WTF is going on with my Heart??

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

Any advice, or experience with this, please share bros...

Here is what is going on, but first a little background on the situation. My heart will be going along, and then all the sudden, pause for a second, then restart with a hard THUD beat. This has been happening for the past 2 years. I can pinpoint the precise time it started and that was when I took some Turkish Anadrol 2 years ago. I had never before had any such skipping with my heart until I was into the A-Bombs around week 4 or so. I stopped them immediately but I've had this arrythmia or whatever you want to call it ever since. I've seen a doctor about it, and he said millions of people have this and its nothing to worry about.

So with that said, here is why I'm posting. Most of the time, the skipping is infrequent, and doesn't really bother me. I've learned to live with it. However, today in the gym, it got WAY out of hand. Keep in mind I'm in my 6th week of my cycle which you can see in my sig. I'm on the bench and while I'm pressing the weight, my heart is stopping, restarting, stopping, restarting. Those of you that have this will know what I'm talking about when I say when it skips, it takes a little of your breath away. So I'm pressing weight, having my heart flutter over and over again, and I'm thinking WTF is going on here? I stopped and tried to just walk around and I could feel just flip-flopping over and over. I can even put my fingers on my neck to feel my pulse and feel it stop, re-start. Should I just fight through it? Is something wrong here? Why all the sudden is it going off like this? Do any of you know if there is anything in particular that can set off the arrythmia like this?

Do any of you bros experience anything like this at all? Should I just not worry about it? Thanks in advance. Sorry for the long post but it was really freaking me out. I just want to be safe. These visions creep into my mind you know, while I'm there pusing the weight, of the lights going out for good...

seriously I'd go to the doctor now. Just to get the good or the bad news you know

 

[athlete.03]

I'm going through the exact same thing right now! I wore the heart monitor device 2 weeks ago. My doctor said that what feels like a pause in the heart beat(pulse) is actually a very light PREMATURE heart beat. That results in the next beat beating hard. It then speeds up for a few beats, then slows down and repeats itself. My cardiologist told me that it could be caused by subconcious anxiety/stress signals from the brain. He also asked me if I was keeping a big secret, that was causing anxiety/stress. I didnt tell him,but inside, I've been hiding my cycle from my live-in fiance. My own .02 cents brotha.

Word life. First of all, for years I have had this condition.

Second, the above quote is a very real cause of it. Admittedly, there are literally dozens of conditions that cause it as well, but the stress one is possibly the most common and, due to its (still) abstract nature, most difficult to diagnose.

Finally, it's the best idea to see a doctor, but not all of them bother to read the literature on the subject. If your doc went through medschool in the sixties and isn't a specialists, it's less likely s/he'll be aware of the plethara of published studies supporting the above. Believe it or not, psychosomatic disorders and even psychoneuroimmunology still cary 'hoaky' connotations to many M.D.'s. Ignorance at the upper eschelons of the totem pole...

 

[Quadsweep]

As shitty as this is going to sound AAS may not be ok for you as it seems to exacerbate an underlying condition. Being big is not cool in a casket bro. Find out whats up with a cardioligist. Maybe its just how you are and the weight load but do not guess...its your pump.

Q.

Any advice, or experience with this, please share bros...

Here is what is going on, but first a little background on the situation. My heart will be going along, and then all the sudden, pause for a second, then restart with a hard THUD beat. This has been happening for the past 2 years. I can pinpoint the precise time it started and that was when I took some Turkish Anadrol 2 years ago. I had never before had any such skipping with my heart until I was into the A-Bombs around week 4 or so. I stopped them immediately but I've had this arrythmia or whatever you want to call it ever since. I've seen a doctor about it, and he said millions of people have this and its nothing to worry about.

So with that said, here is why I'm posting. Most of the time, the skipping is infrequent, and doesn't really bother me. I've learned to live with it. However, today in the gym, it got WAY out of hand. Keep in mind I'm in my 6th week of my cycle which you can see in my sig. I'm on the bench and while I'm pressing the weight, my heart is stopping, restarting, stopping, restarting. Those of you that have this will know what I'm talking about when I say when it skips, it takes a little of your breath away. So I'm pressing weight, having my heart flutter over and over again, and I'm thinking WTF is going on here? I stopped and tried to just walk around and I could feel just flip-flopping over and over. I can even put my fingers on my neck to feel my pulse and feel it stop, re-start. Should I just fight through it? Is something wrong here? Why all the sudden is it going off like this? Do any of you know if there is anything in particular that can set off the arrythmia like this?

Do any of you bros experience anything like this at all? Should I just not worry about it? Thanks in advance. Sorry for the long post but it was really freaking me out. I just want to be safe. These visions creep into my mind you know, while I'm there pusing the weight, of the lights going out for good...

 

[athlete.03]

Bro you're not alone. I'm in the same wagon. The difference, since nobody told me WTF I have in my heart, I did my own research. I mean, they told me what I have but nothing else. In your case, go to a cardiologist and take all the necessary exams that will lead the doc to a final diagnosis.

According to what you say, could be very similar to my experience. Mine started around 3 years ago. I was at work, in my desk and felt like a weird skip in my chest. I was like wtf? Then again, and again and again...put my fingers in my pulse and discovered these skipped beats. The heart beats 2 or 3, then skip one; then beats 2 or 3 again, skip another one and so on. I was freakin out!! I thougt I was going to die seriously. Went home, and passed after a couple of hours. After that day everything was normal. Then like 6 months later, another big arythmia attack. The same thing while having dinner. Pretty scary. My hands were sweating cold, I got anxious, felt very very bad. I had that death sensation but was like a torture...because you don't know if you are goin to die or not and being in that situation really kills your brain. That time lasted all night long and passed the next day. After that I went to the doc. He gave me a reference to the cardiologist. I had a holter (24hrs), ECG, echocardiogram. The only problem was that during all these exams I didn' have any skipped beat, so of course the doc said everything was normal. They told me the cause of these irregular heart beats could be stress, use of stimulants like drugs, caffeine, lack of sleep, alcohol, etc. I was happy that at least all the exams were normal. AFter that, there was a long time I didn't have any skipped beat. Then like 6 months later, I woke up in the morning with one of these attacks again. This time I said, fuck! I'm going to the doc right now to have an ECG done and have that shit on paper to know wtf it is. The doc was traveling. So I went to ER. When is something related to heart they put you first on the list. The paramedic asked me what is wrong and I said "take my pulse". He started feeling my pulse and after 5 seconds looked at me like saying "what a fuck is this" without those words coming out of his mouth, I replied "yes, that's the reason why I'm here" I knew what he was thinking. I told him immediately "I need blood pressure checked, beats per minute are ok, and I need an ECG immediately to register those beats" He did what I said (lmao) and told me wait here, the doc is coming immediately to take the ECG. The doc did his job. While having the ECG I was concentrating to have as much as skipped beats to have them registered in the paper. Doc came back, with the ECG and told me "don't worry, you are completely normal". He told me from what the ECG said that day, I have PVC (Premature Ventricular Contractions) It's nothing related to the phisiology of the heart. It's an electrical problem caused by other agents such as stimulants, stress, drugs. He told me even coca-cola could be causing me this. He told me millions of people have this condition. Some of them so smooth they don't notice they have skipped beats. He told me to try not consuming any kind of stimulant for some time. No caffeine at all (not even sunkist), no cocoa (chocolate) no drugs, no stimulant herbs, eat well, sleep well and see how I respond. The doc was very nice. It was an old guy and talked to me during a long time trying to relax me. He gave me a lot of advices. He told me meds and procedures are not necessary for this since is not dangerous for the heart or life-threatning. Sometimes meds or procedures could be worse. He told me I can live with this and have a normal life. So I started my own research on PVC and he was right. They are something "normal" I don't have any risk having them, I can live with them. After that day, I haven't had any of those attacks again. (that was like 14 months ago) Instead, I have skipped beats sometimes in the day. It doesn't care what I'm doing. He skip one beat and that's it. There's a discussion forum related to PVC.

http://www.raptsoft.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=;action=login2

It's pretty nice, because people share their experiences there as well new techniques to live with this everyday.

Now the million dollar question is. What happens between PVC and AAS?? I still don't know. What I know is that dbol at normal doses gives me very strong skipped beats. Nothing extremely dangerous but some nasty side. I'm trying to find that out.

Also, I'll be going soon to a new doc to have new exams done and have a second opinion. Just to be safe.

There's a procedure to fix this problem. The try to reproduce the arythmia in a laboratory and they see where's the exact point where the electric impulse is skipped. Then they introduce a cateter by your leg up to the heart and they proceed to burn that point of the heart. Supposedly, the skip in the electrical system stop forever. Since this procedure is pretty new, it has some risks. For example, if they burn more than it's necessary, you could wear a pacemaker for the rest of your life. So the risk is high. The procedure is worthless.
I've read taurine helps you a lot with heart rythm. I haven't tried it yet.
Good luck and have that checked. You need to determine first what you have in order to know what procedure you can follow.

djufo

Ex-freakin'-zactly. Anxiety and depression will do it. Think linguistics: There's a reason why the heart is considered the seed of emotion in western thought. M'kay...

 

[maldorf]

Any advice, or experience with this, please share bros...

Here is what is going on, but first a little background on the situation. My heart will be going along, and then all the sudden, pause for a second, then restart with a hard THUD beat. This has been happening for the past 2 years. I can pinpoint the precise time it started and that was when I took some Turkish Anadrol 2 years ago. I had never before had any such skipping with my heart until I was into the A-Bombs around week 4 or so. I stopped them immediately but I've had this arrythmia or whatever you want to call it ever since. I've seen a doctor about it, and he said millions of people have this and its nothing to worry about.

So with that said, here is why I'm posting. Most of the time, the skipping is infrequent, and doesn't really bother me. I've learned to live with it. However, today in the gym, it got WAY out of hand. Keep in mind I'm in my 6th week of my cycle which you can see in my sig. I'm on the bench and while I'm pressing the weight, my heart is stopping, restarting, stopping, restarting. Those of you that have this will know what I'm talking about when I say when it skips, it takes a little of your breath away. So I'm pressing weight, having my heart flutter over and over again, and I'm thinking WTF is going on here? I stopped and tried to just walk around and I could feel just flip-flopping over and over. I can even put my fingers on my neck to feel my pulse and feel it stop, re-start. Should I just fight through it? Is something wrong here? Why all the sudden is it going off like this? Do any of you know if there is anything in particular that can set off the arrythmia like this?

Do any of you bros experience anything like this at all? Should I just not worry about it? Thanks in advance. Sorry for the long post but it was really freaking me out. I just want to be safe. These visions creep into my mind you know, while I'm there pusing the weight, of the lights going out for good...

As many here have said, see a cardiologist. A stress test and halter monitor( a 24 hr ekg of your heart that you wear all day) would be a good start. On an earlier post you mentioned feeling SHORT OF BREATHE, and this worries me a bit. You talked about how you felt tired and out of breathe, this might indicate some problems. Other things he might do would be an ultrasound or nuclear tracing test where they inject a radioactive liquid into your vein and then meause its flow through your heart with what I think is a cat scan or something similar.
If you have a mitral valve prolapse, or prolaps on any valve, he will be able to hear that with his stethoscope. My wife has a minor mitra valve prolapse that shows up only when she is pregnant, and her symtoms were just like yours. It is nothing serious to worry about as far as I know. She is just fine now.

 

[Watson]

It's called a PCP and I can't remember for the life of me what that stands for. It's an irregular heartbeat, happens once every couple of minutes. Sometimes you notice it a lot more than others, seems like anxiety increases the sensitivity for me. I had a sleep study done a year ago and when I woke up the told me I had this, along with sleep apnea. They said a lot of people have it and don't even know. I could actually see the little bump in the line on my computer readings when that irregular beat kicked in. Hope this helps shed some light on this bro.

 

[Watson]

Sorry I didn't read all the reply's before I posted. crfpilot14 hit it on the head. PVC not PCP. Anyway, I got it too bro if it makes you feel any better.

 

[DIVISION]

This thread created more questions than it answered.

Bottom Line: Go see your Doc, this forum is the last place you should rely on for advice when it comes to your heart.




DIV

 

[pudding]

This thread created more questions than it answered.

Bottom Line: Go see your Doc, this forum is the last place you should rely on for advice when it comes to your heart.




DIV

Best advise yet

 

[ben hart]

Even though we've all gone through this,or are currently going through this,its still SCARY AS HELL! Lets just all take a slow, deep breath, continue to get medical treatment if neccesary, get back in the gym, and lift dem heavy ass weights!