![]() ![]() I continued to exercise and eventually got my heart rate to around 180 beats/min and still no ectopics. They are not out to make friends - only money - so if they don't load a policy it is because the ectopics are not associated with premature death.At a 0.3% burden you have no worries at all of being loadedĢ The cure for me was to go as hard as I could under medical supervision with an ECG and a doctor there and, as he had said would happen, the ectopics, which were frequent at rest, disappeared completely at a heart rate of around 150/min. Now lets start on you a bit įacts re ectopic beats1 life insurance companies don't load a policy if occasional ectopics are seen on an ECG. You seem to be looked after medically and it seems they have ruled out anything other than your ectopic episodes. You have to remember that I am not medically trained and although I have suffered with ectopic beats, my heart journey went down a crazy path that yours will not go down, I hope. ![]() I hope that this informative and supportive place will help you understand that you are not alone in worrying over your heart matters. Welcome to you and your first quite worrying post onto the forum. Ultimately I'm tired of the cycle of ectopic beats and panic attacks, it's not nice for those around me (and very embarrassing in front of friend) and I've tried to break the pattern/cycle but no luck so far. I'm thinking of ramping up exercise a little bit, maybe start with getting my heart rate up to 100 when exercising mildly, then adding 5 bpm per week, perhaps my heart needs to "warm" back up to exercising. I'm terrified of increasing my heart rate so I've not been exercising, the last time I exercised a few weeks ago and got my heart rate up into the 130-140 I ended up having about 2 hours of crazy hard ectopic beats and ultimately a panic attack. I'm sure that the ectopic beats are driven by anxiety (yes I'm terrified of anything being wrong with my heart/it stops beating/i have a heart attack) and it just makes it worse, a vicious cycle of ectopic beats -> panic attack -> worse ectopic beats. I've not had any caffeine for 8 months, I stopped drinking alcohol last December for 4 months (I did start having a drink again last month, which I think has increased the ectopic beats rate a little, so I'm stopping again). It's now been 10 months since it all kicked off again last summer and 3 months since given the "all clear" by the cardiologists and my day-to-day life is dominated by ectopic beats and a constant anxious feeling verging on panic attacks. Again I've been checked out, tests etc and told nothing is wrong with my heart. After being checked out and told nothing was wrong, it seemed to settle down after a few months (maybe 4 or 5 months of noticeable ectopic beats and panic attacks) and for over 10 years I had nothing until last summer when out of the blue (again) I had several very strong/jolty ectopic beats that immediately triggered a panic attack, it was seconds between getting the ectopic beats and the panic attack triggering. The first time I was referred to the cardiologist was when I first experienced ectopic beats in 2010, I'd never had them (or noticed them) before but after having several in quick succession out of the blue it caused a panic attack (which I'd also never had before). I do feel guilty posting here as I've read through quite a few posts about people's experience with their heart (not just ectopic beats) and I think my issue is down to anxiety. ![]() I should start this post by saying that I've had my heart checked out twice now (once back in 2010 and again earlier this year 2022) by cardiologists (echocardiogram and 24 hour heart monitor) and they found nothing wrong other than the presence of ectopic beats (around 0.3% according to my last 24 hour monitor) - which is why the Dr referred me to the cardiologist in the first place. ![]()
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