Have you had these heart symptoms?

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering if anyone's had these symptoms and if so, what kind of

tests you did to figure out what it was and/or how you treated it.

For several years, I've had occassional episodes where my heart rate

suddenly skyrocketed (sometimes to over 200 bpm). My chest was

pounding, my throat was tight. The last several episodes have been

closer together (3 this fall) and the fatigue afterwards has been

intense. My chest is usually sore for quite awhile afterwards.

Once it was sore for about 4 days.

I had an echocardiogram a few weeks ago and it was normal (I was

quite relieved!). I also had an electrocardiogram which was normal

but it was not taken during an episode. They gave me a king of

hearts monitor to try to catch the episode on the spot but naturally

I didn't have an episode during the two weeks when I had the

monitor. (Typically they only occur 4 times/year or so). The

episodes are not brought on by anxiety. Of the last 6-7 episodes, I

was only anxious once before the episode. Generally, they've

occured when I'm relaxed. Several times they occured when I was

exercising, but it was exercise that I do regularly and am

acclimated to.

Any thoughts?

Best,

Shayna