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<blockquote data-quote="luceeloo" data-source="post: 1535646" data-attributes="member: 78468"><p>I can relate, right down to the fact that it happened whilst driving a car! </p><p>Three years ago I had exactly the same experience. I'd experienced some palpitations on and off for months, had them investigated, turned up nothing. Then one evening on the way home from work, palpitations started and I nearly passed out. </p><p>I was blue-lighted to hospital, kept in, had my medication reviewed, had every test known to man... and everything came back relatively okay. They caught the palpitations on the holter monitor, and I was diagnosed with a benign abnormal heart beat and ventricular tachycardia. </p><p></p><p>Shortly after this I was taken off the small dose of beta blockers that I'd been given to control my blood pressure. The palpitations stopped completely. Earlier this year I was put back on beta blockers and they came back as bad as ever. </p><p>We stopped those again, and now I just get occasional flutters and missed beats.</p><p>If I get stressed, have too much caffeine, or get a fright, then the palpitations come back and are almost painful. </p><p>I do get a headache with them also - it's kind of like a thumping ache that goes in time with the missed beats. Apparently this is all normal. </p><p></p><p>Just to ease your mind, I was told that palpitations / missed beats / heart irregularities are normal unless they are continuous. I thought my 80 episodes of palpitations a day were bad until I was told that some people get more than that in an hour and are still perfectly fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luceeloo, post: 1535646, member: 78468"] I can relate, right down to the fact that it happened whilst driving a car! Three years ago I had exactly the same experience. I'd experienced some palpitations on and off for months, had them investigated, turned up nothing. Then one evening on the way home from work, palpitations started and I nearly passed out. I was blue-lighted to hospital, kept in, had my medication reviewed, had every test known to man... and everything came back relatively okay. They caught the palpitations on the holter monitor, and I was diagnosed with a benign abnormal heart beat and ventricular tachycardia. Shortly after this I was taken off the small dose of beta blockers that I'd been given to control my blood pressure. The palpitations stopped completely. Earlier this year I was put back on beta blockers and they came back as bad as ever. We stopped those again, and now I just get occasional flutters and missed beats. If I get stressed, have too much caffeine, or get a fright, then the palpitations come back and are almost painful. I do get a headache with them also - it's kind of like a thumping ache that goes in time with the missed beats. Apparently this is all normal. Just to ease your mind, I was told that palpitations / missed beats / heart irregularities are normal unless they are continuous. I thought my 80 episodes of palpitations a day were bad until I was told that some people get more than that in an hour and are still perfectly fine. [/QUOTE]
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