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<blockquote data-quote="blb" data-source="post: 62178" data-attributes="member: 32"><p>If you are having palpitations then you need to go back to your cardiac guy and request to have a Holter put on for 24 hours to track your palpitations(it is a way to monitor your heart beating for a full 24 hours) ...if I'm reading you correctly, by palpitation you mean you are skipping a beat, or your heartbeat is accelerating out of nowhere? in my opinion, that would definitely be a cardiac problem, and one that a stress and an echo may not catch. Skipping heartbeats is NOT an anxiety issue, it is a cardiac issue. Anxiety may be causing you to have increased catecholamine production (epinephrine) which might make your heart more apt to have an irregular heart beat, but once you start skipping beats, it's a cardiac issue too.</p><p></p><p>Often, women have been misdiagnosed as "being anxious" when in fact it has been a cardiac issue. Women for years were often ignored by male cardiologists with their heart attacks because they did not present the same as men did when they were having a cardiac issue (substernal chest pain, radiating down the arm and jaw, etc.,) Women can instead present with dizziness, lightheadedness, difficulty breathing and sometimes indigestion/belching. </p><p></p><p>As a result a lot of women that headed off to the ER were ignored when they were having a heart attack/cardiac event and instead told they were anxious.....frankly if you were having a heart attack, you'd be a little anxious too :hammer: </p><p></p><p>If your cardiac guy refuses giving you a Holter, go find another cardiac guy who will--It's not something to be ignored!</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blb, post: 62178, member: 32"] If you are having palpitations then you need to go back to your cardiac guy and request to have a Holter put on for 24 hours to track your palpitations(it is a way to monitor your heart beating for a full 24 hours) ...if I'm reading you correctly, by palpitation you mean you are skipping a beat, or your heartbeat is accelerating out of nowhere? in my opinion, that would definitely be a cardiac problem, and one that a stress and an echo may not catch. Skipping heartbeats is NOT an anxiety issue, it is a cardiac issue. Anxiety may be causing you to have increased catecholamine production (epinephrine) which might make your heart more apt to have an irregular heart beat, but once you start skipping beats, it's a cardiac issue too. Often, women have been misdiagnosed as "being anxious" when in fact it has been a cardiac issue. Women for years were often ignored by male cardiologists with their heart attacks because they did not present the same as men did when they were having a cardiac issue (substernal chest pain, radiating down the arm and jaw, etc.,) Women can instead present with dizziness, lightheadedness, difficulty breathing and sometimes indigestion/belching. As a result a lot of women that headed off to the ER were ignored when they were having a heart attack/cardiac event and instead told they were anxious.....frankly if you were having a heart attack, you'd be a little anxious too [img]:hammer:[/img] If your cardiac guy refuses giving you a Holter, go find another cardiac guy who will--It's not something to be ignored! Hope this helps [/QUOTE]
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