r/ReadMyECG

Hello, for over 15 years (30 yo M), my life has been hijacked by my heart. It started with that terrifying "thud" in my chest, followed by a racing heart, left arm numbness, coldness, a lot of heart beat skips, chest tension, and the absolute certainty that I was having a heart attack. I captured these ECG strips and RR interval plot with Kardia 6 Lead ECG.

Anyway, it felt completely random at first, but looking back, it loved to strike when my system was under load, like during stressful presentations, when I was super excited, or even just while walking up a flight of stairs. I don't know what's wrong. Sometimes it becomes super intense I was in total depression, and sometimes it just ceases to exist for a little bit. But, all the time, I am under the same fear and anxiety, whether it is going to happen again or not.

I did the medical merry-go-round. I went to the ER more times than I can count. I had numerous ECGs, echocardiograms, and Holter monitors. Every single time, the doctors gave me the exact same conclusive/inconclusive answer: "Your heart is structurally fine. You have panic disorder." It literally ruined my life; I couldn't do anything my peers did other than study and be a nerd, which I do not regret cause I love it, but still... I’ve been on Paxera for 10+ years just to try and manage the baseline terror, but the physical sensations—especially the tight chest and the racing heart—always found a way to break through and trigger the loop. I just can't convince myself I am healthy cause when you feel those skip sensations, the feeling you are almost gonna pass out just terrifies me...

Now, I have a really beautiful girl in my life, planning to marry soon, but I am still battling with myself, wondering whether I am healthy or not. I am only here because maybe you have the same symptoms, or stories, ECG strips... I am so tired,

I was having a lot of sustained PACs and PVCs for most of the day. my body was definitely in panic by the time I made it to the er. so there was definitely a lot of adrenaline in my body during this ecg. my BP was so high they took again because they didn’t believe it.

got referred to cardiologist. nothing emergent they said. blood work was great.

hello. recently started propranolol for POTS and it has helped in slowing down my heart rate however I’m getting this sort of rhythm more frequently. can anyone advise what is happening? I’m no longer under the care of cardiology unfortunately. it is a horrible feeling in my chest (not pain just strange) when it’s happening

Sent this to Qaly and they've told me my QTC is up and it's causing me severe anxiety, I suffer from health anxiety, and 2 days ago I self admitted to the hospital I was given an 12 lead ECG and my QTC then was 414.

Waiting for a 24 hour monitoring appointment in June ☹️

Why happen this R onT?

Been feeling a lot of glitching in my chest today - finally caught it. Is this a PVC?

Went into urgent care this morning after an incident 2 nights ago where my HR went from 70bpm to 110bpm in about 10 seconds while lying down.

Woke up this morning with a HR of 90 and saw that that’s what it was the entire night. Normal number for me is around 68bpm. Heart rate has been 85-95 all day so far.

Recently began low dose of semaglutide (.5mg) and administered a TRT shot right before sleeping last night.

Looking to get an opinion of whether the test results of left atrial enlargement is accurate as well.

Earlier today, I felt PVCs. Then went to take ECG and got really anxious while doing the ECG on my Apple Watch. I felt fine after sitting down for a few minutes and my heart returned to normal. This started after an energy drink earlier today paired with lack of sleep last night. I didn’t go to the ER, but should I have?

Should I go tonight or tomorrow? Thank you

Hello. 30 female. Went to the ER for muscle cramps. Had EKG done and it says I'm having an anterior infarct. Does it really look like I am?

Hello, I have been trying to catch an episode i’ve been getting. My normal single pvcs have been feeling weird or longer. It’s the third line down. I know this may not be the most accurate.

Is it a palpitation? I can always feel it and its very uncomfortable. Happens 4 times in this ecg. It happens whenever my heartrate is high (which is often lol). I have a cardiologist so not looking for med advice or whatever just curious what is going on/what to call it

It happens randomly when I am sitting or lying down, it goes as low as 36bpm. It only lasts couple of minutes and I can feel my heart beat hard. It's much lower than my resting heart beat

Having a bad flare up of mental health and stress due to health anxiety. Recently been obsessing over QTc and QT out of fear of long QT syndrome