villaajax Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) An update on the heart - last night I was led in bed, just getting into Pulp Fiction when I got this rush of blood to the head followed by my heart racing, then slowing into a pounding kind of beat, I was led bracing myself for a heart attack or something, probably nothing like that was likely but it was a worry. Anyway, it all calmed down to normal and I managed to get a little bit of sleep. Today my heart has been alright but my chest feels a little strained. I'm going to go to the doctors tomorrow and see what they have to say. Hopefully it will be nothing. If the worst happens, I want you all to raffle off my 1995 Villa curtains. Edited January 21, 2013 by villaajax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 If there's nothing wrong with you psyhically then maybe it's anxiety or panic attack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yeah sounds like an anxiety attack to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 But I don't feel anxious about anything... apart from my heart now, it's a vicious circle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Went to a house party last night out in the freakin boonies. It was a good time, but the birthday boy was hammered and went to bed at midnight. People started to leave, but myself and maybe 10 others were sticking around. 5am came and I figured it was a party that would continue into the morning with people either drinking through the night or crashing on a couch, the eventual end being to get on the first bus at around 6:30am. The birthday boy's brother started kicking people out at 5am. I protested lightheartedly and was grabbed and pushed out the door by the brother, meaning I had to walk the 7km back to my house. In my opinion if you're having a house party out in the sticks it should end when the buses start running. We weren't destroying the place or anything. Just sitting down having a few cans. As far as I recall at least. That was annoying. On my way home I met two fellas who had just finished their night shift and we had a few beers in the carpark of a hotel until a garda showed up and moved us on. Then I went to burger king which was delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 But I don't feel anxious about anything... apart from my heart now, it's a vicious circle! Well maybe it's not that. It's fairly common though. A good friend of mine had panic attacks for a while and he said the he wasn't really stressed or anxious. They still kept coming though and quite soon he was anxious about the attacks and they became more frequent. I think I remember him saying they went away after 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Exercise/fitness routines - whether on DVD or "in the real world" that are wrapped up in bullshit. At one end of the spectrum, you get the British Military Fitness lot. Nothing wrong with the routine, but it's so obviously aimed at people who get some sort of masochistic kick out of pretending to be a soldier and being shouted at by a drill sergeant. It's ridiculous. At the other extreme you get yoga - equally beneficial, but wrapped up in pseudo-mystical crap about chakras and the like. Just stick to the (medical, scientific, physiological) facts, don't annoy me with the silliness. Edited January 21, 2013 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Exercise/fitness routines - whether on DVD or "in the real world" that are wrapped up in bullshit. At one end of the spectrum, you get the British Military Fitness lot. Nothing wrong with the routine, but it's so obviously aimed at people who get some sort of masochistic kick out of pretending to be a soldier and being shouted at by a drill sergeant. It's ridiculous. At the other extreme you get yoga - equally beneficial, but wrapped up in pseudo-mystical crap about chakras and the like. Just stick to the (medical, scientific, physiological) facts, don't annoy me with the silliness. I was thinking of doing a weight loss 'secrets' dvd. I'd give it a glossy cover, advertise it in all the right places. But it would just be me, sat behind a desk with the following dialogue: 'so you want to lose weight? move around more and put less food in your mouth' end of dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 An update on the heart - last night I was led in bed, just getting into Pulp Fiction when I got this rush of blood to the head followed by my heart racing, then slowing into a pounding kind of beat, I was led bracing myself for a heart attack or something, probably nothing like that was likely but it was a worry. Anyway, it all calmed down to normal and I managed to get a little bit of sleep. Today my heart has been alright but my chest feels a little strained. I'm going to go to the doctors tomorrow and see what they have to say. Hopefully it will be nothing. If the worst happens, I want you all to raffle off my 1995 Villa curtains. Definitely Doctor > VillaTalk. This once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Miranda hart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 No. She was designed to piss you off. Some people appear to be misunderstanding the point of this thread. That pisses me off, but if shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Max Beesley and his Job Site adverts. The guy is an absolute Wayne Kerr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2013 Definitely Doctor > VillaTalk. This once. Bof must be busy. Can't believe he hasn't been in to make his usual diagnosis of teh aids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'll weigh in with "people who really hate Miranda Hart". There are thousands of comedians/celebs more annoying than her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) But I don't feel anxious about anything... apart from my heart now, it's a vicious circle! You don't need to be stressed or anxious about anything to suffer the attacks. My Mom suffers from them and her life is a piece of piss! Easy stress free job and Dad pays all the bills / Mortgage etc. She doesn't really have any responsibility if that makes sense? Get yourself to the quacks Edited January 21, 2013 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Work Just can't get fully motivated this year. I generally like my job.. bar a few aspects (red tape) and for what I do, taking into account bonuses etc, I would class myself as reasonably well paid. I'm 33, live in a nice area, have multiple holidays a year and have enough saved away that I don't worry about losing my job Yet... I'm just pissed off and can't help thinking I want to throw it all away and travel the world doing **** all until its all gone. Am I on the verge of a mid-life crisis?! Edited January 21, 2013 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yes. Get your ears pierced tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 An update on the heart - last night I was led in bed, just getting into Pulp Fiction when I got this rush of blood to the head followed by my heart racing, then slowing into a pounding kind of beat, I was led bracing myself for a heart attack or something, probably nothing like that was likely but it was a worry. Anyway, it all calmed down to normal and I managed to get a little bit of sleep. Today my heart has been alright but my chest feels a little strained. I'm going to go to the doctors tomorrow and see what they have to say. Hopefully it will be nothing. If the worst happens, I want you all to raffle off my 1995 Villa curtains. Hello, I'm going to help you. Mainly because I know how scary it is when it starts. This may not be interesting for everyone else and is definitely OT, but I'm sure it will help you. About 10 years ago I started getting weird feelings about my heart and then would be aware of my pulse which would scare me and it then would go all over the place, heightening the anxiety and sending me into panic attacks. It happened more and more and I ended up in A&E one night because I thought I was dying and by the time I saw the triage nurse my pulse was crazily bouncing all over the place, stopping for a few seconds, then going mad. I spent the night on a hospital bed to get some sleep attached to an ECG while they took bloods. They found nothing wrong and sent me home the next morning. Still it carried on so I went to the docs and got a 24 hour ECG (holter monitor). Went back to get the results from the heart specialist "no problems, have a nice life" Again I calmed down for a bit then it started up again so I went back and got another 24 hour ECG as they were a bit more prevalent. This time I managed to press the button a few times just as I had a funny feeling and they saw it and it was "there were a few ectopic beats but nothing to worry about". So in the middle of all this I thought I might as well get fit to make my heart the best it can be. If anything the exercise made it worse because I trained enough to slow my heart rate down to about 45 BPM, so when I had skipped beats I was there waiting for about 2 seconds with nothing happening crapping myself that my heart had stopped and waiting for what seemed like an age for it to beat again. So, anyway, some answers. In the middle of all this I started chatting to a heart surgeon I know in passing. Tried not to pester him too much but got some really interesting info from him. Apparently the average person has a palpitation once an hour. Palpitations are generally PVCs, which are Premature Ventricular Contractions, AKA ectopic beats. The heart sometimes accidentally beats too quick for itself and beats when it's only half full of blood because of a bit of electrical discharge in the pacemaker cells. The weird feeling you get is from the lack of oxygen from the smaller volume of blood, and then waiting longer for the next in-time beat to happen as it corrects the rhythm. It's incredibly common, happens to almost everyone but most of the time people don't notice. It's caused by any combination of too much caffeine, too little caffeine, lack of sleep, adrenaline bleed off, stress, potassium or calcium deficiency, illness, alcohol, or nothing. First thing to do is get it checked out using an ECG, and preferably a 24 hour ECG. Any incorrect rhythm will be picked up on it, as well as almost any other heart problem and if that's OK you can pretty much say you're fine. Apparently because the heart is an internal organ and you can't directly feel pain from it, a heart attack is met with crippling pain in the centre of the chest and shoulders, it's nothing to do with arrythmia, as arrythmias are to do with the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, not the structure of the heart. For panic attacks the only thing you can do is find things to calm you down. Paper bags actually work really well. Try not to dwell on thinking you have problems, or you're different. Keep busy. Once you know your heart will race and it's just part of how you work and there's nothing wrong with you, you stare the beast down and it doesn't happen. It's self-fulfilling. Now I'm pretty much over all of it, I've done a fair bit of running and I'm fairly fit and I know my heart is fine, but I still get the odd thump in the chest, mainly when I'm resting, or when I'm playing football and I've stopped after running around for a while causing too much adrenaline. Shit happens, everyone has something, if this is my thing, I can live with it. Quote from the heart surgeon "people think the heart is like a metronome, it's not, it's speeding up and slowing down all the time, putting extra beats in, taking beats out". It's important to know that the heart wants to keep beating, it has many layers of failsafes that if one doesn't make the beat happen, the next one down does, and so on. Many people live their whole lives with their heart beating backwards and never know. Where the human body has evolved to have a backup organ of lots of things, we still have one heart because it does so well on its own. Hope this helps, feel free to ask if there's anything else I might be able to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 21, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2013 Posting in here as it seems the right place for it. My good mate passed away today at the tender age of 29. His loving new wife (they got married in a private ceremony before their "official ceremony" was planned a week Saturday) is distraught and I just don't know what to say. You may remember that I was worried what it would be like putting her up last year whilst he was in Hammersmith getting high-dose chemo. My worries were unfounded and I'm just happy to say that I could do what I could. "Things that piss you off that shouldn't" - that would be a brilliant 29 year old with his life ahead of him losing his battle to live. I'm really pissed off and I shouldn't be because I know it was inevitable. RIP Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sorry to hear that, was it cancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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