Heart palpatations

[LBTC]

Try avoiding sugar free products. I get that when I have anything with aspartame (nutrasweet)

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Popoki_Nui]

I get them too. They started in my late teens, and continue to this day. I have slightly high BP. Mine are PVC's (premature ventricular contractions). Feels like a flutter or a skipped heartbeat, but is actually an extra beat....sometimes several in a row, which gives that flutter feeling. Is that what you're experiencing?

I've been ECG'd over and over, and been told it's a fairly normal condition wherein the heart simply misfires a little in response to various stimuli like caffeine, adrenaline, exercise, stress, excitement, certain foods/food products (like MSG, spices, etc) and so on. Most of the time; but it can occasionally be a sign of other heart problems. Best to get it checked out with your doc, and rule out those problems.

[alpinerabbit]

I get them too - PVCs.

Haven't figured out yet what is the worst trigger - caffeine, alcohol or exercise. I keep intaking all 3 of them.

I try to take my magnesium -doctor put me on high dose magnesium when I visited her, and had a high stress level and started to exercise a lot. Now I take regular store bought stuff. She ECG'd me too but said not to worry.

[TsPoet]

Dehydration can cause it, too. Drinking enough water (not soda or anything else, just water) to make up for your activity level? Drink a glass of water right after getting up and 15 min before stretching.
Regardless, best to see a doctor if for no other reason than piece of mind.

[Brandi]

Me too! Started getting them when i was about 30. Mine are stress related. My blood work and ekg didn't show anything of important. But the my ekg showed I was nervouse. They put me on a mild tranq for about three weeks. I recommend a book called "Don't panic" if that might be your case. Let me know and I will find out who wrote it. But for now you need to stop asking us and go to the Doctors no matter what. And rule out everything else. Because no matter what we say your case might be different then ours. Please go! Then we can talk.

[maillotpois]

There are probably a lot of very benign reasons why you might be experiencing this, BUT: PLEASE see a doctor to make sure.

[Pax]

I'll second what maillotpois said, make sure you see your doc.

Mine are triggered by caffeine and stress, they still sorta freak me out when they happen. I find that when I cut back on the coffee and make sure I meditate every day they rarely occur.