Does anyone else experience mild heart palpitations?

[Writer]

Especially when you're very tired?

[Inchworm]

1. Only when I think of loooove

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Writer!

Oh, indeed yes...

I often have them at bedtime...

My cardiologist suggested that I take some Magnesium Oxide (MagOx) to help it...

It does, for me...

But I also have a small mitral valve prolapse...

You might want to get checked out in case you have one too. They're not normally a cause of concern, but you should know if you have one.

:hi:

[Writer]

3. When I was 20 I had a very strange incident...

I had consistent palpitations during my senior year of college. They got worse and worse until one night I woke up, gripping my chest, panicking because my heart felt like it had stopped three or four times in a row. For a week after that, I couldn't stand upright, I was light-headed. I visited a doctor on campus, then saw my regular doctor in Dallas, as well as a cardiologist. All three found a short PR wave on my EKG. It cleared up after a while, but I have no idea what would have caused the condition. My senior year was extremely easy - I had very few classes left to take (only 6 hours) and was looking forward to graduating, so I don't think it was any sort of acute stress.

My doctor now performs an EKG a year and it has consistently appeared normal since that incident.

I periodically get palpitations, but they are rare and typically around bedtime. I just don't know if it's usual for a 33 year-old woman, who is relatively healthy, to have this sort of condition.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Yup

They were once diagnosed as premature auricular contractions (PACs), which are not dangerous or foreboding, as are premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).



At least, that's what the ER doctor told me.

[Writer]

5. Do you undergo any special treatment for the condition?

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Nope

I just try not to worry about it.

[Writer]

8. Cool.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Not so much

But, no medical insurance, so... :shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. PAC's can lead to atrial fibrillation...

And that's not fun at all...

I had a lot of PAC's, and now I take digitalis for them. They've pretty much stopped.

[MilesColtrane]

10. I started having PVCs in my mid-twenties and was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse.

I had to quit all caffeine. (That took a while.)

I still get them when I haven't had enough sleep, and lately I've experienced sudden awakening at night with a rapid heartbeat. (tachycardia?)
This usually goes away after a little time. If it doesn't, I'll do the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valsalva_maneuver">Valsalva maneuver and it goes away.

It's been 20 years since I've seen a cardiologist, and I know I need to go, but no health insurance. Waddaya gonna do?

[DarkTirade]

11. I did on my way home from work...

cop passed me and suddenly turned on his lights. After getting a ticket a couple weeks ago, I thought they were after me again. :P Turns out he musta been responding to something on his radio, 'cause he kept right on going.

[Maraya1969]

12. I have and especially if I drink too much coffee or get too nervous

Don't worry about them. Maybe try to meditate.

[Skittles]

13. yes; I have Mitral Valve Prolapse

they can be annoying

[Bertha Venation]

14. Yep.

Irritating, aren't they? :hug:

[lightningandsnow]

15. I think so.

I doubt it's actually a physical heart problem. Just an anxiety thing.

[tekisui]

16. I do have some irregular heartbeats.

The first time I noticed, it really freaked me out. I would just sit and wait for the next one. I was told it, alone, is nothing to worry about.

[lizerdbits]

17. I have the same thing my dad has had for decades

Mine never happen at the dr so it's never been observed by anyone else but me. Feels like it skips a beat and the next one is a big thud. They were more common for me in college when I was drinking a lot of caffeine and smoking a lot. I noticed they were more common on Friday afternoons when I was mentally winding down. They were almost non existent for about 8 years until I started having sleep problems, but even with that I will go a day or 2 without having one.