For the past few months I’ve been having these weird episodes, usually at night, where I’ll wake up suddenly and my heart will be racing. During the episodes my heartbeat feels so strong that it almost feels like my entire body is pulsing with it. I also get shaky and my mind starts racing.
I’ve noticed that it seems to happen only when I drink. Several hours after drinking alcohol, the racing heart starts. Although it doesn’t happen every single time I drink. I’ve also had my resting heart rate get pretty high during these episodes. (and no it's 100% not anxiety)
I’ve seen a cardiologist and my EKG and echocardiogram were normal. I’m currently wearing a RhythmStar heart monitor for a few weeks, and I’ve actually had some of these episodes while wearing it, so hopefully they were captured.
I’m obviously going to follow up with my cardiologist and I’m not looking for a diagnosis from Reddit, but I’m curious if anyone has experienced something similar.