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Heart Flutters?

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Ok... well I didn't tell anyone this.. Last night when I layed down for bed I felt a flutter in my chest that lasted only a short few seconds... but it was rapid... It scared the daylights out of me.. Cuz I didn't know what it was. If it was my heart or gas or what... So I called the nurse line and asked. she just asked if I had any chest pain or shortness of breath with it.. Not that I noticed.. So that is a good thing.. Well I am afraid of the dark and when day ends I get really anxious because I can't see outside.. The gas station is closed and I have no gas to go anywhere if I even wanted... Anyways.. My husband don't get home for another 3 hrs or so from work.. And I am freaking out... I am sure a panic attack or something. I don't have any meds anymore for them till I go see my doc again at the end of the month... I keep thinking about the dam flutter and am constantly checking my heartbeat now... Thinking I am going to die here.. I really feel like I need just to talk to get my mind off of it or something before I end up calling an ambulance probably for nothing at all. I do stupid things in panic and find myself in the ER most of the time.. but with no one here and no ride... I would have no choice but to call 911. I don't talk to anyone in town, don't know any neighbors to go sit with for a few hrs... So I don't even know if I am making any scense right now... just typing...
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Heart flutters rarely cause a person to expire. It could simply be an adjustment to your heart's rhythm from standing to laying. My heart will some times do that. Just don't panic. Calm yourself and the 3 hours will pass quickly and without incident.
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Everything's gonna be okay...no matter what...take a few deep breaths...draw,.
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I've had that before too but always forget to tell any of my doctors and its only happend since i've been on meds. I wish i could tell u what it is but hopefully its nothing bad cause then im in trouble too.
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Oh Hunny you're letting this grow out of control. I also had heart flutters last night. It's anxiety. Call your pdoc and demand meds for anxiety. I finaly got some yesterday and today is a much better day. No you are not dieing.
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Don't worry first of all, this happens every time I have a panic attack (heart palpitations), as scary as they can be, they will NOT hurt you. I get many panic attacks as part of my PTSD, but I am working on ways to control them (other than Ativan, Xanax & Valium if all else fails, LOL!)

My therapist always says first of all: don't anticipate or add a second fear. In other words, stop 'what if'ing'. I do it too, but it only makes things worse. Just remember a panic attack at it's worst can NOT kill you. The very worst that can happen is that you will panic, that's it! Don't give in to the fear, don't anticipate.

Work on taking deep breaths, as deep as your body will allow. Inhale & exhale slowly...

Stay on here, joke, laugh, talk, be silly, do whatever it takes to stay distracted. Put up more goofy avatars if you have to ;)
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thanks everyone.. but I get heart palpulations daily with my anxiety.. I know that skipped or extra beat feeling very well.. but not this new flutter feeling.. It feels like it wacks out really bad and goes really super fast for a few seconds... Just odd... Gosh Midnight is not comming fast enough
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Just hang in there. Midnight will get here sooner than you think. Just slow down, calm down, and you're already sitting. I know pretty much exactly what you are going through. You're not going to die and it is nothing major. Your hear does strange things at times. Just stay with us.
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Hmmm...that's odd. Have you started any new meds recently? I started Wellbutrin XL this morning & I noticed some strange heart flutter thing today. Sometimes new meds do that though. When I started Seroquel about 6 months ago, I thought I was having a heart attack (seriously) & almost called 911! Then the next day I felt silly, I was 28 at the time, how could I have had a HA?! Meds can mess with heart beat I think...
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no I don't have any meds.. I sure need some though.. lol.. they took me off my lorazepam for my panic attacks and won't get anything new till I see the doc again at the end of the month...
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I have panic disorder and my heart often does wierd things. It feels like it is beating out of my chest, or flittering around, sometimes if I cough it helps. I've been told that the extra adrenalin makes it do that. No harm in it. I've had my heart checked out just to make sure and it is in fine ticking shape. Panic attacks have never killed anyone so you can probably just take a hot bath and relax knowning that it will pass. Have confidence that it is only a temporary rise in adrenalin. You'll be fine even though it feels like your going to go crazy or have a heart attack. I went through those feelings for a very long time until I was properly diagnosed at an ER. See if you can get your pdoc to prescribe something until you see him. Its rediculous that you would have to wait for relief.
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Yea, that is ridiculous. Could you call & just speak to someone on the phone, have something called in maybe? Sounds like your anxiety is really causing a lot of discomfort.
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yeah I wish I had someone to call the stupid crazy doc even called my family doc and told her that she is taking me off the lorazeapam because she does not think this is the correct treatment for me... and then I can't get into see her till the end of this month.. I got cut off about a month and a half ago.. cold turkey.. not tapering off no nothing.. I hate her.. I just have no choice but to see her cuz she is the free doctor... I had some saved for emergencies.. but it is all gone now...
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