You are from heaven!!! Thank you SO MUCH. As nice as it is to go to the doctor and hear "You're fine, go home", that doesn't make me feel much better when I'm lying in bed at night feeling PVCs and freaking out. Understanding WHY these are happening to me is such a powerful method of calming myself back down. I am one of the people who feel every PVC (which feels like a curse, my father in law has thousands a day and feels none!) and you have helped me to retrain my brain when they happen so I can say "Look, this is just your stomach acting up again, you know it is the vagus nerve connection", and I can settle myself back down much more quickly now. The truth shall set you free! God bless you! Much thanks from Missouri, USA.
Whenever I get a skipped heartbeat, I become really anxious and the vicious circle of skipped heartbeats and anxiety starts. I try to think about different things just to take my mind off that but it rarely works. But since I have been going through your youtube videos, they sort of work for me just like a medicine and I am so thankful to you for that.Your explanations are so much reassuring. Thank You doc.Cheers
I know this is an older video but I want to say that you are truly a wonderful doctor! I am wondering if you’ve ever had ectopic beats because you seem to understand how disturbing they are and you care so much. Thank you!
Dr. Gupta explained that when we are at rest, our heart rate goes down. That gives our heart more time between beats for ectopics. When we are moving and exercising there is less time between heart beats and less time for ectopics to form. That really helped me..
I get flutters when im nervous due to anxiety, but listening to you and repeating the reassuring words you share, keeps me alive. Thank you so much Dr Sunjay.
You have changed my life. I spent 10 years with health anxiety and because of you my life is slowly changing more and more ❤🙏 your a gift from God. I love you.
I need help with this too :( I have heart palpitations and its been 7 years .. I did many heart tests they say everything is fine but I still have it. I do suffer from panic and health anxiety but the palpitations always happen when Im calm :(
Thank you so much. My PVCs are absolutely out of control at the moment. And yes, they make me anxious and a little afraid to do all of my normal activities. And no doctor has ever given me anything like the information you have in your videos. I am going to try the magnesium, the breathing and I am also trying to give up artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame as I have a lot of sugar free gum. Any opinion at all of these substances? Again, thanks so much for the invaluable information from such an authoritative source!
Thank you for researching and explaining. It’s 3am and I’m up from my anxiety and racing heart while lying in bed. I just don’t understand why my heart races as soon as I’m trying to go to sleep. I’m aware of every sensation and it can be scary, I pray all this Subside soon this has been going on for 5 months. I changed my diet more water, I’m starting cardio and magnesium like you said. I come to your page for re assurance and support. Again thank you I pray things go back to normal for me.
Naveen Kumar that’s awesome! That comment I made was a year ago! Praise God I’m In a better health and mindset. I get my days but much better. Hope you are doing well.
The breathing tip worked. I was getting so many ectopics tonight and I was going into another panic... and now I haven't had one in nearly 15 minutes. I can finally sleep. Thank you :')
Dr Sanjay you are amazing!, I have been suffering with severe PVCs and PACs since developing unprovoked PEs 3 months ago. (Yes I have been told they won’t kill me etc) i came across your videos and I have been watching them for the past three days. I have started taking magnesium, doing the breathing exercises etc and I have to tell you I have more than 50% improved, and finally today had 12 hours of some form of normality!, Thank you SO much, I cannot praise you enough, please keep up your amazing work and helping people like me. ps I’m in Australia, otherwise I’d be making an appointment with you lol.
This is exactly what's happening with me and my anxiety. I feel ever beat from the heart and pay extra attention to the rhythm and worry something can go wrong. On another note, I get extra paranoid about any sensations coming from the upper chest area. Regardless of what that sensation is or where it's coming from, as long as it's from the body area, it triggers my anxiety. And then it goes int a loop. Sensation-anxiety-more sensation-more anxiety. It sucks. Here's a question no one seems to know how to answer. Is it the sensations that cause the anxiety or is it the anxiety that came first and created the sensations? Which ever comes first, it's just a horrible feeling.
Same with me, Sam. And I've wondered the same question for years. I actually tend to think it's the sensations that cause the anxiety for me, but that is just my personal observation. I'm sure others may be different. I wish you the best with this, I know that it can be difficult some days.
Taylor Lovato wow, that's extremely fast heart rate. I hope you'll get it control. That heart rate is way too fast even for anxiety. I get very sick when it get over 140bpm. Good luck
This 75 year old retired RN loves you. I would really like it if you could bring in the role of the thyroid and also how fibromyalgia plays into this. I am certain they are all related. Thank you so much for what you're doing. You give me great hope for the medical profession.
I wish I lived in the UK so I could visit you. I want a cardiologist that seems to care. Just the fact that you take time out of your schedule to do these videos means a lot. I have ectopic beats along with my POTS but I just hate they way they feel and can't become unafraid. My cardiologist always just says "they're just annoying" . Not very helpful for me.
Bless you Dr Gupta, you really are such a generous being and I don't know what we would do without kind sir. An excellent video and certainly makes a great deal of sense. Very many thanks indeed.
it is not only the hyperventilation. I believe it has something to do with oxygen level. some people get PVCs when they shallow breathe, or have a stuffy nose, or full stomach. So it is like the heart is asking for more oxygen and it starts to tell us.
I believe it has to do with keeping your breaths natural and relaxed. Too fast, or too shallow, or too deep is unnatural and leads to some sort of imbalance. Learning to let your body be relaxed and breath as much as it naturally needs is probably the best thing you can do.
Hey @salem baotob......i am very anxious person and suffering from generalized anxiety disorder....i feel ectopic beats when iam suffering from cold and blocked nose....otherwise i feel none...and you are right...taking less breath and hyperventilation are the two causes when you feel this ectopics....i hope you too had felt these
I literally just discovered this. I constantly shallow breathe, and I notice that when I concentrate on taking full breaths my anxiety and ectopic beats is greatly reduced.
Thanks a lot. It’s weird, for 18 years of my life I’d never been conscious of my heart, not one bit, never felt it beat not even during strenuous exercise and anxiety. Then one palpitations episode later and for the last 7 months I’ve felt every heartbeat and I am perpetually aware of my heart beating and skipping beats. I do hope that all this is just me being overly conscious about my heart and I’m all good in the hood.
@@mannysmith7297 My palpitations do actually feel as though my heart has missed a beat as I can tell my checking my pulse, I get the fluttering in the chest as well.
I have a similar issue. I would have occasional PVCs but I got used to these. Doctors told me not to worry. And now I don’t understand why. But I feel every heart beat. I am losing my mind. I’ve had all of the tests and they’ve all come back normal. I just can’t convince myself I’m fine when I’m so aware of my heart.
I don't understand that when I'm feeling quite relaxed I get a horrific jolt from my heart out of nowhere then I get a few gentler ones in my throat afterwards. I can go a good few weeks without anything, then BAM I get one and I'm full of fear and anxiety. So many years and I've really had enough
Thank you so much for another very helpful video.You lower our anxiety levels with your reassuring manner,and explain it all so well so we can understand what's happening to us.I am so grateful ! THANK YOU !!!
You’re so lovely....Haven’t had a problem with ectopic heartbeats since I started watching your videos which are incredibly reassuring. Magnesium and potassium did the trick for me THANK YOU! 🥰
I have to say thank you so so much! If it weren't for your reassuring videos I'm more than sure I would have been fired as a patient from my dr's because Pvcs can drive people insane!! Thank you and my God bless you!
Kristen631 the reassurances works for only a short period of time. With PVC, no matter how much reassurances you get from doctors, it's still drive a person crazy. A least that's what happens to me. I have done every test there is out there for the heart and had 2 ablation, 5 different cardiologist who have ensured me that my heart is in perfect condition and one actually said my heart is better then hers. It's still very hard to tell yourself everything is ok doing an episode of PVC. With my case, I think we figured it has a lot to do with my stomach and the vagus nerves, too much and too less stomach acid both creates PVC for me. Hope you'll figure yours out. It's horrible.
Sam Wong oh believe me I know! I've had countless ER visits and tests done short of an angiogram. I didn't qualify for an ablation cause mine were too random and on the left ventricular outflow tract which makes it harder to get to to ablate. Finally they have stopped. I still get them from time to time but not nearly as often as I was having when they started. It was a nightmare I lost so much weight because of how much anxiety it gave me. I still get anxiety but I've learned to cope. It takes a lot of practice and determination and some days I let the anxiety win. It's just a constant battle. I hope you can find a solution soon. I know what a hellish ride pvcs can take you on.
THE avenger hi! Uh yeah there for a while and then last year they came back and felt different so I went back for an evaluation. Did the chemical stress and echo and the monitor for a week and they caught and episode of SVT sooo that’s what I have now. I’m back on metoprolol and it has help so much so I’m doing great!
@@Pinguini61904 they came back for me these days i dont know why, i think stress triggers them, also i think i might have sibo that make have malnutrition, i m confused what to do, is it a heart problem or the digestive issues causing it
I'm so frustrated and sad. I tried to nap, but kept feeling this anxious jitter feeling in my chest. The moment I start to fall asleep it happens. Like an electric jitter of anxiety. I'm so done with pvcs and anxiety affecting my life.
Read my oversized comment above about learning to relax your breathing, and practice this on your back as you're getting ready to nap/sleep. I tend to get these weird jolts as I try to sleep if my breathing is out of whack, or when I've had stress/anger/anxiety filled days from either my work or fighting with a loved one. Keep note of when you get them more often, you might find its on days where you haven't really been your best.
I have no idea why, but I have found that my ectopics are much worse when I'm lying flat. I bought one of those wedge-shaped pillows that they sell for GERD, and I tend to have many fewer ectopics and I am able to fall asleep better when I'm on an incline like that. I have no idea why.
@Living-in Ibiza I go through same thing, hang in there keep watching Dr.'s videos, he's got great advice tips ( theyve helped me a lot ) & God bless you!
Do you have any videos about how hypothyroidism effects or causes palpitations? I feel like there is a link for me! Also you are very right about anxiety. My pvc’s started after an acute anxiety situation where I was having panic attacks.
Thank you!!!! Living in Michigan has been a very anxiety filled year with all the covid restrictions.I have had heart palpitations and the thought of going to a doctor causes anxiety in itself. Your information and presentation calms my current anxiety and I will watch all your priceless videos.
Namaste Sir !! Thank you sir for your keen advice. It was a my type of video. As I m an ectopic sufferer and a medico as well. I'm a super anxious person, anxious about almost everything in my life. I started experiencing PVCs 3 years back and landed soon to see a cardiologists who told me that I am perfectly fine prescribed me Ivabradine 5mg. I was on medication for 6 months and I was ok then.. But even after 3 years I experience ectopics very often almost once in one or two days. My life is so stucked that I want to quit studying medicine and run to Himalyas. I don't even want to be a doc anymore when I'm already a patient of something that our medical science cannot cure completely....
Nothing has helped me more than learning to take slow (not too deep) breaths, and learning to completely relax when exhaling. There's a real reaction from the parasympathetic nervous system when your breathing is relaxed which helped me a lot. If I don't make the effort to relax my breathing like this, I feel my pulse MUCH more, alcohol has a MUCH more negative impact on my rhythm, I feel palpitations much more often and my sleep suffers a lot. Trust me guys, make the effort, its worth it. There's way too much bad advice or incomplete advice out there in regards to breathing exercises. The missing piece is that they never talk about how to "relax your breathing" when you're generally an anxious person. In my case, I tend to carry tension in my lower abdomen, lower back and glutes. Having tensions in these areas makes it IMPOSSIBLE to actually have a relaxed, slow breath, and also a relaxing slow exhalation. Pay attention to where you carry your tension, learn what it feels like to completely relax those areas of your body, then practice keeping those muscles relaxed ALL THE TIME. I've always been very consistent with working out, but have had a small gut as a lot of others do, which led me to subconsciously keep my abs a little tight as not to show that. This is a really bad habit and must be broken first-thing if you're going to even begin to try and keep your breaths natural. When breathing in, imagine the breath filling your abdomen all the way to the bottom (above your groin). Imagine your rib cage expanding in the back, a full 360 degree expansion, but not too sudden, slowly and light. This will make sure your diaphragm can expand as its more of a mental exercise to help you relax. If you cannot easily and slowly breath this way, read above and narrow down exactly which muscles are tense and keeping you from controlling your breaths. When exhaling, don't push the air out, but rather COMPLETELY relax your muscles and let your diaphragm contract on its own. This empties the lungs slowly ands allows the bohr effect to take place and rebalance your carbon/oxygen levels. This comment has gotten kinda long, but if you're going to take anything away from it, really make the effort to understand your muscular tensions. Most of us here are generally anxious to some extent and most likely carry these tensions. Understand them, learn how to relax them and then be absolutely mental about erasing them. You have to constantly be aware of them until they are no longer habits. Habits are hard to break, but not impossible, put the work in and you'll thank yourself later. Another thing I've learned is from studying some of the Buteyko breathing techniques is how important it is to breath in slowly via the nose. Breathing through the mouth is usually faster and leads to chronic hyperventilation, but another little nugget of info is the fact that your nasal passages produce nitric oxide, which is a vasodilator that can help reduce your blood pressure and heart beat just in itself. If you have trouble breathing through your nose because of trauma, or stuffed up from allergies etc, deal with this as soon as possible as it will really help with your quality of life. Consider a neti-pot which might open up your nasal passages and keep them clean and allergen free for a little while. I'm not a doctor, I'm a programmer, so don't take any of this as any kind of medical advice. I'm just a overly analytical person who has spent a lot of time trying to understand why I feel the way I do, and keep a mental journal of how things make me feel and what works/doesn't.
Nick this is excellent advice and I've also found that when I'm feeling anxious I often breathe with shallow breaths. If I slow down and lengthen my exhale, it does calm me down. I also carry my tension in my abdomen and low back and I notice if I'm feeling anxious that I'm most tense there. I am like you and have done lots of research (I'm analytical too) and I think poor breathing habits for years just fuels any anxiety I may have.
@@LisaIrby Exactly, glad my extremely long comment was useful. My life has honestly changed since truly learning how to control my breathing. It's crazy just how many aspects of my life and health poor breathing habits were affecting.
Even if this doesn’t work for me, I literally love you for trying to help us! Everything you said makes sense to me because I have experienced it before. You are a hero. ❤️
Anxiety is not a disorder. You are not broken. If you don’t have anxiety, you are dead. It becomes problems when we pair dear with anxiety. We can grow thru this if we can be an observer of our experience, and if we can work on feeling anxiety without fear. Game changer 💗
my anxiety is trickered by the heart symptoms. Not so much the other way around. And magnesium supplements doesn't help. I will definately be aware of my breating next time my anxiety gets trickered, which is close to every day. Thank you for great explanations. Your guidance is a gift.
I just wanted to say thank you for recommending high potency magnesium supplements (400mg)! They have really helped me! I started the supplements in December 2018 and felt relief almost immediately. The ectopic beats are almost gone now. I still have one here and there but before God sent me to your videos, I was having them multiple times a day. I still keep track of when I have them but I feel so much better not experiencing this everyday! Thank you and keep up the good work!
I am 22 years old, for some reason I started getting these about a year 1/2 ago scares me to death, I have not been to the doctor but my father also experiences them and has since highschool all being benign just with anxiety very worrisome. your channel has helped me so much with the anxiety and dealing with it I so very much appreciate you Dr. Sanjay ♥️
Why did it take months of searching to find this simple truthful direct explanation??? Good job doc! On all your angles and inputs that can help millions
Thank you so much for your videos. They are most helpful in helping those of us that have benign PVCs etc. I so appreciate your expertise and your calming manner. I live in Canada and can only connect with my GP by phone because our province is in an Emergency lockdown now for a month due to the pandemic. Thanks again Dr. Gupta for sharing such valuable information!
Thank you for giving me a piece of mind. i just sat and watched 3 of your videos and did the breathing technique you explained in one of your videos and it actually relived me some. It made me feel even better hearing it from someone who specializes in the heart. i use my apple watch for my ECGs daily and o2 just for a piece of mind. I can not thank you ENOUGH. it's such a scary feeling but to hear that they are not dangerous and just really uncomfortable, it put my mind at ease. I have terrible healthy anxiety. i'm a very anxious person and anxiety takes over my quality of life.
Same here! On your Apple Watch does the ECG ever detect anything ? I get skipped beats and palpitations since I’ve been through extreme stress and this has triggered my anxiety
It makes a lot of sense! Thank you again for going deeper in looking for causes and possible remedies that don't rely exclusively on pharmaceuticals. You are such a great role model for a real doctor!!! xx
Thank you for taking an interest in helping those of us with benign ectopics. I want to encourage your direction and thought process on the hyperventilation. My ectopics kick up with anxiety for sure, but even just baseline anxiety of tightness in my chest and the difference in breathing that accompanies that. Well done. I will pick up a magnesium supplement. Thank you again.
thank you dr.sanjay..u are a saviour and into the right profession..may all docs become like you..and pls do some research on vagal tone as how a lay man should know if his vagal tone is higher or lower and what needs to be done accordingly..i have asked u this in your last video as well..thx nyways it is always nice to see your videos..
The most helpful segment on Anxiety induced ectopic beats I have found. I hope you somehow realise just how much you help people with these crippling concerns. Many thanks
@yorkcardiology thank you so much for your help and videos. I just want to add to the dialogue that for me the breathing techniques sometimes work but again not effective when I'm already under the perception that I'm calm and then through the slow breathing the thud happens. It's almost as if the stress energy gets sent directly to the heart and doesn't know where else to go or how to disperse.
Yess. Very good Explanation Doc.. would benefit many peoples of ectopic heart beat.. Coz previously i got it for many years.. After practicing balanced wholefood diet that of coz include high ionic free magnesium .. Symptoms gone.. Alhamdulillah.. I like yr video session very much Doc.. searching for scientific facts regarding diseases n dysfunctional symptoms.. Thank you Doc..
Thank you so much for this video I found it most interesting. I have had Paroxismal Atrial Fibrillation for 10 years. Had 3 failed ablations, 3 Cardioversions and a pacemaker fitted 3 months ago in preparation for an AV node ablation. The pacemaker will now stop my heart going too slow (set at 60 BPM). My cardiologist as a last resort is trying to increase the Bisoprolol to help prevent another AF episode and to avoid the AV node procedure if possible. I have had 33 AF episodes so far and have been in hospital 13 times last year. As well as this intollorable condition I have had breast cancer to deal with and an overactive Thyroid. So you could say I am a VERY anxious person and do worry about my health. Since I had my last ablation 4 months ago I do get a lot of ectopic beats which are very distressing. I am told they are missbeats and nothing to worry about, but I DO. I have experienced them as a pre - runner to another AF episode. I am going to try the Magnesium and see if it will help me.I would love to stop this frightening cycle. They tell me that even if I have the AV node ablation I will still experience ectopic beats. Love your videos by the way they are so imformative, thank you so much for your time. How about a regular peek at Bluebell, a definate thumbs up for us all!
@@caroa5097 Hello there and thank you for your concern. Five years later I have now had my AV node ablation and my Pacemaker is now working full time. It has changed my life, no more horrible medication that affected my Thyroid, my skin and my eyes. I can now go away on holidays and haven't been frightened anymore and bundled off to A&E every fortnight. It is truly amazing what the NHS can do fo you these days. I still do worry about my health BUT I am truly grateful and can smile again!
I have been to 4 different doctors in the past year and 2 cardiologist and they all agree that my heart is perfect. Yet, I can't shake the feeling that my heart is going to stop any minute. I get ectopics when I work out and when I am at rest. I worry that I will go into cardiac arrest when I get them during exercise! Help!!
SpiderBite90x I'm exactly the same. It's so comforting to see I'm not alone in this anxiety. I feel like all the people who commented here should meet up and talk about it
Binge watching you because I suffer from this, it's exhausting. I meditate, take Magnesium & they still come out of nowhere at times. I appreciate You so much 💓
i get ectopic beats a lot, one recently scared me more than any other, it felt like my heart stopped for a second and thudded to restart and i jolted up and started having a panic attack. they’ve been so debilitating i don’t even live anymore, i am stuck in my own fear of having a sudden death. it’s plagued my brain and i was just given anxiety medication to help ease my fears, but i will try to take magnesium and see how it helps. i pray for anyone dealing with this, it’s so debilitating and scary. :(
@@mannysmith7297 i am better now, thanks for asking, i have them less, but they still happen. i went to a cardiologist though and he said my heart looked fine. the skipping beat usually just feels like a jolt in my heart like it stops for a split second and beats hard for one beat after.
@@megan21201 I don't know if I can help you but I want to try, because I have had almost identical experience for past 6 month. I went to 3 cardiologist and have done several tests to know that my heart is fine, but it doesn't help the anxiety to go away. The pills might help for a while but the main thing that has to be changed - what you think about your ectopic beats. I am almost sure that you really want them to go away. And each time they come back after disappearing for a while it drives you crazy (well, at least it was like that for me). I guess that fear that they are not leaving is a part of the reason they always come back. Unfortunately I can't give you an answer on how to befriend your ectopic heartbeats, but I can say for sure that it would help to stop waiting for them to disappear entirely and just keep in mind that now it is a common harmless thing your heart sometimes does. And by the way, magnesium has helped me (thought I had to do several courses of it to take effect). It did not cure my ectopic beats, but when my heart "skips the beat" I feel it like 10% of what it felt like 6 month ago.
@@13RedCorpse wow thank you so much! you got it exactly right, I'll go days with no ectopic beats and suddenly I will get one and I am thrown back into a panic attack. Its so hard to accept them and live with them because anxiety makes you feel like they can kill you, even if they are harmless, its just constant fear, but I have to say since my comment, I have healed a lot and during that time I suffered with multiple a day and now I have one or two a week. the mind is super powerful in healing the body, also I am researching about the digestive tract and how inflammation of the stomach or intestines can be a factor in getting scary ectopics. thank you for your insight, its nice to feel understood because when I explain them to people they just don't get it. :)
my ecg tests are always normal but my cholesterol is a bit high.. in the past few weeks i’ve been experiencing this irregular heartbeat.. its like a sudden spike in my heartbeat which only lasts for seconds but it happens 2-3 times a day.. this concerns me a lot.. not sure if it has something to do with my anxiety or cholesterol 😔😔
I have health anxiety and more specifically cardiophobia, I’ve become very inactive because of a couple of chronic health issues but ultimately it’s the fear of a cardiac event. At 32 it doesn’t make me feel very good that I’m trapped by this fear, I’m considering private cardiology tests because I can’t seem to trust my previous tests and various doctors and nurses. I ask for further testing but my requests are denied which just feeds the fear. This video is helpful at least in the short term while my anxiety is in rational resting mode. I would have to save to be able to afford a consultation but these videos will hopefully help
I have less ectopics now and I think one thing that has helped is I stopped taking my Metroprolol at night and only take a half dose in the morning. if my pulse is in the sixties while at rest I take a half dose (12.5 mg) before bed or if my heart is going to fast while I am inactive during the day i take a half dose but otherwise I feel I am having much less ectopics now that i have reduced my Metroprolol. Before I would almost always get extra beats at bedtime 20 minutes after taking my PM dose. I also think I was getting afib at night because my heart was beating too low and then I would take my dose before bed and make it lower while sleeping which caused m to go into afib. I do take magnesium and 2 grams of vitamin C a day and eat a very simple diet and walk 4 times a day and have lost 20 pounds. The keeping a log of what I eat and do and what was happening when the afib started and stopped has helped me tremendously. The link with anxiety is also spot on as I have no co morbidity factors, My afib occurred in October 2014 when we were at the height of the ebola virus scare and I had worked myself up into a very worried state. when I went to the hospital for my first Afib I was more worried about the poor doctors and nurses who I knew were going to die when we got ebola than I was worried about my heart. Also I had just spent three years previously caring for my mom who had Alzheimer's so my life was constant worry. I think worry and pessimism is one of the biggest causes of afib that is yet unproven., along with inflammation. hope this helps some of you.
what's strange for me is that I'd had heart related anxiety for over a year and never felt ectopics as I'm sure I would have felt them and then one night boom massive ectopic and have had them on and off ever since . sometimes they are bad when I'm anxious and sometimes they come when I feel calm ?
hi do you get them anymore,i had severe anxiety and panick attacks and after thet from nowhere i have daily those ectopic beats my digestion is bad and that all make me more anxious,i tried magnesium potassium b complex it helps but still get them every day
@@addmee333 do you mean your heart feel like skip for 1 sec im scared im always have this skip beat my ecg and 2decho thyroid blood test is normal my doctor said nothing to worried but I'm always thinking that i have diseases
@@zenitsuagatsuma2570 yes i devolped them from last year after severe anxiety and panic attacks,i had for years acid reflux and indigestion,so i think its some kind of chemical imbalance in body or brain,now i have daily those heart missed beats,its like normal heart rate but heart stops for second sometimes i have more then 4 or 5 in minute,its scary and this make me more anxious,so im more aware of it and that make it harder becouse of stress all other symptoms chest discomfort,constipation,bloating,muscle tension,feeling on the edge etc. they would poping like every another day,its like vicous cycle
@@addmee333 mine feels like im ok today but later on i feel my throat dry then my head feels like something chemical going up in my head then i panic a little bit because i feel my heart beat fast then i stand up and walking a while to relax myself i think i have mild panic attack it takes more than 3mins im always googling my symptoms even my heart exam is normal every month new symptoms like palpitate(hearbeatfast or skip beat) , muscle tension headache, neck pain, burping, muscle twitching, tinnitus(buzzing in my ear) hard to swallow my saliva. almost 6 months im always thinking im dying 😢
Very interesting. Wondering if you've commented previously on ectopics post ablation. I get quite a few of these but they are certainly exacerbated by stress!
I've been taking the magnesium taurate for about two months. Between that, and avoiding the doctor, which I have always found very stressful (ha), I have not been bothered by the palpitations that had been plaguing me nightly for many months. Just an anecdote to bolster your theory!
I have what they call a Wandering Atrial Pacemaker which causes the ectopics. When it was really bad I went into atrial Tachycardia, got chest pains and spent several days in the hospital while they nailed down the diagnosis. A beta blocker got it under control for three years but then when I was seeing doctors for another matter (fruitlessly, I might add) my anxiety level rose and the palpitations came back in spite of the beta blocker. A cardiologist added a calcium channel blocker, but I was allergic to that. They lasted for more than six months, until I went on the magnesium, Cardiovascular Research Magnesium Taurate Capsules, 180 Count from Amazon. I take one a day. I believe they are 150mg. I'm doing well now.
It sounds like a cycle. You have low magnesium, which causes ectopic beats, which produce anxiety, which leads to shallow breathing, which depletes magnesium, which causes ectopic beats, which produces anxiety, which leads to shallow breathing, etc etc. If you can break the cycle at the magnesium or breathing stages, you can exit the loop. Breathing exercises and vagus nerve massages lower the heart rate and reduce anxiety, which is useful when ectopics are occurring. But increasing magnesium seems to prevent the cycle from starting in the first place. Thank you Doctor!
There are similar ideas in Buteyko technique for asthmatic people or by Patrick McKeown who wrote a book about breating and anxiety before The Oxygen Advantage (I forgot the title at the moment though), also Breath by James Nestor, a really interesting book also arguing for the benefits of breathing less and slower.
I'm now housebound from panic attacks because they cause my heart to go out of rhythm. :( If I do try to leave the house, I become worried about the panic attacks happening and that I'll drop dead. My main symptom is my heart rate shoots up after the big burst of adrenaline, and then the PVC's follow. So frustrating. I really envy people with normal hearts. I wonder what that's like? My heart issues started after I was exposed to contaminated water while living on a military base as a kid.
At last a life by paul david is a book that literally saved my life....I had a year not daring to leave my bedroom until I started reading this book ....hope it helps you
@@jakkipellow4518 Many thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly check that out! I'm sorry you were in a similar situation, it's not a pleasant way to live.
same here i have them 5 or 6 in minute sometimes and when resting normal heart rate i think it has to do with indigestion i had for years heartburn gerd ibs with constipation now in last few months i have daily ectopic beats its irritating sometimes im breathless and that cause my anxeity worse i will check with gi doc for hiatal hernia becouse it can also irritate heart impulse and vagus nerv
A great video. It cured my ectopic heart beat by taking magnesium in just 3 days. It was after one year of so many Cardiology tests n scans. Grateful to this video by Dr. Gupta Rgds Dr Vivek
I really enjoyed this video and found it tremendously helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping all of us with these palps!! Also, I would recommend getting more active on instagram to grow your channel. Instagram (for me at least) seems to be the way to go! ~~Mary :)
I suppose it's also possible (some of) the causal arrow goes in the other direction: palpitations provoke anxiety because they are uncomfortable and/or disturbing. Experiencing palpitations themselves could also be increasing the awareness of same, for an add-on effect on anxiety. In my own case I've got the added curious development of pulsatile tinnitus secondary to minor neck injury (whiplash)-- ensuring even better awareness of peculiar beats... ;)
Love how you present this info. I have had heart rythum issues for 25 years. Drs. Just say it is benign sinus arrhythmia. Whenever I have an event I drink carbonated drink to porduce a burp or belch. Has always brought my event to an end. Yesterday heart started beating about 140 to 160 bpm and lasted 20 hours. Went to bed rolled over on my left side and the pulse went back to 65. Drives me nuts but still don't want to go through a lot of tests or surgery at 85. Your information has been so reassuring. I do take Lisinapril for BP, is there a better choice?
I was wondering if anyone knows the type of magnesium he suggests. I tried going through the link at the website but it just takes me to Amazon, not to the specific magnesium on Amazon.
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You are from heaven!!! Thank you SO MUCH. As nice as it is to go to the doctor and hear "You're fine, go home", that doesn't make me feel much better when I'm lying in bed at night feeling PVCs and freaking out. Understanding WHY these are happening to me is such a powerful method of calming myself back down. I am one of the people who feel every PVC (which feels like a curse, my father in law has thousands a day and feels none!) and you have helped me to retrain my brain when they happen so I can say "Look, this is just your stomach acting up again, you know it is the vagus nerve connection", and I can settle myself back down much more quickly now. The truth shall set you free! God bless you! Much thanks from Missouri, USA.
How many a min would u say you’d get? Are u still getting them?
Amen
❤ I'm with you from Hungary.
You are one of my favorite people ever. Thank you for all of the time you take to study this issue. I am a grateful fan.
Laurie Stone he is definitely
Thanks very much
Whenever I get a skipped heartbeat, I become really anxious and the vicious circle of skipped heartbeats and anxiety starts. I try to think about different things just to take my mind off that but it rarely works. But since I have been going through your youtube videos, they sort of work for me just like a medicine and I am so thankful to you for that.Your explanations are so much reassuring. Thank You doc.Cheers
Same here
hey what does your skipped heartbeat sound like? is it more of a feeling or does it also sound like a weird heart beating?
@@hikarihealing1726 it is a more of a feeling rather than sound
I know this is an older video but I want to say that you are truly a wonderful doctor! I am wondering if you’ve ever had ectopic beats because you seem to understand how disturbing they are and you care so much. Thank you!
Dr. Gupta explained that when we are at rest, our heart rate goes down. That gives our heart more time between beats for ectopics. When we are moving and exercising there is less time between heart beats and less time for ectopics to form. That really helped me..
You are genuinely the best Doctor out there! God Bless you!
Yes l totally agree with you xxx
Dang it feels good to know that I’m not alone it this whole chest pain anxiety 😌
Thank you so much! I wish you were my doctor! You are so compassionate and obviously a kind and caring doctor!
I get flutters when im nervous due to anxiety, but listening to you and repeating the reassuring words you share, keeps me alive. Thank you so much Dr Sunjay.
You have changed my life. I spent 10 years with health anxiety and because of you my life is slowly changing more and more ❤🙏 your a gift from God. I love you.
I need help with this too :( I have heart palpitations and its been 7 years .. I did many heart tests they say everything is fine but I still have it. I do suffer from panic and health anxiety but the palpitations always happen when Im calm :(
Thank you so much. My PVCs are absolutely out of control at the moment. And yes, they make me anxious and a little afraid to do all of my normal activities. And no doctor has ever given me anything like the information you have in your videos. I am going to try the magnesium, the breathing and I am also trying to give up artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame as I have a lot of sugar free gum. Any opinion at all of these substances?
Again, thanks so much for the invaluable information from such an authoritative source!
Thank you for researching and explaining. It’s 3am and I’m up from my anxiety and racing heart while lying in bed. I just don’t understand why my heart races as soon as I’m trying to go to sleep. I’m aware of every sensation and it can be scary, I pray all this Subside soon this has been going on for 5 months. I changed my diet more water, I’m starting cardio and magnesium like you said. I come to your page for re assurance and support. Again thank you I pray things go back to normal for me.
Brandy Lee but how about when you workout?
How do uI feel now days I have the same symptoms they keep me awake for night s on end
Got same problem from past one month,now taking beat blockers at night, feeling little better than before
Naveen Kumar that’s awesome! That comment I made was a year ago! Praise God I’m
In a better health and mindset. I get my days but much better. Hope you are doing well.
yes i had at night bevore falling in sleep fast heart beat,now i have those ecoptic daily,and no more racing heart,
The breathing tip worked. I was getting so many ectopics tonight and I was going into another panic... and now I haven't had one in nearly 15 minutes. I can finally sleep. Thank you :')
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Dr Sanjay you are amazing!, I have been suffering with severe PVCs and PACs since developing unprovoked PEs 3 months ago. (Yes I have been told they won’t kill me etc) i came across your videos and I have been watching them for the past three days. I have started taking magnesium, doing the breathing exercises etc and I have to tell you I have more than 50% improved, and finally today had 12 hours of some form of normality!, Thank you SO much, I cannot praise you enough, please keep up your amazing work and helping people like me. ps I’m in Australia, otherwise I’d be making an appointment with you lol.
how kind thank you!!! you can speak with me via Skype www.yorkcardiology.co.uk
This is exactly what's happening with me and my anxiety. I feel ever beat from the heart and pay extra attention to the rhythm and worry something can go wrong. On another note, I get extra paranoid about any sensations coming from the upper chest area. Regardless of what that sensation is or where it's coming from, as long as it's from the body area, it triggers my anxiety. And then it goes int a loop. Sensation-anxiety-more sensation-more anxiety. It sucks. Here's a question no one seems to know how to answer. Is it the sensations that cause the anxiety or is it the anxiety that came first and created the sensations? Which ever comes first, it's just a horrible feeling.
Well said and same here!!!
Same with me, Sam. And I've wondered the same question for years. I actually tend to think it's the sensations that cause the anxiety for me, but that is just my personal observation. I'm sure others may be different. I wish you the best with this, I know that it can be difficult some days.
Gary Lucas I also thought the same at time. Regardless which comes first, it goes in a cycle and that's horrible.
The circle of hell.... :-(
Taylor Lovato wow, that's extremely fast heart rate. I hope you'll get it control. That heart rate is way too fast even for anxiety. I get very sick when it get over 140bpm. Good luck
This 75 year old retired RN loves you. I would really like it if you could bring in the role of the thyroid and also how fibromyalgia plays into this. I am certain they are all related. Thank you so much for what you're doing. You give me great hope for the medical profession.
Yes! Completely agree
I wish I lived in the UK so I could visit you. I want a cardiologist that seems to care. Just the fact that you take time out of your schedule to do these videos means a lot. I have ectopic beats along with my POTS but I just hate they way they feel and can't become unafraid. My cardiologist always just says "they're just annoying" . Not very helpful for me.
How are you now ?
Bless you Dr Gupta, you really are such a generous being and I don't know what we would do without kind sir. An excellent video and certainly makes a great deal of sense. Very many thanks indeed.
it is not only the hyperventilation. I believe it has something to do with oxygen level. some people get PVCs when they shallow breathe, or have a stuffy nose, or full stomach. So it is like the heart is asking for more oxygen and it starts to tell us.
I believe it has to do with keeping your breaths natural and relaxed. Too fast, or too shallow, or too deep is unnatural and leads to some sort of imbalance. Learning to let your body be relaxed and breath as much as it naturally needs is probably the best thing you can do.
Hey @salem baotob......i am very anxious person and suffering from generalized anxiety disorder....i feel ectopic beats when iam suffering from cold and blocked nose....otherwise i feel none...and you are right...taking less breath and hyperventilation are the two causes when you feel this ectopics....i hope you too had felt these
I find if I’m tense or concentrating I shallow breath and that seems to make them worse so yes there appears to be some breathing link
I literally just discovered this. I constantly shallow breathe, and I notice that when I concentrate on taking full breaths my anxiety and ectopic beats is greatly reduced.
This is so true!!! I noticed when I’m anxious I tense up my chest
Thanks a lot.
It’s weird, for 18 years of my life I’d never been conscious of my heart, not one bit, never felt it beat not even during strenuous exercise and anxiety. Then one palpitations episode later and for the last 7 months I’ve felt every heartbeat and I am perpetually aware of my heart beating and skipping beats. I do hope that all this is just me being overly conscious about my heart and I’m all good in the hood.
How are you now and could you describe what the skipping heart beat feels like? Like does it actually feel like your heart stops then starts again?
@@mannysmith7297 it feels like a flutter or a thud in the throat
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My palpitations do actually feel as though my heart has missed a beat as I can tell my checking my pulse, I get the fluttering in the chest as well.
@@angpassero7387 what has helped you?
I have a similar issue. I would have occasional PVCs but I got used to these. Doctors told me not to worry. And now I don’t understand why. But I feel every heart beat. I am losing my mind. I’ve had all of the tests and they’ve all come back normal. I just can’t convince myself I’m fine when I’m so aware of my heart.
I don't understand that when I'm feeling quite relaxed I get a horrific jolt from my heart out of nowhere then I get a few gentler ones in my throat afterwards. I can go a good few weeks without anything, then BAM I get one and I'm full of fear and anxiety. So many years and I've really had enough
Shell Howse i suffer from this too, how is IT now?
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Jai Laj nice
@@jl3072 why ?
I feel them in my throat too.
You're such a wonderful person for doing these videos, thank you ❤
Thank you so much for another very helpful video.You lower our anxiety levels with your reassuring manner,and explain it all so well so we can understand what's happening to us.I am so grateful ! THANK YOU !!!
You are a great Dr I pray that you get eternal strength and courage to help the people thank you very much
Thank you so much for this. This really helps a lot of us who suffer from PVCs.
You’re so lovely....Haven’t had a problem with ectopic heartbeats since I started watching your videos which are incredibly reassuring.
Magnesium and potassium did the trick for me THANK YOU! 🥰
I have to say thank you so so much! If it weren't for your reassuring videos I'm more than sure I would have been fired as a patient from my dr's because Pvcs can drive people insane!! Thank you and my God bless you!
Kristen631 the reassurances works for only a short period of time. With PVC, no matter how much reassurances you get from doctors, it's still drive a person crazy. A least that's what happens to me. I have done every test there is out there for the heart and had 2 ablation, 5 different cardiologist who have ensured me that my heart is in perfect condition and one actually said my heart is better then hers. It's still very hard to tell yourself everything is ok doing an episode of PVC. With my case, I think we figured it has a lot to do with my stomach and the vagus nerves, too much and too less stomach acid both creates PVC for me. Hope you'll figure yours out. It's horrible.
Sam Wong oh believe me I know! I've had countless ER visits and tests done short of an angiogram. I didn't qualify for an ablation cause mine were too random and on the left ventricular outflow tract which makes it harder to get to to ablate. Finally they have stopped. I still get them from time to time but not nearly as often as I was having when they started. It was a nightmare I lost so much weight because of how much anxiety it gave me. I still get anxiety but I've learned to cope. It takes a lot of practice and determination and some days I let the anxiety win. It's just a constant battle. I hope you can find a solution soon. I know what a hellish ride pvcs can take you on.
@@Pinguini61904 hey how you doing, did they subside?
THE avenger hi! Uh yeah there for a while and then last year they came back and felt different so I went back for an evaluation. Did the chemical stress and echo and the monitor for a week and they caught and episode of SVT sooo that’s what I have now. I’m back on metoprolol and it has help so much so I’m doing great!
@@Pinguini61904 they came back for me these days i dont know why, i think stress triggers them, also i think i might have sibo that make have malnutrition, i m confused what to do, is it a heart problem or the digestive issues causing it
I'm so frustrated and sad. I tried to nap, but kept feeling this anxious jitter feeling in my chest. The moment I start to fall asleep it happens. Like an electric jitter of anxiety. I'm so done with pvcs and anxiety affecting my life.
I get that electrical feeling at night to. Are you taking anything for it?
Read my oversized comment above about learning to relax your breathing, and practice this on your back as you're getting ready to nap/sleep. I tend to get these weird jolts as I try to sleep if my breathing is out of whack, or when I've had stress/anger/anxiety filled days from either my work or fighting with a loved one. Keep note of when you get them more often, you might find its on days where you haven't really been your best.
I have no idea why, but I have found that my ectopics are much worse when I'm lying flat. I bought one of those wedge-shaped pillows that they sell for GERD, and I tend to have many fewer ectopics and I am able to fall asleep better when I'm on an incline like that. I have no idea why.
Hello Rebeca I hear ya hang in there & God bless you hope you feel better!
@Living-in Ibiza I go through same thing, hang in there keep watching Dr.'s videos, he's got great advice tips ( theyve helped me a lot ) & God bless you!
Do you have any videos about how hypothyroidism effects or causes palpitations? I feel like there is a link for me! Also you are very right about anxiety. My pvc’s started after an acute anxiety situation where I was having panic attacks.
U can cure this with going on a alkaline diet thank me later
Thank you!!!! Living in Michigan has been a very anxiety filled year with all the covid restrictions.I have had heart palpitations and the thought of going to a doctor causes anxiety in itself. Your information and presentation calms my current anxiety and I will watch all your priceless videos.
Namaste Sir !!
Thank you sir for your keen advice. It was a my type of video.
As I m an ectopic sufferer and a medico as well. I'm a super anxious person, anxious about almost everything in my life. I started experiencing PVCs 3 years back and landed soon to see a cardiologists who told me that I am perfectly fine prescribed me Ivabradine 5mg. I was on medication for 6 months and I was ok then..
But even after 3 years I experience ectopics very often almost once in one or two days.
My life is so stucked that I want to quit studying medicine and run to Himalyas. I don't even want to be a doc anymore when I'm already a patient of something that our medical science cannot cure completely....
How are you now?
Hi ectopic matlab kya hota hai mujhe miss beat hoti hai plz tell me
Nothing has helped me more than learning to take slow (not too deep) breaths, and learning to completely relax when exhaling. There's a real reaction from the parasympathetic nervous system when your breathing is relaxed which helped me a lot. If I don't make the effort to relax my breathing like this, I feel my pulse MUCH more, alcohol has a MUCH more negative impact on my rhythm, I feel palpitations much more often and my sleep suffers a lot. Trust me guys, make the effort, its worth it. There's way too much bad advice or incomplete advice out there in regards to breathing exercises. The missing piece is that they never talk about how to "relax your breathing" when you're generally an anxious person. In my case, I tend to carry tension in my lower abdomen, lower back and glutes. Having tensions in these areas makes it IMPOSSIBLE to actually have a relaxed, slow breath, and also a relaxing slow exhalation. Pay attention to where you carry your tension, learn what it feels like to completely relax those areas of your body, then practice keeping those muscles relaxed ALL THE TIME. I've always been very consistent with working out, but have had a small gut as a lot of others do, which led me to subconsciously keep my abs a little tight as not to show that. This is a really bad habit and must be broken first-thing if you're going to even begin to try and keep your breaths natural.
When breathing in, imagine the breath filling your abdomen all the way to the bottom (above your groin). Imagine your rib cage expanding in the back, a full 360 degree expansion, but not too sudden, slowly and light. This will make sure your diaphragm can expand as its more of a mental exercise to help you relax. If you cannot easily and slowly breath this way, read above and narrow down exactly which muscles are tense and keeping you from controlling your breaths. When exhaling, don't push the air out, but rather COMPLETELY relax your muscles and let your diaphragm contract on its own. This empties the lungs slowly ands allows the bohr effect to take place and rebalance your carbon/oxygen levels.
This comment has gotten kinda long, but if you're going to take anything away from it, really make the effort to understand your muscular tensions. Most of us here are generally anxious to some extent and most likely carry these tensions. Understand them, learn how to relax them and then be absolutely mental about erasing them. You have to constantly be aware of them until they are no longer habits. Habits are hard to break, but not impossible, put the work in and you'll thank yourself later.
Another thing I've learned is from studying some of the Buteyko breathing techniques is how important it is to breath in slowly via the nose. Breathing through the mouth is usually faster and leads to chronic hyperventilation, but another little nugget of info is the fact that your nasal passages produce nitric oxide, which is a vasodilator that can help reduce your blood pressure and heart beat just in itself. If you have trouble breathing through your nose because of trauma, or stuffed up from allergies etc, deal with this as soon as possible as it will really help with your quality of life. Consider a neti-pot which might open up your nasal passages and keep them clean and allergen free for a little while.
I'm not a doctor, I'm a programmer, so don't take any of this as any kind of medical advice. I'm just a overly analytical person who has spent a lot of time trying to understand why I feel the way I do, and keep a mental journal of how things make me feel and what works/doesn't.
Nick this is excellent advice and I've also found that when I'm feeling anxious I often breathe with shallow breaths. If I slow down and lengthen my exhale, it does calm me down. I also carry my tension in my abdomen and low back and I notice if I'm feeling anxious that I'm most tense there. I am like you and have done lots of research (I'm analytical too) and I think poor breathing habits for years just fuels any anxiety I may have.
@@LisaIrby Exactly, glad my extremely long comment was useful. My life has honestly changed since truly learning how to control my breathing. It's crazy just how many aspects of my life and health poor breathing habits were affecting.
I agree with you.
Even if this doesn’t work for me, I literally love you for trying to help us! Everything you said makes sense to me because I have experienced it before. You are a hero. ❤️
Thanks a million for all your videos, so helpful. You are the best and we all appreciate you.
Anxiety is not a disorder. You are not broken. If you don’t have anxiety, you are dead. It becomes problems when we pair dear with anxiety. We can grow thru this if we can be an observer of our experience, and if we can work on feeling anxiety without fear. Game changer 💗
Very well said, thank you! 😺
my anxiety is trickered by the heart symptoms. Not so much the other way around. And magnesium supplements doesn't help. I will definately be aware of my breating next time my anxiety gets trickered, which is close to every day. Thank you for great explanations. Your guidance is a gift.
I just wanted to say thank you for recommending high potency magnesium supplements (400mg)! They have really helped me! I started the supplements in December 2018 and felt relief almost immediately. The ectopic beats are almost gone now. I still have one here and there but before God sent me to your videos, I was having them multiple times a day. I still keep track of when I have them but I feel so much better not experiencing this everyday! Thank you and keep up the good work!
You videos are great medicine for people who are anxious about their heart health. Thank you.
thanks Joshua!
I am 22 years old, for some reason I started getting these about a year 1/2 ago scares me to death, I have not been to the doctor but my father also experiences them and has since highschool all being benign just with anxiety very worrisome. your channel has helped me so much with the anxiety and dealing with it I so very much appreciate you Dr. Sanjay ♥️
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Humming has been the most effective for me; when it starts, humming shuts it down almost immediately.
What a gentleman. Thank you for taking your time to explain such a worrisome issue.
Thank you so much Doc. Continue doing these videos because you help so many of us and reassuring us about heart issues and other health issues.
Thankyou so much for this video. This is an eye opener.
Why did it take months of searching to find this simple truthful direct explanation??? Good job doc! On all your angles and inputs that can help millions
Thank you so much for your videos. They are most helpful in helping those of us that have benign PVCs etc. I so appreciate your expertise and your calming manner. I live in Canada and can only connect with my GP by phone because our province is in an Emergency lockdown now for a month due to the pandemic. Thanks again Dr. Gupta for sharing such valuable information!
Thank you for giving me a piece of mind. i just sat and watched 3 of your videos and did the breathing technique you explained in one of your videos and it actually relived me some. It made me feel even better hearing it from someone who specializes in the heart. i use my apple watch for my ECGs daily and o2 just for a piece of mind. I can not thank you ENOUGH. it's such a scary feeling but to hear that they are not dangerous and just really uncomfortable, it put my mind at ease. I have terrible healthy anxiety. i'm a very anxious person and anxiety takes over my quality of life.
Same here! On your Apple Watch does the ECG ever detect anything ? I get skipped beats and palpitations since I’ve been through extreme stress and this has triggered my anxiety
thanks Gupta. u said it is not dangerous. that has given me a boost. thanks a lot
It makes a lot of sense! Thank you again for going deeper in looking for causes and possible remedies that don't rely exclusively on pharmaceuticals. You are such a great role model for a real doctor!!! xx
Thank you for taking an interest in helping those of us with benign ectopics. I want to encourage your direction and thought process on the hyperventilation. My ectopics kick up with anxiety for sure, but even just baseline anxiety of tightness in my chest and the difference in breathing that accompanies that. Well done. I will pick up a magnesium supplement. Thank you again.
thank you dr.sanjay..u are a saviour and into the right profession..may all docs become like you..and pls do some research on vagal tone as how a lay man should know if his vagal tone is higher or lower and what needs to be done accordingly..i have asked u this in your last video as well..thx nyways it is always nice to see your videos..
Thank you so much doc I really appreciate you doing these videos.
I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head! Ectopics always appear when anxious. Belly breathing is key! You are the bomb! Thank you!
The most helpful segment on Anxiety induced ectopic beats I have found. I hope you somehow realise just how much you help people with these crippling concerns. Many thanks
This was very interesting and completely makes sense!! Thank you so much. A brilliant video as always!
You make me want to be a better person .. much love brother
Is there a specific type of magnesium that would work best for ectopics? Or will any magnesium supplement do?
SpiderBite90x I took Asda magnesium n they disappeared in 3 days.
Thank you. Q10 is also of great help. Hawthorn tea too.
@yorkcardiology thank you so much for your help and videos. I just want to add to the dialogue that for me the breathing techniques sometimes work but again not effective when I'm already under the perception that I'm calm and then through the slow breathing the thud happens. It's almost as if the stress energy gets sent directly to the heart and doesn't know where else to go or how to disperse.
Yess. Very good Explanation Doc.. would benefit many peoples of ectopic heart beat.. Coz previously i got it for many years.. After practicing balanced wholefood diet that of coz include high ionic free magnesium .. Symptoms gone.. Alhamdulillah..
I like yr video session very much Doc.. searching for scientific facts regarding diseases n dysfunctional symptoms.. Thank you Doc..
hello what diet are you on,and which magnesium do you take how much mg a day?
Thank you so much for this video I found it most interesting. I have had Paroxismal Atrial Fibrillation for 10 years. Had 3 failed ablations, 3 Cardioversions and a pacemaker fitted 3 months ago in preparation for an AV node ablation. The pacemaker will now stop my heart going too slow (set at 60 BPM). My cardiologist as a last resort is trying to increase the Bisoprolol to help prevent another AF episode and to avoid the AV node procedure if possible. I have had 33 AF episodes so far and have been in hospital 13 times last year. As well as this intollorable condition I have had breast cancer to deal with and an overactive Thyroid. So you could say I am a VERY anxious person and do worry about my health. Since I had my last ablation 4 months ago I do get a lot of ectopic beats which are very distressing. I am told they are missbeats and nothing to worry about, but I DO. I have experienced them as a pre - runner to another AF episode. I am going to try the Magnesium and see if it will help me.I would love to stop this frightening cycle. They tell me that even if I have the AV node ablation I will still experience ectopic beats. Love your videos by the way they are so imformative, thank you so much for your time. How about a regular peek at Bluebell, a definate thumbs up for us all!
Magnesium helped me
So sorry you've been through so much.
@@caroa5097 Hello there and thank you for your concern. Five years later I have now had my AV node ablation and my Pacemaker is now working full time. It has changed my life, no more horrible medication that affected my Thyroid, my skin and my eyes. I can now go away on holidays and haven't been frightened anymore and bundled off to A&E every fortnight. It is truly amazing what the NHS can do fo you these days. I still do worry about my health BUT I am truly grateful and can smile again!
@@catwoman3680 thank you sorry I didn't see this reply but wonderful that this has helped so much. Gives me some hope too 😊
thank you so much York cardiologist, you made me feel a lot better
This doctor seems like he would make such a great friend. However, I would constantly bother him with questions!😂
I have been to 4 different doctors in the past year and 2 cardiologist and they all agree that my heart is perfect. Yet, I can't shake the feeling that my heart is going to stop any minute. I get ectopics when I work out and when I am at rest. I worry that I will go into cardiac arrest when I get them during exercise! Help!!
SpiderBite90x I'm exactly the same. It's so comforting to see I'm not alone in this anxiety. I feel like all the people who commented here should meet up and talk about it
your not alone bro
Literally a good feeling to know I’m not alone in this...
SpiderBite90x how frequent do u have them?
SpiderBite90x Kindly take magnesium n let us know the difference. My ectopics stopped in 3 days with magnesium.
Love your positive vibes❤.
Binge watching you because I suffer from this, it's exhausting.
I meditate, take Magnesium & they still come out of nowhere at times.
I appreciate You so much 💓
It's prob because we are virgos im the same , virgo and sensitive , get bad anxiety
@@gedman9527 thank you, sometimes it's confirmation to hear someone else relate
Thank you so much, your information helps to calm me down!
i get ectopic beats a lot, one recently scared me more than any other, it felt like my heart stopped for a second and thudded to restart and i jolted up and started having a panic attack. they’ve been so debilitating i don’t even live anymore, i am stuck in my own fear of having a sudden death. it’s plagued my brain and i was just given anxiety medication to help ease my fears, but i will try to take magnesium and see how it helps. i pray for anyone dealing with this, it’s so debilitating and scary. :(
How are you now though? What did the heart skipping a beat feel like?
@@mannysmith7297 i am better now, thanks for asking, i have them less, but they still happen. i went to a cardiologist though and he said my heart looked fine. the skipping beat usually just feels like a jolt in my heart like it stops for a split second and beats hard for one beat after.
@@megan21201 I don't know if I can help you but I want to try, because I have had almost identical experience for past 6 month. I went to 3 cardiologist and have done several tests to know that my heart is fine, but it doesn't help the anxiety to go away.
The pills might help for a while but the main thing that has to be changed - what you think about your ectopic beats. I am almost sure that you really want them to go away. And each time they come back after disappearing for a while it drives you crazy (well, at least it was like that for me). I guess that fear that they are not leaving is a part of the reason they always come back. Unfortunately I can't give you an answer on how to befriend your ectopic heartbeats, but I can say for sure that it would help to stop waiting for them to disappear entirely and just keep in mind that now it is a common harmless thing your heart sometimes does. And by the way, magnesium has helped me (thought I had to do several courses of it to take effect). It did not cure my ectopic beats, but when my heart "skips the beat" I feel it like 10% of what it felt like 6 month ago.
@@13RedCorpse wow thank you so much! you got it exactly right, I'll go days with no ectopic beats and suddenly I will get one and I am thrown back into a panic attack. Its so hard to accept them and live with them because anxiety makes you feel like they can kill you, even if they are harmless, its just constant fear, but I have to say since my comment, I have healed a lot and during that time I suffered with multiple a day and now I have one or two a week. the mind is super powerful in healing the body, also I am researching about the digestive tract and how inflammation of the stomach or intestines can be a factor in getting scary ectopics. thank you for your insight, its nice to feel understood because when I explain them to people they just don't get it. :)
my ecg tests are always normal but my cholesterol is a bit high.. in the past few weeks i’ve been experiencing this irregular heartbeat.. its like a sudden spike in my heartbeat which only lasts for seconds but it happens 2-3 times a day.. this concerns me a lot.. not sure if it has something to do with my anxiety or cholesterol 😔😔
Taking about 600mg a day at the moment and still get them, but less frequent. Thank you for encouraging us to try!
Thank you so much for this helpful information- explains a lot!
I have health anxiety and more specifically cardiophobia, I’ve become very inactive because of a couple of chronic health issues but ultimately it’s the fear of a cardiac event. At 32 it doesn’t make me feel very good that I’m trapped by this fear, I’m considering private cardiology tests because I can’t seem to trust my previous tests and various doctors and nurses. I ask for further testing but my requests are denied which just feeds the fear. This video is helpful at least in the short term while my anxiety is in rational resting mode. I would have to save to be able to afford a consultation but these videos will hopefully help
How are you ? I can’t relate
I have less ectopics now and I think one thing that has helped is I stopped taking my Metroprolol at night and only take a half dose in the morning. if my pulse is in the sixties while at rest I take a half dose (12.5 mg) before bed or if my heart is going to fast while I am inactive during the day i take a half dose but otherwise I feel I am having much less ectopics now that i have reduced my Metroprolol. Before I would almost always get extra beats at bedtime 20 minutes after taking my PM dose. I also think I was getting afib at night because my heart was beating too low and then I would take my dose before bed and make it lower while sleeping which caused m to go into afib.
I do take magnesium and 2 grams of vitamin C a day and eat a very simple diet and walk 4 times a day and have lost 20 pounds. The keeping a log of what I eat and do and what was happening when the afib started and stopped has helped me tremendously.
The link with anxiety is also spot on as I have no co morbidity factors, My afib occurred in October 2014 when we were at the height of the ebola virus scare and I had worked myself up into a very worried state. when I went to the hospital for my first Afib I was more worried about the poor doctors and nurses who I knew were going to die when we got ebola than I was worried about my heart. Also I had just spent three years previously caring for my mom who had Alzheimer's so my life was constant worry. I think worry and pessimism is one of the biggest causes of afib that is yet unproven., along with inflammation.
hope this helps some of you.
what's strange for me is that I'd had heart related anxiety for over a year and never felt ectopics as I'm sure I would have felt them and then one night boom massive ectopic and have had them on and off ever since . sometimes they are bad when I'm anxious and sometimes they come when I feel calm ?
Jamie Gibbins same for me currently. Quit drinking caffeine and got better sleep. Still have ectopics even when relatively calm.
hi do you get them anymore,i had severe anxiety and panick attacks and after thet from nowhere i have daily those ectopic beats my digestion is bad and that all make me more anxious,i tried magnesium potassium b complex it helps but still get them every day
@@addmee333 do you mean your heart feel like skip for 1 sec im scared im always have this skip beat my ecg and 2decho thyroid blood test is normal my doctor said nothing to worried but I'm always thinking that i have diseases
@@zenitsuagatsuma2570 yes i devolped them from last year after severe anxiety and panic attacks,i had for years acid reflux and indigestion,so i think its some kind of chemical imbalance in body or brain,now i have daily those heart missed beats,its like normal heart rate but heart stops for second sometimes i have more then 4 or 5 in minute,its scary and this make me more anxious,so im more aware of it and that make it harder becouse of stress all other symptoms chest discomfort,constipation,bloating,muscle tension,feeling on the edge etc. they would poping like every another day,its like vicous cycle
@@addmee333 mine feels like im ok today but later on i feel my throat dry then my head feels like something chemical going up in my head then i panic a little bit because i feel my heart beat fast then i stand up and walking a while to relax myself i think i have mild panic attack it takes more than 3mins im always googling my symptoms even my heart exam is normal every month new symptoms like palpitate(hearbeatfast or skip beat) , muscle tension headache, neck pain, burping, muscle twitching, tinnitus(buzzing in my ear) hard to swallow my saliva. almost 6 months im always thinking im dying 😢
Very interesting. Wondering if you've commented previously on ectopics post ablation. I get quite a few of these but they are certainly exacerbated by stress!
Wonderful doctor so wise and helpful.
so what kind of magnesium he recommends?
Love your videos. Other Doctors and Cardiologists could learn a lot from You.
I've been taking the magnesium taurate for about two months. Between that, and avoiding the doctor, which I have always found very stressful (ha), I have not been bothered by the palpitations that had been plaguing me nightly for many months. Just an anecdote to bolster your theory!
I have what they call a Wandering Atrial Pacemaker which causes the ectopics. When it was really bad I went into atrial Tachycardia, got chest pains and spent several days in the hospital while they nailed down the diagnosis. A beta blocker got it under control for three years but then when I was seeing doctors for another matter (fruitlessly, I might add) my anxiety level rose and the palpitations came back in spite of the beta blocker. A cardiologist added a calcium channel blocker, but I was allergic to that. They lasted for more than six months, until I went on the magnesium, Cardiovascular Research Magnesium Taurate Capsules, 180 Count from Amazon. I take one a day. I believe they are 150mg. I'm doing well now.
Wow, you've been thru a lot and I hope this keeps working for you, God bless you.
It sounds like a cycle. You have low magnesium, which causes ectopic beats, which produce anxiety, which leads to shallow breathing, which depletes magnesium, which causes ectopic beats, which produces anxiety, which leads to shallow breathing, etc etc. If you can break the cycle at the magnesium or breathing stages, you can exit the loop. Breathing exercises and vagus nerve massages lower the heart rate and reduce anxiety, which is useful when ectopics are occurring. But increasing magnesium seems to prevent the cycle from starting in the first place.
Thank you Doctor!
Oh My Gosh!!! I like this one. You always make nice videos ... infact i'm inspired to work ... smartly on my channel
Which magnesium supplement did he suggested? Does anyone know? Im unable to find on his website.
There are similar ideas in Buteyko technique for asthmatic people or by Patrick McKeown who wrote a book about breating and anxiety before The Oxygen Advantage (I forgot the title at the moment though), also Breath by James Nestor, a really interesting book also arguing for the benefits of breathing less and slower.
I think your great I do suffer from anxiety and your videos seem to help me with this. can hormones affect anxitey and palpitations? thanks
I think you should do also a video related to thyroid
freexky I agree. I think my pvc’s may be related to hypothyroidism as well as anxiety
Watched this again tonite..
I read somewhere that supposedly Magnesium is good for anxiety itself and that may also be helping since the common denominator is anxiety
I love your videos!! You help me so much. I can’t do magnesium though!
I'm now housebound from panic attacks because they cause my heart to go out of rhythm. :( If I do try to leave the house, I become worried about the panic attacks happening and that I'll drop dead. My main symptom is my heart rate shoots up after the big burst of adrenaline, and then the PVC's follow. So frustrating. I really envy people with normal hearts. I wonder what that's like? My heart issues started after I was exposed to contaminated water while living on a military base as a kid.
At last a life by paul david is a book that literally saved my life....I had a year not daring to leave my bedroom until I started reading this book ....hope it helps you
@@jakkipellow4518 Many thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly check that out! I'm sorry you were in a similar situation, it's not a pleasant way to live.
Every 4th or 5th heartbeat is ectopic in my case. Chronic stomach/gi issues for years. Pancreatitis as well. Disease progression to heart i guess...
same here i have them 5 or 6 in minute sometimes and when resting normal heart rate i think it has to do with indigestion i had for years heartburn gerd ibs with constipation now in last few months i have daily ectopic beats its irritating sometimes im breathless and that cause my anxeity worse i will check with gi doc for hiatal hernia becouse it can also irritate heart impulse and vagus nerv
Seriously, thank you. Wish all doctors would take the time to explain things like you !
A great video. It cured my ectopic heart beat by taking magnesium in just 3 days.
It was after one year of so many Cardiology tests n scans.
Grateful to this video by Dr. Gupta
Rgds
Dr Vivek
What type of magnesium?
@@corker97 He said magnesium taurine, 125mg 2x/day
My doctor keep gaslighting me, it's so infuriating
Your a very helpful channel, thank you
❤ with warmest thanks 🤩 Dr Sanjay Gupta❤
I really enjoyed this video and found it tremendously helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping all of us with these palps!! Also, I would recommend getting more active on instagram to grow your channel. Instagram (for me at least) seems to be the way to go! ~~Mary :)
Dr is safe forpeople with PVC go under anesesia ,colonoscopy etc?
I suppose it's also possible (some of) the causal arrow goes in the other direction: palpitations provoke anxiety because they are uncomfortable and/or disturbing. Experiencing palpitations themselves could also be increasing the awareness of same, for an add-on effect on anxiety. In my own case I've got the added curious development of pulsatile tinnitus secondary to minor neck injury (whiplash)-- ensuring even better awareness of peculiar beats... ;)
Magnesium Taurate is the best Magnesium for us people with PVC's.
Magnesium glycinate is working for me.
Love how you present this info. I have had heart rythum issues for 25 years. Drs. Just say it is benign sinus arrhythmia. Whenever I have an event I drink carbonated drink to porduce a burp or belch. Has always brought my event to an end.
Yesterday heart started beating about 140 to 160 bpm and lasted 20 hours. Went to bed rolled over on my left side and the pulse went back to 65. Drives me nuts but still don't want to go through a lot of tests or surgery at 85. Your information has been so reassuring. I do take Lisinapril for BP, is there a better choice?
I was wondering if anyone knows the type of magnesium he suggests. I tried going through the link at the website but it just takes me to Amazon, not to the specific magnesium on Amazon.
Indebted Doc , may Allah bless you with a lot of happiness
What is your feeling about the rise of cell phone use/emf and the rise of cardiac arrhythmias?