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Sometimes my heart freaks out when I lie down.
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Before everyone says it, I went to a doctor when this started months ago, had an EKG and everything. Said there was no sign of heart issues, and bloodtests came back good too.
On to the point.
Almost every night when I go to lie down in bed, and some times when i get up form lying down in bed, my heart just kind of freaks like it skipped a beat then beats erratically, usually followed by a sensation of warmth flooding over my body and face. Some nights it beat a lot harder and more erratic than others, and really freaks me out.
To get over the situation I have to go back to how i was, if it happened as I lay down I have to sit back up for a minute. If it happened as I was getting up, then I lay back down for a minute, and its fine.
It only happens at night too, if I crawl into bed during the day for a nap I get no troubles.
I know I shouldn't be concerned about it because I've already been to the doctor and had everything cleared, but I just had a bad one just before I got back and decided to make this post because this shit freaks me the hell out every time it happens.
Should I just ignore it and treat it like an occasional cardiac dysrhythmia that my doctor thinks it is, what with my cleared tests and all, or is there something else going on that the doctor didnt consider?
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wow totally wrong forum, pming a mod to move to help and advice
On to the point.
Almost every night when I go to lie down in bed, and some times when i get up form lying down in bed, my heart just kind of freaks like it skipped a beat then beats erratically, usually followed by a sensation of warmth flooding over my body and face. Some nights it beat a lot harder and more erratic than others, and really freaks me out.
To get over the situation I have to go back to how i was, if it happened as I lay down I have to sit back up for a minute. If it happened as I was getting up, then I lay back down for a minute, and its fine.
It only happens at night too, if I crawl into bed during the day for a nap I get no troubles.
I know I shouldn't be concerned about it because I've already been to the doctor and had everything cleared, but I just had a bad one just before I got back and decided to make this post because this shit freaks me the hell out every time it happens.
Should I just ignore it and treat it like an occasional cardiac dysrhythmia that my doctor thinks it is, what with my cleared tests and all, or is there something else going on that the doctor didnt consider?
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wow totally wrong forum, pming a mod to move to help and advice
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Basically, eat a couple of bananas a day and try to knock back a bottle or two of power/gator-ade a day. Try it out for a week or two and see if it helps at all. My wife is essentially on a banana & powerade regimen. If she doesn't have them for a few days, her arrhythmia (artrial fibrillation in her case) is more pronounced.
It is not a "fix", by any means, but it can help to lessen some forms of arrhythmia. Besides, its not like having a couple bananas is bad for anyone anyway.
This is exactly the kind of information i was looking for, Thankyou. I'll pick some up tomarrow.
Cause I notice now with the previous 2 posts that I've not had any high potassium foods in my diet since this started.
Hopefully it is that simple and easily rectified.
It also happens to me when I've been moving around a lot, and then lay down very suddenly. Try what's been mentioned above, and try to also get into bed slowly (i.e. moving from an upright to horizontal position more gradually).
I have felt the same way before, but it was definitely acid. Try taking some tums and then see if that fixes it. Then look for a more permanent solution.
but they're listening to every word I say
Doctors can order holter reports for 24 or 48 hours, or occasionally even for 7 days. There's also event monitoring, which would have you wearing the monitor 24/7 (aside from showers) for 7-21 days to help detect issues that don't/might not come up during a holter reporting period. Event monitors automatically trigger for various common criteria, and can also be manually triggered at any time, resulting in a 90 second recording a cardiac tech can analyze and pass on to your doctor if it meets certain criteria. Or notify EMS if it's something life-threatening.
I, uh, work as a cardiac tech right now for one of the companies that does all that stuff. I actually do non-traditional holter reporting, so I end up analyzing 24-48 hours of EKG at a time and preparing reports for the doctors.
If anything you might want to request a rhythm strip and a good listen to from a cardiologist just to rule anything potentially serious out. When I wore the monitors, even though I felt the strange heartbeat they found nothing abnormal in my reports. But there are different types of arrhythmias from benign to drop dead serious. You are likely in the benign category, but you should get it checked out anyway just in case.
In the last 10 years have the symptoms get worse or better? Fmdid you find anything that helps remedy the problem or did it lead to worse situations like a heart attack or whatever?