Hello my husband has all the same symptoms as well but he doesn't smoke or do anything to cause these so called panick attacks. They started when he was 22 and they started to happen when he was laying in bed and not doing anything. Sometimes he would wake me in the middle of the night because these attacks would happen when he was sleeping and his heart would be racing like he was running for a long period of time. Now hes 26 and he still wakes up with these attacks in the middle of the night. It sometimes is triggerd by him eating bad foods or drinking caffine. When he works out and stays really healthy for a while or has less stress in his life they seem to go away for a month or so. But sometimes they happen everyday it seems to be getting worse for him now the heart thumping gets harder and feels like it's hard for him to breath. We have went to the emergency room and cardiogist also a stress test and they say all the same thing that it is panic attacks. I would like to know how can it be a panic attack if he is not thinking about anything bad or good. His heart seems to want to be give out on him. I don't know what to do this happens to him daily please i would like for someone to help us. Because it's really scarry I don't want something to happen to him?? I keep looking online to see what other people with these symptoms are diagnosed with. Because It could be something really rare....... If you know anything that can help him please................................brittanylvasquez@hotmail.com
Hello, I'm 21 and have basically the same symptoms as your boyfriend. I've been told I have Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia, which is apparently common in young people who are otherwise healthy. I've been subject to many EKGs that turned out normal as well and thus have had a lot of doctors ignore my concerns until I showed up in the ER recently. My suggestion is for your boyfriend to cut out all caffeine (even some over-the-counter medications that contain caffeine) and IMMEDIATELY make an appointment with a cardiologist who can put your boyfriend on a home heart monitor (usually for a month). That way even if his EKGs are normal at the time, the monitor will be able to catch any arrhythmic patterns. P.A.T. can usually be maintained with a strict diet (no caffeine, no smoking, iron supplements for anemia, light excercise, no artifical sweetners) but there is also surgery availiable if your doctor determines your case is severe enough.