Question: Hello. All day yesterday i had a good bit of palpitations and a faster than normal heart rate. It ranged from 90s to 110. It got up to 120 a few times but only after i got nervous for it being elevated. I just never felt quite right all day. Just had a tickling feeling in chest and was very anxious. I fell asleep pretty good last night but woke up about 2 hours later and my head felt hot and the back of my neck was sweaty. I got up and my pulse was high for about 15 minutes. Around 115. I was pretty nervous and i never know if its my heart beating fast from arrythmia or from nerves. I did however lay back down and fell back asleep with pulse back near 85 or so. This morning my pulse seems ok. Fluctuating some but not real bothersome. But i feel strange in my head. Like im in a fog. And i keep getting warm tingling feelings on the back of my neck and down both arms. It feels like they are heating up. I wore a holter and had an echo a week ago. I am waiting on results. But i dont go back for another month. Does what ia happenening to me yesterday and today sound like aomething i should seek attention on. I dont have insurance and i have already made a trip to the er and seeing a cardiologist so i hate to spend more money if its unneccessary. Thank you

Thank you! Im pretty sure its anxiety but i get so afraid im going to chalk something serious up to anxiety and get myself in a bind. Im hoping that if my tests come back normal i will be able to accept that im not going to drop dead. I miss the girl that never worried about death and could go to sleep at night without worrying i will not wake up due to cardiac arrest. We are iced in right now and live a ways out of town and instead of enjoying it all i could think about is what if aomething happens we cant get to thw hospital and by the time an ambulance got out here it would be too late :-(. I wasnt like this until i developed thia stupid irregular heartbeat. I absolutely hate it. It makes me so mad. Mad that i cant get peace of mind despite bein told im ok. Ive read way too much on scd and it just makes it worse. I took paxil all last year and felt much better. Then i weaned myself off after a year and was doing good until a 15 year old kid in our community died in his sleep and his autopsy came back inconclusive. I imagine ill talk to my doctor about restarting the paxil even though i hate to. I just know the God has given me this wonderful life. I am blessed more than i should be. This issue is my only hardship in life. I want so badly to live it up, be productive, and enjoy it. I must say that i do good keeping on trucking. I still work, take care of my 3 year old, my husband, and our home but it seems that i always feel afraid a little bit. I have read about so many people around my age dying suddenly with heart issues. Even though i have noticed most have either ran marathons or smoked. But many were normal healthy adults. I guess we are all in thw same boat and never know when its our last day and the people who have passwd from scd didnt want to die either. As i write these thoughts and wonder if i even want to hit send or i just writing it is making me feel better. I just want to enjoy life again. But i cant shake the feeling that something is wrong with my heart. Its annoying. Haha