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Kathryn

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24 Hour
Jun 14^th, 2007, 12:45pm

Hi

Had my 24 hour monitor on yesterday, got myself quite worked up about it, she put it on and I saw my heart was doing 115BPM which added to my already heightened anxiety, my heart felt odd on and off all day, but in the evening sitting in the car, I suddenly realised I was leaning a bit on the thing, and when I moved my hand away it felt like I'd caught a button, well I took it out of this little pouch and noticed my BPM was jumping from 84 - 112 - 54, I immediately checked my pulse which was fastish but ok, when I held the machine still it went back to about 90 BPM, Well this morning when I took it off I thought I'd wiggle it about but it made no difference to the reading.

Is it possible I'd just caught some wires? and if my heart was that irregular would it show in my pulse?

My chest is feeling really odd especially when I breath in.

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Re: 24 Hour
Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2007, 12:04am

Hi kathryn
If your heartbeat is irregular it is definitely reflected in your pulse. Your pulse IS your heart rate. Hope this helps to put your mind at rest!

Not sure completely about this but if you are having ectopic heartbeats then the averaged BPM which is what the monitor is only showing at the time you are looking could jump up and down a bit due to little pauses while your heartbeat corrects itself. And of course the extra ectopic beats might make it momentarily look like you are having a momentarily faster BPM average. Hey - that's my non medical theory. But if you think about it, the monitor is showing an average reading for that time.

My chest often feels odd when I breathe in - hyperventilation? It makes your chest wall muscles tight and often goes hand in hand with anxiety.

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Re: 24 Hour
Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2007, 10:03am

The variation is the result of a disturbance to the monitor, not your heart.

Your heart is healthy in all respects. The monitor will return normal, with likely events that indicate benign ectopics and mild sinus tachycardia but nothing more. You're healthy and will continue to be, regardless of the fact that you "feel" something is wrong.

At some point, you will have to face the logic that when tests reveal no evidence of disease, the subsequent symptoms you experience can not possibly indicate heart trouble in any manner. It's just not possible. You are misinterpreting the symptoms for what you suspect it to be rather than what it actually represents.

I had a patient several years ago that was convinced that he was experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, but evaluations in the emergency department were "failing" to detect the events. He was equipped with a holter and during the monitoring a problem with one of the cables caused the monitor to fail and the recorder was interpreting the patient's heart to be asystole, or having stopped altogether. This occurred while he and his wife were out for a drive. It took more than 20 minutes for them to race to the nearest hospital. He was driving. To this day, he disbelieves the healthcare professionals who examined him to be just fine and without any sign of heart disease, alternatively trying to steadfastly convince me that his heart had completely stopped for more than 20 minutes while he drove to the hospital emergency room. Such an event is not possible by even a stretch of the imagination.

He needs to remain entrenched that he is correct because the medical facts, which do not support his perceptions, do nothing to relieve his anxiety. It is because he has become vigilent to his own physiology that he cannot change his focus. If he tries to avoid thinking about it, his anxiety grows too intense and he is compelled once again to watch for any sign of trouble.

Your symptoms, regardless of their variation, are not in any way associated with heart disease. Repeated testing will not alter that course at all.

Best regards and Good Health

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Reply #3 - Jun 17^th, 2007, 1:20am

Morning

I had the test to see if the weird things happen whilst it's on, as they never have none of them, except a bit of pounding. I'm one of these people who needs to know what is going on, whilst having that test I had most of what I experience. Least now the doctors can see what I am explaining, when they get the results back they can either say right its this because of this or they can reassure me so if I get it again I can not have that niggling doubt in my head.

I do not sit there worrying each and every second, it just all very uncomfortable, and yes maybe it is all benign and I am trying my hardest to get over this, I've taken some big steps in my life.

These past few weeks I've felt not myself, racing heart beat, loss of voice, still not completely right, feel very tired, felt really giddy the other day, to the point I had to go and sit down, my sinuses are feeling puffy on and off, and I just want to feel myself again.
I suppose I have had a bit of stress, I held the after bit to my nephew/godsons christening and had spent weeks trying to finishs bits in the house that we hadn't had time to do (Like finishing bits in the bathroom!) then on Monday my Husband s step dad was taken to hospital with chest pains and you guessed it he'd had a heart attack, he's only 49! (although he has high cholesterol and diabetes before I panic anyone reading this), so I've been worrying about him also due to this I'm down 2 child carers so have that stress to, we've just found out my husband doesn't get his full pay on holiday so we're looking to loose £200 - £400 when we go on holiday thats not including my wages as I'm a temp for a agency and do not get much holiday pay, so with 6 weeks to go we've got to find that money and more to spend on food and diesel whilst we're there, I'm just sick of this I try and listen to RLR's advice that you make things happen for yourself and me and my husband are working and trying to do just that but then things like this happen to us all the time, as soon as we can see light at the end of the tunnel someone adds another bend to it. Whats that all about????? We are trying to sell our Chrysler not because we want to either, it's just a nightmare! There are no more hours my husband can work I do my best but I have 3 children aswell so I do what I can and am relying on other people to look after my youngest and pick up the other 2 so I can go to work. Sorry to go on, but it just feels like whenever we're on the way up someones always trying to kick us back down!

I have a question about something else the past year I have noticed that my feet turn a funny colour when cold or if I have been standing for a while, they go red whish I know is normal but they have orange and purply patches on them to, quite a few people have mentioned about them recently and I was wondering what this could be?

Thank you for letting me moan!

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Re: 24 Hour
Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2007, 3:01am

Hi Kathryn
I am sorry you are having a lot of external stressors in your life at the moment. I have read so much about anxiety and mood that I can apply a little of it to what you are saying.

There is one thing that is repeated over and over in what you say and it is the feeling of why me, why us, every time something starts to go right something else comes along to spoil it. Iknow all this - I recognise it - I think like this 99% of the time. Guess what, that is classic negative thinking that gets us anxious. Bad things do happen to everyone at some point, but you must never ever regard it as fate or some kind of thing out to get you. Not so. That's life. And how we react to events is how we get over them and feel happy / sad / stressed / anxious. Rather than think oh no this has now happened, we need to retrain ourselves to think how we are best going to handle or deal with the situation and brainstorm how we can best cope with what has happened. You need to have a plan!

I am not saying you are wrong to react the way you do, because I am also a classic example of a negative thinker. But everyone can eventually be retrained to think and react in a more positive way.You are obviously a capable mum - you have had three kids and you work. How capable is that? I couldn't even manage to be at home with three kids - I struggle with two. And yes I struggled with one. You are clearly a very competent person and if you can manage a family and kids I think you can manage to deconstruct and handle everything else that comes your way.

You have a lot on your plate - and how brilliant that your organised the Christening do. I just read this this morning but the happiest people are the people who take control of what happens to them.

Best of luck - with you all the way!

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Re: 24 Hour
Reply #5 - Jun 17^th, 2007, 11:28pm

Hi

Thank you for your lovely words, yes I suppose I am feeling a bit negative, although trying to be positive, for me and my husband, you can understand and see how easy it is for marriages to break down! This sort of thing has happened to me for the past 7 + years. It doesn't help as I'm nearing my girly time and am really tired!

I'm sure you are a very competent mum, and I am the least organised person in the world I'm sure of it

You were right and I know this, your advice is simular to what I'd post to others, so perhaps I should start listening to myself, but sometimes it's better coming from someone else.

Thank you

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