I have been in the ER many times (23 times in the last year, 14 of them just this past few months) and seen my doctor many times for this. At LEAST 3 times a day my heartbeat pauses and I feel a choking/strained feeling in my face chest and neck. I have lost consciousness twice because of this. These pauses are unpredictable and I often have to check my pulse (these will cause my pulse to drop from around 80 which is my average, to as low as 59 bpm) with my pulse oximeter. I know these happen but they never happened while I was on an EKG. I was on an event monitor for a while, but like I said there is no way to predict these. My primary care and psychiatrist have ignored any concerns of mine and brushed them off because of my age (19) with a generalized anxiety diagnosis (naturally when I feel I'm about to die I don't feel comfortable).
The ER doctors are a little more helpful and say that I might be having PVCs or PACs, but due to my previous diagnosis they just refer me back to my negligent Primary.
These pauses occur regardless of my mood. SOMETIMES they are triggered by sudden changes in activity (like walking then sitting down quickly, masturbation, etc), but they are mainly random.
If anyone has ANY idea as to what this might be please tell me. I've had to quit my job because I can't work with these things popping up and I can't afford to continue to be unemployed. My heart rate is SLOWER than usual during these so it can't be a panic attack right? Please, this is destroying my life and my brain.