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Message started by emma09 on Apr 30^th, 2010, 9:51am

Title: rlr
Post by emma09 on Apr 30^th, 2010, 9:51am

okay last weekend on the saturday i had lots of wine havent been out in a while & i smoked some cigs when i tried to go to sleep my heart was racing is this normal????? im scared to drink again :( also i only get ectopics when ive ovulated! im now off my beta blocker :) im not so scared of them anymore & ive hardley had any ;D

Title: Re: rlr
Post by RLR on Apr 30^th, 2010, 12:38pm

That's an entirely normal physiological reaction. Alcohol summarily has a hypotensive effect and when lying down, it compounds the circumstances. The heart responds by increasing cardiac force and rate in order to compensate.

Best regards and Good Health

Title: Re: rlr
Post by emma09 on May 1^st, 2010, 5:42am

thnks rlr. would it be normal to get palps near ovulation and afterwards???

Title: Re: rlr
Post by RLR on May 1^st, 2010, 12:01pm

indeed hormonal changes during the menstural cycle induce stress upon the body. Increased stress can increase the potential for palpitations of this type to occur.

Best regards and Good Health

Title: Re: rlr
Post by emma09 on May 2^nd, 2010, 11:44pm

thnks rlr. I have one more question when i lay dowin in bed it feels like something pops underneath my left breast near my armpit like a little pop and then its followed by a missed beat? what could this be? its a really strange sensation adn i never lay on my left hand side ne more!!! yeasterday too at work i had a 12 hour shift to do and i had lots and lots of thumps n missed beats etc etc when should you actyually worry about them ?

Title: Re: rlr
Post by RLR on May 3^rd, 2010, 3:37pm

Okay, now something like that is going to be entirely impossible for me to evaluate since I haven't the advantage of direct contact. We can't extend into diagnostics of this type over the internet. I can't tell you what might be taking place, but it doesn't sound to me to represent anything of concern.

If it continues to concern you, then by all means seek a direct evaluation from your doctor.

Best regards and Good Health

Title: Re: rlr
Post by emma09 on May 4^th, 2010, 2:30am

would this make sense then ? i have palps after i ovulate about 10 a day... then they calm down on my period and stop after my period... any way i had a bottle of wine sat night and i got loads before drinking and on sunday got lots would this be becuase of the alcahol? i also had lots yeasterday (monday) & when i walked for an nour i also got some :/ this is making me think something is wrong with my heart becuase it cannot keep up with exercise .... im trying to rationaly think, like obv i had more palps i had a drink! but i mean they increased dramaticly it is very scary, because one day i wil have lots n lots n like today i havent had any!!! why do they come and go ? im not anxious and haven tbeen stressed :-/

Title: Re: rlr
Post by Typer on May 4^th, 2010, 3:48am

Emma, I get that under my left armpit...it is also often sore and if I press there, it brings on a palp. I cannot lean on my elbow on the sofa with that part of me resting on the arm of the sofa.

While it is awful, it also fascinates me in that I wonder what it is and why it sets off palps

Title: Re: rlr
Post by RLR on May 4^th, 2010, 4:19am

Well, I'm constrained to point out that you are thinking irrationally if you believe that you're heart is unable to "keep up" through exertion or exercise.

You're attempting to diagnose yourself based upon what you are sensing and in the absence of the requisite medical background and training. That's a bad combination. And to state that you're not anxious would be somewhat inaccurate since the concern is prompting you to seek information on this forum. If you weren't anxious about the circumstances, you'd be going busily about your life otherwise.

There's nothing wrong with your heart and sufficient alcohol intake, ie a bottle of wine, is definitely capable of producing benign palpitations.

If enough alcohol is consumed it can sometimes produce atrial fibrillation, which in one specific context is known as holiday heart, named so due to the fact that many people consume a good deal of alcohol during the holiday season.

You'll be fine.

Best regards and Good Health

Title: Re: rlr
Post by emma09 on May 7^th, 2010, 2:28am

thanks rlr i do think i must be a little anxious somewhere! lol i have been taking tumttums last couple of days and they seem to of settled touch wood