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1445110 tn?1388209711

heart palpations

I know that this has been asked by others before and i do know that it is common to have the heart palpations when your thyroid levels arent right or it may just go along with thyroid disorders im not sure. My question is i have had the usual flutters before but mine is now actually sometimes skipping or pausing  between beats mostly when i wake up. It is scaring me and when it happens i feel weak and start having anxiety.I have had a stress test and CAT scan in the past due to very high pulse rate which has gotten better. Any suggestions on why this is happening?
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1157646 tn?1343967128
Hahah....gotta love that brain fog, I didnt even notice the typo!!!!!!!!!!!
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1157646 tn?1343967128
Uggggghhhh!!!!  Sorry you're having some trouble getting the tests and ranges...doctors can be extremely frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Good to hear you're doing a bit better!! :)
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1445110 tn?1388209711
Sorry for the typo ....what is a hen B/P? LOL Gotta be that brain fog thing we get!
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1445110 tn?1388209711
Thanks everyone for answering. I seem to be doing better today. I think when I posted this question I was just freaking out because I was taking my hen B/P and the beats would stop and skip the beats and it really frightened me. I went recently to a new Endo and I asked her to please check my free T3 and T4 and she did only the free T4 1.3 and total T3 106 and I called to get the reference ranges and had to leave a message and of course they havent called back. Then I get a letter in the mail to continue my levo 137mcg and she would see me in three months. Ughhhhh! I hate doctors.
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393685 tn?1425812522
Good luck Lisa. There is alot of factual information available on how cardio and T3 hormone are connected.

Keep reading ;)
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967168 tn?1477584489
I wonder why dr's don't recommend thyroid testing for patients who go in with arrhythmia's? or heck why don't they have the latest info on "normals"

I've been on the heart rhythm forum for about 16 months and haven't seen this can be related until this past week when I started questioning mine.  Now, I will make sure I ask others if they've had theirs tested along with the usual levels.

thanks for explaining how thyroid is connected to heart; it makes alot of sense now - I'm getting all my questions and concerns together to go to the dr soon =)
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393685 tn?1425812522
You need to test the Free T3 and Free T4. A healing phase need to take place first when those levels are properly balanced and then the symptoms of that will disappear.

The FT3 should be in the upper 3/4 on the reference range and the FT4 lab is set usually mid to high to allow the healing to happen.

The cardio system is directly related to the direct (free) T3 hormone in all of us and if this hormone is no set to what our individual bodies need - regardless too high or too low - the cardio system is the first thing that alarms us something is still off.

Hypo's can also find when palps are an issue that a magnesium deficiency is a problem
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I am hypoactive now with a TSH of 20. Heart palpitations sent me to the emergency this past weekend. My heart was racing so fast I couldn't keep up with the counts, then its skipped beats, then went back to regular rhythm. It did this for about 30 minutes which made me very winded so I finally went to the ER to rule out cardiac problems. I had never had this happen before. Luckily my electrolytes and cardiac work up was normal. Doc said it was related to the low thyroid levels. Now you can have heart palpitations with hyper too, and that is more common, but low levels can trigger ventricular tachycardia (fast heart beat too). I am a RN student so I knew my rhythm was not right.  I have gotten my meds increased but gotta wait 6 weeks to get retested. I am going back from 19 to 0.8 back to 20.  Now I have symptoms of Sjorgen disease too. So in 6 weeks everything will be tested. These autoimmune disorders wreak havoc. I wish the meds would work quicker.
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798555 tn?1292787551
We dont know what your levels are, but many get palps with low thyroid. It takes awhile to go away and can be related to low T3.

My endo thought palps were only from hyper.......nope!

An Echo-cardiogram is always good reassurance. They actually can visually watch your heart with this. Its a very reassuring test to get.
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1157646 tn?1343967128
The heart palps we get with thyroid can be scary...yep, been there!  Mine were like my heart rate would speed up for a minute or two and then I would like skip some beats as it slowed again...it would do that maybe 2 or 3 times and then would ease for a while and be close to normal for a bit.

You say you've had the stress test and CAT scan, but have you had a full cardio work up by a cardiologist???  The reason I ask is, when I was in the ER from hyper, it was arranged for me to have a full cardio work up and even though it was all normal and it was stated the palps were from thyroid, it made me feel more at ease because I knew everything was completely fine with my heart.  It made the anxiety that comes with the palps that little less because I know I am fine.  Having the reassurance everything was fine and I was going to be ok really helped me deal with the palps and made them a little less scary.  

I have no idea why it happens besides the thyroid levels are off....but there are some good ways to help control the palps and keep calm while you're experiencing them...let me know if you want me to message you with some ways to help.
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