I am writing you regarding your facebook post related to all that is not shared is lost.
First, I would like to thank you for your awareness of heart palpitations and the vagus nerve/stomach.
My story – I am 56 years old and have suffered with ectopic beats/palpitations since my mid 20’s. I would had one or two a day or a run if I got into an argument with someone. I was always told they were related to stress and anxiety and since I could relate a run of these beats to any stressful argument I ever had, I stopped arguing with people and simply dealt with the one or two ectopic beats that I felt daily.
Fast forward to 2012, after a fun day visiting with a friend, and a few glasses of wine, I started feeling a missed beat every 20 seconds or so and it went on for hours. I had never felt them this consistently or for such a length of time before. So I saw a cardiologist who tested me via ekg, stress echo and Holter monitor which caught 41 ectopic beats. I was told my heart structure was fine and to take Xanax as needed. The ectopic beats seemed to calm down on their own.
Now in April 2018, they seemed worse again, hours of skipped/missed beats, chest thumps, etc. so back to the cardiologist. EKG and heart ultrasound again reveals no structural issues, perhaps a false tendon, but nothing abnormal. Again told maybe I had a cold and the ingredient in a nasal spray was perhaps the cause. I was sent for a sleep study which revealed I should sleep with a cpap machine.
Now dejected I felt the need to carry Xanax with me at all times because I was having these episodes for hours daily and I was starting to feel depressed. The feeling you have when feeling these ectopic beats every 6th beat for hours is absolutely horrible and makes you feel like you can’t live a life. You feel like each odd beat sinks your chest, and you feel a bit of blood rushes behind your eyes, you cough randomly and not to even mention the feeling of whether your not your heart will go back to normal rhythms or which odd beat will be your last.
So, after a bit of research I started taking magnesium supplements which, seemed like a good idea even though a blood test revealed it was not low. After further research and noticing that these ectopic beats would start as soon as I sat down to dinner, and even though I didn’t feel like I had indigestion, I purchased Zantac 150mg and started taking one daily 9 days ago. Well since then, the ectopic beats are basically gone. I am back to one or two random ectopic beats per day. Now is this coincidence? Based on your videos of the vagus nerve and it’s connection to the heart/stomach, I don’t think so!
I want to thank you for your in depth research into what causes ectopic beats as I feel they helped me to see the connection to my stomach as well as feeling as if I have my life back. I will continue to take the Zantac even though you mention that it could inhibit my magnesium absorption as it seems to have corrected my issue. My options are to continue the Zantac for a bit, then possibly stop it and see if the ectopic beats return, as well as possibly making an appointment with a gastroenterologist to see if I have an issue, even though I present no symptoms, or have symptoms but I see them as my normal.
I hope this story helps others as my issue does seem to be stomach related.
Again, thank you!
I have same issue. Exactly.
Began Triple Calm magnesium
Mostly keto diet. Eat at 11 AM and 5-6PM.
No gluten.
Drink electrolyte water.
No most palpitations.
Only if I have a large meal and bend over
Only if I cheat and eat carbs or sugar.
Orange Burps (get online) are much better than Zantac.
Heavens NO Zantac.
Stay well!
This sounds like me. I’m sure it’s linked to my stomach and vagus nerve. I had my gallbladder out and not been right since then on and off. But more recently my life changed after a bad c section and something happened and after 4 years of back and forth and basically being told I’m fine it’s all in my head I must be depressed!! I got a diagnosis of pots in London. But I’ve more recently been having far worse gastric and bowel issues that are debilitating and have started having constant ectopic beats that are really scaring me. I’m also throwing up my food and can not seem to get my bowel to empty even though it appears to not be constipation. I’ve also had a colonic transit study done and it showed slow transit. I find the worse my bowel is the worse the heart symptoms are! and when I feel my bowel just won’t empty, it’s always around the time I have issues with throwing up and palpitations or either too fast or too slower heartbeat.
There just has to be a link!!
I feel like I’ve had to fight this battle alone with few people by my side believing me, let alone helping me.
I’d love to talk to others in the same position as me, so if anyone wants to swap stories, that would be nice. Support is what keeps you going when you’re close to giving up!
I have also found dr gupta’s videos amazing and they have saved me recently
I have the exact same issues as you.
I’m happy to talk to you if you want ..
Hello my name is Angela it would be nice to talk about this my e mail is abygrave@BT Internet.com Thankyou
Hi Riley, I have been experiencing terrible ectopic beats in the last few months, the quality of life is non existence. I had an ablation 2 weeks ago but I am still getting the same symtoms. Driving is becoming a worry for me as I struggle to focus.
It’s scary as I am only 44yo, rather healthy and fit otherwise.
I feel stuck and not sure what I can do to get my life back :(
What is the situation right now? Are you well?
I am a man in his mid fifties who was diagnosed with Paroxysmal Afib in 2016. About a year ago I had surgery to correct a Hiatus Hernia. Whilst the surgery has been very successful I have since seen a progression in my AFib; moving from a simple pill in pocket approach with my anti-arrhythmic medication to now requiring a constant, low dose to keep things in order.
Due to the surgery I now experience a degree of bloating and some gastric dumping. Both of these conditions are always accompanied by an increase in ectopic beats. I have spoken to my surgeon and cardiologist about this and they agree that the two could well be linked. On their advice I am looking at a moderate reduction in my weight as well is increasing regular exercise. I have also restructured my eating habits and diet (smaller, more frequent meals and an increase in fibre).
It is a bit too early to see what the impact of these actions will be but I am hopeful that things will improve.
In short, you are not alone in linking stomach/bowel symptoms to your heart. My advice would be to keep researching and trying different things. Everything I have seen so far recommends sensible diet and exercise, two things which will help your overall heart health regardless.
Good luck, I hope things improve for you.
Thanks for sharing!
I am 52 years old Asian male and I have no problems with cholesterol, sugar, or any other problems. Only medicine I am taking is Eltroxine 100 for my hypothyroidism. I don’t smoke and a social drinker.
All those started early Covid-19 Pandemic where My team I were under huge stress. I work for a large Engineering group and had severe workload and resource problems due to the pandemic.
It all started with constipation, bloating, growls in my stomach, pain in the left-back of my chest, severe heart-pounding. 10 years back I was diagnosed with diverticulosis. Even though it was cured, started with my Gastroenterologists. During a period of 5-6 weeks, I had barrages of tests including endoscopy, colonoscopy, breathing and medicines but the situation did not get corrected. Finally, he had decided to do an ECG and found an abnormality and immediately referred me to a Cardiologist.
In a period of 2-4 weeks, I had several ECGs, Echocardiograms, Holter Monitor Tests, Stress tests, lung, and breathing tests, heart, and lung MRI and doctors could not find any abnormality except I had approx 20,000 more heartbeats per day (yes it’s twenty thousand) and a bit of abnormal pressure in lungs. My heart rate was healthy but had 1 extra beat (Lup-dub-Lup) and the last Lup is stronger than the other. The cardiologist diagnosed me with PVC. The cardiologist was trying several types of medicines including Propranolol to slower the heart. I always had a healthy heart rate of 75-80 bpm, these medicines were making me sleepy, weak, severe headaches, and times lowering my heart rate and blood pressure to very low levels. I have refused to take medicine without knowing the root cause.
I always insisted on all my doctors that I feel all those started with my stomach. I was going to a large modern hospital. I made all doctors talk to each other but noticed they were not taking a holistic approach to my problem.
All those times I was reading a lot, watching Dr. Gupta’s videos and I always felt I am suffering from gastrocardiac syndrome. Several times I have mentioned it to my doctors (also about the vagus nerve) but as expected, they ignored me. I bought a Qardio Core device (wearable ECG) and Kardia Mobile to continuously monitor my heart. I was trying to find a pattern and noticed after a stressful meeting or situation or a large meal my symptom got worsened. Red wine and certain foods agitated the condition.
Without a solution, after 5 months and 8-9 kUSD of medical spendings, I was almost going to resign from my job to take care of my health. One day we met an old friend of ours who suggested an Indian ayurvedic doctor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda). From the first consultation, she realized I was under huge stress. She prescribed some herbal medicine and 3 sessions of full-body herbal oil massage, 3 sessions of Oil Shirodhara, and 3 sessions of Marma Treatment. She asked me to avoid red meat and alcohol.
Within 1 week my stomach was getting better and at the end of 2nd week, my sleep was back to normal. But the magic was the Marma. With the first Marma session, I felt my body and mind were rebooted. My stress, anxiety, fear, anger all gone and I felt like brand new. End of the 3rd week, my heart was normal. The doctor explained to me later that due to stress my digestive system was not working well and it was irritating my vagus nerve. Irritated Vagus nerve was creating problems for the heart and lungs.
Big thanks to Dr. Gupta whose videos helped me to self-diagnose or understand my heart better.
What I learned was it’s very important to keep a check on the less known vagus nerve. The irritated vagus nerve is like a bad signal cable that can create lots of problems.
Could you please suggest Ayurveda doctor
Please where l find this Herbert. Marma
My thanks
This could actually be my story. I find that mine come on if I’ve been a stressful situation and things are calming down. It is so debilitating and has started to affect what I do every day because of the fear. Crazy, which is what I feel some days!
Exact same story as Joanne, I started feeling these PVCs when I was 18 years old, went for a full cardio check up back then and everything was normal with benign PVCs. Now I’m 44, I’ve had these off and on all these years, several cardio check ups through the years with the same results, nothing abnormal just benign PVCs. It always leads back to gas pressure in my stomach or a big meal. Zantac used to be my go to when I was getting a lot of PVCs and as soon as my stomach calmed down, my PVCs would go away. It can be scary at times, but I trust in my checkups and keep pushing forward. It’s also somewhat comforting to know there’s others out there who fight this same battle. If anyone ever wants to chat about it. Feel free to contact me via email velaje@gmail.com or on Instagram @ james.vela.atx I wish you all peace and comfort. Be well.
I am having ectopic beart irritating and shortness of breath at that time.. Heart checked al good.. Is that because of digestion
. Having digestive probelm
All so interesting. I’m having stomach and now cardiac problems post covid. I’m sure irritated vagus is the link. I had heart noises/feelings for 12 month post covid but then after a severely stressful (and still unresolved) incident the ectopics have kicked in – usually after a meal. How do I settle this irritated nerve? I am taking magnesium and aiming to prioritise sleep , relaxation, small meals etc. Any other thoughts? Thank you so much for this!
I can’t tell you what a relief it is to finally find others having the same issues as me. I’m 44 and have been having these palpitations for 2.5 years. Sometimes it feels like someone is popping bubble wrap in my chest, other times it is a huge thud/thuds, followed by a rush of air up in my throat and ear which takes my breath away, or a tightness and pain in my upper abdomen which then works it way down and out as gas. I can have just 1 or 2 a day or episodes like this last weekend where I have them every few minutes for hours on end. I have had numerous tests endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy -all normal. Ecg’s have also come back normal but never has one when experiencing symptoms. I take 15 mg a day of propranolol and 15mg of lansoprazole but not really making any difference. Doctor has also tried me on Mebeverine anti spasm tablets and now wants me to take Amitryptyline which I am so reluctant to do as the side affects listed are what I’m already dealing with!! I’m trying dietary changes as I have gained 2 stone since all this started, was previously running half marathons and at the gym 4 times a week. Trying mindfulness, yoga, breathing techniques. You name it and I’ll try it. Feel like I’m going mad and just want to feel like the old me again. Even considered peri menopause maybe. Doctors aren’t really sure how to help me and I’m fed up of just being given another drug to try without actually getting to the root of the problem and feel as though they think it’s all in my head. I have a review appointment in 2 weeks and I am going armed with this information page. Thank you for sharing your stories.
This seems to be far more common than many physicians are aware of. I’m almost 52 and never had anything wrong with me till I was almost 47. Late in my 46th year, I had a gall bladder rupture. My team of Drs thought it was cardiac in nature and I was cathed for 1st time. Arteries were clear. Gall bladder came out a month later after a hida scan. 14 months later in March of 18 I had terrible palpitations and nausea. I was having an MI. 3 stents in RCA and I was sent home. That was the beginning of daily ectopic beats. My RCA has reblocked 3x since and I seem to have times when the beats are worse than others. When they come, they come in clusters. An ablation was not considered as every time I wear a monitor for a prolonged period, I seem normal – 300 to 500 per day. But when they are bad, they come on after eating and I get 700 per hour. At their worst, I also get a prickly feeling in subclavian region and it instantly makes be nauseated. Dry heaving and throwing up lasts weeks and happens multiple times a day. It’s also accompanied by blurry vision in right eye and ringing in right ear. Jaw pain and left shoulder are also irritated. The bigger problem is the anxiety and depression its caused. It’s hard to work. Its ruined my relationship and if it wasn’t for my dog, I’d be totally nuts by now. It wasnt till recently that I made a vagus correlation. Throughout all of this, I seem to have nearly constant ibs. I take magnesium, coq10, fish oil, b12, vit d , and all of the heart meds you’d expect. I hit treadmill everyday. Lift weights, do yoga 2x a week, stretch, and eliminated coffee, soda, booze and sugar. Any additional advice would be appreciated
Hey all,
47 year old male. Currently going through Covid which seems to have awakened the pvc’s after 3 months with almost NONE. I have had these PVC’s for the better part of 8 years now and I remember the first day I had them. It was veterans day 8 years ago. I was out with my Father getting his Veterans day meal at a local restaurant. Well we both ordered our meals and Ate. My father being a man of slight frame ordered too much food and could not finish his meal. He asked If I could finish it as he hated wasting food. So I said sure. Well, I over ate by a lot that day. My stomach was distended and I felt sick.
I went home and immediately lay down in bed. That was the worst day of my life. I had the MOTHER Of all PVC attacks. It was so bad I could barely breath. I Rushed to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. While I sat in the ER (Digesting a giant meal that was slowly shrinking(I never put 2+2 together at that point)) They hooked me up to an ECG Ran their electrical Tests, they then Did a contrast CT, Then took a series of Chest X-rays. And their reply was you are having PVC’s. Your heart is physically perfect. We don’t know why you are having them. There is nothing you can do but try to stay calm and don’t think about them. And I have tried to take that advice for 8 years now.
PVC’s SUCK!!!!! Since that first episode I have become quite aware of EVERY SINGLE TINY LITTLE MINUTE change in my heart rhythm. That sucks also.Cardiac Hyper-awareness IS A THING!!! I digress. Over the years I have noticed ANYTHING that irritates my stomach, will trigger a series. If i even have phlegm in my trachea, it can trigger them. And almost without Fail, I know about a second before a pvc will hit. As I will get this very small muscle contraction Just below my zyphoid process Deep in. Like a contraction in my stomach.
So… This is where I am. 9 days into a covid infection. I have been consuming a lot of Oranges and supplemental Vitamin C(Ascorbic Acid). Not thinking what I was doing to my stomach. And the PVC’s are back. My actual stomach feels bloaty with Air i keep swallowing out of habit. I don’t have GERD, I don’t have Reflux. I don’t have an Ulcer. And I don’t Take ANY medication. For anything. (Besides pain killers(Tylenol and Aspirin)for severe spine damage). And I am VERY careful with those. But there ya have it. Vagus nerve triggered PVC’s. 8 years running.
They were not lying when they say the way to your heart is through your stomach. They don’t know how right they were.
I hear ya. I could be you. I’m so sorry for what you’re going through, it really does suck, alot. I’m a 59 year old woman and had the odd missed heartbeat every now and then for years until last year when they kicked in big time, every three seconds day and night for months. Used propranolol and they stopped for a while, but now they’re back again. Am constantly anxious and depressed which is obviously making them worse. I have a bad stomach too for which I take omeprazole, but it makes no difference. I have constant loud hissing in my ears, a permanently blocked nose , gastric reflux and heartburn, a clogged throat and a feeling like I’m breathing through cling film. Sorry to go on and on. I can’t ignore it, it affects everything I do. I’ve been discharged from the hospital after many tests and told that I’ve got nothing to worry about so I don’t feel I can go back to the doctors again. Trouble is it doesn’t feel like there’s nothing to worry about. I’d like the doctors to experience the ectopics for weeks on end and then see if they still think we should ignore them. I’m just existingnot living.
This is me too Sue. Same age as you too.
Hi Sue
My my name is Anthony and I have been having ectopic heartbeats for over 30 years on and off. I am now 62 years old and recently I have had around 150 per day I would say. I have never had this amount at all so I visited the doctor recently and was told my heart is perfectly fine but am booked in to have a 24 hour ECG monitoring. I am in the process of moving and have had a stressful couple of months recently so I’m hoping that these are down to anxiety. Just after some reassurance.
Regards
Anthony.
This is hysterical because it is so true, and if you don’t laugh at it, you’ll lose your mind. It’s our heart for cryin’ out loud, and it’s hopping and skipping and jumping in our chest, and the doctors are saying YOU’RE FINE. AND only somebody that lives with it can relate. But you were spot-on with your symptoms and the description… couldn’t be more on the mark, and can only say THANK YOU for the humor – it’s all true, and maddening, but you’re not alone! And neither am I!
That was in regards to Victors story…
I have suffered with daily PACs & PVCs for years. They are particularly intrusive and i am currently having an ectopic beat every 2-4 beats. I too am told my heart structure is fine and it’s likely due to anxiety and stress (vicious cycle when the ectopics make me anxious and stressed). I have a low resting heart rate (by no means an athlete) of 55-57bpm and find my ectopics actually improve when my rate increases. I have abstained from coffee and alcohol and neither helped so I’m now taking ashwaganda, magnesium taurate and cbd oil- i cant say my ectopics are better but the anxiety is more bearable. I have chronic low ferritin and my GP is seeking the advice of GI as my coeliac bloods are mildly elevated. Hopefully there is some link. Cardiologists tell you it’s unlikely to cause you problems but youre left with the debilitating awareness of every beat and it is exhausting. Nice to know that others have similar issues but feel for you all as it’s no existence feeling like this.
Hope your problem has abated. It’s sounds almost exactly like mine. Have you found over additional time that the magnesium taurate is still effective?
Does anyone feel the beats in stomach? Aswell as the chest. I’m the same get them when eating, nervous or when relaxed every day. Getting depressed now affects my whole life especially work.
Hi Joyce. Yes I do!!!!! It’s the oddest thing and I can’t put my finger on what causes it. I’m a 47 year old female. I get these episodes for maybe 2 or 3 weeks where the extra beat is happening maybe in diaphragm/stomach area. The reason I know that is because I wore a heart monitor the last 2 times this happened (feb 2021 and November 2021) and my cardiologist said that even though I recorded over 50 events (which are the skipped beats I was feeling), only about 4 or 6 were actually PVCs or PACs. So what on earth were those random other 44 skipped beats that I was feeling? I am hoping someone else experienced the same thing??? And knows the cause? I’m also thinking possible dehaydration?
Hi Joanne! This is me right now. I was on a holter and had 50-60 PVC events. I feel like 1000 though. The feel like little skips. I know this is a year late for your post.
G’day, am in rural regional Australia but am not going into the small local hospital (which usually doesn’t have doctors anyway, only nurses if your lucky) because of the medical crises here and having been dissed by so many doctors. I’ve been having worsening episodes of this for years. The local GPs have told me “It’s gas” “or “IBS” or “My Diet. Eat More Roughage” “Try FOD MAPS” or have implied that I am crazy. On one visit when I expressed my frustration he even asked me “Is the reason you don’t like me because I’m brown?” implying that I was a racist (this is another reason I avoid going to the local clinics. I simply don’t go now. If they want me dead fine. I’ll die alone at home. Marxism in universities has got to be stopped but I digress…) I woke up again last night with a racing heartbeat pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. It was beating as if I had just finished a marathon and didn’t stop for quite a while after I woke up. I’ve also been having sever upper abdominal bloating that is constant now. I’m convinced it isn’t “Just gas”. It’s worse after I eat or drink anything even the smallest amount of food or drink. My last blood work was a year ago and my GFR was 》56 which I take it is mild kidney failure. I did have a CT scan over a year ago which showed “multiple densities” in my liver which the technician doctor wrote were “Probably Cysts”. I was diagnosed years ago with NAFLD (I DON’T drink or smoke) which I’m wondering if it’s progressed to NASH but I have never been given a referral to a nephrologist nor had a kidney biopsy done. (The local GPs won’t give you a referral unless you ask for One! How in the heck am I supposed to know? They are supposed to be the doctors! This is the reason I started researching my symptoms by myself online.) One of the young GPs I saw here thought I had pheochomocytoma ( a type of kidney tumor that sits on top of the adrenal gland) but that test turned out to be negative. I also have severe Duyputrens disease and have read on their site duyputrens.org that it’s actually a systemic fibrotic disease where patients die early from cardio vascular problems and wonder if that’s my problem? I did go into the local emergency dept once 4 years ago with the heart racing symptoms and there was actually a real doctor there (imagine that!) He said I had “an electrical problem ” with my heart and prescribed me Motoprolol however I never got a renewal for that script so am no longer taking it.
Hi.
I am so grateful to have found this finally. So many of your feelings and symptoms I can totally relate to. I know I’ve had an ectopic beat when I was younger once in a while, and my physician said back then, “A well trained heart knows what to do”. So I’ve always tried to keep active.
I don’t know if my Covid immunization had anything to do with the start of the frequent thumping beats, but mine began about three weeks after my second Pfizer dose.
I am a nurse, working in a monitored department, so I could hook myself up at any time, which I did. I can definitely see they are mostly unifocal interpolated PVCs. The regular beat following the PVC is extra strong thump And makes me nauseous, I can feel it pulsating in my abdomen and my groin. Sometimes this lasts for hours and makes it hard to get to sleep. I’ve been reassured by my cardiologist that These beats aren’t dangerous, it’s not A-fib or flutter or racing. I recently wore a Holter monitor for a month and the results say I have a ton of PVCs. Duh. I’m just not sure what to do about it, but it’s so related to eating or laying down….. The doctors think I only notice it because I’m laying down or relaxing, but I can feel it anytime during the day.
No recommendations from my doctors either, except don’t be anxious. Which I wasnt much before this lol!
I hope we can all figure out how to help each other. It’s good to know I’m not alone in this.
Thank you everyone
After going through quite a stressful period two years ago, I started with eptopics. Ive seen a cardiologist, had an 72hr tape fitted and heart scans. Eptopics were found, nothing to worry about everything else fine. I don’t, drink alcohol, smoke or caffeine.
I can go weeks with nothing and some weeks where they’re non-stop. As we’re all aware it’s not a good experience.
Recently, I experience them in my stomach for the first time. I could feel the pulsate in my upper abdomen. I went to A&E. I was given blood tests and ECG and everything was fine..
I think the digestive system and stomach is causing most my issues. for a few days prior to this episode I’d eaten quite a lot of sugar and junk food.
I’m otherwise very fit for my age 47. I like to got to the gym, long walks & cycling.
Like most of us, I would just like to wake up one day and they have gone.
I am having these eptopic beats or pvc’s (not sure which) and I think they are related to eating and laying down, although I can feel them all day every day. They stop me sleeping and if I wake up I cannot get back to sleep because they are so intense. I have them at least once every minute of the day, they make me feel sick and I’m fatigued all the time. I have read that magnesium and calcium supplements can be good but not sure I dare to try them because I take lots of heart meds. Wish there was a cure for it
How much and which magnesium are you taking daily ?
Goldenseal tincture (not powder) and clove tincture clear up my ibs within 1 to 2 weeks if not a couple of days, everytime.
IG dateaugust2022
I’ve been suffering with the exact same
Symptoms as a lot of people here. I usually feel a sense of bloating or as if food is somehow trapped in my upper left side of my abdomen. Been having a lot of stress and Anxiety in my life recently and then it gets much worse. Been put on Bisoprolol which does help a bit with general heart rate stuff, but noticed this has made me feel tired and often dizzy which seems to add to the overall anxiety levels.
Keep waking up with a really fast heart rate.
The link to my stomach I’ve always noticed but whenever I try and tell a Dr about it they look at me like I’m stupid or crazy which really does get me down.
I am going to keep on pursuing a resolution to this as it’s really had a massive detrimental effect to my mental health and happiness.
I first started suffering with what felt like missed heart beats after coronary bypass surgery in 1996 but was diagnosed as eptopic (extra beats). These settled down over the years and were mostly not troublesome until 2019 when I suffered severe episodes of bigeminy and trigeminy which would usually start a couple of hours after dinner in the evening (not large meals) and continue through the night until up to 4am, it would then settle down through the day and repeat itself with the same pattern. Checked in cardiology with ECG and Echocardiogram and told these are harmless extra beats, all I can say is that they certainly don’t feel harmless to a sufferer. Anyway following some research I started taking Magnesium supplement, Taurine supplements and COQ10(Ubiquinone) supplements daily and within a few weeks the eptopic (extra beats) mostly stopped with just the occasional one which wasn’t troublesome. I stopped taking the COQ10 and Taurine supplements after around 3 months but continued with daily magnesium. All was fine until 3 days ago when the eptopic beats started again one every few beats but not bigeminy/trigeminy so far. As before they seem to be accompanied with mild gastric issues with an uncomfortable feeling of being full even though I haven’t eaten much and very slight occasional burping, something like slight gassy pressure from the stomach which mildly extends up centre of chest and I am thinking that there may be a gastric link to my problem. Heart rate is up and down like a yo-yo but mostly in 80s/90s bpm range when sitting down, when normally they would be in 60s/70s range when sitting. Am thinking maybe I should again start taking Taurine and COQ10 supplement daily but not sure if COQ10 is better taken as Ubiquinone or Ubiquinol. Just hope these settle down because I had very poor sleep last night because of them.
Terry, I get those same exact feelings you get with the stomach. I also get that weird feeling of heart beat at the top of my stomach like someone above mentioned. I am 5 weeks post ablation for afib/flutter, so much of this is expected and normal for 2-3 months. However, over the past couple days, I am beginning to believe the big correlation between the stomach and what my Kardia Mobile says is Normal Sinus Rhythm with Supraventricular Ectopic beats. Had a couple of sandwiches today with white bread, and the ectopic beats have started, so curious if gluten is an issue. One of them was a PBJ, and I am starting to believe peanut butter is an issue (ugh, love pb). I have yet to try and supplements. Will discuss the gastro connection with my doctor at my post ablation check up in two weeks. Time to start the AFIB Cure Diet as well I suppose.
I’ve had ectopic heart beats for 30 but the last fortnight has been a nightmare with continues bigeminy beats (beat – miss – beat – miss) for half an hour, none stop. But apart from the thuds in my stomach and being scared, I’m fine. I know it’s gastric because has soon has I get up in the mourning and have a drink they start. BTW, I’m getting a 24 hour holter monitor on the 19 of April so
Bad night again tonight with continues Ectopic’s. I know it’s gastric – maybe a Hiatus Hernia, so a swig of Mucogel before turning in usually cam’s it down to get some sleep.
I always have ectopic since my early days, I’m 52 now, after Covid infection in 2021 in which i spent 8 days at the hospital, after that i was jabbed twice with Pfizer and had covid again in December 2022 but was very mild.
Now, when i walk, go upstairs, i fell them…i don’t fell tired etc…just ectopic had a ECG done in September 2023 and it showed QTC 459, BORDERLINE which also showed the same value back in 2012 as i had holter for few days and ultrasound, all normal with diagnose of benign arrhythmia. I have heartburn issues which i may need PPI but haven’t taken them yet. If i have stress or argument my ectopic goes mad.
Does anyone else get migraines?