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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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mistigale 01/31/2013

I am going crazy! My heart flutters a lot. I don't mean palpitation...this is my heart jumping in my chest. It is driving me crazy.
I had heart tests done about 6 months ago and everything came out fine. I also went to the doc a few weeks ago about them, but they said it was anxiety!! My heart wasn't jumping at the time they checked my heart, so they automatically relate it to anxiety.
They very well may be anxiety induced. They are mostly at night and they get pretty bad....especially when I lay down to go to sleep.
The feeling of the flutter just makes me more anxious and paralyzes me with fear. I HATE IT!!
I know I have posted about this on here before, but I just needed to hear if anyone else gets these with their anxiety?
I don't drink a lot of caffeine because of the fear of having flutters. I did have a Pepsi today around 2 pm, but surely that would not be still effecting me!!
I am going crazy!!

BonTemps 01/31/2013

Sounds like PVC's and yes anxiety can cause them . And caffine so
limiting that is a good idea. You can ask your doc to let you wear a
"holter monitor " for 24 hours if it would ease your mind. It records
every beat of the heart so they can see if anything looks unusual. I
had more than 20 of the PVC's in a 24 hour period, some while I was sleeping. The docs theyre harmless.

deleted_user 01/31/2013

Also - sometimes when we think it is our heart causing those fluttery or jumpy feelings it can actually be a muscle spasm in your chest or even a gas bubble in the body.

It can definitely feel scary, but as long as your doc has ruled out any issues you will be okay. I have definitely had some weird and frightening chest sensations that used to send me instantly into severe panic mode. You're not alone!

deleted_user 01/31/2013

Hello, you may want to read this article: http://www.anxietyguru.net/how-to-stop-heart-palpitations/

penyylane 02/01/2013

supplementing with magnesium completely stopped all of my heart flutters and palpitations. ready about natural calm magnesium, was a life saver for me! :)

amyall 02/03/2013

I know how hard it is not to worry about these flutters but try not to. I say this because I have them and I had a heart echo and treadmill stress test in December and just finished wearing a 30 day heart monitor. My doctor said they are just premature beats. She said she could put me on a very low dose beta blocker but I chose not to since the premature beats are harmless. I'm positive this is all they are for you because you said they happen especially when you lay down at night, which is normal. I would eliminate all caffeine, also take magnesium supplements. Also, exercise is supposed to help. But I know how scary they are because the night after my doctor told me I was fine, I had a bad spell of them and I panicked!

kbr0632 02/04/2013

I have this too! I hate it. I have always had flutters but they have become daily ..starting about 3 years ago when I went on thyroid meds. However, my docs say that it's anxiety also. I want to get a test done because not only do I have flutters but I have also had intermittent chest tightness pain. I think that may be like a muscle pull or in the sternum itself but I am so scared. The flutters are not fast. They are just like a flip flop from the left part of my lower rib all the way to the top..or sometimes in the middle of the chest. I am so afraid soemthign is wrong with my heart (because like a dumby I smoke ....more than I should..but am not smoking as much as I was). I am so afraid. And I am afraid of the docs. I am on a beta blocker. My blood pressure is still high..and is high when I go to the doctors. I think that the bp may be high though because I am smoking. It has come down (but then as soon as I put a cig in my mouth, it goes back up). ALSO..my heart rate has decreased. Scary. Very scary I know. I am glad I am not the only one.

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