Chest pain and flutters

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- Firstly to admin I really didn't know which board to post this in so please feel free to move it! -

Anyway last night I was lying in bed talking to a friend and had a sudden THUMP inside my chest, like someone hit me with a small hammer or grabbed my heart. It was so like strong that for a split second I sort of lost control of my body and couldn't move.

Straight away started feeling sick, sweaty and dizzy but managed to get to sleep about a hour after.

But now today my chest and what feels like my heart is so fluttery, I'm dizzy, feeling sick, tired,have a headache, feel weak and just ERGH.

I'm slightly concerned due to the facts that I have a history with drug misuse (prescription and otherwise) that is kinda still going on now, I have suffered from an eating disorder, and a few other factors such as I have low blood sugar, low blood pressure etc etc etc

I can't work out whether this needs a check up or if it's just a palpitation etc, I really don't want to bother my Dr for nothing and I am social phobic so leaving the house is really difficult unless seriously needed!

Are these the symptoms other people get when they have palpitations or anything similar?

Thanks in advance guys!x :wave:
 
I too have heart palipations, feels like my heart is flipping over. Not a real good feeling, brings on some chest pain at times as well. I have had many tests done, in fact a few weeks ago I went to the hospital because the paliptations were getting bad. All tests came back that I was fine, since I have anxiety as well it has been atributed to that. Everyone has paliptations and they are not to be feared or so I am told. You say that you have some drug use, the paliptations are more than likely a symptom of that. Wouldn't hurt to go see your physcian to be sure.
 
i would get to your at least primary doc at this point so he can run a strip on your heart(very basic tho) and simply evaluate YOU and all of the symptoms combined with your particular history too? the "suddeness" of this "event" is what would concern me more here. and of course the mere fact it is still 'there' to some degree showing some types of "symptoms too?

adding in the drug stuff you just never know what in the heck is in ANYTHING illegal for one thing. just exactly what have you been "misusing, anything of a stimilant nature as well? i would tell your doc about ANY meds/drugs illegal and legal that you have been taking to truely get the best shot at a real proper Dx which IS very crucial for many things, including ANY real meds he may put you on and what just would be te overall "plan" here for the most appropriate types of treating your situation too?

but anything having to do with your actual heart function/rhythms always needs to be much more deeply evaled for ANY possible issues whenever you are feeling anything that is simply not the 'normal" at all. that just IS a must hon. i would seriously try and get in to see your primary here ASAP. simply tell the office that you have something possibly going on with your heart, and that should make them move a bit quicker in just getting you in for that very crucial eval. i do hope things will be fine. please keep us posted hon, and make csure to also just be as totally honest with that doc as possible. it CAN matter alot more than you may think here. good luck, FB
 
Thanks to both of you for replying, I felt better yesterday all day so I thought ooh obviously it's nothing afterall, but it has happened another three times today in the last few hours - so now I am kinda concerned... :/

FB- My doctor already knows about a past cocaine and sleeping pill addiction (of which I am proud to say I haven't touched sleeping pills in a year now and haven't touched cocaine since December - but obviously I know it may have caused damage that still remains) At the moment I am in recovery from an eating disorder and take about 11 pills a day, diet pills and such that I know I shouldn't but it's a long slow process that I AM slowly overcoming. I think it's probably them that are causing this to be honest - it would certainly add to a long list of exsiting problems caused by them!

I really am a walking nightmare, ey? And far far too young for all this but I have to learn to live with my own mistakes I guess, I will try get in to see my doctor first thing in the morning or ASAP! I hope they won't think that I am wasting their time, I hate feeling like I am wasting time and resources etc *blushes*

thankyou, and I will post back when I know more!x
 
i sincerely DO hope that you just do really floow up with your doc here hon. despite everything you mentioned as "active" you just really have no real clue as to what types of real honest to god damage could have been done not just to your heart here hon, but what would also be more than likely throwing off your overall metabolic balance which DOES include things like calcium, potassium, magnesium and other critical lytes needed to even begin to keep a very normal heart rhythm too? and just keep our bodies even 'running' to the best capacity. this just NEEDS some evaluating and in my own personal addiction experience honesty too in order to simply get 'you", who IS very important to the people who love you and you love, the BEST possible care with your own doc simply actually 'knowing' everthing about what you have told me. i know it is scarey hon, but trust me here when i say that simply getting all that crap out, it was the very BEST thing i could have done for me, my family and my very much ongoing relationship with my primary who i have had now for like decades too? you just simply HAVE TO do the "right things" to get YOU to the best place within your own body and mind hon. or you really do stand a chance here and really never being able to fully deal with or recover from all that has led you to where you now are. and i mean that most sincerely and from my own experiences too. being totally honest and forthcoming with your primary truely IS in YOUR best possible interest right now,it really could be a matter of life or death considering what you are dealing with and still doing. i am not judging you hon(i never go there, believe me), just trying to really get across to you that real honest to god NEED for total honesty with at least ONE person who you CAN trust right now, your doc.

i do hope you will see that doc and tell him everything. he simply NEEDS to know. simply stating that" i have something to tell you that i am not proud of or REALLY afraid you will judge me for" usually is the very best way to get HIM into the proper mindset here before you just proceed on from there. i wish you lots of luck with this hon, i KNOW it will not be an easy thing, but you DO NEED to find out exactly what is creating this symptom and also how YOU simply even 'are' right now too with everything else? please DO keep me posted candy. and congrats on the things that you just KNEW were the right things do even do here too for yourself. that does take alot to start ridding ourselves from the more destructive things we do or that are just even in our lives at all, that ARE simply impacting us in some very highly negative ways. just keep ON doing all the right things for yourself candy, you simply cannot go wrong there. FB
 
:wave: Hi.

I had a big thump in my chest a while back and I thought it was pretty weird but remained calm and went to sleep. A couple of months later it happened again this time they were about 5 big ones:eek:. I sat up (was in bed ready to go to sleep) and started feeling the usual symptoms of a panic attack. Told my husband I was driving myself to the hospital (he couldn't come with me since we were taking care of my ailing mother and could not leave her alone). On the way to the hospital I had the phone ready in case I needed to pull over and call an ambulance. At the ER they immediately did an EKG and other tests and hooked me up to the heart monitor to see if it would happen again. Nothing. Nurse asked me if I had been eating chocolate. I said no, but then I remembered I ate a little too much fudge which had some chocolate in it. All my tests came back ok. Well, my story is I suffer from a lot of stress... was taking care of my mother who was in her final time... have some health issues of my own that sometimes worry me... I definately have to stay away from caffeine... I am a very high anxiety person etc etc etc. What has worked for me: ruled out any heart problems (although I have palpitations on a daily basis noticed mostly when I go to bed)... 20 to 30 minute walks 4 or more times a week helps with the stress listening to music or just thinking happy thoughts... or talking to Jesus as I walk (yes that's a good time to let Jesus how thankful I am for all the blessings esp. my children and grandchildren are well and healthy and thank him for allowing me and my fam. another day in this world and ask for mercy in these terrible times we are living). You'd be surprised how quick the 20 minutes will go when you remember to communicate with our Lord or do it your way however you think you can express thankfulness. Another thing that has worked for me of course is medicine until I feel I am well enough to stop them. I take anti anxiety meds, blood pressure and a bunch of herbel supplements. I try to spend more time laughing than whining (and I am not hinting that people whine... I used the word regarding me, if I am here is that I want to hear people and their problems and try to help) spend time with loved ones.... take it one day at a time. Especially... you feel something... get help... find out what caused it. Oh and last but not least... breathing exercises!!! I cannot stress that enough. It can stop a panick attach it can stop palpitations, it can calm you down. Learn how to do them. Take deep breaths as often as you can besides learning the breathing exercises. They lower your blood pressure and that is a proven fact.

I hope something I said helps you and others out there.

Best regards,
LFM:)
 
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