accelerated heart beat

[lizzbella]

Hi I am a healthy 20 year old female college student. This morning while i was walking to get lunch, i felt slight pain in my chest but didnt think anything of it, because it happens every so often. Tonight while i was taking a shower, all of the sudden my heart started beating VERY fast, everything went black, i had trouble breathing, and my hands started shaking really bad. This lasted for about 10 seconds and then i regained my eyesight and my heart kept pounding hard for about 2 minutes. I am a psychology major so i am familiar with panic attack symptoms. but when i looked up my symptoms online, "heart rhythm disorders" popped up and were said to be deadly. Im confused and a little scared to what could be wrong. can someone provide me with some insight? thanks.

[Brooke_38]

Best of luck to you:)

[lizzbella]

ok thanks for your input. ill probably be visiting my primary physician soon

[Brooke_38]

Hello...

It is heard to say exactly what you may have experienced. It is definitely something that should be checked out. I had a similar experience with the onset of a rapid atrial fibrillation which is a specific type of SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) I won't say that my vision went black...it was more like a tunnel vision, feeling like I was being sucked into a tunnel, short of breath, tremulous hands, very rapid heart rate.

Can you describe your chest pain? Sharp, dull, tightness, constant, intermittent etc.


Are you attending college away from where you live? If so, I imagine you will be going home for x-mas...If you feel that you can't wait that long, it might not be a bad idea to go to local ER, even if you're told everything is fine, you can then make an appt. with your own Dr to have a complete workup.

I know that you read online that arrhythmias are deadly. This is not completely true. For most, they are more annoying and frightening than lethal.