[lisad77]

hi everyone im a 34 year old lady with three children and getting married in june this year, i cant look forward to any thng be cuz my heart slows me down im scared every day. with my symptoms for years i have had chest pain and dizzy spells a long with feeling or being sick all the time. test show nothing but i have got a heart arrhythmia my heart goes quick then goes slow like 150bbm then go down to 44bbm i can feel it it makes me scared and i end up phoning for ambulance or going to a&e to be checked i do suffer from panick attacks and anxiety, im a worrier always have been im scared because doc say my heart is ok but i read arrhythmias can be dangerous and u can die of cardiac arrest. this scares me even more can any one let me know what there symptoms of arrhythmias are please.

[DaniRae]

Have you had a full heart work up? Have they diagnosed you with anything?

[Katie]

If you haven't been to a cardiologist then u need to go, otherwise if you have and he has said your fine but you don't feel fine, go get a second opinion. But all doctors take the heart very seriously and I don't think anyone of them wants to make any mistakes. Sometimes we just have to trust our physicians and realize that it's ourselves that are making our symptoms much worse. But that's of course once everything has been cleared by the doctor. I think everyone on these forums can say anxiety and panic make everything worse.

[lisad77]

yh i have hadmany ecgs. echo.blood work. tred mill test. 24 hour monitor test. they cant find any thng just arrtythmia. i hate it i feel like my life is over i just want to cry all the time. and i have been to many different doctor. heart doctors a&e doctors my gp u name it im paranoid. i always phone for ambulance or
go to hospital and its always the same fast/slow heart beat arrtythmia my sinus rythem is normal. im sat here now with my three kids scared shitless cuz i have got chest pain and tightness my throat is tightfeel dizzy and sick. im thnking do i ring ambulance to get checked or leave it and c what happens. pains in arms panacking.

[Jampot1084]

You sound like your having a bloody hard time at the min but you have been checked. Not all arrhythmias are dangerous. I know it's harder to say than do but if you work on relaxing you may lessen them quite considerably. I have been there and no doubt will be there again at some point. But the panic you are describing will be making your heart a lot worse. Tightness in your throat and dizziness and chest pain could be more likely down to anxiety than the arrhythmia. I went to the docs feeling anxious swearing blind I had a lump in my throat I was checked and nothing was there at all docs told me tightness and lump in throat is very common symptom of anxiety

[Chaoticdopey]

it happens to me also dont worry, at first i thought i had sick sinus syndrome but a holter rulled that out, my heart rate can go from 120 to high 40's, it is scary but i guess its normal

[CMoore416]

You need to read the book "Deadly Emotions"

[DaniRae]

That sounds like anxiety to me. My doc said that she doesnt even like calling PVCs an arrythmia. My psych doc said sooooo many people live with very benign funky heart beats. Its alot to do with acceptance. That is the hardest thing. Because I am sick, it makes me anxious, which gives me the left side chest pain, its vicious cycle.

[dr461]

Originally Posted by lisad77

yh i have hadmany ecgs. echo.blood work. tred mill test. 24 hour monitor test. they cant find any thng just arrtythmia. i hate it i feel like my life is over i just want to cry all the time. and i have been to many different doctor. heart doctors a&e doctors my gp u name it im paranoid. i always phone for ambulance or
go to hospital and its always the same fast/slow heart beat arrtythmia my sinus rythem is normal. im sat here now with my three kids scared shitless cuz i have got chest pain and tightness my throat is tightfeel dizzy and sick. im thnking do i ring ambulance to get checked or leave it and c what happens. pains in arms panacking.

Sounds like acute anxiety to me. What you need is some relief from it, in terms of meds, therapy, and relaxation techniques. Don't be scared.