Yes, I have heart palpitations, but not as often or as noticeable as a couple years ago. I think that magnesium and vitamin d3 helped me a lot. However, the heart arrthymia still shows up on EKG's.

I get heart irregularities called PAC's...pre-auricular contractions. My pulse will double-time for a bit, then snap back to its regular rhythm.

The cardiologist who checked me out said I had some problem with the valves. I've since learned that lupus causes problems with heart valves. At times I can feel my heart thumping away at high speed for no particular reason and I get all light-headed until it calms down.

It was scary at first, but I've been living with these cardiac symptoms for a long time now and I'm more or less used to them.

I have that...but if this is the first time of experiencing this for you - you should be checked out. Especially since SLE can cause all sorts of heart problems...some of them not so benign.

I have had tachycardia since this all began.. I went from a resting heart rate in the 50's to initially the 140's!!! now with IVIG it stays around q100... as it wears off goes into the 110's.. I have chest pains and palpitations too.. good times!

Thank you everyone for your opinion on this! It's definitely been going on like this for awhile. I've been going to the cardiologist for this since 2011, the first one just said it was my weight, even though most of my weight is muscle..I've always been active and I was a regular at the gym before the lupus hit me full force. My second cardiologist is a great doctor, he saved my grandpa twice from PE's and my mom also sees him, he has yet to know the cause of my palpitations and says it might be the lupus..but just to take magnesium to see if that helps. It's worth a try. What kind of magnesium should I take is the question? I have a lot of digestive issues and I know magnesium loosens things up.

I use magnesium citrate in powder form, because I can't swallow big, dry pills. One doctor told me never to take magnesium oxide alone, but only in a small amount with other forms of magnesium. He said that the oxide form is the cheapest and least effective form of magnesium. He also said to use an easily assimilated form, such as citrate or glycinate. Hope it works for you as well as it works for me. Here's an article that discusses different forms of magnesium.
http://www.naturalnews.com/046401_magnesium_dietary_supplements_nutrient_absorption.html

Hi-
I recently had a resting heart rate in the 110's. I was just starting a flare- the next week I had vasculitis ulcers form and ended p in the hospital with colitis. The doctors just said the HR was a response to the lupus. Get it checked though :)

Coralie

Another possibility is POTS. That's postural tachycardia syndrome. When someone with POTS gets up from lying down or sitting, the heart races. It's very common among people with ME/CFS, but they're not the only people who have this peculiar symptom.

I don't think it's particularly dangerous, just annoying and disturbing.

My resting heart rate is 100-110, but my bp is 100/85 as an average. I get skups every now and then. I get tightness in my chest but Dr said that is just a little swelling in the sack around my heart and same with lungs. (That took 11 days in cardiac Ward of the hospital to figure out)
The rapid heart rate takes some getting use to, when I focus on it too much I can throw my anxiety into overdrive and have a full blown panic attack. And when I work out I can not do too much too quickly because I get winded.
Is there anything herbal or holistic to lower heart rate? Treat anxiety? I hate taking rx for it!!

Yes. Going into svt is what finally got me diagnosed. Although it's better, I still become tachycardic sometimes. Mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep. It will wake me up.

I have experienced this when I'm having a flare up. I was dx'd with PoTs and Lupus.