I get palpitations every now and then and know they're likely harmless, but they still freak me tf out. For example, during a run the other day my heart seemingly out of nowhere started fluttering, like 250 bpm but very weak beats. The bout only lasted ~30 seconds but it was very unsettling. I also feel like my heart skips beats every now and again, but I can't figure out any pattern that's causing these palpitations. Any else experience this?
I get palpitations every now and then and know they're likely harmless, but they still freak me tf out. For example, during a run the other day my heart seemingly out of nowhere started fluttering, like 250 bpm but very weak beats. The bout only lasted ~30 seconds but it was very unsettling. I also feel like my heart skips beats every now and again, but I can't figure out any pattern that's causing these palpitations. Any else experience this?
I had double beats some time back randomly, wherein my chest strap as well as my second watch reported roughly half the HR of what I could measure with fingers (because I could separately manually count the quick succession beats as two beats).
I talked to my cardiologist and I’m in the process of acquiring a holter monitor that I’m supposed to wear for two weeks (not just a day as is more common), so it will capture all HR patterns with medical grade accuracy across all workouts and everyday life.
That said, if you are physically not feeling ill, aperiodicity in beats is not uncommon and rarely a problem (modulo age and preexisting heart conditions), so talk to your heart doctor but don’t worry yet.
I get palpitations every now and then and know they're likely harmless, but they still freak me tf out. For example, during a run the other day my heart seemingly out of nowhere started fluttering, like 250 bpm but very weak beats. The bout only lasted ~30 seconds but it was very unsettling. I also feel like my heart skips beats every now and again, but I can't figure out any pattern that's causing these palpitations. Any else experience this?
I had double beats some time back randomly, wherein my chest strap as well as my second watch reported roughly half the HR of what I could measure with fingers (because I could separately manually count the quick succession beats as two beats).
I talked to my cardiologist and I’m in the process of acquiring a holter monitor that I’m supposed to wear for two weeks (not just a day as is more common), so it will capture all HR patterns with medical grade accuracy across all workouts and everyday life.
That said, if you are physically not feeling ill, aperiodicity in beats is not uncommon and rarely a problem (modulo age and preexisting heart conditions), so talk to your heart doctor but don’t worry yet.
Yeah, I'm in my early 30s and went to a cardiologist a few years back. They just looked at an EKG and listened to my heart for a minute and told me I was totally fine. I sorta wish they'd done an ECHO, but I'm not an expert so I assume it wasn't needed.
I have tachycardia, which is what this sounds like, and for me it was very difficult to diagnose because it would only happen sporadically and sometimes not for weeks. Here's my story.
It was about 20 years ago. It was not related to running. I was having episodes where it felt like my heart was actually stopping for a few seconds (it was actually beating faster). I would have to catch my breath. Very uncomfortable and kind of scary. It would happen every couple minutes for around 5-10 minutes. Then it would go away. Sometimes it would come back another 15-20 minutes later and continue doing that for an hour or so. Then it would go away for days or even weeks.
Doctors couldn't diagnose it because it would never happen in their presence. EKG's were normal, I even wore a Holter monitor for 24 hours, but the episodes never happened during that 24 hours. The cardiologist said everything was completely normal.
The cardio prescribed a stress test, and the morning of, I noticed the palpitations had resurfaced. I went to the appointment, didn't say anything but the doc put his stethoscope on me to give it a listen. I could feel the palpitations starting. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he told the nurse to hurry up and get the EKG hooked up. She did very quickly, and they got a BEAUTIFUL snapshot of what was going on, and as soon as the doc saw it he said, "I know exactly what this is." It was a type of tachycardia, not dangerous at all, and he said my options were to take a pill or get a surgery to ablate it.
I went for the pill (channel blocker), and have been taking it for 20 years now with no issues and only rarely a faint palpitation but it's completely controlled. I see a sports cardiologist once a year and everything is good. I'm 62 and run 25-30 mpw.
So this sounds very similar to what you are experiencing. The thing to know is--they will never be able to diagnose it unless the palpitations occur while they are observing you and can get an EKG during an episode. When the episodes aren't occurring, your EKG will be normal.
So you need to find a way to get an EKG/Holter while the palpitations are occurring. That can be tricky, but if you can do that you'll be good to go.
Doctors are useless. They’re going to ignore you and say it’s “anxiety” or “they’re baffled” and give you some drugs. Doctors should all be jailed at this point.
Hey OP, just be real. This has zero correlation to your “vaccine”?
Find a cardiologist who is also a runner or at the very least has a good rapport with runners or endurance athletes, if you can. Ask someone in your running group, etc.
Doctors are useless. They’re going to ignore you and say it’s “anxiety” or “they’re baffled” and give you some drugs. Doctors should all be jailed at this point.
Hey OP, just be real. This has zero correlation to your “vaccine”?
Lol I can't tell if you're trolling or not, but no, this has been going on (off and on) since well before the start of the pandemic. Sometimes I'll go months without noticing anything.
Since doctors are useless, do you have a shaman or something you could refer me to? Should I just pray it away? What would you suggest?