Does your heart go strange?

fluffy · Newbie User Joined: Jan 23, 2005 Posts: 34

lm still having trouble with my heart, l have had mass anxiety and depression, but lm s l o w l y getting the hang of it, with out med's(oh l am taking St Johns wort and that helping heaps, but l find my heart goes bump d bump d bump d bump then ddddddddd dump d and so on, but its still scarey my hubby tells me you have all these back up systems in your heart and they kick in when there is somthing wrong... but theres also so much pain in my chest. l have had an heart ultra sound apprently there was nothing wrong( mind you l come from the town where Dr death just left lol ,great! and all the doctors here are scary Crying or Very sad

..l would love to no if your hearts have played this game with your guys ? has it stoped? r u taking anything for it?

dan246 · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:

i forget the name of this but it is really common. i get them quite a bit. they scared me a lot at first but i talked to my doctor and he said there is nothing wrong. apparently some of his patients have this happen more than once a minute. try not to worry about it too much.

fluffy · Newbie User Joined: Jan 23, 2005 Posts: 34

Thankyou dan!

Crimefish · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:49 am Post subject:

Yeah, I forget the name too, heh, but I read that people who have them are less likely to have a heart attack. So lucky you. Smile

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Chilling__Echo · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

i think i know what your talking about, do you also sort of feel like you can't breathe for a second? i might be talking about something different but i've gotten checked out and nothing wrong.

Sarina · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject:

It's called Mitral Valve Prolapse. Here is a great link for it. Usually nothing to be scared about (although I was still very anxious whenever it would happen). It can only be diagnosed with a echocardiogram (which is 100% completely painless and non-invasive... like an ultrasound for your heart). The article explains about how people with MVP are also very prone to having panic attacks and anxiety symptoms.

Hope this helps Smile

http://www.consciouschoice.com/1995-98/cc093/hmd093.html

The drug they put me on to help with MVP and regulate heart beats was a beta blocker (Toprol). It helped me with panic attacks too cause a beta blocker wont let your heart race. The one drawback is that I experienced more depression symptoms when I was taking Toprol. But now I am off of the drug and free from anxiety thanks to NAET treatments (http://www.naet.com/)... plus my heart Murmur's have stopped. I still have MVP, but no longer any symptoms from it. Dunno if it's because my anxiety is gone or what.

lostwitness · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

They're called PVC's and there is nothing dangerous about them - they really scare me too though.

ppaul · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:

yep, i get them too. i think most of us do. ive heard so many other people on this forum talk about it.

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fluffy · Newbie User Joined: Jan 23, 2005 Posts: 34

Thankyou to everyone that responed,you all make me and my heart feel a lot better Very Happy

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l love this forum! and all my new friends Very Happy

FruitLooPs · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject:

It's probably just heart palpitation, rather than an actual deformation of one of the valves like MVP. Then again it maybe MVP I guess.

http://www.temple.edu/heart/html/palpitations.html I know I get palpitations when I am anxious or if something unexpected happens, anyway I think its pretty normal (although it doesn't always feel like it). Smile