Do these crazy heart palpitations ever end? Do they go away after perimenopause is over? I have had numerous EKG's and all looks fine but I don't feel fine. The last couple of days my heart palpatations have been bugging me. When I get anxious and panicked ( which is most of the time 😜) it triggers them. They come and go quickly but they set off my anxiety and panic so much. Some months I have none but this month is different. I'm dealing with an ovarian cyst on my left ovary, I wonder if that's contributing to it. Indigestion and stomach upset triggers them too. I see my GP on Friday I'm going to probably beg for another EKG in her office. I'm so pathetic 😢Anyway Ladies hope you are all fairing better today.
Hi Debbie! heart palpitations do go away, but like all other menopause symptoms, they do come back ( unfortunately ). They scare me to death too. I flew to the hospital for an EKG and all was fine even though I thought I was going to die. Heart palpitations stem from the wild days of our ancestors letting us know how strong this cellular change is occuring on our bodies. Like anything else, one thing we can be sure of in life is "change" and change will continue to happen, they will go away. I promise.
I also got them pretty bad when I went in for a check up a few months back. The doctor wanted me to take beta blockers right away until I went to a heart specialist. Now, I have never had issues..some palpitations right before my cycle, but she was freaking me out and they got worse. I went that day to a heart specialist and they ran all these tests and everything you can imagine. All day I spent there, I even had to wear a monitor for 2 days. He was really passive about it, said just do this, but I feel it's fine. I even told the doctor..which by the way was a women about 55-60 ..that it was hormones! Needless to say..Everything was good..Thank God. But, still...I read over and over ..from countless women..this happens. It did scare me also. I started taking maca. One pill a day. It helped me Greatly. I feel we need to be gentle on our bodies when we are having more extreme symptoms. Try our best to know it will pass. My anxiety comes and goes. Your not alone. I try to eat the best I can and exercise. It helps alot!
Thank You so much for your encouraging words it helps so much. Your humor had totally brightened my day. I've been reading the posts on another discussion and you have brought a genuine laugh and smile to my heart. I can relate to your comment about being stuck in a car before your appraisal crying and saying you can't move. (My Husband and I are both in Real Estate) They other day we were in a grocery store together and I walked to an idle to look at something and I suddenly became dizzy. I stood there trying not to look like a lunatic as I held on to a shelf and did some deep breaths. My husband came over to me and asked what was wrong. I had tears in my eyes and told him I couldn't move. He grabbed my hand and we walked out into the fresh air and then I started laughing because I was better. I feel like a lunatic. I can also TOTALLY relate to what you said about making appointments then getting anxiety once you confirm them. That happened to me today. I had to reschedule my dentist appointment for tomorrow because this morning my panic about going made me late for the appointment 😜. Well they fit me in for tomorrow morning. That's when my heart palpitations started again. Ugh!!!! I love your comment about surprising your daughter in New York after this is all over, I told my daughter the same thing, I told her that we need to take an amazing vacation when this is over. She agrees 100%. For now I can't even keep a dentist or doctors appointment within having a major meltdown. I have switched from my male GP to a female GP. My male GP would leave the room when I would cry and have panic attacks in his office, He also said I needed to see a psychiatrist. I switched doctors right after that. Thanks for listening and making my day a little brighter
I understand. I go through the same exact thing. Some days I don't have any. Then other days l, here they come. I get them when my stomach is upset and when I have indegestion.They do subside but they are scary. I have had numerous EKG's as I'm the ER queen and they all come back fine. I can actually feel mines coming on. And then I panic. I call the paramedics and once they get to me it has subsided. You are far from pathetic and not suffering alone.
I had to stop googling. It scares the daylights out of me. I dont even look up anything anymore. I just wait to see what the doc says and ask if anyone has expierenced it.
I am crying as I am reading the posts from all you wonderful ladies. Crying because I'm not alone, crying because I know I'm okay and crying because I'm so terribly tired of feeling this way and being so fearful of it all. Today is just one of those days. Thanks for the words of encouragement ❤️
Glad you are okay. Sorry you had to go through all that. Some doctors scare you to death and some are completely nonchalant. I need to just try to calm down. Just do hard when your afraid of these symptoms. Thanks for the wonderful words of encouragement. I greatly appreciate it
If you can get pass the first or 2nd year which are the worse, you'll be fine. They do go away rather gradually, but then expect other new symptoms to take over. Sorry I don't mean to discourage you but part of the process.
My doctor had told me to take St. Johns wort becauase it helps, I got them after the worse of my heart palpitations had passed but it also took away the anxiety which was a great help. You can find them at your health food store. Hope you feel better soon.
I haven't tried St Johns Wart yet. Will have to go to my local health food store and try it. Thank You. I seriously can't wait to get through this. I will be 49 in April and I have been going through this since I believe I was 43. I really don't have much of a cycle anymore. I have it for about 3 days but it's not very much at all. I am hoping and praying by the time I am 50 or 51 I will be done.
Debbie, I loved this!! Can't believe you and your husband are Realtors!! How cool is that. I DID the same thing with my Dentist. Been going since I was six years old by myself now I'm going to pull all my teeth out myself because I keep canceling. And I used to love going to the Dentist.
My had an Awards Breakfast last Wednesday where I was awarded Top Producer for volume and transactions and guess what? I stayed home and cried and lied that I had food poisoning. I need to buy a sweater set with a satellite tv and waive from my bed next year if I'm so lucky.
Food shopping?!?!!? A joke! I feed like I walk like a drunk swaying down the aisles....
On a serious note: I listened to a lecture the other day about menopause and she compared it totally to the caterpillar melting down to green slimy glob ( hot flashes ) crawling and fighting it's way into making a cocoon. When a woman came by and saw the butterfly struggling to get out, she ripped open the cocoon to help her. Well...you can guess what happened? The butterfly died. We have to come out when we're ready so we can fly.
The lecturer also explained why we're the "chosen ones" and some women don't even get any symptoms. We're intelligent, loving, spiritual, and caring women. Why we have to suffer, who knows? I don't get that!! But we're less likely to have cancer and live to be 99!! She was 73 y/o, had a debilitating menopause and at 73 teaches and lectures all over the world. She's never been hospitalized or sick.
After the lecture - I prayed to God to make this go away. She better listen soon. 🤓
Everyone's different,Debbie, I had it a little bit of it when I was 42, but it all went away when I cut out chili out of my diet. Then about 6 years ago I got it and was just a basket case. I couldn't stop crying so I went on a low dose birth control pill. After I got off of it I got every imaginable symptom, with what seemed to be like all at once. Ears, heart, uti's, crying, fuzzy brain, fuzzy head, you name it I had it, except for one symptom which I can't remember at the moment. Oh teeth, I think, but maybe I had it, I just can't remember because I have teeth sensitivity anyway. My memoy was by far the worse affected by this pause. I couldn't remember didley squat, lol. I felt like an airhead, for which all my life, I have detested airheads! I had to take life one day at a time.I''m better now because I write everything down. I notice that when I read a book it makes me feel better. Maybe read a novel. I read one last month and had a good laugh. Try St. Johns wort, you will notice the difference.
Hi Joanne I really liked reading that last paragraph about this lecturer. Hoping I would find her on youtube I went searching for similar video's. What I can't believe was seeing male doctors trying to lecture women on menopause when they don't have a clue what it feels like. Anyhow is she on youtube?
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What helped me Greatly....was one maca root pill a day. My thyroid levels were at a 12..then 3 months later a 8..then a 5 now normal 1.27. My doctor was more on the natural side although she could not techinally tell me that..She said I could go on meds..but told me the maca and essential oils were good. It takes time...but I have not had any palpitaions..small hot flashes right before my period. I started out with 4 maca pills...then would ask my body thru kinesiology. I know it may sound odd..but it works and your body tells you. Chiropractors use it..and its super easy to do!!! Just my thoughts. Maca balances your hormones naturally. Hope this helps!!!
Your response is the inspiration I need today as I fight so many of the awful symtoms that woman describe on this site. By far, the most discouraging is my inability to go places and to exercise the way I used to. Just going to the grocery store can be a frightening experience--dizziness and anxiety etc...I am a pediatric occupational therapist and work with children and some days I know I am not at my best and wonder if I can do it. Your description of the caterpillar will stay with me. Thank you!!! and congraduations on your award!! I am going to contact you on facebook.
Hi Carmen! I'm right there with you, I can ditto and mirror your comments to a "T". Here's to better days for the both of us and ALL wonderful women trying to "get thru".