Cardiac Dysrrhythmias Archives

palpitations

I have read alot of you answers about heart palpitations and magnesium. What about body bracing..can it cause them?
This year there has been alot of illness with my son and father added to my job which is horribly demoralizing. The Holter monitor showed about 2000 PACs and 240 PVCs with no indication of a blockage anywhere. My doctor said no problem. I've also had 2 cardiolite stress tests with no problems. My son had been threatening suicide due to IBS pain and then I spent almost a month with my dad at his hospital bedside while he hallucinated and tried to "escape" and go home. That was the worse time for the palpitations although they had started a few weeks before I went to be with him. But about a week after my dad died and I came home, they were gone. Hooray, I thought. Now, they are back and I am scared to death. I feel so tense-I've been taking Xanax for anxiety for about 8 months but I really feel the need for a higher dose, but I don't want to go that route. I get stressed over everything. We are going tubing on a river tomorrow. I'm totally stressed. I'm afraid I'll get in the middle of the river and die. Can continued stress cause the palpitations also?

Follow Ups:

• Re: palpitations & stress????? ARCHIVE in cardiac dysrhythmias and stress. Walt Stoll 13:00:31 8/16/99 (0)

In Reply to: palpitations & stress????? posted by Nancy on August 14, 1999 at 19:53:49:

Hi, Nancy.

I am sorry that I have not made this more obvious in the many articles about cardiac dysrrhythmias in the archives. Chronic stress-effect storage in the hypothalamus is one of the MOST important causes of chronic cardiac dysrrhythmias!

Walt