"Spasm" feeling in chest, no pain involved - part 2

Hey, I got the holter results back and it showed my heart having 750 extra beats and flutters that I felt every freaking night and still do, but not as bad; well sometimes they're bad. I been taking organic garlic every three days to help relax the heart. I've been cutting them up in the small pieces ( about 4 to 5 cloves ) and its been helping me. I tried stopping anything that involves caffeine and sugar. I can't exercise much because it gets worse to the point I feel like my heart is going to malfunction. I want to tell you that my doctor told me they weren't life threatening, I wouldn't wish my feelings on anyone but man I wish he felt for one week what I go through and then he can tell me I have to live with these flutters. Stay positive and please try to cut down on the meds they seem to make things worse in the long run. Take them only if you need them. You will try anything to help you fight this problem I've been there and done that, try finding things to relax yourself and don't stay in a stressful relationship. The dooms day feelings are the worse and when they come I put a cold pack on the back of my neck and fight the storm. I know it feels so bad to go through this but I've been through this for ten years and I can't keep going to doctors for the same results its costing me too much in co-pays. I'm truly your friend guys and if you need friendship *Warning! Do not post your e mail address!* I'll be your friend and we can help each other out. I feel so bad for everyone on here because its a feeling we can't seem to fix and doctors just want to blame it on anxiety and to me that's bull!!! This is the thing, we get these feelings we look for answers; we stop getting the feeling we stop communicating and this is not helpful we need to share our good times as well so we can figure out what can stop these weird and uncomfortable feelings. I sometimes wish I could go to supermarket and buy a new heart but I can't so what do I have, YOU! Lets keep each other posted and I'm so sorry for not replying sooner my friend. Hope your doing well!

I also have been told that it could be simple partial seizures that aren't coming up in the EEG. There's a certain part of the brain that controls are hearts functions and if we have misfiring of our receptors we could experience these feeling. Our brains can sometimes misfire causing our bodies to feel these weird feelings. I sometimes get a weird feeling before these dooms day feelings come up. Also too much video games, cbox 360; ps3; iPhone; iPod game playing can cause seizures.

About one in 100 people in the U.S. have epilepsy. About 3% to 5% of those people have photosensitive epilepsy.

Children and adolescents aged 7 to 19 are more likely to have photosensitive epilepsy. Girls are affected by the condition more often than boys. But boys tend to have more seizures. That's probably because they spend more time playing video games, a common seizure trigger.
Play attention on how much your on your computer as well, all these things can send your brain waves to confusement. I don't play video games anymore because when I do it gives me a dooms day feeling the next day or days to come.

Hey everyone, 

I came across this site after researching some symptom's I've been experiencing intermittently over the past few months. A little about myself: I'm 25 years old and pretty fit. I do suffer from panic attacks, but I don't take any medication. I seem to manage them just fine without medications. I'm a firefighter/emt so staying in good shape is very important. Since about April of 2o11 I've been experiencing intermittent heart palpation's and strange chest sensations. The sensation I have is very hard to explain. I feel it in the center of my chest and it usually last about 2-5 seconds. When it happens I immediately start pacing. If I'm sitting down I jump up, which makes its extremely awkward when I'm around family or coworkers. It's a tight/squeezing/fluttering feeling I feel in the center of my chest. It usually takes my breath away, but I never get light headed. It scares the living c**p out of me. Since I got hired on the fire dept I have physicals done every year. They do blood work, EKG's, chest X-rays the full works. Every year everything is completely normal. I went to my family physician a couple months ago complaining of these palpations/chest sensations and he told me it was probably stress related. He had me do a stress test, which of course came back normal. I just purchased a home that has stressed me out some. Has anyone experienced anything like this? or know what it might be? 

Hi there,

I've gone through these feelings monthly sometimes daily. I know what your going through and stress does take a big part in our health and even the way our brain function. I notice when I'm in a tough situation or an argument my heart behind to palputate and its a very scary feeling most of the time I will have to stop the argument or leave. When I calm down it seems to go away. I get these feeling especially when I'm stress out, I noticed I cough when I get the strange sensations and it seems to help take them away or slow them down. I hope your okay and things get better for you. Take care and let us know if you find answers to why your having them. Thanks

James

Uno ive been on omezapro for a good while and i 2 have weird feelings in upper chest and throat mostly wen lying down have u found out nething on this

Hey! Thanks for posting. I just realized that I started having this weird sensation in my chest when I started taking multivitamins.

well i been having this crazy feelings in my chest for a long time, you know...the flattering, the cough, sometimes you feel it up the throat it makes you cough, little nausea, it hapens off and on sometimes with pain sometimes no pain scary as hell...and i olso have asthma and i notice when that happens sometome i use my inhaler because i  get short of breath, it helps a lot,however if it hapens a lot i cant use my inhaler everytime or i could have other problems so... it sucks ...it's good to know im not alone i feel for all of you. and yes i went tru all bunch of tests and nothing...STRESS...DEFINATELLY...good luck to you all and god bless :|

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I have the same thing described, only it's very infrequent and it's been happening as long as i remember. I went into the doctor and he asked me if it causes pain, or if it leaves behind pain, both of which were no to me.  I told him, it almost acts like i knocked the wind out of myself; I have trouble breathing and theres a painless flutter in my chest as others described "bump...bump...bump" and usually i sit up straight for a minute and take a deep breath or two and it goes away as quick as it came. But anyway, i described basically what everyone else has described to my doctor and he didn't seem to worried, and said it's probably just diaphragm spasms of the tube connecting to my lungs.

 

He said it can be a bit scary, but basically you feel out of breath and a bit of a flutter, then it just goes away. What causes it he said is a bit of acid reflux. If i recall, something causes this valve near your lungs to get irritated and spasm, and you'll have to catch your breath, then it will just stop. But what he described was pretty dead on with what happened to me.

For me it doesn't seem linked to anxiety or my heart. I distinctly remember once it happened when stepping down from a 1 stair step to lean over and pick something up and i stood up straight for a minute and as quickly as it came, it left.

Then another time when i sat down in my chair really fast it's like it jolted whatever is causing this and i had to sit up and catch my breath, then i was fine.

And that's usually how it happens for me. It's notably not linked to stress or anything for me, it's more physical like getting up or sitting down, or putting my foot down hard (i think i stomped on a beverage can, and it did it for a second or two). But yeah, no pain, but out of breath enough where i usually have to completely stop whatever i'm doing and catch my breath.

Hi All, I have had these same issues for quite some time. No doctor has ever figured them out. Spams in my chest with no pain, but scares the hell out of you. Can happen when I am walking after sitting for awhile. Happens a lot when I first lay down at night. Etc. You just can't seem to figure out if it is your esophagus, your heart, your values, your stomach, etc. I think there has be something to all these people having these symptoms. Also, amazingly a lot of people also suffer with anxiety who have this issue. After years of researching this I think it is a chemical/vitamin imbalance. I am trying magnesium supplements at this time and they seem to maybe be working. I wish us all relief from this condition.

I have the same issues. Mine started Jan of 2009. I'm 41 now. I've had it off and on for a year and then I went to the emergency room because the family doctors told me it was in my head. They checked my heart and they put an IV in me to calm me down Ativan and some acid reducer. I got better and they let me go home. Few weeks later...same thing. I went back to the emergency room and they ran a test on every part of my body that they could. Lungs, Blood test, Heart,c cholesterol, Gallbladder..I mean they tested everything. Of course everything came back perfect. Made me feel worse because they couldn't find what actually existed. They hooked me up to an IV again and gave me Ativan and an acid reducer. I felt better and they sent me home. Couple of weeks later another spasm. Went back to the emergency room and as soon as they put me in the bed my entire body violently cramped up. Couldn't move my hands. I couldn't lay flat because my chest tightened and I was bent over back wards on the bed and it felt like someone was ripping the muscles off of my bones. They took blood and found out I had an electrolyte imbalance. They put the IV back in me and gave me a saline drip and put Ativan and an Acid reducer to calm me down and came to the conclusion that acid sitting in my chest and having an electrolyte imbalance which regulates muscle control was probably causing my issues. So after they got my electrolytes in order they sent me home with ativan and dexilant for acid. My doctor gave me Lorazapam which is Ativan and I took it every day since 2010 along with a bottle of Gatorade each day. Now one spasm. Also I stopped eating and drinking by 8pm each night. I stopped drinking Gatorade a couple of weeks ago for the electrolytes and I've been eating and drinking up to 9:30pm the past couple of weeks and my spasms came back and it's lasted two days straight so far. I started drinking Gatorade again and I feel little better on day 2. Not back to myself yet, but it seems to be working

Hello,

To anyone who wants to save their lives take magnesium 250-500mg. Take them before going to sleep. Over 90% of people in the world are magnesium deficient and will die because of the lack of magnesium in the body. Stop the twitching in your eyes and muscle spasms in your shoulders and legs. Stop the heart Palputations. If the heart doesn't have enough magnesium to function right it starts to pull the magnesium from any where it can, from your muscles your brain or any place it can. Most pepple die because of the lack of magnesium there system. A blood test will not show if your magnesium deficient because they body is using whatever you have left from your muscles or other area keeping a good level in the blood which is where they'll do the test from blood work. People who get taking to the hospitals for a heart attacks are giving a high dose of magnesium to keep them alive. Please take this very serious and take magnesium and you will see the difference. If it makes you feel funny while taken them during the day; take them while you sleep and wake up to a new life.

Coffee, alcohol, sugar, caffeine will cause your levels of magnesium levels to go down.

I experienced same and went to see the doctor who prescribed some tests; ecg, ekg, blood works. They have all come out ok except the slightly thickened left ventricle due to high blood pressure. The doctor says its nothing to worry about but because i know about the high blood pressure i am always worried that the spasm is due to my elevated blood pressure...No pains from the spasm but just scary and before i can even place my hand on my chest, its gone....typically lasts about 1sec or less in most cases.

I take a proton pump inhibitor as my excessive stomach acid creates havok in my body. I attempted to go off the medication in favour of a natural remedy and the spasms/flutters came back with a vengeance. I was up to a flutter/spasm every minute until I went back on the medication. Per this thread I have been taking a multivitamin, and that along with the medication (tecta) has given me incredible results. I haven't had a spasm/flutter in several days now. This thread provided me support when I found it during the peak of my spasm/flutter issue and so I wanted to return and tell my story. I should also mention I am also subject to anxiety attacks and do have medication for that now as well. I hope this helps someone out there :)

Magnesium supplements work. For some days now I have been on it and it is greatly reduced. Thanks for the help here.

CHeck Vagus nerve .... I use magnesium and pitadsium before bed and calcium every two days .... got rid of sugar and white breads and starches ... HELPING TREMENDOUSLY .. I find the sugar or flour makes it worse... and gott stay posture perfect .... when I am on the floor reading or something and I lean over too far vegas nerve goes gwonky and send signal to my heart whcih gets FLUTTERY ( hopping in chest ) So Isit up straight and relax.... ) keep mind on the fact that YOU can CONTROL your body and that you will return the rate to normal ..:) make it happen