Ectopic beats

[Sagitarius88]

My 24 hour holter monitor and echocardiogram results n all blood result came back normal thank GOD 4 that
My cardiologist said my heart structure is fine but I ve ectopic beats which is normal
Are they normal?
They ddnt catch them on ECG or holter monitor
When I googled it which I kno I shudnt it says u can ve a sudden death from arrhythmia
I'm very scared as rite now my heart beat is very fast it's 150 plus n I'm having fatigue n tiredness
What's wrong with me?

[ian15]

hi. ive read your posts. i do have skipp beats twice every day. it is never been documented. had stress tests... didnt finished it thou i had 8 mets... average or enough to pass. i had 2d echo 3x with different diagnosis. first.. normal. 2nd enlargement of left ventricle, 3rd tests said there were no enlargement but a mild mitral prolapse. i had concor but skip beats still there. i hve seen psych doctor and told me i have anxiety disorder.  had different medications yet it doesnt solve any. i still have skip beats. one cardiologist gave me coralan had it for a month twice then another month for once a day, it somehow control the frequency.but i have to stop it after a month. its an anti angina drug. after 5 days of stopping skip beats returned. funny thing is the cardiologist who gave me that is from manila, which very far from where i reside. how can u tell that its anxiety thats cause of the skip beats?

[nursegirl6572]

There are a lot of benign cardiac symptoms, palpitations, ectopic beats, PVCs.  While they certainly FEEL scary (been through this myself), you have to work toward reassuring yourself that they are harmless.  This is where the anxiety treatments come into play.  It's great that CBT was helpful!  I strongly urge you to seek that out again.

[Sagitarius88]

Hi Hun
I'm agree with u
But my anxiety started after my skip beat started last year
But when this hard skip beat happe my whole body get jolt n I get scared specially when I'm driving cuz I get afraid I might will have an accident
I had 6 sessions of CBT
And that really helped me
But whenever the skip beat happens I feel panicky again :(

[nursegirl6572]

See, this is the problem with anxiety, and the constant need to seek reassurance.  You've been evaluated by a cardiologist, and had a thorough cardiac work-up, including diagnostic studies.  Your cardiologist is telling you you're okay, that there is nothing to worry about, yet you continue to google, and ask for reassurance from strangers online.  I can tell you that if your cardiologist said you're okay, then you're okay.  Not ONE of us would obviously be more qualified, or in a better position to tell you that, compared to a specialist who has seen and treated you IN PERSON.

What you NEED to do is start REALLY addressing the anxiety.  Until you do, you will just continue to be stuck in the anxious cycle of thinking-worrying-searching-thinking-worrying.  Worries of heart problems is one of the most COMMON focuses of anxious people's worries.  The important thing to remember is that you've done the right thing by getting checked out to make sure that there is nothing to be concerned about.  You've done that.  At some point, you have to start accepting what the docs are telling you.  Anxiety is most likely keeping you from being able to do that.

The next step is to ask your doc for a referral to a psychiatrist, who can assess you, offer an official diagnosis, and then start discussing treatment options.  Don't continue chasing your tail over problems that aren't there.  Anxiety will cause tachycardia, which exacerbates your fear.  It's one hell of a cycle.  I'm willing to bet that the anxiety has caused you to start compulsively check your pulse, right?  Another sign that your anxiety is out of control.  You need to start working at managing the anxiety, and then everything else will fall into place, your "cardiac" symptoms will diminish and then resolve.

Let us know how you're doing!