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I Have Heart Palpitations From Long Time. But My Reports Are Normal
hi im 23 and im getting heart palpitations since i was 16 and its really starting to ruin my life. i have had 2 echoes done and ive been on a holter ecg 3 times and they have said everything is normal, but while i was on it it only happend me a small bit , but there are times when i get heart palpitions i feel like ive to cough or take a deep breath and i start to get panicky because i think im going to die any minute. im so worried im even crying here because im so worried i wake up every morning and feel sick because im thinking is the heart palpitations going to happen today and all day im waiting for them to happen. my docter keeps saying its anxiety and so does every body else. i have 2 kids and i keep getting upset because i be thinking if something happens me they will miss me so much. i dont smoke . please tell me what you think , thanks.
Thu, 9 Jun 2011
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as u mention that ur echocardiography n ecg is normal so no need to worry about palpitation.ur physician is telling truth that u just having anxiety problem nothing else.whenever u get up from bad just stop thinking about palpitation,just feel that everything is allright.
as u mention that ur echocardiography n ecg is normal so no need to worry about palpitation.ur physician is telling truth that u just having anxiety problem nothing else.whenever u get up from bad just stop thinking about palpitation,just feel that everything is allright.
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Don't worry dear. It appears that everything is normal on the Holter which is a 24/7 EKG monitoring. This indicates there isn't anything organically wrong with your heart. It's just that in an anxiety attack the nervous system acts up and gets the heart all haywire including your emotions. This is caused by hormone surge. Generalised anxiety could be caused by medical disorders. You may want to rule out certain medical conditions like Hyperthyroidism, Phaechromocytoma. Please discuss these possiblities with your Physician. Don't worry. Try to relax. You could meet with a Psychiatrist to help teach you ways to relax through an attack and also help prevent it.
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Don't worry dear. It appears that everything is normal on the Holter which is a 24/7 EKG monitoring. This indicates there isn't anything organically wrong with your heart. It's just that in an anxiety attack the nervous system acts up and gets the heart all haywire including your emotions. This is caused by hormone surge. Generalised anxiety could be caused by medical disorders. You may want to rule out certain medical conditions like Hyperthyroidism, Phaechromocytoma. Please discuss these possiblities with your Physician. Don't worry. Try to relax. You could meet with a Psychiatrist to help teach you ways to relax through an attack and also help prevent it.
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