Hey Reddit!,

I’ve always had these “weird” feeling heartbeats that would often take my breathe away. I’ve been to doctors and cardiologists and they never happen (of course) when they do tests like EKGs and doctors always say I’m perfectly fine (even did a echocardiogram).

I finally was feeling them and I think I was able to capture it on my Apple Watch.

Is this what a PVC looks like? Again feel they uncomfortable and makes me short of breath when it happens.

I will definitely be showing it to my doctor as well.

  • kandaqBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Hope all goes well for you. I just wanna commend you for seeing the doctor first before coming here asking for medical advice.

  • nightswimsofficialBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I feel you! Did you have COVID? Could be POTS or it also could be tied to anxiety. Do you drink lots of coffee, take any stimulant medication, or have allergies? I ask because I’ve gone through the gammut trying to figure out the same issue and it takes forever to get anywhere.

  • piedeloupBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    PVCs are totally harmless and normal btw unless you are getting them thousands of times a day. I feel them occasionally too, I’ve had ECGs and an echocardiogram in the past and all was fine

  • MDK1980BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It’s probably an ectopic beat. Caught mine, too. I have an ILR above my heart to catch arrhythmias and when I had a “missed” beat I took an ECG on the watch, and phoned the cardiac nurse the next day. She confirmed the device had recorded it and that it was an ectopic/extra beat.

  • tim_AndromedaBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I was getting something similar but definitely different. Early beats. I was able to catch a few on my watch. I used to get them dozens of times a day. One cardiologist told me I need to be having these 10% of the time for it to be a concern. To this day I have no idea what was causing them, maybe stress, but I don’t think it was a very stressful time. I hardly, if ever, have them any more.