I would have it checked out.
In my case, anxiety over the situation added to the party as I call it when it's hard to separate the different physical symptoms and some of the symptoms overlap, so when it gets confusing, I add information to the journal to see what kinds of patterns there are.
Hope you feel better.

I get the same heart flutters, but they tell me, "it's just from your thyroid". So, maybe you should get it checked out just to make sure. You only have one heart, gotta make sure to keep it.

No doubt, have it checked out.

I was dx a couple of years ago with PVC (premature ventricle contractions)....in short...feels either like the 'flutter; you just mentioned or like a big ole heart beat.

It's basically a malfunction in the hard wiring of your heart. It's not your heart malfunctioning...it's the electrical components failing....mis-firing so to speak. And if it happens in the lower ventricles, the blood continues to flow into it. When the heart starts again, it has to push all of that blood back out. The flutters (to me) seem to be just a short series of misfires. At times, this shortens my breath when this happens. And I have experienced a couple of episodes where they have lasted several hours. (usually just before my menstrual cycle).

Depending on where it happens (upper or lower ventricles) is whether or not you 'feel' it.
Both my cardiologist and online have shared that pretty much everyone has them. It's just whether or not you "feel" it.

And "IF" this is it, there are things you can do to try to improve them. Potassium, (I usually eat bananas or increase some potato intake), water intake, sleep deprivation can increase them, processed sugars, caffeine, other stimulants, oh and stress/ anxiety can increase them. Oh, and last but definitely NOT least....hormones fluctuation!!! As I have paid attention to all of this, the hormone imbalances really mess with it more than anything above!

Avoiding or increasing the above helps. It's another balancing act for me just like my dietary intake for Fibro. I no longer drink/eat anything with caffeine...simply because I hate this sensation.

Have yours checked out by a doctor. They will want to rule it out with various tests. But it's so reassuring that it's a normal thing....wish it felt normal!!!

But one more thing to add. When all of this started for me, I researched "FIBRO & HEART CONDITIONS" Fibro is known for attacking all areas of the body. Just like when you experience Fibro fog (when it attacks your brain) or a flare (when it attacks your muscles)..fibro can attack your lungs (where it feels like an asthma attack yet your asthma meds don't work), your eyes and fluctuating vision difficulties.....it can effect your heart too.

I throw an occasional PVC due to anxiety, usually right before my period. An occasional PVC is no big deal---for me, at least! It feels to me like my racing heart suddenly "hops and drops" (not quite a skipped beat, not quite a flutter) and then my heart rate slows and it's back to normal. I did have it checked out, and recommend the same, b/c a "flutter" can be a LOT of things. Good luck!

Yes, Yes, Yes, and it is driving me nuts. I don't feel it during the day; probably because I am moving around.

At nightfall, when things get quiet around here and I start to sit down to relax, it starts and lasts until I go to sleep. However, it has kept me up at night.

This is fairly new for me, so I am still trying to figure out what brings it on; so far, I think caffeine affects it.

It is driving me nuts.

For 20 years they told me I had a mitral valve prolapse causing the heart flutters. Then they finally did an echocardiogram and found out there is "nothing wrong with" my heart... just like all the rest of me. So I guess it's the fibromyalgia.

However - I did end up in the ER from it one time, so it's probably best for you to get it checked out to be safe. I now carry medication with me at all times (a beta blocker) that slows the heart rate should I have another episode like that one! When the paramedics arrived, I was lying on the ground blacking out and gasping for air. My heart rate was 238.

Better safe than sorry. Good luck!

Because so many different things can cause these to happen I just think it is a good idea to discuss this with your doctor finding the cause or trigger has allot to do with how to treat it.

MVP (mitral valve prolapse)

http://www.medicinenet.com/mitral_valve_prolapse/page2.htm

Would ask your doctor about MVP ...

If you can journal what is happening before they started... and see if there is a pattern to when they happen. Things like what you ate or drank, over tired, anxiety, meds taken, etc.

Wish you the best in finding out what is causing this for you !


take care
gentle hugs

Thank you all !
I'm thinking it's best to go ahead and talk to my GP about this ..

Great advice too..

I do need to slow or cut out the coffee,eat more with potassium.My stress levels do go up and down with the IH and the 2 boys ! I try not to take it out of proprtion,I do get overwhelmed alot . I do want to know what is causing it , and it does seem to take my breath away but not every time.I can deffintely feel it !

I have had my thyroid checked it always comes back just alittle under normal but no Doctors will say yes I do or No I don't just keep an eye on it ....

so i guess there are many factors I'm dealing with and I have noticed that it happens most when the kids over stress me bringing up tention and my heart rate ...


SO Thank You ALL This has been a big help ..... xoxoxo

BE SAFE ! mommies4

I have been getting these on and off for the last six years. Usually they reappear when I am stressed and not sleeping well. When other muscles feel the fatigue, I presume the heart, being a muscle, probably would too. The intensity, frequency and duration of them would vary and there were times that it would almost scare the life out of me...I thought I was having a heart attack and going to die. I have been to the emergency department a number of times, been to a cardiologist a few times, had a number of tests, wore a 24 hour holter monitor a couple of times. They never found anything seriously wrong with my heart. Such good information from everyone here. What Wonderbaby says is excellent. Definitely caffeine can contribute to and compound such problems and should be avoided, not just for this reason alone. It really isn't good for a healthy person, let alone for those who are unwell. I have never found my heart flutters related to a racing heart, where it is beating exceptionally fast, as tonirexx has mentioned though. It is usually a rhythm thing. The herb Hawthorn is excellent for heart health, as well as the mineral magnesium. Might be worth looking into these two supplements.

As you can see from the comments this fluttering feeling can come from different things so it is best to have it checked. I was DX with mitral valve prolapse many years before I was DX with fibro and I had the same fluttering. Between that and high blood pressure I go to the cardiologist yearly for a check up. Some people with MVP need medication for it. Good luck!