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  1. Original post
    Bob Cardone
    Archived post
    #1

    First, I am not a doctor but have the problem you are describing for
    years.

    These extra beats could be PVC's or PAC's or Atrial Fib, neither of
    which is life threatening, but can be upsetting if you don't know what
    they are. If you go back to a doctor, which I would recommend, they
    can give you something called a Holter Monitor which is a small box
    that you wear for a day, and it has a couple of leads that hook up to
    your chest and it will monitor your heart for 24 hours. Then they can
    see what is happening. This is providing that you have these extra
    beats at least once a day.

    I wouldn't worry about it, but I would let the doctor know that you
    are still having these and they are more frequent. He might advise
    you to cut back on caffeine and alcohol.

    Bob

    (Ginny) said:

    Hi,

    I have a question about a weird heart rhythm I have experienced.

    I honestly cannot recall when I first experienced this, but it was a
    real skipping of a beat or two maybe once a month or so. I could
    actually feel this "skipped beat" thing without palpating my pulse. I
    would occasionally feel a sort of "head rush" immediately after or
    during this beat-skipping.

    I went to my doctor in 1988, and he performed an EKG in his office.
    Of course, my heart didn't "perform" while being watched, but my
    doctor assured me that this was a completely normal occurrance, so I
    stopped worrying.

    It was probably around 1994 that I recall having one of these episodes
    that lasted quite a bit longer than previous ones had. I was in the
    car with my mom, and when it started, I didn't react since I expected
    it to stop just as quickly, but it went on for several seconds (which
    seems like an eternity when it's happening!). I said something to her
    during the episode, and she pulled over. Of course after a few
    seconds it stopped and I was fine.

    The same thing has been happening more and more often. (Two or three
    times a week). In a meeting yesterday, it happened again - but this
    time it went on for even longer. Of course, I started getting really
    nervous, because with the small amount of medical training I have, I
    do know that a heart that is beating like that can probably not
    successfully pump oxygenated blood through my body. Of course, the
    panic that I might pass out (or worse) was increased by the fact that
    I was in a meeting with just two other people. I couldn't determine
    if the "head rush" I felt was actually the panic, or from the heart
    rhythm. Of course, it did stop, and I was fine.

    My question is, does this happen to anyone else to this extent? I
    know that if I go to the doctor and describe these symptoms, he'll
    order an EKG and my heart won't do anything abnormal, and that will be
    that.

    Can anyone offer their experiences, or recommendation? I'm getting a
    little freaked out.

    Thanks in advance,

    -Ginny

    Report
  2. Ginny
    Archived post
    #2

    Bob,

    Thank you for your reply to my post. I actually meant to add in the
    post that I very very rarely drink (less than once per month), and do
    not smoke, but that I do drink too much caffeine (three diet pops per
    day). I also do not get enough exercise these days, but I had this
    situation even years ago when I was in great shape.

    I'm relieved to hear from someone else who has this same condition,
    and that it's probably not serious. I will probably be seeing my
    doctor this week for an ear infection, so I'll mention the heart thing
    to him at the same time and see what he recommends. I've heard about
    those heart monitors, and although it sounds kind of extreme, I do
    know that it's really the only definitive way to determine if there is
    or isn't something more serious wrong with my heart.

    I have to add one thing though... I've heard people refer to this as
    you did, as an "extra beat", but it has truly never seemed like an
    extra beat to me. In fact, when it first happens, I can often put my
    finger on my carotid pulse and feel my heartbeat, and it really seems
    like it's *skipping* a beat or two instead of adding one. There is a
    marked space between beats. Sometimes after the delayed beat, it feels
    like my heart is fluttering a bit.

    Anyway, thank you again for putting my mind at ease. I will get it
    checked out this week.

    -Ginny

    Bob Cardone <cardone1!@!mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    First, I am not a doctor but have the problem you are describing for
    years.

    These extra beats could be PVC's or PAC's or Atrial Fib, neither of
    which is life threatening, but can be upsetting if you don't know what
    they are. If you go back to a doctor, which I would recommend, they
    can give you something called a Holter Monitor which is a small box
    that you wear for a day, and it has a couple of leads that hook up to
    your chest and it will monitor your heart for 24 hours. Then they can
    see what is happening. This is providing that you have these extra
    beats at least once a day.

    I wouldn't worry about it, but I would let the doctor know that you
    are still having these and they are more frequent. He might advise
    you to cut back on caffeine and alcohol.

    Bob

    (Ginny) said:

    Hi,

    I have a question about a weird heart rhythm I have experienced.

    I honestly cannot recall when I first experienced this, but it was a
    real skipping of a beat or two maybe once a month or so. I could
    actually feel this "skipped beat" thing without palpating my pulse. I
    would occasionally feel a sort of "head rush" immediately after or
    during this beat-skipping.

    I went to my doctor in 1988, and he performed an EKG in his office.
    Of course, my heart didn't "perform" while being watched, but my
    doctor assured me that this was a completely normal occurrance, so I
    stopped worrying.

    It was probably around 1994 that I recall having one of these episodes
    that lasted quite a bit longer than previous ones had. I was in the
    car with my mom, and when it started, I didn't react since I expected
    it to stop just as quickly, but it went on for several seconds (which
    seems like an eternity when it's happening!). I said something to her
    during the episode, and she pulled over. Of course after a few
    seconds it stopped and I was fine.

    The same thing has been happening more and more often. (Two or three
    times a week). In a meeting yesterday, it happened again - but this
    time it went on for even longer. Of course, I started getting really
    nervous, because with the small amount of medical training I have, I
    do know that a heart that is beating like that can probably not
    successfully pump oxygenated blood through my body. Of course, the
    panic that I might pass out (or worse) was increased by the fact that
    I was in a meeting with just two other people. I couldn't determine
    if the "head rush" I felt was actually the panic, or from the heart
    rhythm. Of course, it did stop, and I was fine.

    My question is, does this happen to anyone else to this extent? I
    know that if I go to the doctor and describe these symptoms, he'll
    order an EKG and my heart won't do anything abnormal, and that will be
    that.

    Can anyone offer their experiences, or recommendation? I'm getting a
    little freaked out.

    Thanks in advance,

    -Ginny

    Report
  3. Derek F
    Archived post
    #3

    I have been getting similar skipped and delayed beats for some months. I
    have tended to put it down to my BP medication (Verapamil and Losarten)
    slowing my heart rate down. For some strange reason it appears to mainly
    happen on a Saturday afternoon/evening.
    Derek.
    "Ginny" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Bob,

    Thank you for your reply to my post. I actually meant to add in the
    post that I very very rarely drink (less than once per month), and do
    not smoke, but that I do drink too much caffeine (three diet pops per
    day). I also do not get enough exercise these days, but I had this
    situation even years ago when I was in great shape.

    I'm relieved to hear from someone else who has this same condition,
    and that it's probably not serious. I will probably be seeing my
    doctor this week for an ear infection, so I'll mention the heart thing
    to him at the same time and see what he recommends. I've heard about
    those heart monitors, and although it sounds kind of extreme, I do
    know that it's really the only definitive way to determine if there is
    or isn't something more serious wrong with my heart.

    I have to add one thing though... I've heard people refer to this as
    you did, as an "extra beat", but it has truly never seemed like an
    extra beat to me. In fact, when it first happens, I can often put my
    finger on my carotid pulse and feel my heartbeat, and it really seems
    like it's *skipping* a beat or two instead of adding one. There is a
    marked space between beats. Sometimes after the delayed beat, it feels
    like my heart is fluttering a bit.

    Anyway, thank you again for putting my mind at ease. I will get it
    checked out this week.

    -Ginny

    Bob Cardone <cardone1!@!mindspring.com> wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    First, I am not a doctor but have the problem you are describing for
    years.

    These extra beats could be PVC's or PAC's or Atrial Fib, neither of
    which is life threatening, but can be upsetting if you don't know what
    they are. If you go back to a doctor, which I would recommend, they
    can give you something called a Holter Monitor which is a small box
    that you wear for a day, and it has a couple of leads that hook up to
    your chest and it will monitor your heart for 24 hours. Then they can
    see what is happening. This is providing that you have these extra
    beats at least once a day.

    I wouldn't worry about it, but I would let the doctor know that you
    are still having these and they are more frequent. He might advise
    you to cut back on caffeine and alcohol.

    Bob

    (Ginny) said:

    Hi,

    I have a question about a weird heart rhythm I have experienced.

    I honestly cannot recall when I first experienced this, but it was a
    real skipping of a beat or two maybe once a month or so. I could
    actually feel this "skipped beat" thing without palpating my pulse. I
    would occasionally feel a sort of "head rush" immediately after or
    during this beat-skipping.

    I went to my doctor in 1988, and he performed an EKG in his office.
    Of course, my heart didn't "perform" while being watched, but my
    doctor assured me that this was a completely normal occurrance, so I
    stopped worrying.

    It was probably around 1994 that I recall having one of these episodes
    that lasted quite a bit longer than previous ones had. I was in the
    car with my mom, and when it started, I didn't react since I expected
    it to stop just as quickly, but it went on for several seconds (which
    seems like an eternity when it's happening!). I said something to her
    during the episode, and she pulled over. Of course after a few
    seconds it stopped and I was fine.

    The same thing has been happening more and more often. (Two or three
    times a week). In a meeting yesterday, it happened again - but this
    time it went on for even longer. Of course, I started getting really
    nervous, because with the small amount of medical training I have, I
    do know that a heart that is beating like that can probably not
    successfully pump oxygenated blood through my body. Of course, the
    panic that I might pass out (or worse) was increased by the fact that
    I was in a meeting with just two other people. I couldn't determine
    if the "head rush" I felt was actually the panic, or from the heart
    rhythm. Of course, it did stop, and I was fine.

    My question is, does this happen to anyone else to this extent? I
    know that if I go to the doctor and describe these symptoms, he'll
    order an EKG and my heart won't do anything abnormal, and that will be
    that.

    Can anyone offer their experiences, or recommendation? I'm getting a
    little freaked out.

    Thanks in advance,

    -Ginny

    Report
  4. Bob Cardone
    Archived post
    #4

    Ginny,

    It is probably a premature beat. Your heart beats at a certain rhythm
    and all of a sudden after one of the normal beats you have an extra
    one ( ectopic beat I think is the expression they use) . Now your
    heart kind of skips the next regularly scheduled beat, because it just
    had one. It then has to wait for the next regularly scheduled " next
    beat" so there is a long lag between the Ectopic beat and the next
    one. That is what you are probably feeling.

    beat................beat.................beat.....ecoptic..............................beat................beat

    Hope that makes sense ( and I hope I am correct in this explanation)
    🙂

    Bob

    (Ginny) said:

    Bob,

    Thank you for your reply to my post. I actually meant to add in the
    post that I very very rarely drink (less than once per month), and do
    not smoke, but that I do drink too much caffeine (three diet pops per
    day). I also do not get enough exercise these days, but I had this
    situation even years ago when I was in great shape.

    I'm relieved to hear from someone else who has this same condition,
    and that it's probably not serious. I will probably be seeing my
    doctor this week for an ear infection, so I'll mention the heart thing
    to him at the same time and see what he recommends. I've heard about
    those heart monitors, and although it sounds kind of extreme, I do
    know that it's really the only definitive way to determine if there is
    or isn't something more serious wrong with my heart.

    I have to add one thing though... I've heard people refer to this as
    you did, as an "extra beat", but it has truly never seemed like an
    extra beat to me. In fact, when it first happens, I can often put my
    finger on my carotid pulse and feel my heartbeat, and it really seems
    like it's *skipping* a beat or two instead of adding one. There is a
    marked space between beats. Sometimes after the delayed beat, it feels
    like my heart is fluttering a bit.

    Anyway, thank you again for putting my mind at ease. I will get it
    checked out this week.

    -Ginny

    Bob Cardone <cardone1!@!mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    First, I am not a doctor but have the problem you are describing for
    years.

    These extra beats could be PVC's or PAC's or Atrial Fib, neither of
    which is life threatening, but can be upsetting if you don't know what
    they are. If you go back to a doctor, which I would recommend, they
    can give you something called a Holter Monitor which is a small box
    that you wear for a day, and it has a couple of leads that hook up to
    your chest and it will monitor your heart for 24 hours. Then they can
    see what is happening. This is providing that you have these extra
    beats at least once a day.

    I wouldn't worry about it, but I would let the doctor know that you
    are still having these and they are more frequent. He might advise
    you to cut back on caffeine and alcohol.

    Bob

    (Ginny) said:

    Hi,

    I have a question about a weird heart rhythm I have experienced.

    I honestly cannot recall when I first experienced this, but it was a
    real skipping of a beat or two maybe once a month or so. I could
    actually feel this "skipped beat" thing without palpating my pulse. I
    would occasionally feel a sort of "head rush" immediately after or
    during this beat-skipping.

    I went to my doctor in 1988, and he performed an EKG in his office.
    Of course, my heart didn't "perform" while being watched, but my
    doctor assured me that this was a completely normal occurrance, so I
    stopped worrying.

    It was probably around 1994 that I recall having one of these episodes
    that lasted quite a bit longer than previous ones had. I was in the
    car with my mom, and when it started, I didn't react since I expected
    it to stop just as quickly, but it went on for several seconds (which
    seems like an eternity when it's happening!). I said something to her
    during the episode, and she pulled over. Of course after a few
    seconds it stopped and I was fine.

    The same thing has been happening more and more often. (Two or three
    times a week). In a meeting yesterday, it happened again - but this
    time it went on for even longer. Of course, I started getting really
    nervous, because with the small amount of medical training I have, I
    do know that a heart that is beating like that can probably not
    successfully pump oxygenated blood through my body. Of course, the
    panic that I might pass out (or worse) was increased by the fact that
    I was in a meeting with just two other people. I couldn't determine
    if the "head rush" I felt was actually the panic, or from the heart
    rhythm. Of course, it did stop, and I was fine.

    My question is, does this happen to anyone else to this extent? I
    know that if I go to the doctor and describe these symptoms, he'll
    order an EKG and my heart won't do anything abnormal, and that will be
    that.

    Can anyone offer their experiences, or recommendation? I'm getting a
    little freaked out.

    Thanks in advance,

    -Ginny

    Report
  5. Derek F
    Archived post
    #5

    "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Derek F" <[email hidden]> wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    What causes it?
    Derek.

    A wayward heart muscle cell.

    --
    Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Board-Certified Cardiologist
    http://www.heartmdphd.com


    Wayward girls also make my heart skip a beat:-)
    Derek.

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  6. Derek F
    Archived post
    #6

    I don't drink so much coffee since I retired, at work I used to have 10/12
    mugs a day. Now it usually one apart from a Sunday morning when I have
    three. I do drink about 7 mugs of 'real' tea a day but no Cola drinks..
    Sleep:-) who with an internet connection gets enough sleep, most of my
    friends live in far away time zones.
    Derek.

    "Kevin in San Diego" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:2Ij_a.10313$2g.8650@fed1read05...

    Quoted message said:

    Are you getting enough sleep? do you drink coffee or caffeine? I get
    palpitations when I push myself with coffee and lack of sleep for too


    long.

    Quoted message said:

    I cut out the coffee and caffeine and they went away for me.
    KH

    "Derek F" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Derek F" <[email hidden]> wrote in message


    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    > What causes it?
    > Derek.

    A wayward heart muscle cell.

    --
    Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
    Board-Certified Cardiologist
    http://www.heartmdphd.com


    Wayward girls also make my heart skip a beat:-)
    Derek.

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