heart flutters and palpitation

afrocuban · Newbie User Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2

new here. hope you can help. does anyone get heart flutters or heart palpitation from panic attacks? and does anyone have a few drinks to help them thru a panic attack.

I get the flutters and palpitation and it's the scariest thing. Been to the doctor and heart is fine. I also tend to have a few drinks no matter what time of day it is if I am going through an attack.

den1 · Newbie User Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 88

I dont suffer that much with panic attacks anymore but I used to really badly.
Yeah the heart flutters are quite scary but normal for some1 suffering from panic attacks, making the attacks worse because you panic about having a heart attack, stroke etc...

I used to get really wierd feeling I cant explain, like an electric shock going through me or somethin.

afrocuban · Newbie User Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 2

yes i get those really weird feelings to. the heart flutters and palpitations got so bad today I had to run across the street to the Pub and have a few drinks. i hate doing that but it helps me intensely.

Starry · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

Yes, I've had the palpitations/heart flutters too - As Den1 said, they are quite normal with panic attacks. They're horrible though!

SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 614

Wow, I've never heard of anybody else having that electric shock feeling, I thought I was alone on that lol. It hasn't happened in a few years, but occasionally I would get what felt like waves of electricity shooting up and down my body. When someone was with me during one of these episodes, they could actually see the hair on my face and scalp stand up as the electric feeling reached my head. Once I had one while I was playing a video game and the car I was driving began making turns on its own, without my fingers even touching the controls! That may have been a coincidence, but it never happened before or after that incident.

Personally, I think us social phobics have some kind of 6th sense that makes us aware of some aspect of life that nobody has been able to term or explain yet. Have you ever felt like you are ahead of your time? Like you're out of place in the current world? Maybe we feel so strange because we are in a small minority that has a tiny amount of some mental ability that is introducing itself into our race's evolution.

Think about the changes that have taken place in the modern world over the past few centuries. It is only reasonable that our brains continue to advance along with the technology that surrounds us.

Lol, wrap your heads around that you social phobics.

sam_teichmann · Newbie User Joined: Aug 28, 2007 Posts: 11

hey guys,
ye im going through the same problems. i guess my problems a little worse. before, i used to start shaking and my heartbeat used to go nuts at presentations only. now it happens even when im in front of people. i dont think we have a sixth sense "Silent Type"... its nothing but non sense and shit loads of it. there's gotta be a way out guys???

jessica41481 · Newbie User Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 33

how about evernight? is that normal? im stinkin desperate! it sucks. heart pounding ahhh! every darn night or in the morning. or if i have a bad dream then im really screwed.

joni · Newbie User Joined: Apr 14, 2008 Posts: 2

Hi i'm new hear and I was reading everyones posts about heart palpitations and being scared. I am right there too. I have panic attacks pretty much anytime I go out of my comfort zone of my house or my moms house. The part of the panic attack that I fear most is the racing heart and the palpitations. I have the added trouble of actually having heart disease which in itself causes my heart to skip. I also eventually need heart surgery to replace a valve. So when I'm having a panic attack I have actual fear of something happening to my heart. I am always worried that it is more than a panic attack and that it's my heart. This has sent my panic into overdrive and I have pretty much become obsessed with my heart. Constantly checking my heart beats and counting how often it skips. It is truely driving me crazy. It did help to hear that others have the flutters and the palpitations though because I thought that was just associated with my heart problems but i know see anxiety causes that also. I have been checked by my heart dr. and he has said everything seems fine. But I still get crazy doubts in my head. I'm sure being pregnant on top of all this has not helped my anxiety level either. Anxiety is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with

wyteboymagik · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:00 pm Post subject:

ask ur gp to check you for sinus tachycardia, alot of people who suffer from panic/anxiety have it, its treated with simple beta blockers Razz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_tachycardia

schmoopy · Newbie User Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 25

Yes, those symptoms are completely normal in conjunction with a panic attack. You're NOT having any kind of heart attack. You're body is reacting to the panic.

Nothing bad will happen to you physically. It's just uncomfortable.
Start calming down from the attack by controlling your breathing.

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