Hi!
I know what you are going through. I, too, suffered that missing heart-beat that would take my breath away. You are suffering stress so that could be a cause. I cut out all my caffeine-no coffee no soda no tea..I have had not one irregular heart-beat since then. The scary thing is sometimes when the heart flutters it can send a clot and that's how certain strokes happen.
I notice that you wrote you just had a "hard" workout. Do you have a cooling down period? You know after,maybe, fifteen minutes of intense workout you slowly come down a bit. When you are working out hard,sometimes, the heart is going at 170 beats per minute..That's fast and combine that with anxiety and you might find the cause. So you need to slowly bring the heart down-that means no slumping or sitting so keep moving around (walking) many heart attacks happen during a workout. Many people don't know about this
i suggest buying a watch that monitors your heart beat when you are working out..Most workout stores carry them. Your gym should have your heart range during workouts-that means the safe range for your heart during workouts.
Watch your diet and maybe cut out the caffeine-it raises the blood pressure and heart-rate.

I know that scary feeling-drink tons of water and maybe try mediation. It's been over three months and I feel better!! If it continues go to your doctor and try a stress test there.
You will be fine

Hi. Thanks for your advice. I have currently cut out caffeine from my diet as well. I noticed the connection awhile ago. I always tell myself afterwards that I am going to be fine. I tell myself that I am a 20 year old female athlete in otherwise great health. But deep down, I hate those heart palpitations so much and am so worried about having another one. I realize that the chances of them being a serious problem are not very good. Its just the way that they feel that has made me so afraid of them. In fact, they were the start of all my anxiety which I am trying so hard to get rid of right now (without meds.... I don't want to take any medications for my anxiety). I just wish I understood why they come and what they really mean. I have spoken to several doctors about them but none of them seem to think they are a problem. Thanks again for your advice. I really appreciate it. Do you suffer from anxiety?

My partner is currently going through a divorce and custody of his 2 children, and has been experiancing the same thing!!! His doc told him to cut out caffinee and to quit smoking...Which he finds difficult...Did you find anything that works to help relax when he feels really stressed? He spends a lot of time worrying about things and is very tense! And had alot of palpertations

What I did was cut the caffeine and I started walking. I know am jogging and feel great (but at night I still feel anxiety) sometimes life isn't always perfect. When someone takes the first step things begin to change. (also no alchohol-that always makes life worse in the end)

he should go see his doctor-most important-get blood work and his blood pressure taken!! Then start from there

Hi,

I have had all of the same symptoms...Palpitations, like a swimming feeling in my head, chest pain, all of it. I went to the doctor too, checked everything, nothing physically wrong. I took zoloft for a while, and that really helped, I recently switched to wellbutrin, which i'm not sure about yet. I thought I was going crazy, and I hated that feeling when I felt it coming on. I would just take deep breaths and try to calm myself down...I wish there was something else we could all do to get rid of this...

Hi jennys11 my boyfriend went to the doc...Had blood work, ekg and an echo, they said everything is fine...He had a heart monitor on him for 24 hours on tuesday too. He is worried becuse he is almost 34 and his dad had a heart attack his age doing a stress test at the hospital!

Do you think the palpertations are stress or anxiety? I have come over to canada from the uk to be with him, but my 6 months is almost up! So he have to go back for 2 weeks then come back for another 6 months im not allowed to work so he has to pay for everything!

When his divorce is complete we put in for immigration as a spouse and everything is happening at once he is worried about money !!!!

I had often suffered and anxiety often scared ofdeath
My starts starts beating like a double beat and I battle to breath
This si a real worry for me- i have been to the GP many times and he said it is anxiety i have been on my tablets I now feel even the medication does not help me any more. This feeling is so bad- my heart beat together with severe chest pains is actually getting serious . I really dont know what to do anymore

Hi Shirley and welcome to ehealth:

I have had this happen for years....Stress...worry...It seems the more that you think of it the faster it goes....Try relaxing...Think of pleasant things..Get your mind off of what you are thinking that is bothering you...Go to another place in time...A vacation when you were young and relaxed and had no worries...Just try and put yourself at ease...You can do it if I could do it....Many times you are making your own chest pains from the anxiety itself....

If anything just think I am OK....I can relax....I am just fine and see if this helps...I asked the Internal Medicine doctor the last time I was there about this and I think I am doing the right thing...Sometimes at night you can actually hear your heart beat...In a quiet room the valve makes a noise...Scared the devil out of me at first until I talked to him....Now I feel better...

Now you take care and have a wonderful Holiday Season....

Regards,
Caroline

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