So a few weeks ago I was in class at college and I noticed my breathing was a little off. I seemed to be easily exerted and I kind of had to force myself to take full breaths. when I was driving home it seemed to be getting a little worse so eventually I went to the ER but they said my lungs were fine, my EKG was fine, they couldn't find anything abnormal other than that, for my age, my blood pressure was a little high (157/90 at the highest, I believe) but they said that could be due to nervousness of a medical setting. A few days later I found myself back in the ER for the same reason, but it had gotten a little worse. I was trying to be a hypochondriac but I've just always heard that trouble breathing and chest pain/tightness should always be seen.
Again: EKGs, blood work, ultrasounds, MRIs, and still nothing. I think they chalked it up to my acid reflux and/or indigestion although I had no other usual symptoms of that.
I finally went to see my PCP and they did the usual tests too. Other than a bit of a fast heart rate and, once again, slightly elevated blood pressure, everything else seemed fine (lung sounds, EKG). She even gave me an anxiety test but I only scored a 3 on the scale which led her to believe that's not what this is (I also don't believe I have anxiety, apart from a couple scattered "panic attacks" over the past year or so).
I have always gotten heart palpations where my heart feels like it literally skips a beat, but haven't really had any other issues so I never thought anything of it. All of this leads me to where I am today and why I'm posting this.
I am having constant fluttering in my heart at the moment and have been for a couple of hours now. I can breathe IN fine, but breathing out when I'm talking seems to be forced (as in, when I'm talking, I run out of breath and exhaling feels labored). I even had a flutter so intense that I jumped a little. I'm not really experiencing any "pain" other than it sort of feels like someone is poking my chest ever-so-lightly with their finger (it's dull, not sharp). If this were a heart issue, wouldn't it have shown up on the several EKGs I've gotten recently?
I'm posting on here for other ideas/opinions and I would really rather not end up going to the ER again because it's not much of an emergency but I thought I'd see what others had to say! Also I didn't know what forum to put this in. I'm new here.