with my daughter, my cardiologist found my electrolytes (magnesium) were REALLY low and gave me IV magnesium, and told me to take Magnesium-Oxide (You have to get it behind the pharmacy counter, but it's nonprescription) It is just delivered more accurately.
- it hasn't made them go away.
- I am a 36 year old female and I've always had "panic attacks".
- My doctor contributed them to stress combined with extremely low blood pressure, but recently they have become worse.
- One ER doctor told me that I had hypokalemia (low potassium level) as well as stress and this could cause palpitations.
- I had slightly high blood pressure so I was recommended to go see an cardiologist.
- They testing me every which way but loose and found a very mild Mitro Valve Prolapse (MVP).
- My blood pressure was variant and was label as white coat syndrom (anxiety while at a doctor).
- I have been diagnosed with Ventricular Ectopics, which refers to the electrical system of my heart skipping a bit and this is what causes all my symptoms.
- It is what they call benign, or harmless, does not lead onto heart attacks, and is not increasing my risk of heart disease or associated problems later in life.
- My cardiologist said this is all relatively common and not to worry.
- I saw him 4 months ago as my GP said I had high blood pressure - he said at the time I did not have high blood pressure, my heart was strong and nothing was wrong (did an ECG, EKG etc).
- I had an appointment with a cardiologist, and he basically said that lots of people have palpitations and that this is probably nothing.
- My family doctor is now treating me with antibiotics for the cough.
- I too have this heart condition (whatever it is) I am going to be 40 this month (September) I was born with a Heart Murmur and yes I am overweight.
- I was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea in June 2007.
- heart started "skipping beats" and EKG showed PVC's.
- In the end I was told I had an extra electrical impulse in my heart, but not to worry about it.
- All came out normal but did show ectopic beats (with the exception of the treadmill test).
- The cardiologist said that I was normal and had nothing to worry about.
- i have had no tests because i am labelled with having had anxiety in past.
- The doc said it could be cafeine, or I could be developing asthma.
- These started about 10 years ago, although at that time it was quite unfrequent and the doc would say it was normal.
- I went to the doctor and that it comes from stress,a nd anxiety.
- Hi every1 at the age of 16 i was told i had SVT (Super ventricular tacycardia), i was taken to hospital after i visted the doctor as i was having a funy feeling in my head light headed kind of thing the first time that feeling happend wen i had been out clubbing with my friends from work and i was panicking as i thought someone had spiked my drink, i had all of sudden got a funy taste in my mouth and my head went all funny, but then it happened for a few days after that.
- he tested my heart rate and told me to go straight up the hospital as my heart was beating crazy.
- i said i eat loads of choclotte not loads but i did eat a bit he put it down to that.
- i returned to hospital a few times for check ups and had a heart scan and they told me I had an extra valve in my heart where it beats through to many times or somethin like that, but they did tell me i could ge tthat burned away but i really didnt need to wrry.
- I'm a healthy 23-yr old female, healthy weight (BMI is 21) and the only known medical condition I have is a mild case of depression/anxiety.
- When I was 4 or 5, I was diagnosed with childhood epilepsy, which I was medicated for until I was 9 and haven't had a seizure since.
- I am an active 33 yr old male with bicuspid aortic disorder.
- I was told at the age of 22 that I had this condition and depending on how bad the valve wears down depends on the need to get it replaced.
- i have had my share of visits to the ER and the only diaognosis given to me was that my heart beat from the botton to the top.
- i went to the er and was told that the cold could be due to a cold.
- I have had test after test and all come back fine except, when I wore a monitor for 24 hours, the doctor said I had a total of 531 premature or skipped beats.
- I'm a 35-year-old female with GERD and a panic disorder.
- Recently I signed up for a drug testing course but they couldn't use me because my lung function showed only 70% efficiency.
- I finally saw a cardiologist and was diagnosed with PVCs (premature ventricular contractions).
- I was told they are nothing to worry about, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
- I have these same symptoms and do have Mitro Valve Prolapse.
- The only new info I can add is that I have a sinus arrhythmia, a heart rate that slows and speeds as I breathe, though this is apparently extremely common, especially in children and is totally harmless.
- Interestingly I have always experienced quite bad heartburn and had a partial thyroidectamy when I was a teen, though thyroid function has always tested normal.
- I've gone through periods of having near-daily panic attacks, including nocturnal panic attacks that wake me form a deep sleep with the feeling I'm dying (fun!) I've learned to control them these days, but I still get these flutters that scare me so badly.
- In the end, I was stage 4 with cancer at 26.
- I now have mild mitral valve regurgitation, and POTS (http://www.dinet.org/index.htm) and many other problems.
- I was seen by a neurologist that just dismissed what I had (right leg weakness, leg convulsion and temporary loss of my toes movement), but after what happened to me, I don't back down, so I persisted and asked to be seen by a second neurologist who diagnosed me with a very severe vitamin deficiency (thanks radiotherapy for that) and if left untreated that could have left my foot paralized and symptoms getting worse all over my body.
- My heartbeat was fast, though.
- I got a sort of diagnosis of inappropriate sinus tachycardia and tried beta blockers (tried propranolol - it made me feel awful).
- When they pulled me out of Anethesia they said my heart raced.
- Put me on a Cardionet monitor for 3 weeks which showed I have a "flutter".
- The doctors wont refer me to a cardiologist because they believe its caused by stress.
- I had gone to a cardiologist who ran and EKG and they did see the heart "fluttering" so they referred me to a specialist and they did a stress echo and saw it happen as well.
- She explained that they are PVC's (Pre-mature Ventricular Contractions).
- Basically what it means is that the heart chamber doesn't quite empty out with each contraction so it causes the fluttering feeling everytime more blood fills up the chamber and it's usually caused by stress.
- (Think of it like a bucket and each time you empty the bucket, some water stays in it but the next bucket of water coming in is the same amount so it overflows some of the water prior to it being emptied out and that is what causes that fluttering feeling).
- and have been told by more than one cardiologist that it is PVC's (premature ventricular contractions).
- I have had the same symptoms: diagnosis was ventricular ectopy.
- My brother has been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder in which he occasionally has heart palpatations and my mother and I believe I may have it too.
- He was concerned that my heartbeat was abnormal, as I had an extra beat every now and again.
- I forget the exact diagnosis, but it was nothing to be concerend about.
- i have had these thumps and thuds for nearly 30 nyrs on and off they are very annoying i have hd 2 heart scans and my heart is structurally fine , i have parexysml atrial fibralation and i get a cough with them, they last about 6 to 10 hours once a month even with medication, i am told by my doctor he does not think they are a problem for me so please be assured noone as had them as bad as me or for as long , i am truying to accept them now as long as your heart is fine apparently they can go as quick as they came i hope mine do ojne day.
- my doctor said its just heart palpatations but my goodness so annoying.
- Just thought I'd update you all - my version of these symptoms turned out to be an allergy to amaranth (a type of grain).
- He also said it was stress, however, I am not stressed.
- I've always felt my heart jump off and on (had been diagnosed in childhood w/mitrol valve prolapse), but for the past month my heart feels as though it's doing summersaults, and it makes me cough.
- The heart attack plus beta blockers put me mostly right.
- Hi, I've had it to the point i went to the hospital and had multiple tests done the final conclusion was that it could be a short circuit in my heart.
- I have fibromyalgia & had shingles in July.
- After an EKG, my doctor told me I had PVC, and usually these are nothing to worry about.
- Okay - all went well with the heart monitor so I guess these palpitations are just hormonal fluctuations.
- I looked up this post because I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse last year during a particularly stressful time, of course the heart monitor that I wore for a week didn't catch it, but as soon as it was off, it would start again.
- The first said I had a murmur with an extra beat.
- He disagreed fully with the first guy and said "you're not active enough" and just because i was "thin" didn't make me "healthy".
- I get the same.I'm a 15year old male and have had this for half a year.i was kept in hospital for a week because they tought I might have wpw.
- The Dr said that it's just probably panic attacks but this happens when I'm relaxing and gets worse at night.
- He said they are PVC's and there is nothing you can do for them.
- A few months back I was told I had a sliding hiatus hernia and, having done some internet research, I now realise that the two things are linked.
- I than went to a cardiologist who said right off the bat that it was just ectopic beats and nothing to worry about.
- I went to his office 110% sure that i had a blockage or something seriously wrong with me but he pulled up the 20 page holter report and said that the holter monitor showed pvc's but nothing to worry about because it was still a normal rhythm .
- The official finding was that it is sinus tachycardia with pvc's and he gave me a beta blocker.
- Finally they have diagnosed that she has a deceased known as "AFib" Atrial Fibrillation - a most common type of irregular heartbeat.
- It occurs when one or both of the upper chambers of the heart – called the atria – don’t beat the way they should.
- I have mitral valve prolapse which I have had forever, just started having symptoms.
- I have read all of the posts on arterial fibrillation.
- I have it, and have had for years on and off, now it came back strong within the last few months.
- They said I have ear infection and bronchitis and possibly another cold/flu set it off.
- Then they thought my thyroid may be the problem, but I knew perimenopausal symptoms could cause that too.
- Palpitations, Cough in my case = Esophagitis I resolve it with Nexium 40 mg./day
- Late Stage Neurological Lyme Disease.
- it may be your stomach i had the same problems get tested for h pylori bacteria in the stomach and intestines
- I also suffer from chronic fatigue with a feeling of pressure on my chest and that is something I've been to a million doctors about and got really very little help other than finding out I had low Vitamin D levels.
- But I had low Potassium (and I had also worked out an hour before they started).
- He said probably pac's or pvc's.
- He said could be brought on by stress, but going to do some tests to make sure everything is okay.
- My son had CHF at age 24 that wasn't diagnosed until he was 25 and was so swollen, he couldn't put his shoes on.
- It turns out that I also have viral cardiomyopathy.
- Apparently in some families, there is a genetic predisposition to certain viruses causing myocarditis.
- While lots of people are exposed to the same viruses and are completely fine, for some people, they get one of those viruses and it starts to damage their heart.
- We went to the ER to check it out, and it turned out to be a full-blown heart attack, which was related to the blockage of several coronary arteries.
- He also has several gastric problems which include regular heartburn, but he is very careful to pay close attention to the type of pain he is having, which other symptoms may come with it, and what makes it go away.
- my husband has these symptoms from Sarcoidosis.
- I also have Chiari malformation and have discovered it affects the vagus nerve which controles the autonomic nervous system (I.e.) heart rhythm, rate and things of that nature.
- I have had these same symptoms since last year, ended up at the ER, ran bloodwork, quick EKG, and diagnosed with PAC'S, I've had these in the past here and there but not this bad, really scary feeling, the Dr said they are harmless and everyone has them but mine are more frequent and noticeable, I'm not satisfied with this diagnosis and plan to see a cardiologist soon, BTW mine get better when I'm resting, thank you all for your stories, takes the anxiety away a little to read similar stories, God bless you all❤️
- A few years ago I wore the halter and had tests at my GP but apart from a tricky name to remember meaning skipping or adding a heart beat he said no further tests needed.
- I have marginally high blood pressure (taking meds) and anxiety (taking meds), but my biggest issue may be that I have chronic sleep apnea.
- I am 47, in shape, play tennis, low blood pressure, born with a slight heart murmur but have little stress.
- I started having palpitations so I went to my regular doctor who gave me a Holter monitor to wear for a day I had some extra beats is what he said , describing them as pre-ventricular contractions (PVC) he referred me to cardiologist and they did an echocardiogram and a plain stress test.
- My gynecologist says I'm too young for menopause and thinks it's a GI issue.
- I have the same symptoms but later I was diagnosed with a fib tachycardia supraventricular
- I was told at the age of 20 that I had a murmur.
- Had an esophageal echo that showed the hole in my heart.
- It was the size of a nickel.
- Right between the left and right atrium.
- They told me that this problem is found on young people who have had a massive heart attack or stroke.
- I was diagnosed with a pregnancy onset heart murmur 17 years ago.
- I have the exact same thing, a few years ago I was put on a halter monitor and found out I have SVT or super ventricular tackicardia.
- My heart was heating at about 180 beats a minute constantly.
- I have had this for 8 years on and off it freaked me out i went to the hospital and they said it was 'pvc' premature ventricular contractions but it still scares me makes my hands sweat
- I have a murmur acting up.
- I also think it still could be caused by this root canal I had and/or a sinusitis infection they found.
- Having sleep apnea and using a cpap doesn't help matters either.
- I had a lot of strange small symptoms cold, ear problems, rosacea in my cheeks, psoriasis etc and also irritable bowel syndrome.
- The doctors said that it was anxiety, panic attacks and all kinds of stuff.
- He found a murmur also.
- She said that my blood pressure was up and that I should go to A&E because she said that my lungs sounded like there was fluid on them.
- When the echo was done they discovered that I had a lot of pressure between my heart and my lungs, and my heart was enlarged on the right side.
- I had a congenital heart defect and was in severe heart failure.
- I was also diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease Scleroderma (it only took 40 years to identify that) and that also causes some heart problems for me.
- I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's, so thought that might be causing it.
- Then I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance, and once I stopped eating gluten, they stopped.
- My doctor said I was having anxiety attacks and gave me Ativan to help.
- They said this could be stress and anxiety the cause to my symptoms!
- I have had the heart palpitations and found out I had a pericardio cyst on my heart, had it removed and two years latter the same thing.
- Only this time a much larger cyst.
- My Cardiologist said I have leaky valves as well.
- I was diagnosed with Graves Disease which went into remission.
- So, she said it was stress/anxiety.
- I do have a herniated disk at C5-6, which is impinging on my spinal cord.
- I have the same thing and I suffered AF and VT I see a cardiologist regularly after my stay in the coronary care unit.
- He said it's the change in pressure in my chest which causes me too cough.
- I wore a monitor, and they said I have a heart murmer.
- I recently had the same issue and found out it was my thyroid.
- They saw a few pacs.
- My potassium level tho was 3.4 which is a bit too low and that can cause palps.
- Took blood test and potassium still 3.4.
- I have atrial flutters due to a paralyzed vagus nerve which also control the peristalsis (pumping) of my stomach.
- I have what's called gastroparesis, my stomach is paralyzed.
- I been having this symptoms since young age, but many tests EKG, Echo EKG and stress test and nothing comes to the cardiologist to be wrong with me, hart beats are sometimes too fast or simply does not beat and make me cough, I can be laid down or sited.
- That happened to me as well but it ended up not being a heart issue, it was pulmonary I had a embolism in my lungs.
- The pressure makes it feel like your heart.
- I was put on a heart monitor and was diagnosed with PVC's(Premature Ventricular Contractions).
- Cause my mom keeps telling me that i might have hypoglycemia since i was diagnosed with low iron when i was only 9.
- And they said everything was fine.i did a couple of blood tests to check my red blood cell count and my glucose they said everything was fine except one of my specialis told me that i might have a blood vitamin b6 and b12 deficiency.
- My specialist told me that most likely its my poor diet.
- She also said i could have no symptoms at all and it could just happen randomly even when im relaxed.
- I get it from my diabetes it sux!
What medications and treatments have been prescribed?
- Toprol as I understand it is a drug that cardiologists like because it works well.
- He did perscribe me atenolol and ativan.
- I have bags of cough drops all over the place for when it gets bad.
- She gave me a 2-week sample of Toprol (a beta blocker) at 25 mg, but told me to take 1/2 a pill every day for 3 days and if the palpitations are still going on, to take a whole one.
- When I was pregnant with my daughter, my cardiologist found my electrolytes (magnesium) were REALLY low and gave me IV magnesium, and told me to take Magnesium-Oxide (You have to get it behind the pharmacy counter, but it's nonprescription) It is just delivered more accurately.
- He also said I could try CoEnzyme Q10 which is a natural enzyme that can help cellular energy, and is known to help with heart problems including irregular HR.
- I was given some Toperal XL (25mg.) but it hasn’t helped a lot in the 48 hours I’ve been taking it.
- I have learned over time that Calcium/magnesium supplements do the trick.
- My doctor wanted to put me permanently on tablets to lower it but I wasnt happy about this.
- I do have HBP and am taking Levothyroxin (sp?) for my underactive thyroid.
- My family dr.
- prescribed 50mg of Toprol.
- Once on it for about a month, the symptoms stopped.
- It supposedly acts a bit of a bp med and also slows down the heart.
- i was on one diabetic drug when this started i now have a daily medication dose of 15 pills and have currentlyhave had 4 stents in my heart and been diagnosed with CORANARY ARTERY DISEASE and on a transplant list
- Im pretty sure it was the narcotic oxycodone that was giving me my symptoms.
- I thought it may be possie since I was previously on hctz(water pill) for high bp after I had my babies.
- My doctor at the time suggested I have a heart murmer and placed me on medication.
- Now on synthroid I am much better with more energy.
- The downfall to this is that synthroid can cause palpitations.
- My Dr also commented that the benefits of taking a beta blocker are not worth the side effects in my particular case.
- Stroke risk is heightened with afib so get checked out as is you have afib you'll need to be on a blood thinner.
- It is managable, also managable with drugs or by having surgery (heart ablation).
- Also some narcotic pain killers.
- I'm going to stop taking oxycodone, preworkout drink, and glass of wine before bed.
- Once I started on some Co-Q enzyme and it helped.
- I got a different kind this time with black pepper extract, I think its worse for the symtems.
- He told me to finish both bottles and I did.
- Everything stopped and stayed gone for more than a year.
- I have the same problem with heart heart palpitations which makes me cough and when i lay down it becomes so much worse.So i read up on a guy who has the same problems and he was taking potassium & magnesium which took away this problem but only when he took the supplement potassium and magnesium,so i went to cvs got my me some potassium + magnesium and it worked in less then 1 hour i hope this helps u guys im going to see a doctor soon but been taking the supplements and it does help takes away heart palpitations and coughing :U
- but its only when u take the supplement it works for the day and its safe.i been taking potassium & magnesium and in the first hour it all goes away but only when u keep taking it.it helped me i was having heart palpitation for weeks and when i took this stuff it worked so i couldnt get some sleep cause of this problem this really helps but a little now and then u will get it but not like every 5 or less minutes i would get heart palpitations in the morning now and i take my potassium and magnesium and in 1 hour it goes away for the day so i hope i was of some help gl guys im going to see the doc soon and i hope to get better and hope for u guys get better too
- Magnesium won't hurt, try it.
- I tried eating a banana and already had magnesium.
- What you could have is a heart valve that is slow in closing at times.You can control that with COQ10.Get a 32oz drink container and drink one full of water each morning.Cut out the Coke and Pepsi drink's.Cut back on the coffee.Along with the water take 100mg of Ubiquinol.Our body converts COQ10 to Ubiquinol.I use the brand that GNC has.Try it for two week's.if it works,you can look for a less expensive one that work's.Drink plenty of water during the day.Stay away from sport and engery drink's.JUST PLAIN WATER IS THE BEST>
- COQ10 will regulate the heart and keep it in rythm.Also drink plenty of plain water.Soft drink's and other liquid does not count.Why,because your digestive system has to seperate everything that we eat and drink.If it does not have enough water,it will get some from your blood.Blood minus water becomes thicker.Thicker the blood the more pressure the heart has to build up.
- Our boady need's COQ10 for maney use's.COQ10 is converted to ubiquinol.
- I take 100mg of ubiquinol that can be purchased at GNC.Try it and if it work's for you,go on line and you might find a better price
- He only changed my Medication from one table to another for Hyper tension.
- It does not seem to make sense that cough meds could help, but they do.
- He diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and started me on Thyroid medicine.
- It has been one month on the medicine.
- She said I could take medication to keep them from happening, but the side effects wouldn't be worth it.
- I saw my endocrinologist a couple of weeks later and my TSH was out of whack, which he said was causing my palpitations (I'd been overdosing on my Levoxyl, so he lowered my dosage).
- I was put on a low dose of a beta blocker, and it seemed improve my symptoms alot.
- My cardiologist didn't want to put me on medication, and said that most people with this issue just accept it.
- I've been taking 1/2 for 4 days and they're a LOT better.
- My Dr prescribed Protonix, which is for acid reflux.
- I also take a med called Flecinaid.
- but if I don't take my magnesium, it sure gets a lot worse.
- When I take a potassium supplement or eat lots of bananas, it actually seems that I dont have the symptoms as much, (may be psycological).
- Taking bananas and potassium supplements (available at most drug stores) will help reduce palpitations because many palpitations are caused by low potassium and/or low calcium.
- Since the palpitations have increased since you stopped taking supplements and doing yoga, why not start doing those things again?
- I have read potassium and magnesium suppliments will help.
- I had a relative get result with a suppliment called L'carnitine (not sure on the spelling).
- I am going to try this, and also I am looking into something called Hawthorn Berry supplements, as these have shown results with helping heart rhythms too.
- Ps, the doc said there are BetaBlocker medications that can be used, but only recommends them if the palpitations are interfering with my lifestyle.
- I myself feel much better having read all this and intend to exercise more and look into potassium supplements.
- I took Dayquil once in 2004 since I had a bad cold and needed to go to work.
- A few hours later I was in the ER with crazy SVT.
- I've had SVT only a few times since then -- when I was given a dose of Prednisone, when I got in an argument with my dad at my wedding rehearsal dinner, and right after my mom's funeral.
- I am now in my 5th week of medication and they have started up again.
- My family doctor is now treating me with antibiotics for the cough.
- I do take anti-axiety medicine.
- The dose may need to be adjusted.
- I was given Toperal XL then too but once I found out I wasn’t going to drop over dead, the palpitations stopped.
- During the allergy seasons, I normally take some a half a pill of Allegra-D.
- I don’t have seasonal allergies and even when I have a cold, I don’t like taking antihistamines or decongestants.
- I really feel pretty “drugged up” if I do.
- If you Google side effects for Allegra-D, it lists abnormal heart rhythms, Heart Throbbing or Pounding, and coughs as possibilities, however.
- As some others have said cough drops and medicine do help.
- I have cut cafeine (have had a withdrawl headache for two days) and am using Advair inhaler.
- Once I began taking pills for panic attacks they I didnt get them as much.
- i went to the hospital and had a ECG the doctor took me into a room and i was given loads of drugs to slow it down, i tell you now i couldnt feel it goin fast at all i could of run the marathon i felt fine!
- I left hospital the next day with some tablets to take VERAPAMIL!
- Eventually with anxiety medication and finally convincing myself they weren't life threatening they went away almost completely for about six years.
- About a year ago I was put on a beta blocker for high blood pressure, I didn't have any syptoms for 10 months, but they have recently returned.
- They seem worse now and seem to take my breath away at times.
- i had to take some meds because i got so anxious and they really help me to calm down but the heart palpitations did not stop for me.
- I got a sort of diagnosis of inappropriate sinus tachycardia and tried beta blockers (tried propranolol - it made me feel awful).
- Eventually I was put on metoprolol and dose adjusted up to 150mg/day - it has nearly gotten rid of the palps completely (along with the fast heartbeat).
- My vision was also blacking out when I stood (not fainting, but almost) - the beta blockers seem to help with that as well.
- Im 24 and had an incident last year Nov where i used extra adderall which is an amphetamine to stay up and study for final exams.
- After work i ate another adderall to go take the exams .
- when i got to my car i couldnt breath, had a rapid heart beat, palipitaions, and my vision was blurry and i was light headed.
- I have taken meds for stress with no changes.
- I am starting to believe i have caused heart failure from the use of the amphetamines and would like to take a stress test but the docs are being difficult.
- over this past summer i started having heartburn and had to take medicine every day to prevent it.
- I'll go when I go, no point in ruining my time with too much worry I guess :-) Magnesium supplementation in the evening seems to really help.
- I am also extremely sensitive to certain medications and energy drinks, for example cough medication and Red Bull energy drink.
- When I have taken these I have found that my heart beats extremely fast and I have had to lie down as I feel so bad.
- I remember many years ago when I was a teenager and diet pills were the rage, I had the same racing heart when I took them.
- Take the magnesium.
- It works.
- When they start to really bother me (feels like my heart is thumping when pulse skips a beat), I quickly take magnesium supplements.
- I think I'll try the CaMg.
- She's on some special medication specifically to reduce the chances for a heart arrhythmia.
- The heart attack plus beta blockers put me mostly right.
- I was taking adderall for ADHD for years when it stared happening.
- - had the following tests: full blood workup (all electrolytes, enzymes, and other levels all normal), electro cardio gram (shows repeated PVCs), echo cardio gram (ultrasound shows PVCs but nothing damaged, or abnormal, also blood flowing correctly), drug-induced stress test with lexiscan (normal, in fact, I was able to relax and cause the heart rate to decrease), chest x-rays, heart monitor, overnight stay in telemetry unit at hospital (while it was very active) - they gave me: Magnesium Sulfate, and tons of other meds.
- meds I take: synthroid, metformin, glyburide, baby asa, B-12 sublingual.
- I take a beta blocker at night to calm the palpitations down a bit.
- The official finding was that it is sinus tachycardia with pvc's and he gave me a beta blocker.
- At night when i am really calm (without the beta blocker in my system for days) i can get 120/81 with 70-80 pulse.
- Cough drops help do not understand that.
- I had been slowly dehydrating myself by not drinking enough water with fiber supplimentation for many months I was in a vulnerable state increasing the potentcy of the Co Q10.
- Wriggley's gum helps with the coughing and I've started on beta blockers.
- Thought it was the flu, and/or medications I was taking.
- Gave me inhailer and ear drops.
- Some weeks it's worse than others and, I do not drink a lot of caffeine, drink or smoke nor do I do any drugs (recreational, prescribed) Sometimes I must take over the counter such as Advil or migraine medication.
- so I declined a thyroid script and take a low dose of L-tyrosine from the health food store most days.
- Palpitations, Cough in my case = Esophagitis I resolve it with Nexium 40 mg./day
- Previously I was reading up on the internet them started taking potassium supplements and my palpitations went away completely.
- So I went and got some potassium, and calcium+magnesium+zinc supplements as well as a co-Q10 supplement (the last two just for the heck of it) the next morning and took them.
- After drinking my morning coffee no flip-flops - huge change from yesterday (which was so bad I was really freaking out) I conclude at this point my lifestyle choices definitely require mineral supplementation.
- I just went out and bought a Potassium supplement and have been eating bananas every day.
- I take lysinopril for high blood pressure, water pill and metformin for diabetes.
- I was also put on metoprolol (toprol) first 12.5 then 25 mg.
- put me on a beta blocker which relieved my symptoms for a couple of years.
- I will get some cough drops to see if that helps.
- In my mid-thirties, I read about a New York Giants player that was experiencing a similar issue and it was traced directly to the cold medicine he took.
- I tried the same thing, beginning with any medication that contained ephedrine or pseudo ephedrine.
- Had my BP med changed numerous times now, and I am just getting tired of trying new ones all the time.
- I have tried cough mess and cough drops even tried rubbing my chest and throat with bicks vapor rub,but it didn't help.
- I too offered medication but was told side affects bad.
- I take medication for it but the fluttering and coughing seems to be getting worse.
- I have experienced this when I've taken phentermine for weight loss AND had a caffeine drink like green tea.
- at the moment I am taking magnesium powder and it's work I will b seeing a cardiologist soon hoping to get answer to this problem .
- I am 69 and have had the same problem having ECG tom, but the only thing i have been drinking the last three months is tonic water it has quinine in it , i looked up about this and the side effects that it can give you including .Irregular heart Rhythms.
- tinnitus in the ears, many other things, so i am wondering if this can be the cause.
- I'm on Metorporol and Verapamil and its been helping, but then it came back after awhile.
- Little funny you mentioned cough drops.
- That is what I do even when I'm sleeping.
- My Dr gave me a blood med and it stopped ot.
- Also magnesium is a good supplement that helps .
- I am on medication for the weak side (left) to help it to pump (very effective) but still get weird symptoms from time to time.
- My doctor said I was having anxiety attacks and gave me Ativan to help.
- Oh and you might consider taking a baby asprin or two daily.
- Th3 cardiologist will most likely want ro start you on blood thinnwr like warfarin, but ive had my afib for 6 years or more and im 55 and all i take is 2 baby asprin daily.
- My doc gave me an Rx to correct my cycle and one for antidepressants.
- Took the antidepressant for a couple of month, not my thing.
- CO Q10.
- TAKE SOME FAT WIT Q10.
- CO Q10 IN A LITTLE OIL.
- They gave me 2 huge potassium pills.
- I had taken a water pill, that depletes the potassium.
- I was also taking Lisinopril for 6 months and that can cause palps.
- I was put on a very low dose of high blood pressure medicine(my blood pressure was 120/70 before the medicine) and i was concerned it would drop my blood pressure and create other issues.
- I cut out my allergy medicine.
- I had same , find mold in my house ,today you can do test from your blood see if any mold in your blood stream, I got treated with ampiteracin b , then all symptom where gone, I'm not a dr , that's my experience only
- Also, stay clear of medical stimulants like epinephrine, which causes the heart to speed up.
- Be very careful with dental numbing agents and cold medications too, which often have stimulants in them.
- I have the same symptoms and have had various anti arrythmic drugs some made it worse though.
- They subscribe me Xanax to help me sleep but I never took it because I didn't like the way it felt when I would go to sleep for 5 minutes it seemed but wake up 6 hours later it was like I was losing time.
Verification Claims & Medical Studies
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Taking bananas and potassium supplements (available at most drug stores) will help reduce palpitations because many palpitations are caused by low potassium and/or low calcium.
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001179.htm
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/.../.../UCM229033.pdf -
Hi, there is a connection with coughing and heart failure - so it is important to really get checked, and double-checked.
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000113.htm
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/heart-arrhythmias-and-palpitations
https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/heart-valve-disease-risks-signs-and-symptoms/symptoms-of-heart-valve-problems -
I am chronically dehydrated and I have seen that the palpitations can be caused by an imbalance in electrolytes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357351/
In conclusion
Heart palpitations are common. They are often a result of non-heart-related causes, and usually benign in nature. However, heart palpitations can also indicate serious conditions, such as heart failure, especially if accompanied by other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, cough, fainting, and dizziness. As such, palpitations need to be evaluated by a physician.