zilly84
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Heart Palpitations Forum
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Hi my name is Liz. I believe I've been having palpitations most my life. They never scared me as a child. I'd just feel a heart beat in my throat for a second. They didn't come too frequently, maybe every couple months or years. I never noticed them really until last year before I got pregnant. I was very dehydrated at the time and noticed a heavy thump in my chest when laying on my right side. It happened a couple times in one week but laying on my left side would help it. Well I started taking better care of myself and ended up pregnant and did not experience the thumping again. I just assumed it was an electolyte imbalance due to dehydration. Well fast forward to the weeks following my son's birth. I started noticing a weird tickily feeling in my chest. Like butterflies in your stomach when you are excited. Except I wasn't excited. I now identify that as adrenaline. I'm not sure when I had my first PVC but I do know that I started having anxiety. I was on zoloft and that helped the anxiety. I ended up moving and started drinking a bit and I think that's when the palpitations started happening more frequently. Well after a couple months of drinking and dealing with anxiety and palpitations I've quit drinking and quit caffeine. I just recently started taking prozac (i got off zoloft around the time I moved and started drinking). I've been on 10 mgs for a week and felt my anxiety subsidies a bit. Yesterday was my first day taking 20 mgs. I was also a bit dehydrated, not bad like before though. Well after having a great day taking the kids to see Santa, I was laying in bed looking on my phone on the internet, when suddenly my heart jumped heavily. I felt my actual heart move. Normally I feel the palpitations in my throat. A couple months ago I had the same thing happen while laying flat on my back in bed. But at the time I was drinking alcohol a few times a week and I thought that what caused it. I did have one and a half drinks. Maybe it was that, or the dehydration, or upping my meds, or laying on my back, or staying up late. I'm going to schedule an appt tomorrow to check my heart out. I've been sad all day today because I thought since my anxiety is getting better that my palpitations were behind me. But since last night my anxiety has come back. Reading on this forum has helped some. I realize I'm probably fine. I'm 28, a healthy weight, don't smoke, now don't drink AT ALL, and avoid caffeine. I'm thinking I might just be one of the lucky people that get these for no resin. Once I talk to a doctor, I think I'll feel a lot better. Oh I'd like to add my blood pressure is always perfect whether pregnant or not.
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