I think the term for this is either palpitations or arythmyias.
I described it to a friend of mine who has palpitations...
' I put my hand out in front of me and quivered it like a horizontal fan, it fluttered like a butterflys wings. '
Thats how my heart felt. First I would feel my breath taken from me . Even before the breath taken i could feel the stage like a premoniton. As I felt as if I was catching my breath in a strong wind my heart would flutter.
I have heard some say they like the feeling. I do not like it at all . I find it really alarming to be honest.
I know this much..there are different reasons for this happening.
One friend who has a thyroid problem was told she drank too much tea.
The other friend was told it was not anything to worry about.
My worry is that over a week ago I could not relax and go to sleep without it happening quite a few times. Mostly it felt like it was about to happend, ie: I felt a pre fluttering a bit like a sneeze that amounts to nothing.
I felt so scared that I got up and decided to take an asprin as a half baked rhemedy to avoiding a heart attack.
I have had panic attacks in the past and this is not one I quite sure about that.
I have heard that women over 40 get these because of the lessening of oestrogen.
Of course I can go to the doctor and I will. I have a list that is quite long.
I always worry that I have to try to sound not like a paranoid lunatic so I tend to keep my appointments to something concrete and add all the things that have been queueing up in the appointment.
I wish I was one of those who felt comfortable popping round to the doctors when I felt like I needed to but to be honest I have never been able to ' just go' !.
It must be something to do with my upbringing. Its not a good trait espically now I have been diagnosed with lupus.
My question is this does anyone know why the heart flutters in a lupus scenario and does anyone else have a problem with just popping into the doctors even when friends tell you its legitimate.
Nicky
I described it to a friend of mine who has palpitations...
' I put my hand out in front of me and quivered it like a horizontal fan, it fluttered like a butterflys wings. '
Thats how my heart felt. First I would feel my breath taken from me . Even before the breath taken i could feel the stage like a premoniton. As I felt as if I was catching my breath in a strong wind my heart would flutter.
I have heard some say they like the feeling. I do not like it at all . I find it really alarming to be honest.
I know this much..there are different reasons for this happening.
One friend who has a thyroid problem was told she drank too much tea.
The other friend was told it was not anything to worry about.
My worry is that over a week ago I could not relax and go to sleep without it happening quite a few times. Mostly it felt like it was about to happend, ie: I felt a pre fluttering a bit like a sneeze that amounts to nothing.
I felt so scared that I got up and decided to take an asprin as a half baked rhemedy to avoiding a heart attack.
I have had panic attacks in the past and this is not one I quite sure about that.
I have heard that women over 40 get these because of the lessening of oestrogen.
Of course I can go to the doctor and I will. I have a list that is quite long.
I always worry that I have to try to sound not like a paranoid lunatic so I tend to keep my appointments to something concrete and add all the things that have been queueing up in the appointment.
I wish I was one of those who felt comfortable popping round to the doctors when I felt like I needed to but to be honest I have never been able to ' just go' !.
It must be something to do with my upbringing. Its not a good trait espically now I have been diagnosed with lupus.
My question is this does anyone know why the heart flutters in a lupus scenario and does anyone else have a problem with just popping into the doctors even when friends tell you its legitimate.
Nicky