I’m 8 years late to this, but THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. I’ve had many family members with heart and circulatory problems, and it’s given me cardio phobia for years. I strive to be healthy and work out 4-5 days a week, but every little heart flutter and instances of anxiety-driven heart rate increase gave me deep deep fear. This video made me feel so much better. Thank you again.
I usually don't comment on videos at all. But I have to thank you for taking time to do these videos. It's very comforting to have symptoms explained by a trained cardiologist. Unfortunately I've made the experience that most doctors don't have the patience to accurately explain things to their patients. So thank you very much! It helped me a lot and I'm sure others feel the same.
Couldn't agree more. Sad that I had to come to YT to find answers. I've seen a Cardiologist and he made me feel like I was annoying him. Dr. Gupta is a wonderful Dr.
Over the past 9 years I’ve gone to three different doctors (at Kaiser, in California), all of whom barely looked at me, only at their computers, and seemed to be so rushed, with barely time to listen to me but just hurry on to the next patient. None of them has ever even asked about my diet, for instance. For every ailment, it’s another prescription. (I’m 73 and now on nine different prescriptions. Think how much that’s costing Medicare. And I still feel awful.) They may wish they had more time with each patient, but this is a business, after all, and time is money. I’m lucky to have access to any medical care (so many Americans don’t), but how wonderful it would be to have a doctor like this one. I’ve come across these videos by accident, but I’m now following his posts and learning so much.
Ive struggled with generalized anxiety and panic attacks along with an often crippling fear of my own heart mainly due to my lack of knowledge regarding it. I’ve been having troubling symptoms (matching the third beat example you showed in this video i. e. skipped beats) but I’m hoping they’re benign and simply a new evolution of my ever-changing anxiety symptoms. Whether I’m okay or not I appreciate this video and your others for their straight forward approach and stellar “bedside manner” even if it’s virtual. So thank you.
You aren't alone man I've got worries over anxiety but I feel much better when I get my mind in control. It's easy to say but don't get into vexing negative thought loops, kill automatic negative thoughts or ANTS like Jim Kwik says
Thank you for this. I have palpitations a lot as I have a few anxiety disorders and this video has helped me a lot in talking myself out of my panic attacks since my heart beat almost always remains at a normal rhythm, just faster or harder than normal.
I got more information from this free video than I did with a €50 consultation with my doctor who just said 'anxiety' and sent me away with medication that I didn't understand. He didn't want to monitor me at all and when he eventually did write a referral to a cardiologist, they lost my letter. Hospital said they never got it and doctor said he had sent it and the hospital lost it. It's really not taken seriously I find. I know most cases are harmless but even for the mental health of the patient I find monitoring is essential.
Hi Imogen... you are quite right... the reassurance that a doctor gives you is only useful if the patient has confidence in the doctor and a lot of doctors these days do not have the communication skills that allow a rapport and relationship of trust to develop between the patient and the doctor.
Hi Imogen. Thank you for your comments and your nice words about the video. I agree with you that just because the doctor thinks that they are not dangerous does not mean that they are not important and to my mind the doctor should do all that he can to reassure the patient because that is the only way of getting rid of them for good.best wishes
Okay so...I kind of figured if my PVCs went away when I slept, that was a good sign, and you sort of confirmed that, so thank you. But, I just heard from my GP yesterday about my 48 hour holter monitor report. He had told me we start to worry when the total burden hits or is over 30%, so my total burden of 29%, I figured, was close enough to merit further investigation, at least. But he gets on the phone and he's so 100% certain that they're benign, I actually am confused...because what I read doesn't say anything about quality or timing, even on these videos--except maybe for today--they talk about the number and usually it's less than 30%. So it was my understanding--but what do I know--that it was sheer volume that could start to weaken the heart. Then I hearkened back to one of Dr Gupta's analogies: If he pressed on my neck-press and release, press and release-that's not going to kill me, and I get that. In fact, I've never really worried about my pvcs because I have fatigue issues and they're kind of functional in that sense, sort of like a 16/7 fire lit under me, that constant sense that danger is slightly imminent keeps you alert, right? But what if you have 3,360 of those press release moments in one hour? At a minimum, might you not want to kill the person who's doing that to you? Might it not start to leave a bruise? I feel sometimes like doctors' focus on "will this kill you? Not today. Something will eventually, and there's nothing we can do about that, either," isn't very productive. I have a tendency to minimize anyway, so if a doctor intimates that I should come back when I have a "real problem" that's when I'll come back, and I'm probably not going to be very happy if there were some intermediate steps that could've been taken that doctor didn't bother to tell me about, maybe because he didn't realize I usually don't come in unless I absolutely have to. It was only after I got the report that I correlated that hour of 3,360 ectopics with how I felt. Keep in mind, I have fatigue issues, I probably have shortness of breath issues, my chest hurts a lot, but it's all so often that I've normalized it. But that day, it was like I just simply could not make myself move faster in a situation where speed kind of matters, so of course, that added stress. But usually I can step it up if I need to and it was like, no, I can't. This is what I can do right now. And then I saw, that was right when my 1100 per hour average tripled. Why it did, I don't know. And then I deduced, probably at that point, I WAS struggling to get adequate oxygen to the parts that needed to move (my arms/hands--I was cutting hair. Not heavy/aerobic labor.) I also saw my heart rate jumped to 93 bpm, which is what I average on a brisk walk. And I broke out in a sweat, even though it wasn't warm. I get it, it didn't kill me, I didn't have a heart attack, and I was able, albeit slower than I wished, to complete the tasks at hand. But at what point do such things become "disabling"? At what point does it merit...commiseration, at least? I get that my doc was trying to reassure me. I accept that these are 99.9% benign (though I am starting to notice tachycardia, and I counted at least 20 beats before it stopped (monitor said the most was 7 beats, and I didn't notice anything, not until after I was done wearing it.) .I don't know. I also have very severe osteoporosis, fractures in my spine prexisted diagnosis, and honestly that probably is part of my stress--I know I'm going to endure some pretty significant pain in the course of my work day, and maybe my sympathetic nervous system anticipates it, but it actually wasn't hurting yet during my bad hour. Still, doctors are like, "shoot, well...old people get osteoporosis, what are you going to do?" Sometimes just a little sympathy (and acknowledgement that they missed cues, which allowed me to get worse before it was ferreted out, and WE are the ones who asked for the DEXA,) and how the fact of their missing cues, even if doctoring is hard and you can't catch everything, how that's going to affect me now...just acknowledgement, just...not acting like I'm a big baby. I don't over-react by nature; I underreact. But if I get to where I feel like you're not listening, I will possibly overreact. Just ..acknowledge, have some empathy. Imagine what it would be like if someone pressed on your neck 3300 times in one hour. That's all.
I had palpitations. (and random pains) Got a Nuclear Stress test. All Ok. Got a copy of the results to review. Met my cardiologist a few months later to discuss a few anomalies noted on the "normal" results. He said all is ok, dont worry about it. A week later I had fainting spells and chest pain and checked into the hospital with heart symptoms. Next day got a stent for a 95% blockage in my LAD "Widowmaker" artery. Don't ignore symptoms and don't always believe your cardiologist when he says nothing is wrong and discounts your symptoms. (And even your test results)
@@gardengrovemike On exertion, I would experience feeling of light headed as if 1/2 way to blacking out. Required resting to recover. When I had one of these events where I never fully recovered, I knew it was time for the ER. Palpations are hard to define, it seems to feel like you have hit a roadbump in your consciousness.
My heart starts pounding like CRAZY at night when I go to bed. It wakes me out of my sleep and it's incredibly anxiety inducing! I'm not someone who has a hx of struggling with anxiety so it's a very terrifying thing when my heart does this! I have cut out caffeine today and my PCP is getting ready to order the heart monitoring you mentioned. All this to say...that this is the most encouraging piece of medical advice that I have come across in my recent research! I will hopefully sleep better tonight just knowing that it's very likely stress related and hopefully not significant of something more serious. Thank you for taking your time to bring people some relief! God bless you!
Love you Dr. Gupta! Your "heartbeat" demonstration REALLY helped me to determine which type of palpitation I have been experiencing. I have probably had all of these with the exception of SVT's.
I don't know how to thank you enough. I suffer from terrible bigeminy PVC's with chest pain and am on beta.blockers. I had the whole slew of tests done revealing mitral valve prolapse with mild regurgitation but was told structurally my heart was sound and not to worry, but not one Cardiologist explained what was actually happening like you just did so I thank you so very much. God bless you. I wish you were my Cardiologist.
Marilyn Bahoura , I had a very bad bout of Pericarditis at 21yrs old, and recovered well and no issues really for years. Then, out of nowhere, the past 18 months or so, I started having random episodes of what the doctor said may possibly be AFib. Out of NO WHERE, my heart will randomly start beating extremely hard, but not fast, and I can't breathe in as deep as I normally could. So, basically, my heart randomly will just feel like flippy/floppy in my chest, and shallowness of breath. I can breathe, but it just feels like I can't inhale as much. This doesn't happen everyday, and it doesn't have any real schedule. It just kinda pops up, lasts for anywhere from 5 to 25 seconds or so, then just kinda disappears. It freaks me out terribly, like, full blown "holy crap what's happening" freaked out. lol. Due to my past with Pericarditis, I have developed SEVERE hypochondria over the past year or two, ever since I've had these heart episodes. So, I can sympathize completely with your hypochondria. It is absolutely crippling, to the point that you can become almost reclusive or agoraphobic over it. If anyone has any tips or any suggestions as to hire to deal with this, or any relieving tidbits of advice, I'd love to hear from you. :)
OSP K9 it's been over a month. I have thyroid and anemia. Honestly this is stress or my heart is just giving up. Of cours not best times ever in this stupid world I guess I just I have to live with it
Marilyn Bahoura 9 x out of 10 (at our age) it's stress induced. Hell, unseen/non-thought about stress is one of the biggest triggers to my AFIB/SVT attacks. But, getting stressed about the feeling/issue will only make it worse. So, I tend to just breathe in deep, tr my best to relax, and let whatever is going to happen, just happen. Because in the grand scheme of things, stressing out and worrying about something will absolutely not make it any better whatsoever. It's only guaranteed to make it worse. So, try your best to just push through it and relax it away until you can get to the bottom of it. :)
You are a life saver... i get extra beats..... I will love you for the rest of my life....Sanjay Gupta,,, I will remember that name......... I am an Indian... and i am feeling like touching your feet to show respect.... you dont know how much you have helped me...
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We are so lucky to be educated by you Dr. Gupta. People like us have QUESTIONS and you just answered them! Greeting from a 60 year old semi-plugged heart.And THANK YOU!!
Wonderful explanation of the different palpitations. I have the "missed beat" type and was quite worried about them but am much relieved to learn they are almost always not dangerous. Thanks so much for your informative videos.
That was very informative. Much, much more informative than what my GP and even cardiologist has told me. Especially the auditory explanation of abnormal heart rhythms. Thank you!
York Cardiology i have rbbb and palpitations i have not been explained whats going on with mr and would love to see you so i can get a better understanding. how is it i can visit ur clinic? please i desperately need ur help.
Thank you for this video, it really helped me out a lot. I was a heavy pot smoker for about 4 years and I decided to quit. I am now 4 weeks clean and i'm starting to feel my palps and anxiety go away slowly which i am thankful for. People need to wake up and realize weed is NOT a harmless drug. It can affect people differently!
I have been smokin a lot of herbary myself and feeling the heart go crazy. I really think its induced my the weed. Thank you for your comment I never knew weed could do that!
I know this is old, but thanks for posting it! I've had palpations for the last week or so due to some supplements I bought online and I've been stressing ever since. This video give me optimism that I think they will go away. I will continue to monitor obviously but the stress doesn't help and only makes it worse when you don't know any better. Thanks again for this!
I have pulsatile tinnitus and can hear every beat of my heart so I am aware of my heart palpitations. It's been 3 years now and very unnerving at times, but after many tests and moniters the doctors have found nothing wrong with my heart. I have to keep reminding myself of that when I hear an abnormal or skipped beat! Your videos have reassured me. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I have anxiety and the symtoms on my heart makes me to provoke panicattacks, wich stresses the heart even more. It has become an evil circle.
jonas lundin me too. it's so scary. I'll be sleeping and it feels like my heart just jumped on my chest and wakes me up suddenly and in sheer panic. I've had so many tests and nothing wrong. It's so hard to convince it is not a threatening disease 😩
i dont know how you are doing now, but my advice to u is to confront ur anxieties directly and make a habit of it every day untll you are no longer afraid, i did it today, and it was scary at first but i just thought to "power through" and ignore the sudden anxiety feelings my body gave me because i know better, it doesent take effect immediately but if you make a habit out of it that habit can be very strong and overpower the aniety :)
This made me feel so much better. I have the extra beats all the time. I have had three ekgs and they were all normal. My doctor doesn't think I need further testing at this time. But I still of course worry.
My mum had Legionella pneumonia about 2 months ago and was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation during her stay in the hospital. I too have been feeling palpitations of late and will be fitted for a 24hr heart holter tomorrow. Your video has been quite encouraging, thank you!
I woke up 2 nights ago with a racing heart which made me nauseous, very hot and sweaty, and then I threw up a couple of times. Nausea continued for about an hour. I had severe burning pain across my chest and into my right arm for about 5 minutes....and then I was able to go back to sleep . So weird, miserable, and scary. Also I've had what has been diagnosed as PVCs/PACs which happens randomly (at rest and during exercise) and bradycardia at times. I've been a nervous wreck most of my life because of worrying about heart irregularities. I'm a 51 YO woman in relatively great health. Tons of stress in the last year being sole caregiver of my demented mom. Thanks for your awesome videos!!
Seriously I have been so scared for the longest time about mine. And when he did the last one that he referred to as an extra beat, it was exactly what I get. It takes my breath away and beats really hard once, and then a couple of times normal, and then it will not beat for maybe 2 seconds, and then another really hard one. It was spot on.
I've had SVTs since I was a kid. Got officially diagnosed a few years ago. Let your GP know your symptoms. They will probably want to capture them on a monitor that you wear for a few weeks. If they capture SVT, then you will likely be referred to a cardiologist for a stress test and echo cardiogram. In my case both the stress test and echo were normal, so the cardiologist told me there was a low likelihood of SVTs causing any problem. But you should definitely get checked.
It's all your life choices to much suger to much caffeine to much high cholesterol foods start a healthy diet and exercise and plz if your drinking energy drinks don't exceed the amount mountain dew is another one on the list
Its unlikely you'll see this, but I wish I could thank you more than a comment for giving me information and reassurance when my doctor's have basically brushed me off. They can say you're healthy a thousand times, but it doesn't make the PVCs go away. I'm watching all of your videos and learning up on what's going on in my chest. Thank you so much Dr. Gupta.
Oddly enough, this actually really helps me with my health anxiety. I've had 2 normal EKGs spaced a year apart, and an x-ray that found nothing and its comforting to know that from what you have described it sounds like an extra beat. I'm only 26 years old, but it has ruled my life for that past 10 years. I do plan on still getting a monitor just to finish putting my mind at ease, buts its good to know that these aren't anything serious.
This doctor always give me peace of mind when I watch his videos. I suffer from PACs which are extra beats. Been seeing a cardiologist for about 7 years so I pretty much take it that I’m fine. I’ve had a million ekgs, ultrasounds, numerous blood work. Just feel if there was something wrong they would of caught it by now. Also had a link monitor in for 3 years. Had an ablation but it honestly wasn’t needed. He gave me a choice to get it. Don’t notice much of a change. I also suffer from anxiety, panic and large amounts of stress which are probably the cause for my PACs.
Thank you for this! It was the reassurance I needed in the middle of the night. The last thing I wanted to do was contact my alarmist doctors when I have many other health related issues, as well as tachycardia (always 100bpm give or take). They're out of ideas so they always think the worst. I know it's not a replacement for seeing a doctor, but for now....my heart just started beating a little better having less anxiety as to why I'm having palpitations because of your explanations. Many blessings!
I've been getting about 5 extra beats a day. I was born with a whole in the heart which closed up. I was getting worried as i had previously only had palpitations during menstruation. This video is so helpful. Thank you
This is a great video for those worried about their palpitations/irregular heart beats, especially the rhythm demonstration, may set some peoples minds at ease, thank you very much :)
Thank you so much. You have put my mind at rest. I get missing heart beats regularly and I’ve had an ECG .it came up as abnormal but was told it’s nothing to worry about . I am now waiting for a monitor to use for a day...sadly I have a long wait. I’m feeling a lot happier after watching this video so thank you again.
My heart palpitations at first were bad and my mom said it was from anxiety and from caffeine and I changed my diet and now a week later now I barely feel them I usually do during the night before I sleep and What you described as an extra beat is what suits me and I notice it because of my anxiety, thank you for this video!
I am confused. 6 months ago I became very exhausted and my heart would beat so fast then I'd lie down and wait to see if it calmed down. It may beat like this an entire day and evening until I go to sleep. But one night I awakened un able to get air into my lungs. The ambulance came and took me to the ER. DR. IN THE ER CALLED RESP. THERAPY. THESE GUYS HOOKED ME UP TO A CPAP MACHINE. IT WAS LIKE THIS MACHINE FORCED AIR INTO MY LUNGS NOT UNTIL THEN DID I TAKE A BREATH. I was put on bloodthinner medicine and a fluid pill. And then my Cardiologist told me I was having congestive heart failure what's going on?
This is a very good video indeed, I have been having palps for 3-4 years, heart structure all normal, my heart palpitations were caused by severe vitamin B12 deficiency, I still get them from time to time but have learned to manage them even though at times they can be very frightening, I never have chest pain or shortness of breath so I know its OK. Once you learn how to manage them they become just annoying like hiccups really but when I first had them and did not know what was happening I had a full on panic attack which of course makes it a lot worse, I find getting my heart rate up by walking and also talking at the same time can quickly make them go away, sometimes bearing down like you are trying to poo also works as does splashing cold water in your face, I normally try all 3 and find jogging on the spot for a few mins and staying calm works just fine. Knowledge is power in controlling palpitations, lots of rest also helps, my palps are always worse after a late night. Thanks for this great video!
York Cardiology I am a 31-year-old Caucasian male6 feet tall 330 pounds. I was drinking a lot of heavy heart liquor for about four years straight. About five months ago I had one of my last few drinks. I was eating a few burritos that were greasy and playing a video game with suddenly right in the center of my sternum I felt a shock. A sudden tug at my heart almost as if it pulled my heart downwords an this lasted for 1.5 seconds. It made me jump up out of my seat and throw my controller on the floor and went to my wife and sit on the bed and told her something strange just happened. My heart rate jumped to 122 and my blood pressure was at something like 180/101. I tried to go get a vitamin I think it was a Cayanne pepper vitamin to help my blood circulation and when I went to grab the bottle my hand started twitching and I could not squeeze the bottle. I stopped drinking for like a month and then I have another drink and I would randomly throughout the day Get the shark feeling right now in my heart that lasts one second but it is absolutely scary. I have now not drink for about two months straight and I rarely get these shock feelings where it feels like my heart jumps for 1 to 2 seconds and that it in fact it feels like a shorter time than that. Feels like I will be laying down and just randomly out of the blue my heart will flip around and then suddenly im paranoid for an hour. And during this paranoia it won’t happen again even if I get really anxious and worried it only happens randomly. Usually I have to smoke marijuana or eat a lot of food for it to happen or just randomly be playing a video game sitting or laying straight down. I need to know what this is or what it sounds like. I have no doctor or an option to go to one. I can answer any and all questions pretty much I like to give all the information upfront. I don’t know of any known heart diseases in my family and I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life until just recently. Sometimes when I am laying down in bed it will randomly happen it will feel like one second my heart flips up and down and that’s all it takes for me to get worried. My heart beats per second can be anywhere between 49 and 59 when I just wake up in the morning or when I lay down for a few minutes during the day but most the time it stays between 60 and 80 it definitely gets up in the 90s and sometimes 103 when I’m really worried or anxious. And my blood pressure has been around one 140/85
Great video! Palpitations are of often mentioned but I have never seem them explained or illustrated before. I have had intermittent heart rhythm irregularity all my life, probably STV, so it was comforting to watch this. Getting older now and a few other irregularities have happened that are more concerning.
I tremendously respect the time you take to put videos together explaining particular heart conditions. I am sure many others have been blessed by your videos. I believe God has truly given you a gift and you are operating in your gift to help others. Like many others I have been battling with heart palpitations. My story began in August of this year. I was singing in the choir and my heart starts beating out of my chest. Before church I admit I had coffee.🤦♀️ Long story short, so many ER visits with results stating sinus tachycardia. I wore an event monitor for 30days with events occurring while wearing the monitor. My highest heart rate was 150 results just state sinus tachycardia. Previous echocardiogram was normal as well. I was placed on Metoprolol 12.5mg at one ER visit due to my heart rate reaching 170s(although I believe anxiety contributed to that high rate). I took it for about a month. I am currently not taking it anymore. My Cardiologist suggested a loop recorder. I was wondering if you could possibly suggest a rational for moving straight to an implant when they have not found anything nor have they done a tilt table test or a stress test. I still get heart palpitations when walking up stairs and bending down to standing position. However thankfully no fainting spells although it use to seem like I was about to faint during an attack. My symptoms were mainly short of breath and slight chest pains when my heart palpitations were at their worst. I just felt weak after an attack. I would Love hear your ideas on this. Could it possibly be just anxiety? Also could Thalessemia play a role in heart palpitations? Thank so much for the continued cardiac education! Many blessings!
I wont get one for months and then I'll get 30 in one day. So irritating. Its extra chemicals from fight or flight. Extra stress and caffeine will usually do it. Anxiety is always the cause for me
I feel like I get it when my electrolytes are unbalanced. I do not eat sugar or grains so my body does not retain water and this flushes out electrolytes. If I get them I balance my sodium (broth) potassium (avocado) and magnesium (supplement) and it works. This is likely why caffeine, exercise etc causes them as you are flushing out electrolytes.
I feel in my chest like my heart stops and starts. I feel pulse points at the same time and the pulse goes away then starts again. I panic when I feel this loss of pulse. I fear that my heart is going to stop working.
guys apparently most of the time it is not much to worry about, just a PVC or less. Happens more to ones that have irregular sleeping schedule, consumes caffeine, nicotine, and other stimulants. I've recently got a 24 hour holter testing and they've found nothing. My symptoms started over 3 years ago and they usually come and go time to time. Doing sudden fitness tends to provoke those symptoms. However, I wouldn't be 100% sure until more advanced tests are done, such as while running or over long periods of screening.
Yes and it is felt in the stomach area...like a beat of a drum.....if that is what you feel,cut the anxiety and coffee and start taking magnesium....if you have anemia,that can also affect the heart rythm....I have palps every time I freak out and when I visit the loo TOO often...all the magnesium and potassium goes down the loo....excuse the pun!!!!!
I had that ,went to cardiologist, had an echocardiogram and he said my heart is healthy and strong, the skipped beats you have are called pvcs and are harmless ,anxiety plays a big part in it, can make your heart race
Yes, that is quite common actually but it just tends to happen frequently if you have magnesium/potassium deficiency, gastroesophagus disease which relates to Vagus Nerve, sleep deprivation & anxiety plus medications side effect i.e antihistamine. Anyway, if you're really concern just check with a Cardiologist and let him have you gone for ECG, Ultrasound & Holter monitor for 1-2 days.
Thank you so much for posting these videos! I have struggled with palpitations for some time. I used your suggestions all summer, and while they didn't help improve my condition (I was recently diagnosed with an atrial septal defect at age 24 and likely reason of my palpitations) they did serve to comfort me in a time of great uncertainty. Thank you Dr.Gupta and please keep making these videos!
i been experencing a flutter like my heart flips and flops for a few second its been happening everyday 😥 I thought it was anxiety but something else is going on. Awaiting to see a cardiologist.
Stephanie Kesler it hasn’t been happening for awhile now I’ve had scan and was normal it’s seems to be physical symptoms of anxiety stress I get from time to time but it still scary 🙏🏼
I'm here cause I feel like my heart is gonna explode, whenever I lay down I feel my heart pumping so hard and it does too when I sleep. I'm really scared 😭
Me too i experience it yesterday and i feel my heart is gonna explode and feeling faint and my arm legs feeling numb and my breathing is unstable i thought im gonna die but i calm my mind and they rush me to the hospital and got me a ECG and my heart is normal and the doctor said to me don't take to many caffeine and fix my sleep schedule... And that's true because i always do that and i stopped my coffee and i fix my sleep schedule now im looking forward...
Thank you so much for your video. I am a 51 year old female who suffered a heart attack, and while they were working on my heart attack on the table, I suffered a stroke. A few days ago I started suffering from heart palpitation so bad they were waking my out of my sleep. It got so bad I call an ambulance and went to the hospital. I wore a heart monitor for 24 hours and I am waiting for my results. You video has put my mind at ease. I thought because I had the Heart attack, the palpitations meant I was going to die. But because of your video I can just wait for my results and not worry for much.
@@rajeevvarma1989 hi, I am 54 now and unfortunately I had another Heart attack in 2019 and a week ago I was rushed to the hospital for fluid around my heart. This started happening after the last stent was put in. I am not in good shape.
@@queena.k.a.mistyyvette1362 oh. God. Please take care of your health. Praying to the God for your health and speedy recovery. Pl stay strong. Hope you will come out of it and live a normal life. Praying to God.
This is my first comment on a UA-cam video! Really helpful information. Thank you for creating the video! I think we should not take any risk with our heart. If we feel discomfort we should immediately consult with our GP.
Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve been experiencing what I think are PVC’s or extra beats. They happen exactly how you described them. All of a sudden started happening multiple times per day. I believe I pinpointed the cause to a dietary supplement I was taking that contains aspartame. I’ve read about people’s experience with heart palpitations and aspartame. I never drink diet sodas or use artificial sweeteners, but suddenly had a significant intake of this sweetener. Now I’m just waiting to see if they go away now that I have stopped use.
Thank you, you videos gives me relief. Whenever i am having a heart palpitation it goes to 110 beats per minute accompanied by shortness of breath. But i can feel the beats were on the same rythm. Ut gradually goes away after 15 to 30 minutes.
Salute you doctor. What a wonderful person you are in this era of business. God bless you you for all your good work. Thank your parents for bringing up such a wonderful person.
Well, thank you for this! What you describe from 7:30 is the kind of heart palpitation I've been getting a lot of since I had my 3rd child (he is 4 months old now). I've been driving myself nuts trying to work out if it's just stress, sleep deprivation, something to do with the low carb/keto diet (and possible electrolyte imbalance) I've been on since having gestational diabetes, perhaps anemia (I needed an iron transfusion in late pregnancy), my thyroid, a lack of estrogen due to breastfeeding, too much caffeine, or something more sinister... goodness me, the list is endless! But what I experience is the most common one and it's more obvious to me at night and on days where I have been stuck in the house and breastfeeding more (so when I am exercising less). So it sounds like I should just go ahead and ignore it and try to enjoy life more instead of worrying. Thanks again! :)
@@tasty_bite30 I'm not sure how old you are, but I was 44yo then, 49yo now, and being older, and probably in perimenopause, that's another thing that will cause heart palpitations. But what I have worked out is that my very low carb diet was possibly one of the contributing factors for my heart palpitations. I still get them sometimes now because I still tend towards a lower carb diet, but adding back some carbs seems to make them happen less. But if you are already eating a high carb diet, then it may just be about the lower levels of estrogen which are happening with breastfeeding. Or maybe drink some more water to rule out dehydration - baby is taking a lot of fluid our of your body in the form of breastmilk, so experiment with better water intake. Possibly add electrolytes (potassium is important for the heart- have an avocado or banana), and magnesium is another good supplement to take. My worst heart palpitations were while baby was still really little. But also just stress and sleep deprivation will make it worse I think. Motherhood is stressful. Rest whenever you can, keep up your fluids, don't eat too low carb like I was, and don't let the palpitations worry you unless you are getting so many of them and they are causing chest pain. Congratulations on bringing another soul into this world and managing to breastfeed! It's no easy task these days.
@@tasty_bite30 Try putting 1/8 teaspn of salt into a 3/4 of a glass of water and top it up with a bit of coconut water as a form of potassium (apparently better than taking potassium chloride), and sip on that to rule out dehydration. Did they check your thyroid when you were seen? If it's just about estrogen being lower while breastfeeding, I'm not sure we can do much about it other than try not to panic and think we are dying... which I'm sure many of us do. 😅
I usually get 3-4 fast heartbeats when standing up after laying down or sitting down for about an hour. No pain, no dizziness THE ONLY THING that happens is it sometimes makes me cough once or twice. Anyone else?
I wake up with my heart beating extremely fast sometimes. Four days ago I decided to go to the ER. I got all of the tests- everything came back normal. They gave me Xanax and sent me on my way. Since this only happens to me at night I was wondering if it could possibly be sleep apnea? I’m going in for a sleep study as soon as possible. Throughout the day I feel fine, everything horrific happens at night.
Are there any particular thoughts or sleeping events other than waking up with a weezing sensation? You should be able to sleep better. I know about sleeping disorders and I agree on the fact that it can be kind of a hell.
Bravo doctor you are golden. The consultants are very pressed, and seem to seldom encourage patients to educate themselves in the way you are achieving here. I think the profession would benefit by our ongoing education, and should promote videos like this and importantly, the limits of a layman's grasp as well. Thank you so much! Oh BTW I have a Kardia device and is caught my paroxysmal AFib after seven weeks of more or less normal results.
I've experienced the third type of palpitation you did with the normal beat, then the sudden stop..then the two beats then normal rhythm but it usually happens after intense workouts. The first time I experienced it I thought I was about to have a heart attack. I have a history of panic attacks and high anxiety and i believe it may have a lot to do with that. I just started experiencing this as of last year around march.
I have your exact symptoms. Im 28 yr old athlete it literally feels like heart attack after certain workouts.. have you found any more info out or made any progress?
I used to have crazy heart palpitations when I was younger to the point my heart raced so fast and I would break out in a sweat and almost pass out. I figured out punching my chest would often knock my heart back into rhythm. Sounds crazy but it was a fast and dirty solution that worked.
This helped me a lot. I have been so worried.. I keep thinking it is because I live alone without love or maybe I need electrolytes or I ate too much cheese this week! ha! Now I am able to sleep well and not worry! THANK YOU!! And you are so handsome I think seeing you made my heart skip a beat! haha!
Amazing, you described the extra heartbeat exactly according to my situation. I'm young, I notice these when I lay in bed. I work alot and work out everyday after work. It's quite uncomfortable. But thank you for making this video!
RocketLR true man. Does your pulse feel like its paused? I work a lot and workout, iv sorta taken a break now. Sometimes we stress our heart without realising it. Im only 27 and going through this.had me worried af
You should'nt workout everyday. Your body needs time to recover. I heard the other day, athletes are 3 times more likely to have a cardiac arrest. What do they do. They push their bodies to hard.
Thanks for your video. I have extra beats, although it is pretty much happening all the time. I'm 57 and when I was 30 my doctor said my rhythm was "regularly irregular". I start having palpatations almost a year and a half ago. They're present on EKG, I've had an echocardiogram that showed I have mild pulmonary regurgitation and my problem is coming from the upper part of the heart, they said not to worry. They also did a holter monitor. My concern is that having this irregular rhythm will eventually cause more issues.
Great videos. After having AF/Palpitations for 10 years my cardiologist has put me on Propafenone and it has transformed me. From daily flutters or getting locked in AF I haven't even felt my heart skip a beat since I was prescribed Propafenone 4 weeks ago.
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Thank you for this video. I've been having heart palpitations since Friday (today being Monday). I experienced them all day Friday with my heart beat feeling irregular, occasionally "missing" a beat which caused me to feel quite panicked each time. They also come with tension (pressure build up) headaches or mild head rush sensations. That evening my boyfriend took my blood pressure reading - the first was 165/135 with a bpm of 55. I know that's incredibly high, but didn't know if it was an inaccurate reading so after another 10 minutes I did another, then another 10 minutes after that, both averaging 140/80 ish and bpm 77. Still high, I know, but I'm a sweep it under the carpet kind of person. :/ I had a nap and on waking I didn't feel the palpitations until I was fully concious, then they started again. Then Saturday and Sunday I had them on and off throughout the day. Today being Monday I've had them all day again. I'm not a big caffeine drinker. There is a lot in my life to cause me stress right now, but I'm quite laid back and don't let stress show. If these palpitations are caused by some deep-seated stress, should they be lasting for days? I struggled to get through to my GP to make an appointment today, but will keep trying tomorrow. I never go to the doctors and I wouldn't want to take up their time unnecessarily. Any advice?
@@kalihatten6237 thank you for your concern. Yes I am ok now thank you. It went on for a week or so longer but then seemed to right itself. I didn't manage to get a doctor's appointment. It was just so strange at the time. My blood pressure is much lower these days and I'm a bit fitter so it could be I came close to having a problem. I'm 100% fine now. I hope anyone reading this is also ok and finds any advice they need.
This is what's been happening with me the past 5 days idk why they're there but the highest my blood pressure was at was 181 which scared me into going to the hospital. They told me something is there just not noticeable on the ekg. It bc of the fact that I had other symptoms with the palpitations and they feel very uncomfortable and draining I see my heart doctor today so I hope I get some answers at some point. I do hope u still see your doctor just to be safe
You are an amazing doctor and a caring man in one, which is rare to find and thank you so much because I get all three of them and they came on after my divorce and then they went away for a long time and then they came back because of stress.
Stress does cause more palps and extra beats. I can understand that it is stressful worrying about your spouse and having to manage things on your own. Try some magnesium and doing some meditation/mindfullness. This should help. I wish you all the best and thank you for your support. It would mean a tonne to me if you'd consider subscribing to the channel:-)
You are a great doctor. Thank you for your guidance! I have the missed “flatline” then the BOOM and was told it was a benign extra heart just as you said! Sometimes it’s uncomfortable and my resting g heart rate moves around a lot but not too fast, always slower usually. Thank you!!
I have been having episodes where i feel a very clean and clear rythm disturbance which literally sucks the air out of my lungs. Once i gasp, no air and then it normalizes and i can breathe again. Hoing to my GP in 2 days. Not a common occirance but enough to scare me and send me into a panic attack for 2 hours after it occured.
Sounds like you're a bit hyper aware of your heartbeat sometimes that can be normal because everything's quiet and you can pay attention to your body a little more.... This happens to me and it usually happens more when I'm laying on my left side try switching to your right side and see if that helps. I do have hypertension and tachycardia but I feel when I lay on my left side I can feel my heart beating more because of the side I'm laying on which has nothing to do with my tachycardia. If you still feel it
Just finished handing in my 24hr Holter,... you answer so many questions,.... I did everything I could to try and set off the monitor,.... so now I wait. Your video is very reassuring Thank you
This was incredibly informative. I recently had an episode of SVT back in January. BPM was 190 and I suffer from an anxiety disorder. This was the first time I went to the ER as I did not know what it was. I was told to do a vagal manuaver. Bear down and push.. it worked immediately. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with broken heart syndrome after my father passed, so my heart was slightly enlarged and one of my valves was very slightly weak. Fast forward until now, I had an ECG about a month in a half ago and my results are tomorrow. I'm told that if he doesn't call, that it's good news. Otherwise they would have brought me in sooner. I've apparently had SVT since the age of 19. But I went 10 years without having a single episode and then I'll have them maybe once a year or every other year.. typically triggered by stress. I also have palpitations. So, this video helped my anxiety incredibly. Especially about my appointment tomorrow. I'm hoping to get on a beta blocker which will also reduce my anxiety as well. Thank you so, so much.
For anxiety sufferers like me, and a long history of palpitations, this video by an actual cardiologist is quite comforting!! Thank you dr!
Yes i am too anxious all the time even i have happy like
@@SAEED2HK same here. I feel your pain
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I’m 8 years late to this, but THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. I’ve had many family members with heart and circulatory problems, and it’s given me cardio phobia for years. I strive to be healthy and work out 4-5 days a week, but every little heart flutter and instances of anxiety-driven heart rate increase gave me deep deep fear. This video made me feel so much better. Thank you again.
I usually don't comment on videos at all. But I have to thank you for taking time to do these videos. It's very comforting to have symptoms explained by a trained cardiologist. Unfortunately I've made the experience that most doctors don't have the patience to accurately explain things to their patients. So thank you very much! It helped me a lot and I'm sure others feel the same.
g.m. isnt that funny? Most doctors ive experiemced including a cardiologists try to get us out fast and keep cycling through the "customers"
Couldn't agree more. Sad that I had to come to YT to find answers. I've seen a Cardiologist and he made me feel like I was annoying him. Dr. Gupta is a wonderful Dr.
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Over the past 9 years I’ve gone to three different doctors (at Kaiser, in California), all of whom barely looked at me, only at their computers, and seemed to be so rushed, with barely time to listen to me but just hurry on to the next patient. None of them has ever even asked about my diet, for instance. For every ailment, it’s another prescription. (I’m 73 and now on nine different prescriptions. Think how much that’s costing Medicare. And I still feel awful.) They may wish they had more time with each patient, but this is a business, after all, and time is money. I’m lucky to have access to any medical care (so many Americans don’t), but how wonderful it would be to have a doctor like this one. I’ve come across these videos by accident, but I’m now following his posts and learning so much.
I am a retired doctor and appreciated your comment on palpitation. Excellent work! Keep it up!
I had a radio frequency ablation for svt in my forties. I am now 63 and have never had an episode since. It is a truly life changing procedure!
I can’t thank you enough for this. I’ve been battling heart palpitations for quite some time and it worries me sick. This was reassuring. Thank you.
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My friend has been plagued by ectopic beats for years. He had a telephone consultation with you years ago, and felt very reassured by your consult.
Ive struggled with generalized anxiety and panic attacks along with an often crippling fear of my own heart mainly due to my lack of knowledge regarding it. I’ve been having troubling symptoms (matching the third beat example you showed in this video i. e. skipped beats) but I’m hoping they’re benign and simply a new evolution of my ever-changing anxiety symptoms. Whether I’m okay or not I appreciate this video and your others for their straight forward approach and stellar “bedside manner” even if it’s virtual. So thank you.
You aren't alone man I've got worries over anxiety but I feel much better when I get my mind in control. It's easy to say but don't get into vexing negative thought loops, kill automatic negative thoughts or ANTS like Jim Kwik says
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I’m hooked to your clips. you have reduced my anxiety tremendously as the fear of unknown always makes things worse. Thank you again
Thank you for this. I have palpitations a lot as I have a few anxiety disorders and this video has helped me a lot in talking myself out of my panic attacks since my heart beat almost always remains at a normal rhythm, just faster or harder than normal.
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I got more information from this free video than I did with a €50 consultation with my doctor who just said 'anxiety' and sent me away with medication that I didn't understand. He didn't want to monitor me at all and when he eventually did write a referral to a cardiologist, they lost my letter. Hospital said they never got it and doctor said he had sent it and the hospital lost it. It's really not taken seriously I find. I know most cases are harmless but even for the mental health of the patient I find monitoring is essential.
Hi Imogen... you are quite right... the reassurance that a doctor gives you is only useful if the patient has confidence in the doctor and a lot of doctors these days do not have the communication skills that allow a rapport and relationship of trust to develop between the patient and the doctor.
Hi Imogen. Thank you for your comments and your nice words about the video. I agree with you that just because the doctor thinks that they are not dangerous does not mean that they are not important and to my mind the doctor should do all that he can to reassure the patient because that is the only way of getting rid of them for good.best wishes
Okay so...I kind of figured if my PVCs went away when I slept, that was a good sign, and you sort of confirmed that, so thank you.
But, I just heard from my GP yesterday about my 48 hour holter monitor report. He had told me we start to worry when the total burden hits or is over 30%, so my total burden of 29%, I figured, was close enough to merit further investigation, at least. But he gets on the phone and he's so 100% certain that they're benign, I actually am confused...because what I read doesn't say anything about quality or timing, even on these videos--except maybe for today--they talk about the number and usually it's less than 30%. So it was my understanding--but what do I know--that it was sheer volume that could start to weaken the heart.
Then I hearkened back to one of Dr Gupta's analogies: If he pressed on my neck-press and release, press and release-that's not going to kill me, and I get that. In fact, I've never really worried about my pvcs because I have fatigue issues and they're kind of functional in that sense, sort of like a 16/7 fire lit under me, that constant sense that danger is slightly imminent keeps you alert, right?
But what if you have 3,360 of those press release moments in one hour?
At a minimum, might you not want to kill the person who's doing that to you?
Might it not start to leave a bruise?
I feel sometimes like doctors' focus on "will this kill you? Not today. Something will eventually, and there's nothing we can do about that, either," isn't very productive.
I have a tendency to minimize anyway, so if a doctor intimates that I should come back when I have a "real problem" that's when I'll come back, and I'm probably not going to be very happy if there were some intermediate steps that could've been taken that doctor didn't bother to tell me about, maybe because he didn't realize I usually don't come in unless I absolutely have to.
It was only after I got the report that I correlated that hour of 3,360 ectopics with how I felt. Keep in mind, I have fatigue issues, I probably have shortness of breath issues, my chest hurts a lot, but it's all so often that I've normalized it. But that day, it was like I just simply could not make myself move faster in a situation where speed kind of matters, so of course, that added stress. But usually I can step it up if I need to and it was like, no, I can't. This is what I can do right now.
And then I saw, that was right when my 1100 per hour average tripled. Why it did, I don't know. And then I deduced, probably at that point, I WAS struggling to get adequate oxygen to the parts that needed to move (my arms/hands--I was cutting hair. Not heavy/aerobic labor.) I also saw my heart rate jumped to 93 bpm, which is what I average on a brisk walk. And I broke out in a sweat, even though it wasn't warm.
I get it, it didn't kill me, I didn't have a heart attack, and I was able, albeit slower than I wished, to complete the tasks at hand.
But at what point do such things become "disabling"? At what point does it merit...commiseration, at least?
I get that my doc was trying to reassure me. I accept that these are 99.9% benign (though I am starting to notice tachycardia, and I counted at least 20 beats before it stopped (monitor said the most was 7 beats, and I didn't notice anything, not until after I was done wearing it.)
.I don't know. I also have very severe osteoporosis, fractures in my spine prexisted diagnosis, and honestly that probably is part of my stress--I know I'm going to endure some pretty significant pain in the course of my work day, and maybe my sympathetic nervous system anticipates it, but it actually wasn't hurting yet during my bad hour. Still, doctors are like, "shoot, well...old people get osteoporosis, what are you going to do?" Sometimes just a little sympathy (and acknowledgement that they missed cues, which allowed me to get worse before it was ferreted out, and WE are the ones who asked for the DEXA,) and how the fact of their missing cues, even if doctoring is hard and you can't catch everything, how that's going to affect me now...just acknowledgement, just...not acting like I'm a big baby. I don't over-react by nature; I underreact. But if I get to where I feel like you're not listening, I will possibly overreact. Just ..acknowledge, have some empathy. Imagine what it would be like if someone pressed on your neck 3300 times in one hour.
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I had palpitations. (and random pains) Got a Nuclear Stress test. All Ok. Got a copy of the results to review. Met my cardiologist a few months later to discuss a few anomalies noted on the "normal" results. He said all is ok, dont worry about it. A week later I had fainting spells and chest pain and checked into the hospital with heart symptoms. Next day got a stent for a 95% blockage in my LAD "Widowmaker" artery. Don't ignore symptoms and don't always believe your cardiologist when he says nothing is wrong and discounts your symptoms. (And even your test results)
What kind of palpitations were you getting? Where were the pains or how were you feeling?
@@gardengrovemike On exertion, I would experience feeling of light headed as if 1/2 way to blacking out. Required resting to recover. When I had one of these events where I never fully recovered, I knew it was time for the ER. Palpations are hard to define, it seems to feel like you have hit a roadbump in your consciousness.
@@4runners496 oh wow sorry to hear that but I hope you're better and glad you got to the ER when you figured something wasn't right
So, how to check that? What kind od test people should do?
My heart starts pounding like CRAZY at night when I go to bed. It wakes me out of my sleep and it's incredibly anxiety inducing! I'm not someone who has a hx of struggling with anxiety so it's a very terrifying thing when my heart does this! I have cut out caffeine today and my PCP is getting ready to order the heart monitoring you mentioned.
All this to say...that this is the most encouraging piece of medical advice that I have come across in my recent research! I will hopefully sleep better tonight just knowing that it's very likely stress related and hopefully not significant of something more serious. Thank you for taking your time to bring people some relief! God bless you!
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Love you Dr. Gupta! Your "heartbeat" demonstration REALLY helped me to determine which type of palpitation I have been experiencing. I have probably had all of these with the exception of SVT's.
I don't know how to thank you enough. I suffer from terrible bigeminy PVC's with chest pain and am on beta.blockers. I had the whole slew of tests done revealing mitral valve prolapse with mild regurgitation but was told structurally my heart was sound and not to worry, but not one Cardiologist explained what was actually happening like you just did so I thank you so very much. God bless you. I wish you were my Cardiologist.
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idk my life as Well! it's slowly killing me :( I'm only 32
Marilyn Bahoura , I had a very bad bout of Pericarditis at 21yrs old, and recovered well and no issues really for years. Then, out of nowhere, the past 18 months or so, I started having random episodes of what the doctor said may possibly be AFib.
Out of NO WHERE, my heart will randomly start beating extremely hard, but not fast, and I can't breathe in as deep as I normally could. So, basically, my heart randomly will just feel like flippy/floppy in my chest, and shallowness of breath. I can breathe, but it just feels like I can't inhale as much.
This doesn't happen everyday, and it doesn't have any real schedule. It just kinda pops up, lasts for anywhere from 5 to 25 seconds or so, then just kinda disappears.
It freaks me out terribly, like, full blown "holy crap what's happening" freaked out. lol. Due to my past with Pericarditis, I have developed SEVERE hypochondria over the past year or two, ever since I've had these heart episodes.
So, I can sympathize completely with your hypochondria. It is absolutely crippling, to the point that you can become almost reclusive or agoraphobic over it.
If anyone has any tips or any suggestions as to hire to deal with this, or any relieving tidbits of advice, I'd love to hear from you. :)
OSP K9 it's been over a month. I have thyroid and anemia. Honestly this is stress or my heart is just giving up. Of cours not best times ever in this stupid world I guess I just I have to live with it
Marilyn Bahoura 9 x out of 10 (at our age) it's stress induced. Hell, unseen/non-thought about stress is one of the biggest triggers to my AFIB/SVT attacks. But, getting stressed about the feeling/issue will only make it worse. So, I tend to just breathe in deep, tr my best to relax, and let whatever is going to happen, just happen.
Because in the grand scheme of things, stressing out and worrying about something will absolutely not make it any better whatsoever. It's only guaranteed to make it worse. So, try your best to just push through it and relax it away until you can get to the bottom of it. :)
Thank you God bless your heart, every time I’m having a panic attack thinking I’m gonna have a heart attack I come here and you remind me I’m ok 🙂
Sucks you are going through that. Wish you the best and a long, healthy, happy life.
You are a life saver... i get extra beats..... I will love you for the rest of my life....Sanjay Gupta,,, I will remember that name......... I am an Indian... and i am feeling like touching your feet to show respect.... you dont know how much you have helped me...
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We are so lucky to be educated by you Dr. Gupta. People like us have QUESTIONS and you just answered them! Greeting from a 60 year old semi-plugged heart.And THANK YOU!!
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@@mohittyagi6662 I'm also having same problem since 1year
Wonderful explanation of the different palpitations. I have the "missed beat" type and was quite worried about them but am much relieved to learn they are almost always not dangerous. Thanks so much for your informative videos.
That was very informative. Much, much more informative than what my GP and even cardiologist has told me. Especially the auditory explanation of abnormal heart rhythms. Thank you!
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York Cardiology what about this fluttering feeling I get?
York Cardiology i have rbbb and palpitations i have not been explained whats going on with mr and would love to see you so i can get a better understanding. how is it i can visit ur clinic? please i desperately need ur help.
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Thank you for this video, it really helped me out a lot. I was a heavy pot smoker for about 4 years and I decided to quit. I am now 4 weeks clean and i'm starting to feel my palps and anxiety go away slowly which i am thankful for. People need to wake up and realize weed is NOT a harmless drug. It can affect people differently!
I have been smokin a lot of herbary myself and feeling the heart go crazy. I really think its induced my the weed. Thank you for your comment I never knew weed could do that!
+imwithstupid4 It actually helps my palpitations
+judojustim exersize also helps mine. and he said that can cause them in the video. food for thought.
I not a regular weed smoker but once smoked weed then my heart palpitations started
Smoked weed for 12 years then all of a sudden I get the palpatations after smoking, driving me crazy
I know this is old, but thanks for posting it! I've had palpations for the last week or so due to some supplements I bought online and I've been stressing ever since. This video give me optimism that I think they will go away. I will continue to monitor obviously but the stress doesn't help and only makes it worse when you don't know any better. Thanks again for this!
finally someone explaining it that I can actually understand, thank you 🙏
Even you don’t get any info of off this videos(which we do get) still this man understands us and that is enough.
I have pulsatile tinnitus and can hear every beat of my heart so I am aware of my heart palpitations. It's been 3 years now and very unnerving at times, but after many tests and moniters the doctors have found nothing wrong with my heart. I have to keep reminding myself of that when I hear an abnormal or skipped beat! Your videos have reassured me. Thank you!
Me too
Thank you for this video. I have anxiety and the symtoms on my heart makes me to provoke panicattacks, wich stresses the heart even more. It has become an evil circle.
very true Jonas...
jonas lundin I have the exact same thing
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jonas lundin me too. it's so scary. I'll be sleeping and it feels like my heart just jumped on my chest and wakes me up suddenly and in sheer panic. I've had so many tests and nothing wrong. It's so hard to convince it is not a threatening disease 😩
i dont know how you are doing now, but my advice to u is to confront ur anxieties directly and make a habit of it every day untll you are no longer afraid, i did it today, and it was scary at first but i just thought to "power through" and ignore the sudden anxiety feelings my body gave me because i know better, it doesent take effect immediately but if you make a habit out of it that habit can be very strong and overpower the aniety :)
This made me feel so much better. I have the extra beats all the time. I have had three ekgs and they were all normal. My doctor doesn't think I need further testing at this time. But I still of course worry.
My mum had Legionella pneumonia about 2 months ago and was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation during her stay in the hospital. I too have been feeling palpitations of late and will be fitted for a 24hr heart holter tomorrow. Your video has been quite encouraging, thank you!
I woke up 2 nights ago with a racing heart which made me nauseous, very hot and sweaty, and then I threw up a couple of times. Nausea continued for about an hour. I had severe burning pain across my chest and into my right arm for about 5 minutes....and then I was able to go back to sleep . So weird, miserable, and scary.
Also I've had what has been diagnosed as PVCs/PACs which happens randomly (at rest and during exercise) and bradycardia at times. I've been a nervous wreck most of my life because of worrying about heart irregularities. I'm a 51 YO woman in relatively great health. Tons of stress in the last year being sole caregiver of my demented mom. Thanks for your awesome videos!!
Ultimately I feel better. I scared myself when I was reading about this, the whole blood clot thing really made me nervous.
Seriously I have been so scared for the longest time about mine. And when he did the last one that he referred to as an extra beat, it was exactly what I get. It takes my breath away and beats really hard once, and then a couple of times normal, and then it will not beat for maybe 2 seconds, and then another really hard one. It was spot on.
5:40 I'd be terrified if my heart suddenly did that.
BardicLiving That exactly happened to me today... I hope I don't die lmao
I've had SVTs since I was a kid. Got officially diagnosed a few years ago. Let your GP know your symptoms. They will probably want to capture them on a monitor that you wear for a few weeks. If they capture SVT, then you will likely be referred to a cardiologist for a stress test and echo cardiogram. In my case both the stress test and echo were normal, so the cardiologist told me there was a low likelihood of SVTs causing any problem. But you should definitely get checked.
Too much salt in diet causes it too
Von Nichts guess not..
It's all your life choices to much suger to much caffeine to much high cholesterol foods start a healthy diet and exercise and plz if your drinking energy drinks don't exceed the amount mountain dew is another one on the list
Its unlikely you'll see this, but I wish I could thank you more than a comment for giving me information and reassurance when my doctor's have basically brushed me off. They can say you're healthy a thousand times, but it doesn't make the PVCs go away. I'm watching all of your videos and learning up on what's going on in my chest. Thank you so much Dr. Gupta.
The idea of drumming the heartbeat on his desk was an amazing idea.
Your an amazing Cardiologist. Im studying cardiology and hope to become as influential and intellegent as you!
Michael Spegnolo i am a med student and I want to pursue cardiology how difficult is it?? And how should I study??
How sweet
Great info. I loved that you replicated the various heart beats, enabling me to compare it to my own heartbeat!
Oddly enough, this actually really helps me with my health anxiety. I've had 2 normal EKGs spaced a year apart, and an x-ray that found nothing and its comforting to know that from what you have described it sounds like an extra beat. I'm only 26 years old, but it has ruled my life for that past 10 years. I do plan on still getting a monitor just to finish putting my mind at ease, buts its good to know that these aren't anything serious.
This is me now. Just took off the holter monitor. Sounds like what I'm experiencing.
This doctor always give me peace of mind when I watch his videos. I suffer from PACs which are extra beats. Been seeing a cardiologist for about 7 years so I pretty much take it that I’m fine. I’ve had a million ekgs, ultrasounds, numerous blood work. Just feel if there was something wrong they would of caught it by now. Also had a link monitor in for 3 years. Had an ablation but it honestly wasn’t needed. He gave me a choice to get it. Don’t notice much of a change. I also suffer from anxiety, panic and large amounts of stress which are probably the cause for my PACs.
Thank you for this! It was the reassurance I needed in the middle of the night. The last thing I wanted to do was contact my alarmist doctors when I have many other health related issues, as well as tachycardia (always 100bpm give or take). They're out of ideas so they always think the worst. I know it's not a replacement for seeing a doctor, but for now....my heart just started beating a little better having less anxiety as to why I'm having palpitations because of your explanations. Many blessings!
Your Cardiac-Speeches are impeccably brilliant, Thank You, Very Much. Doctor Sanjay Gupta🙏🏻💗👍🏻
This guy is an excellent physician. Knows all the technical but also able to get inside people's heads...
Thank you Doctor, having a Specialist sharing knowledge is priceless!
I've been getting about 5 extra beats a day. I was born with a whole in the heart which closed up. I was getting worried as i had previously only had palpitations during menstruation. This video is so helpful. Thank you
This is a great video for those worried about their palpitations/irregular heart beats, especially the rhythm demonstration, may set some peoples minds at ease, thank you very much :)
thanks keef78!
thank you so much for your kind comments
silenthillstrangler iiiiiiZii1z
You really made me feel so much better by explaining the heartbeats. Excellent advice.
Thank you so much. You have put my mind at rest. I get missing heart beats regularly and I’ve had an ECG .it came up as abnormal but was told it’s nothing to worry about . I am now waiting for a monitor to use for a day...sadly I have a long wait. I’m feeling a lot happier after watching this video so thank you again.
As someone who has been freaking out way too much about extra beats, thank you.
My heart palpitations at first were bad and my mom said it was from anxiety and from caffeine and I changed my diet and now a week later now I barely feel them I usually do during the night before I sleep and What you described as an extra beat is what suits me and I notice it because of my anxiety, thank you for this video!
I am confused.
6 months ago I became very exhausted and my heart would beat so fast then I'd lie down and wait to see if it calmed down. It may beat like this an entire day and evening until I go to sleep. But one night I awakened un able to get air into my lungs. The ambulance came and took me to the ER. DR. IN THE ER CALLED RESP. THERAPY. THESE GUYS HOOKED ME UP TO A CPAP MACHINE. IT WAS LIKE THIS MACHINE FORCED AIR INTO MY LUNGS NOT UNTIL THEN DID I TAKE A BREATH. I was put on bloodthinner medicine and a fluid pill. And then my Cardiologist told me I was having congestive heart failure what's going on?
@@kayknight6974 I am sorry to hear, have they confirmed that you have heart condition now? I took the vaccine and now my heart flutters :(
@@IKENAKwhich comment are YOU answering, genius?
This is a very good video indeed, I have been having palps for 3-4 years, heart structure all normal, my heart palpitations were caused by severe vitamin B12 deficiency, I still get them from time to time but have learned to manage them even though at times they can be very frightening, I never have chest pain or shortness of breath so I know its OK.
Once you learn how to manage them they become just annoying like hiccups really but when I first had them and did not know what was happening I had a full on panic attack which of course makes it a lot worse, I find getting my heart rate up by walking and also talking at the same time can quickly make them go away, sometimes bearing down like you are trying to poo also works as does splashing cold water in your face, I normally try all 3 and find jogging on the spot for a few mins and staying calm works just fine.
Knowledge is power in controlling palpitations, lots of rest also helps, my palps are always worse after a late night.
Thanks for this great video!
knoxieman You are welcome. Really grateful for your positive feedback. best wishes
York Cardiology I am a 31-year-old Caucasian male6 feet tall 330 pounds. I was drinking a lot of heavy heart liquor for about four years straight. About five months ago I had one of my last few drinks. I was eating a few burritos that were greasy and playing a video game with suddenly right in the center of my sternum I felt a shock. A sudden tug at my heart almost as if it pulled my heart downwords an this lasted for 1.5 seconds. It made me jump up out of my seat and throw my controller on the floor and went to my wife and sit on the bed and told her something strange just happened. My heart rate jumped to 122 and my blood pressure was at something like 180/101. I tried to go get a vitamin I think it was a Cayanne pepper vitamin to help my blood circulation and when I went to grab the bottle my hand started twitching and I could not squeeze the bottle. I stopped drinking for like a month and then I have another drink and I would randomly throughout the day Get the shark feeling right now in my heart that lasts one second but it is absolutely scary. I have now not drink for about two months straight and I rarely get these shock feelings where it feels like my heart jumps for 1 to 2 seconds and that it in fact it feels like a shorter time than that. Feels like I will be laying down and just randomly out of the blue my heart will flip around and then suddenly im paranoid for an hour. And during this paranoia it won’t happen again even if I get really anxious and worried it only happens randomly. Usually I have to smoke marijuana or eat a lot of food for it to happen or just randomly be playing a video game sitting or laying straight down. I need to know what this is or what it sounds like. I have no doctor or an option to go to one. I can answer any and all questions pretty much I like to give all the information upfront. I don’t know of any known heart diseases in my family and I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life until just recently. Sometimes when I am laying down in bed it will randomly happen it will feel like one second my heart flips up and down and that’s all it takes for me to get worried. My heart beats per second can be anywhere between 49 and 59 when I just wake up in the morning or when I lay down for a few minutes during the day but most the time it stays between 60 and 80 it definitely gets up in the 90s and sometimes 103 when I’m really worried or anxious. And my blood pressure has been around one 140/85
Jai Laj take some magnesium like he said in one of his videos and vitamin b12
How r u doing now???? Did you still feel them??? Or they resolved by itself??
Great video! Palpitations are of often mentioned but I have never seem them explained or illustrated before. I have had intermittent heart rhythm irregularity all my life, probably STV, so it was comforting to watch this. Getting older now and a few other irregularities have happened that are more concerning.
I tremendously respect the time you take to put videos together explaining particular heart conditions. I am sure many others have been blessed by your videos. I believe God has truly given you a gift and you are operating in your gift to help others. Like many others I have been battling with heart palpitations. My story began in August of this year. I was singing in the choir and my heart starts beating out of my chest. Before church I admit I had coffee.🤦♀️ Long story short, so many ER visits with results stating sinus tachycardia. I wore an event monitor for 30days with events occurring while wearing the monitor. My highest heart rate was 150 results just state sinus tachycardia. Previous echocardiogram was normal as well. I was placed on Metoprolol 12.5mg at one ER visit due to my heart rate reaching 170s(although I believe anxiety contributed to that high rate). I took it for about a month. I am currently not taking it anymore. My Cardiologist suggested a loop recorder. I was wondering if you could possibly suggest a rational for moving straight to an implant when they have not found anything nor have they done a tilt table test or a stress test. I still get heart palpitations when walking up stairs and bending down to standing position. However thankfully no fainting spells although it use to seem like I was about to faint during an attack. My symptoms were mainly short of breath and slight chest pains when my heart palpitations were at their worst. I just felt weak after an attack. I would Love hear your ideas on this. Could it possibly be just anxiety? Also could Thalessemia play a role in heart palpitations? Thank so much for the continued cardiac education! Many blessings!
Thank you. It makes me feel a bit easier before my specialist appointment. It's good to know I'm not going to drop dead. :-D
My palpitations are from anxiety and they are the “extra heart beat” kinds!
What did it feel like?
I wont get one for months and then I'll get 30 in one day. So irritating. Its extra chemicals from fight or flight. Extra stress and caffeine will usually do it. Anxiety is always the cause for me
Me.too
Same I feel them at night. Feels like it’s slower.
Same here...extra hearbeat..a doctor avdviced me.to take 2D echo..
I noticed when I started drinking water for a whole week. My palpitations stopped. They happened to me everyday.
I am SO glad that I came across this very great man and that he shares his wisdom. The information has helped me out considerably.
Thank you for not only informing but putting minds to rest
I feel like I get it when my electrolytes are unbalanced. I do not eat sugar or grains so my body does not retain water and this flushes out electrolytes. If I get them I balance my sodium (broth) potassium (avocado) and magnesium (supplement) and it works. This is likely why caffeine, exercise etc causes them as you are flushing out electrolytes.
Good information
like 3 % of americans eat the recommended 4700mg of potassium a day. Potassium helps so much!
MSM Flakes
I as well.
Everything has sugar in it.
I feel in my chest like my heart stops and starts. I feel pulse points at the same time and the pulse goes away then starts again. I panic when I feel this loss of pulse. I fear that my heart is going to stop working.
same here
Same
Les Mach does it still happen?
Same here
guys apparently most of the time it is not much to worry about, just a PVC or less. Happens more to ones that have irregular sleeping schedule, consumes caffeine, nicotine, and other stimulants. I've recently got a 24 hour holter testing and they've found nothing. My symptoms started over 3 years ago and they usually come and go time to time. Doing sudden fitness tends to provoke those symptoms. However, I wouldn't be 100% sure until more advanced tests are done, such as while running or over long periods of screening.
Do you ever get that when it feels like your heart has skipped a beat
Yes and it is felt in the stomach area...like a beat of a drum.....if that is what you feel,cut the anxiety and coffee and start taking magnesium....if you have anemia,that can also affect the heart rythm....I have palps every time I freak out and when I visit the loo TOO often...all the magnesium and potassium goes down the loo....excuse the pun!!!!!
I had that ,went to cardiologist, had an echocardiogram and he said my heart is healthy and strong, the skipped beats you have are called pvcs and are harmless ,anxiety plays a big part in it, can make your heart race
Yes, that is quite common actually but it just tends to happen frequently if you have magnesium/potassium deficiency, gastroesophagus disease which relates to Vagus Nerve, sleep deprivation & anxiety plus medications side effect i.e antihistamine.
Anyway, if you're really concern just check with a Cardiologist and let him have you gone for ECG, Ultrasound & Holter monitor for 1-2 days.
MY GOD, you are such an amazing doctor! You explained so well...THANK YOU SO MUCH! I wish you all the best!
Thank you so much for posting these videos! I have struggled with palpitations for some time. I used your suggestions all summer, and while they didn't help improve my condition (I was recently diagnosed with an atrial septal defect at age 24 and likely reason of my palpitations) they did serve to comfort me in a time of great uncertainty. Thank you Dr.Gupta and please keep making these videos!
damn that library
Not sure if that was a joke, but it looks like wallpaper
Books above the door ? ..Pls don't slam the door
yep its defo wallpaper
Its definitely wallpaper look how rows look the same
i been experencing a flutter like my heart flips and flops for a few second its been happening everyday 😥 I thought it was anxiety but something else is going on. Awaiting to see a cardiologist.
Seeking Jesus christ I have this exact thing! I've been very stressed and they came on. Any answers for you?
Von Nichts did your go away yet? Plzzz answer
im 14 i have extra beats and super fast heart rates fluttering snd i feel horrible i wish you clould help
@@kak5433 i am 13 you can make me your bro coz i have also palpiltation i will go and tell to doctor
Stephanie Kesler it hasn’t been happening for awhile now I’ve had scan and was normal it’s seems to be physical symptoms of anxiety stress I get from time to time but it still scary 🙏🏼
I'm here cause I feel like my heart is gonna explode, whenever I lay down I feel my heart pumping so hard and it does too when I sleep. I'm really scared 😭
Me too i experience it yesterday and i feel my heart is gonna explode and feeling faint and my arm legs feeling numb and my breathing is unstable i thought im gonna die but i calm my mind and they rush me to the hospital and got me a ECG and my heart is normal and the doctor said to me don't take to many caffeine and fix my sleep schedule... And that's true because i always do that and i stopped my coffee and i fix my sleep schedule now im looking forward...
@@Sigoofasfck Yeah I thought Im going to die the doctor said its because of lack of sleep and she said to drink more water
@@blinkteume6025 do you feel numbness of your arm and foot? When you experienced that just curious
@@Sigoofasfck Yeah and my whole body was weakening
Hru now? 🥺
Dr Sanjay Gupta, I really appreciate you taking the time to put this video together, you really helped ease my concerns!
Thank you so much for your video. I am a 51 year old female who suffered a heart attack, and while they were working on my heart attack on the table, I suffered a stroke. A few days ago I started suffering from heart palpitation so bad they were waking my out of my sleep. It got so bad I call an ambulance and went to the hospital. I wore a heart monitor for 24 hours and I am waiting for my results. You video has put my mind at ease. I thought because I had the Heart attack, the palpitations meant I was going to die. But because of your video I can just wait for my results and not worry for much.
dang
sounds scary
luckily u got the stroke in the hospital i always fear i will fall around dead while no one is able to help me
How are you now. I too had a heart attack and they inserted a stent. My palpitations started after a week.
@@rajeevvarma1989 hi, I am 54 now and unfortunately I had another Heart attack in 2019 and a week ago I was rushed to the hospital for fluid around my heart. This started happening after the last stent was put in. I am not in good shape.
@@queena.k.a.mistyyvette1362 oh. God. Please take care of your health. Praying to the God for your health and speedy recovery. Pl stay strong. Hope you will come out of it and live a normal life. Praying to God.
God this made me feel so much better
Absolutely amazing video made my anxiety levels drop soo low :)) . Thank you very much
Same here.
Dammit this sucks..palpitations are the worst. I hate we’re all going through this. Will pray for us.
This is my first comment on a UA-cam video! Really helpful information. Thank you for creating the video! I think we should not take any risk with our heart. If we feel discomfort we should immediately consult with our GP.
Anyone feel like ur heart is beating normally then randomly kinda stops and it resumes??
Yes
Yes. Oh God
Yup he talks about those. For me finding the right music is the best cure. Hope you get well
yes
@@As-zn3cd it feels kinda like a shudder
Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve been experiencing what I think are PVC’s or extra beats. They happen exactly how you described them. All of a sudden started happening multiple times per day. I believe I pinpointed the cause to a dietary supplement I was taking that contains aspartame. I’ve read about people’s experience with heart palpitations and aspartame. I never drink diet sodas or use artificial sweeteners, but suddenly had a significant intake of this sweetener. Now I’m just waiting to see if they go away now that I have stopped use.
How are you doing? Did they stop?
Are you still experiencing them?
Thank you, you videos gives me relief. Whenever i am having a heart palpitation it goes to 110 beats per minute accompanied by shortness of breath. But i can feel the beats were on the same rythm. Ut gradually goes away after 15 to 30 minutes.
Very common,
Same like mine
Salute you doctor. What a wonderful person you are in this era of business. God bless you you for all your good work. Thank your parents for bringing up such a wonderful person.
I watch your videos everyday. They give me peace of mind. Thank you.
Well, thank you for this! What you describe from 7:30 is the kind of heart palpitation I've been getting a lot of since I had my 3rd child (he is 4 months old now). I've been driving myself nuts trying to work out if it's just stress, sleep deprivation, something to do with the low carb/keto diet (and possible electrolyte imbalance) I've been on since having gestational diabetes, perhaps anemia (I needed an iron transfusion in late pregnancy), my thyroid, a lack of estrogen due to breastfeeding, too much caffeine, or something more sinister... goodness me, the list is endless! But what I experience is the most common one and it's more obvious to me at night and on days where I have been stuck in the house and breastfeeding more (so when I am exercising less). So it sounds like I should just go ahead and ignore it and try to enjoy life more instead of worrying. Thanks again! :)
@@tasty_bite30 I'm not sure how old you are, but I was 44yo then, 49yo now, and being older, and probably in perimenopause, that's another thing that will cause heart palpitations. But what I have worked out is that my very low carb diet was possibly one of the contributing factors for my heart palpitations. I still get them sometimes now because I still tend towards a lower carb diet, but adding back some carbs seems to make them happen less. But if you are already eating a high carb diet, then it may just be about the lower levels of estrogen which are happening with breastfeeding. Or maybe drink some more water to rule out dehydration - baby is taking a lot of fluid our of your body in the form of breastmilk, so experiment with better water intake. Possibly add electrolytes (potassium is important for the heart- have an avocado or banana), and magnesium is another good supplement to take. My worst heart palpitations were while baby was still really little. But also just stress and sleep deprivation will make it worse I think. Motherhood is stressful. Rest whenever you can, keep up your fluids, don't eat too low carb like I was, and don't let the palpitations worry you unless you are getting so many of them and they are causing chest pain. Congratulations on bringing another soul into this world and managing to breastfeed! It's no easy task these days.
@@tasty_bite30 Try putting 1/8 teaspn of salt into a 3/4 of a glass of water and top it up with a bit of coconut water as a form of potassium (apparently better than taking potassium chloride), and sip on that to rule out dehydration. Did they check your thyroid when you were seen? If it's just about estrogen being lower while breastfeeding, I'm not sure we can do much about it other than try not to panic and think we are dying... which I'm sure many of us do. 😅
I usually get 3-4 fast heartbeats when standing up after laying down or sitting down for about an hour. No pain, no dizziness THE ONLY THING that happens is it sometimes makes me cough once or twice. Anyone else?
I wake up with my heart beating extremely fast sometimes. Four days ago I decided to go to the ER. I got all of the tests- everything came back normal. They gave me Xanax and sent me on my way. Since this only happens to me at night I was wondering if it could possibly be sleep apnea? I’m going in for a sleep study as soon as possible. Throughout the day I feel fine, everything horrific happens at night.
Jordan Lee I couldn’t agree with you more... You are going through the symptoms and everyone is asleep
it does sound like apnea, did you get your diagnoses?
Are there any particular thoughts or sleeping events other than waking up with a weezing sensation? You should be able to sleep better. I know about sleeping disorders and I agree on the fact that it can be kind of a hell.
elsifu85 if they have you Xanax, they probably think it’s a panic attack/anxiety.
Maybe you have sleep apnea that causes you to stop breathing and so when you wake up your heart is beating faster? Maybe do a sleep study?
You are so very kind, I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to do all this.
Bravo doctor you are golden. The consultants are very pressed, and seem to seldom encourage patients to educate themselves in the way you are achieving here. I think the profession would benefit by our ongoing education, and should promote videos like this and importantly, the limits of a layman's grasp as well. Thank you so much!
Oh BTW I have a Kardia device and is caught my paroxysmal AFib after seven weeks of more or less normal results.
I've experienced the third type of palpitation you did with the normal beat, then the sudden stop..then the two beats then normal rhythm but it usually happens after intense workouts. The first time I experienced it I thought I was about to have a heart attack. I have a history of panic attacks and high anxiety and i believe it may have a lot to do with that. I just started experiencing this as of last year around march.
Most Likley ventricular bigeminy
I have your exact symptoms. Im 28 yr old athlete it literally feels like heart attack after certain workouts.. have you found any more info out or made any progress?
How r u doing now??? Does your palpitation problem resolved by itself??? Plz rply
I used to have crazy heart palpitations when I was younger to the point my heart raced so fast and I would break out in a sweat and almost pass out. I figured out punching my chest would often knock my heart back into rhythm. Sounds crazy but it was a fast and dirty solution that worked.
Thank you God bless
Woah, I don't even remember watching this lol
Not the Sanjay Gupta I was expecting when clicking but not disappointed.
Thank you so much!
This helped me a lot. I have been so worried.. I keep thinking it is because I live alone without love or maybe I need electrolytes or I ate too much cheese this week! ha! Now I am able to sleep well and not worry! THANK YOU!! And you are so handsome I think seeing you made my heart skip a beat! haha!
Amazing, you described the extra heartbeat exactly according to my situation. I'm young, I notice these when I lay in bed. I work alot and work out everyday after work. It's quite uncomfortable.
But thank you for making this video!
RocketLR true man. Does your pulse feel like its paused? I work a lot and workout, iv sorta taken a break now. Sometimes we stress our heart without realising it. Im only 27 and going through this.had me worried af
Ruffas remeber In one of his videos he said to take magnesium
You should'nt workout everyday. Your body needs time to recover. I heard the other day, athletes are 3 times more likely to have a cardiac arrest. What do they do. They push their bodies to hard.
I get em bad when i workout sometimes. It feels like its fluttering. Like no blood is getting in my heart and its gasping.
Kurt Cobain sounds like your just unfit
Yeah kurt. There hasn't been any blood going thru your heart in years
Me too. I get that with intense exercise, but not with walking, yoga, etc
Quit using pre workout supplements and energy drinks! Stop using caffeine and go for long walks drink a ton of water
Eat healthy veggies and fruits lift weights
Thanks for your video. I have extra beats, although it is pretty much happening all the time. I'm 57 and when I was 30 my doctor said my rhythm was "regularly irregular". I start having palpatations almost a year and a half ago. They're present on EKG, I've had an echocardiogram that showed I have mild pulmonary regurgitation and my problem is coming from the upper part of the heart, they said not to worry. They also did a holter monitor. My concern is that having this irregular rhythm will eventually cause more issues.
Great videos. After having AF/Palpitations for 10 years my cardiologist has put me on Propafenone and it has transformed me. From daily flutters or getting locked in AF I haven't even felt my heart skip a beat since I was prescribed Propafenone 4 weeks ago.
I love this man. He’s a genius how he explains things to the layman. 👍👍👍🇬🇧
im here cause i felt a really strong heartbeat just randomly happen when i was lying down. almost like having a hiccup
R u okay now?
Omg me too what is this
Thank you for this video. I've been having heart palpitations since Friday (today being Monday). I experienced them all day Friday with my heart beat feeling irregular, occasionally "missing" a beat which caused me to feel quite panicked each time. They also come with tension (pressure build up) headaches or mild head rush sensations. That evening my boyfriend took my blood pressure reading - the first was 165/135 with a bpm of 55. I know that's incredibly high, but didn't know if it was an inaccurate reading so after another 10 minutes I did another, then another 10 minutes after that, both averaging 140/80 ish and bpm 77. Still high, I know, but I'm a sweep it under the carpet kind of person. :/
I had a nap and on waking I didn't feel the palpitations until I was fully concious, then they started again. Then Saturday and Sunday I had them on and off throughout the day. Today being Monday I've had them all day again. I'm not a big caffeine drinker. There is a lot in my life to cause me stress right now, but I'm quite laid back and don't let stress show. If these palpitations are caused by some deep-seated stress, should they be lasting for days? I struggled to get through to my GP to make an appointment today, but will keep trying tomorrow. I never go to the doctors and I wouldn't want to take up their time unnecessarily. Any advice?
any update on your heart? did you find out what happened?
Are u ok now?
@@kalihatten6237 thank you for your concern. Yes I am ok now thank you. It went on for a week or so longer but then seemed to right itself. I didn't manage to get a doctor's appointment. It was just so strange at the time. My blood pressure is much lower these days and I'm a bit fitter so it could be I came close to having a problem. I'm 100% fine now. I hope anyone reading this is also ok and finds any advice they need.
@@kayhadley1390 I’m glad you are ok
This is what's been happening with me the past 5 days idk why they're there but the highest my blood pressure was at was 181 which scared me into going to the hospital. They told me something is there just not noticeable on the ekg. It bc of the fact that I had other symptoms with the palpitations and they feel very uncomfortable and draining I see my heart doctor today so I hope I get some answers at some point. I do hope u still see your doctor just to be safe
Wow this helped stop my panic attacks at night thank you I thought I was dieing when my heart did that wow thanks
You are an amazing doctor and a caring man in one, which is rare to find and thank you so much because I get all three of them and they came on after my divorce and then they went away for a long time and then they came back because of stress.
In getting the extra beats! I’ve been so stressed out my husband is deployed for a year and it’s been so stressful! 😭😭😭 thank you for this video
Stress does cause more palps and extra beats. I can understand that it is stressful worrying about your spouse and having to manage things on your own. Try some magnesium and doing some meditation/mindfullness. This should help. I wish you all the best and thank you for your support.
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You are a great doctor. Thank you for your guidance! I have the missed “flatline” then the BOOM and was told it was a benign extra heart just as you said! Sometimes it’s uncomfortable and my resting g heart rate moves around a lot but not too fast, always slower usually. Thank you!!
I have been having episodes where i feel a very clean and clear rythm disturbance which literally sucks the air out of my lungs. Once i gasp, no air and then it normalizes and i can breathe again. Hoing to my GP in 2 days. Not a common occirance but enough to scare me and send me into a panic attack for 2 hours after it occured.
Did you ever get diagnosed???
It happens when I'm gonna sleep every night. I don't have any stress or anxiety
Palpitations.
Everyone has stress and some level of anxiety.
Sounds like you're a bit hyper aware of your heartbeat sometimes that can be normal because everything's quiet and you can pay attention to your body a little more.... This happens to me and it usually happens more when I'm laying on my left side try switching to your right side and see if that helps. I do have hypertension and tachycardia but I feel when I lay on my left side I can feel my heart beating more because of the side I'm laying on which has nothing to do with my tachycardia. If you still feel it
take magnesium
@@Alisheruzb-fu7hq I've started taking that also. It helps a lot, also meditation before bed helps me
Just finished handing in my 24hr Holter,... you answer so many questions,.... I did everything I could to try and set off the monitor,.... so now I wait. Your video is very reassuring
Thank you
This was incredibly informative. I recently had an episode of SVT back in January. BPM was 190 and I suffer from an anxiety disorder. This was the first time I went to the ER as I did not know what it was. I was told to do a vagal manuaver. Bear down and push.. it worked immediately. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with broken heart syndrome after my father passed, so my heart was slightly enlarged and one of my valves was very slightly weak. Fast forward until now, I had an ECG about a month in a half ago and my results are tomorrow. I'm told that if he doesn't call, that it's good news. Otherwise they would have brought me in sooner. I've apparently had SVT since the age of 19. But I went 10 years without having a single episode and then I'll have them maybe once a year or every other year.. typically triggered by stress. I also have palpitations. So, this video helped my anxiety incredibly. Especially about my appointment tomorrow. I'm hoping to get on a beta blocker which will also reduce my anxiety as well. Thank you so, so much.
thank you:-)
Thanks so much very helpful information and I'm less stressed now :)