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Hello I am 34 yr old women so I recently started getting chest pain and also rapid heart beat while I am asleep goes up to 100-146 and wakes me up I started feeling like this the night after I got a steroid shot and a breathing treatment I started getting anxiety and my life went downhill…I’ve been to the ER twice this week had 2 EKG at the hospital, blood work, urine work and told me everything was fine I did have some irregular heartbeats but said it was nothing major just to follow up with my cardiologist so I did they did another EKG and she said I have some arrhythmia but it was benign nothing major but she did want to test me some more so she gave me a 24hr heart monitor but I have to wait for my results for one more week but I am panicking and I feel like I might not wake up I am so scared they did give me some antidepressants to help me sleep but I still wake up feeling jittery and anxious please help

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do not go to these small hospitals not known for arrthymias but to a well known hospital that deals with arrthymias and be sure the person you see has the credentials and experience to diagnosis it. go to your primary and ask for a reference to see an electrophysiologist that specializes in this i have this thats how i know

These things are slow to develop, angieb16. They sneak up on you and clobber you, but they aren't likely to be dangerous, not yet. You are doing the right things, and so are your medical care givers. They need to consider ways to see exactly what is going on, so wearing a Holter monitor for a full day is likely to show when you have the palpitations. It might interest you to know that palpitations are what YOU feel, not what the EKG shows. The real nature of the arrhythmia, if that is what is going on, will be revealed in time. Meanwhile, a visit to a good cardiologist should have you on an anti-coagulant like apixaban (Eliquis) at the very least, and maybe on a low dose of metoprolol if the heart rate is too high much of the time. Again, see a cardiologist ASAP. Also, if there is an arrhythmia, say it turns out to be atrial flutter or fibrillation, those can often be mechanically fixed by an electrophysiologist. They're heart electricians, but with really nice cars. Also, if you have a fairly high 'burden' of ectopic beats (extra or premature beats), you may have to also take an initially low dose of anti-arrhythmic drugs like flecainide, sotolol, diltiazem, propafenone, and so on. Many of us are still alive years after developing an arrhythmia. Just get the rate and rhythm under control as much as you and a cardiologist, or an electrophysiologist, can. You'll feel better and sleep better, and soon you'll come to accept your new condition. Happens to the best of us.