why does my heart beat so fast?

I'm 21 years old and here lately I have experienced some fast heart beats at sitting still, or trying to go to sleep.  Its very irritating when I'm trying to go to sleep, or just relax and I have to catch my breath because my heart is beating fast.  How should I handle this?? 

i'm asking if when does the heart beat faster ... ? =)

hi u should take the beta blocker every day,, not just when it starts to beat fast i have been on it too in a low does, for 20 years,, it really helps i have had all the test there is, i sometime get a feeling of a missed heart beat, as well as fast beating

i have the same problem, but i realise that taking too much food also cause heartbeat fast, so i reduce eating to much food,an i stop taking hot food.

i hav also the prblm lyk datt...n it makes difficult on walking as well as in brethingg..whatt is it?????

I have had the exact same problem. Drs say panic attacks..I don't think so cause most times i'm not thinking about anything or just sitting around doing nothing. the only thing that helps is laying on my left side. seems to throw everything back on track. i really think its my diet at this point. cause after i eat i feel my heart rate up but not as high as when it is beating out of my chest for no reason.

Stress is the problem for most of you .. Be happy at all times and just don't think about your hear beats..

Hi all, I am 53 years old and have suffered with the symtoms of a rapid heart rate, highest +/- 220 bpm, since age of 16. Have been tested by cardiologist and told it was due to a rapid release of adrenaline into my body and I would grow out of it by 24 yrs of age. Best suggestion for stopping the rapid rate is try making myself vomit, use a spoon (metal) to irritate the rear of throat. doesn't always work, but does no harm. main thing don't stress if you feel okay apart from the pulsing of your body to your heart beat, it has not killed me yet.

Hey um 14, i do have rapid heart rate for no reason sometimes, i whent to the hospital... turns out i have SVT. not dangerous, just scary. i take pills, TOLOXIN. it dosent stop it but prevents it. Go check it out with your doctor. you may have the same condititon as me, Hope this helped. :)

Most of you say that it happens after you eat; have you ever been tested for food allergies? Perhaps celiacs disease? It means that you are allergic to gluten, a protein in wheat, rye and barley. I also have this issue, and it happens after I eat or before I go to bed. However, since I have been eating gluten free, it has happened maybe once or twice in the past 6 months, which is a big improvement for me.

I am 18 as well and I have almost the same exact thing it seems to happen when I think or worry about it and sometimes randomly I went to a doctor and he thinks it's anxiety but I'm not sure I've also notice when it happens my hands get sweaty and I get hot flashes I've cut out caffeine and fatty foods and have started eating a lot of fruits and vegetables. And when I'm at school its almost unbearable I can't even go anymore this is really annoying and I don't know what to do

Hello everyone...

My name is Jamie and I am 22. I have the same symtoms as everyone else here except my heart doesn't race after eating a meal, my heart is pounding like really pounding continously through out my days. It started about two weeks ago. Yes, I have had depression/anxiety in my past but i found ways to get over it without medications :)) but it feels as though my chest is going to explode with how fast my heart is racing, i feel sooo much pressure. I also have a few other symtoms: Random dizziness, blurred vision, tingling in arms and legs, random bruising ( I don't bump into things), severe pressure in my neck (occasionally), faintness....I have no clue whats causing this, and im scared. I looked it up in many different websites, omgosh it could be soooo many different things, but WEBMD.com states it could be diabetes, anemia( all different types),etc....So I went to the doctor they did blood tests, and I won't get the results til tuesday, and im soooo curious at what would be causing all my symtoms

 

Im 15 and i have my heart go so fast that it scares the hell out of me. I used to run alot last year and my heart beat was normal but now when i only do a fraction of what i did last year, my heart beat goes up to were i think im gonna fall over and go into cardiac arrest. I feel.. i dont know how to describe it.... like pressure in my face and neck? But ive never had any of this happen until the middle of the summer. It scares me and my mother wont take me to the hospital cause she doesnt care. Some days my resting heart rate can be 70, some 80, one day it was up to 100. Help..

I'm having a heartrate problem, but it isn't as bad as some of what I've read here. I'll aknowledge that it could be because I'm about to move to an unfamiliar location for the next year, and maybe I have anxiety about that (though I really don't feel bad, just happy about it in any case). I've just never experienced this before. My resting heartrate is 108 bpm, and same as you guys, I notice it after I eat or when I'm trying to go to sleep. That may just be because I'm inactive and undistracted, not sure, but it is very distracting when I'm trying to sleep. I'm laying here doing absolutely nothing, and my heartrate is like it would be if I were briskly walking. I haven't been exercising as much as usual because of moving preparations, and I'm now kind of afraid to exert myself :/ I'm reasonably sure it isn't an indicator of something terrible, since my situation is a lot less unusual as some of these, but I had hoped to find an easy way to potentially slow it down. All I know to do is drink a lot of water and stay inert, but that hasn't helped and I can't seem to find any other advice.

It sounds like you have a heart sinus problem google it