Heart flutters

**GTI** · 13th March 2008

Over the last week or so I've been having episodes of attrial flutter (arrhythmia). I know enough to know that its not life threatening (although I've got a doctor's appointment next week) it is still disconcerting when i get them.

Has anyone else suffered from these episodes. I'm only 31, pretty fit and I don't drink excessive amounts of caffeine or any other stimulants.

**funkyg** · 14th March 2008

Maybe you're in love?

**Eddie101** · 14th March 2008

Yeah i get arrhythmia ,it can be caused by stress ,caffiene ,smoking ,stomach ulcers ,acid reflux ,gall stones and a whole lot more .Worst ones i had was three days solid every third beat was skipped causing my heart to go from 140+ bpm to under 40 bpmevery few beats ,best bet with them is to try and concentrate on your breathing (imagine you are rolling a pea in each hand between your finger and thumb ,bit like meditating ,and count how many times you do a complete circle with your thumb to a complete breath ) ,thing that works for me is avoiding heavy meals ,alchohol and caffiene ,but i still get bouts of them from time to time .

**crazyadi** · 31st March 2008

how do you know its AF Gti?
your right though if it is AFlutter then in all honesty its not something that most people dont experience at some time or another and as long as its self terminating then great.
what did the doctor say when you went to see him?

crazy

**GTI** · 31st March 2008

He basically put it down to stress, diet etc.. I tried to get a referral to a cardiologist but he was having none of it. In all honesty the incidents have become further apart so I think stress may have been a contributing factor e.g new job, new country etc.

Anyway, thanks for caring guys

**DJAd** · 31st March 2008

Pull a few bongs mate, that should get the old dickey ticker back running like a dream.

**Freddy** · 31st March 2008

Sorry to hear this. Life threatening or not, it must be really scary :/

**crazyadi** · 31st March 2008

it can be very freaky, freddy
its kind of like er its supposed to go lub dub, lub dub, lub dub!! its kind of WTF when it forgets what its supposed to do!! lol

GTi....glad it is settling....dont want to be a doom merchant but now you have had them you may find you are prone to them when stressed and stuff in the future, but as you are aware they are generally of little consequence.

crazy