anxiety symptoms pounding heart

The last year, after stopping exercising due to a musclepain in my leg, my anxiety has developed and other symptoms have shown up as well. My main symptoms now are constant pounding heart in my chest, dizziness when standing up, panic attacks, weak legs (can`t walk up a a stair without getting lactic acid in my thighs, pounding heart, out of breath) , pounding heart when moving or switching position, after eating etc.

I'm 20 year old male pretty muscularly fit but not in shape if that makes sense any sense. But I've been dealing with anxiety for the past 2 years now and my symptoms have varied widely but many around my heart. I'm generally worried about my heart Ive had sharp chest pains that come and go rapid pounding heart beat out of nowhere even without panic.. Anyone else experience this before and I've also been getting very little sleep in generally wake up still tired.

----UPDATE---- 4/15/10 So I went to an Endocrinologist and he says my adrenal and thyroid gland are fine. I've also been for a few sleep studies with no signs of sleep apnea. My cardiologist gave me a stress test and from the nominal jump in BP and readings from the EKG, he can't see anything wrong with my heart. So I am currently taking 50mg of Atenonol(beta blocker), 25mg of HCTZ(thiazide diuretic), and 145mg Tricor (for lowering triglycerides).

My original experience with anxiety came from concerns about my heart health. It is quite common in this community. I spent months running from doctor to doctor trying to figure out what was wrong because I did not believe that it could possibly be anxiety (when it fact it actually was). In my opinion, we become so sensitized what is going on within our bodies.

(1) Relaxation and anxiety reduction techniques (breathing/meditation) can make a difference - anxiety and pounding heart are commonly seen together. I don't know if the underlying mechanism is anxiety driven hypersensitivity or an increase in stroke volume or BP but breathing techniques work for many people.

etc,( i usually take garlic pills niacin 100 mg cayenne pepper, i remeber one day i had this racing pounding heart cause i took a pill can not remember), so i had to call the Ambulance there and they took me to the hospital did some blood tests and chest x ray and ct scan for the head. And they released saying it is not life threatening and maybe you had anxiety and.. The Ct scan says i am clear but mentions Mild diffuse cerebal atrophy.

All heart tests came back normal, except IRBBB, which is benign anyways. I am currently on metoprolol 12.5mg twice a day to help with the heart pounding/anxiety. However, like those on SSRI's, still have the symptoms. From my knowledge and experience, I believe it is a combination of to much adrenaline, and or anxiety stimulating the adrenaline. I have seen multiple CBT's, counselors, and done yoga, P90X, everything I can think of, and yes, I eat healthy.

My daily pulse is between 54-60. The past 3 week I have been feeling anxious and as if my heart is pounding and I feel so tense. I went to my cardio and my pulse was only 66. He treated me like I was wasting his time. Yet when I get home, it bouncing between 67-90. I know my body and something feels wrong, I don't even feel good but I don't want to bother him again. I am getting tired of this heart pounding sensation and anxious.

Holter monitor says nothing special wrong. Could it be anxiety? Could it be Barrets? Does that cause heart pounding?

Hi my name is Chris I'm 20 years old pretty fit with good muscle tone. Now I've been dealing with Heart anxiety for about 2 years now I've had normal ekgs normal blood test and xrays the doctors even listened to my heart and said it sounds beautiful.. I just can't seem to let it go I've been doing good until I went to the movies and out of nowhere I got really hot and my heart just started pounding/racing out of nowhere is this my anxiety that is causing this!??

I have been experiencing some scary symptoms. My heart will start pounding all the sudden for no reason and then i have a hot flash with dizziness. My blood pressure feels low. Last night i woke up from sleep because the palpitations and weird feeling kept me up all night. I have suffered these symptoms for 3 yrs but they went away mostly for a while and then came back. I have had numerous EKGs Echo and holter not to mention blood test to check my thyroid and anemia.

I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder, however I fail to present any other symptoms aside from the pounding, racing heart. I do not feel scared and do not feel anxious... EKG, echo, holter have all come up clean. I am constantly disturbed in the night by the sound of my own racing heart. I take ativan now and again, but that doesn't slow the palpitations. Does anyone have any thoughts on what this might be?

i seem to have physical stress and was wondering if that could be the cause i am taking bisoprolol but i heard propanalol does the same thing but helps anxiety this pounding of the heart is really stressing me out its all night long thanks everyone.

Now the neuropathy has broken I am left with a heart pounding. It is not that high but it feels like a volkswagon running on one cylinder.. Sometimes if it goes high I go into severe panics as it feels like I am running full blast inside.. holter monitor shows nothing, heart looks good. Only way to sometimes try and ease it is to lie down. Once I stand it starts pounding.. I am totally disabled by this. I cant walk more than a few feet. It is the most horrible feeling..

I agree with heartflutters! I have had anxiety for 8 years now and the heart pounding thing happens to me just about every day. About three years ago I developed palps (what I call my extra beats, but pounding heart also falls in that category), so the heart pounding worried me less than it did before, but for years I worried about the pounding everyday. I have noticed that it only happens after meals, always after eating dairy or anything containing MSG's.

but then I have episodes when I eat, or if I do have caffeine, or after a night of drinking..where my heart is just plain pounding..and then it causes me anxiety due to the feeling of my heart pounding and me not being able to control it. Which of course then makes it worse, because then I start getting really hot, I start panicking, my heart beats even faster, and I feel like i'm going to die. I have a friend who dropped dead while running of an undiagnosed heart issue...

ve been waking up in the middle of the night--panicked and with my heart pounding like mad. Had chest x-ray, sleep apnea tests, blood work--reason? Anxiety. Well, OK, not sure why but sometimes, as they say, the wiring gets fuzzy. Was given .25 Xanax which helps me fall asleep but doesn't last long. I've now taken to breaking a pill in half and taking some during the day to stop this awful heart pounding.

Hello. I am really hoping someone or a doctor can provide feedback. I am experiencing some terrifying things and am at a loss. I have had several episodes of what my cardio would call inappropriate sinus tachycardia. I went to ER for a pulse of 150 that wouldn't come down. They sent me home to take me Toprolol ER. I am not on Lopressor 25 mg one and a half times a day, seems to be helping with the heart racing and pounding.

Now that you have been cleared medically, it is time to confront the anxiety. A pounding heart is definately a symptom of anxiety and/or panic. When I suffered from my first panic attack three years ago it came from my concern over heart health. I had multiple tests resulting in a clean bill of health, but for a long time I did not believe it. Not until I accepted the fact that it was anxiety, did I begin to learn what was going on.

Just PVCs PACs and nsvt pounding heart wasn't ever a problem this is kinda new.

s not all in my head I can put my hand over my heart and feel the pounding sensation. I do feel this way periodically throughout the day but it will go away fairly quickly. So these hard palps do happen mostly every time I lay down to go to sleep.

Think I posted similar elsewhere. You feel as if your heart is pounding. But it is normal really. Let's say you walked a mile. It would bound to be pounding that little bit faster. But you imagine it is beating too fast. There is something wrong with you. You focus on in on it. Thus becoming much more aware of it. If you had of just said it was pounding because I just walked a mile and gave it no more attention it would be back to normal in a few minutes.

I suffer from anxiety and it definitley causes me to shake....I also get a sore stomach....diahrea...pounding heart....insomnia. Anxiety causes a lot of symptoms....none pleasant.

t had those symptoms (maybe the heart pounding). Anxiety can present in weird ways though. How often are the muscle twitches? Don't go looking your symptoms up on the internet!!! Just see a doctor if you need to, but what ever you do--again don't look up stuff.

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