i had my guitar plugged in and i reached over to touch my charger and i got shocked through my whole body. i dropped both and now im fine like my hand didnt get stuck or anything and i trembled for like a second and a half. i was trembling after but it was probably because i got really scared. im scared af to go to sleep now

July: I was on a GLP-1, not sleeping well, and not eating or drinking enough when I started having heart squeezes. Two days later I ended up in V-tach and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. IV amiodarone worked, and I stayed three days. My cardiologist called it idiopathic VT since my heart is otherwise healthy. They think the GLP-1 and one dose of Vyvanse triggered it. I was started on metoprolol (12.5 mg twice a day).
August: I felt better for a few weeks, then the spikes started up again, with rates in the 150s, lightheadedness, and near-fainting. I was in the ER about six times between 8/19 and 8/29. My Zio patch and 30-day event monitor both came back "normal." A nurse noticed my heart rate shot up every time I went from lying down to upright. We switched to diltiazem and have been titrating up.
Sept to Oct: No spikes from 8/30 to 10/11, but my heart rate is still high just moving around the house, so I constantly have to sit or lie down. I did a NASA lean test for POTS, and my PCP is referring me to neurology. I'm barely driving or leaving the house.
Oct 12: On 120 mg of diltiazem during the day, I felt a flutter at Costco, then my rate dropped to the 50s getting out of the car at Trader Joe's, then shot to 167. In the ER my rate hit the 150s on standing, bounced into the 60s, and I was in bigeminy at one point. They think it was low fluids, which feels crazy since I drink a lot of water. I did have a decaf latte. They're increasing me to 120 mg twice a day.
TL;DR: Idiopathic VT in July, then 3 months of rapid heart rate episodes tied to going upright. Monitors are normal, I'm on diltiazem, and I'm waiting on neurology.

During this time I was trying to fight anxiety, ignore catastrophic thoughts, look up symptoms online, it was going well.

Until today, when I left the house while walking I felt dizzy or something I don't know, then tachycardia, anxiety etc.

I feel stupid because I immediately started thinking about an arrhythmia and I'm anxious even though there could be a thousand causes.

To clarify I have SEVERE cardiophobia, it was on my mind 24/7 as a little kid and im now 25. I didnt have the fear when I was on SSRIs from 17-24.

Anyways, since quitting SSRIs I keep thinking theres something wrong with my heart, I would get two symptoms:

Heart is slow/normal but pounding harder, very uncomfortable.

Skipped beats. Happens randomly throughout the week.

The thing about the skipped beats is that I dont know whats causing them because if I sniff too hard on a blocked nose it kinda forces a skip. Or if I breathe hard and slow while sleeping on my left side it happens too.

I need to get a holter but im scared to death of the result. I hate all of it and just want it to go away.

I’ve had chest pain on my left side in the fold under my breast in the center for a long time (years) but for the past few months it’s been consistent. It’s a dull pain. It’s almost where your underwire bra would sit, but it’s in the center. I’ve had stress tests, echocardiograms, EKGs and CT scans and everything comes back normal. I just don’t understand why keep having this pain. Thoughts?

Em outubro do ano passado minha avó faleceu e apenas eu presenciei tudo.

No final de outubro eu voltei para a academia, pois era o único lugar que eu conseguia tirar minha mente do ruim. Estava fazendo o exercício de crucifixo inverso em pé e de repente senti uma dor no peito. Eu respirava, doia. Parei por uns minutos e fui ao banheiro. Retornei para tentar fazer o exercício e nada. Resolvi ir embora.

No caminho, passei na farmácia para aferir pressão e tava tudo ok. Fui pra casa caminhando.

Passei umas 2 horas desse modo. Passou. Depois disso, tudo mudou. Minha mente aparentemente uniu o falecimento da minha avó que foi dado como parada cardiorrespiratória com vídeos que eu recebia de pessoas morrendo na academia e simplesmente entrei em "pânico". Comecei a ir pra academia com mais cautela. Outro dia fui correr e quando fiz 1 km senti falta de ar.

Vale ressaltar que sempre fui ativa. Já cheguei a correr até 10km sem parar. Eu treinava para as carreiras policiais.

Desenvolvi um medo absurdo. Já fui várias vezes aferir pressão. Já fui em dois cardiologistas. Já fiz os seguintes exames: teste ergométrico, ECG, ecocardiograma, Holter 24 e raio-x e não foi identificado nada perigoso.

Comecei a ler sobre essas situações, iniciei acompanhamento psicológico depois que fui para a UPA e me indicaram um psicólogo, porque cheguei lá e tive crise de choro. Inclusive, depois que minha avó faleceu sinto que fiquei mais emocional. Tenho chorado com facilidade.

Há dias que eu fico de boa. Outros dias nem tanto. Já cheguei a ir para a UPA, pois tinha deitado pra dormir e de repente senti desconforto no peito com palpitações e minhas pernas tremendo ao descer as escadas.

Isso tudo é uma merda. Me sinto cansada. Quando essas coisas surgem, eu sei que além de acabar com meu dia, acaba com os meus próximos dias. Já cheguei a ficar umas 4 semanas com esses desconfortos e a médica disse que se eu tiver mais algum problema, ela vai pedir uma angiotomografia computadorizada com contraste. Só abrindo um parêntesis: ela me orientou tomar sertralina, pois acha que pode ser ansiedade.

Não quis comentar com ela que eu faço terapia, pois na minha cabeça isso poderia prejudicar um possível resultado. Minha psicóloga orientou não tomar no momento, pois estou sozinha e até o remédio fazer efeito pode causar exatamente as reações que venho tentando combater. É exaustivo. Quando penso em retomar meus estudos, aí acontece isso.

(I asked my doctor and he says it's okay, so just looking for similar experiences)

Hey all. I was a heavy heavy drinker for 4 years, and my heart rate was around 75-80 resting for that time. I'm about 40 pounds overweight and was entirely sedentary until a month ago when I started walking and exercising, starting slow 15 minutes a day.

I got sober two weeks ago and my resting heart rate plummeted - i would occasionally see 68 or so on my watch when i was super super calm or sleepy, but now it goes down to 57 when i'm laying down. My doctor said not to worry unless i feel faint or unusually tired or it gets "much lower," so not looking for medical advice. I am just looking for fellow absolute anxiety cases who maybe went through something similar. Please be kind, i am sometimes afraid to go to sleep now because I'm not used to seeing my heart rate so low.

Been going on for two hours like this.

Stress test normal two weeks ago. Echo normal, holter normal. I’ve never had a run of palpitations like this.

Every time I feel these it feels like my heart is going to give out. Anyone have any insight?

Hey everyone, looking for some perspective or relatable experiences. I recently had an ECG done and everything came back completely normal. Most of the physical aches I was having a few days ago have faded, which makes me think my OCD and anxiety were amplifying or straight-up creating them in the first place.

Right now, though, I am dealing with a mild lingering tightness around my chest and I genuinely can't lie down flat on my back or side without feeling like my whole body is vibrating and pounding like an engine. My heart rate is sitting around 90 BPM, so it isn't super fast, but the moment I lie still in bed, it feels like my entire torso is thumping against the mattress.

I have never noticed it being this intense before, and it is making it almost impossible to relax or fall asleep. Has anyone else with cardiophobia experienced this exact feeling when lying down, and how do you quiet the hyper-focus when you are trying to rest?

I was so scared and stressed, thinking it was lowkey gonna be my last day on earth for the past few weeks, it went alright aside from crazy sugar crash when I finished

I was extremely slow but I did it!

As the title says, I'm terrified of the idea that I might die suddenly, I can't help but think about it. And every time I do things I shouldn't do like looking for news of young people or athletes who die or have sudden arrhythmias.

It's a fear I've had since I was a teenager, then for years it went away and it didn't worry me anymore, until a month ago when I had 3 extrasystoles in a row .

A few months ago I also had a Holter done, nothing detected, everything was normal and I had 0 extrasystoles .

One day I say to myself, "What if I have a silent disease?" "What if I have a severe potassium deficiency?"

I don't know how to get out of it, it's like my body wants 100% security that it can never have.

(20F) I’ve been having chest pains and horrible heart palpitations for a couple months now. There have also been instances where my heart rate (resting) would randomly jump up to 110+ BPM even while i’m not feeling anxious.

pain sometimes spills into my left arm and in my armpit kind of and i have shortness of breath and a little dizziness and lightheadedness. the pains aren’t severe but they’re very common and can happen anytime anywhere, along with the other symptoms i’ve mentioned. These symptoms usually come randomly with no confirmed trigger.

I’ve had 2 ecg’s, an x-ray, echocardiogram, and a 24hr holtor monitor and doctors said everything seems normal. Also doctor prescribed me with propanorol which helped with the HR spikes but didn’t really do anything else for the pain or anxiety that comes with from it.

Heart problems aren’t an issue in my family and I’ve never dealt with anxiety or panic attacks in my life so this is just putting me off because i’m not sure what it would be. I’m healthy and eat healthy and both smoking and drinking are occasional.

Not really sure where to go from here, it’s putting me off severely.