1- when i am in secondary scool i remember that i have palpitation in acertain positions like fear or time of exam and like that but i remember also i spend many hours in reading scool books or storeis books with out feeling of palpitation
2-in afirst class of college i see that when i try to sleep at noon or night ,i cant sleep comfortibly because palpitation,so i suffer till i can sleep,but i not worry about that because i suppose it is normal and temperory.
3-wearing of eye glasses and little allergy of eyes increase palpitation,and because i not wear eye glasses develop tension
and because collige of engineering is difficult and need hard study ,that cause my tension increase and palpitation increase.
4-in second class of college i get extra beat(extra systole)and at that time i am very afraid of it ,i cant continue my study but doctors ask me not to worry about it,the heart doctors ask me to go to therapist doctors,therapist give me ativan 1 mg 2 times/day
i control my self on ativan and continue my study
5-i graguated(finish) my college and then spend two years on military service,all this period i use ativan 1 mg two tablet per day
6-i finish my military service on 1979
7-during all this time i feel palpitation but i use ativan and continue my life with no comfort.
8-i work with agoverment company as acivil engineer and i have agood work in building structures.
9-i visist doctors all this time but each time they told me nothink i have,just little anxiety and if they give me any drug i see my self not good and i return to ativan
10-on 1980 iraq fight with iran for 8 years called(first gulf war)
during that period ,iraqi people feel tension because war and i can not decrease drug or leave it.
11- i contiue on ativan and some time increase dose to 3 mg or 4 mg depending on the state of our country in the war
12-in 1988 goverment send me in difficult gob in the war and i need to increase dos to 4 or 6 mg per day of ativan .
13-in 1988 gulf war ended ,but we cannot find ativan in market,so i try to change it to valium 5 mg two or three tablets per day because it is available at that time,
14-while using this drugs i feel palpitation only and i forget extra systole,it is not come.
15-in 1991 we have awar with kuwait which called(second gulf war)and during that time i still continue my work in goverment building company,but with 3 tablets of valium 5 mg per day and with palpitation and not cofort about my eye glasses because of tension.
16-on 1996 i decide to end my story of using valium or other tranqulizers and i leave my gob in goverment company to have relax in home.
17-during the period from 1975 till 1998 although I use ativan or valium,I not feel I am normal.
I always suffer from palpitation and short or shallow breathing.also I suffer from unstability and tension of my eye glasses,I am always feel irritate on my left ear at apposition of contact between left lever arm of eye glasses and my left ear.i change the frame of eye glasses each time and change lenses also,all heart or eye or therapist doctors told me that happinned to me because of tension,not because of eye glasses or heart or any other reasons.
18- at 1980 I travel to Bulgaria(sofia)as a tourest and I check my heart to see the causes of palpitation on heart center in sofia and the Bulgarian heart doctor make for me angiography
and I see my heart beating on screen tv.after check ,Bulgarian doctor told me that my heart is ok and no need for drug.
19-on 1982 I married and I have now 5 kids all of them with agood health.
20-i want to say about relation with my family is not always good.some times I have trouble with my wife from time to time and in many times we try to divorse or separation but because I under stand my case ,I always try to repair relation and keep my family together.
21-i am now with out drugs since 1998 but I feel palpitation and the extra beat(extra systole )come back to me.
22-about my eye glasses I try to solve my problem by my idea.to avoid contact between lever arm of eye glasses and my air ,I make aplastic thread around my head to hold eye glasses and make lever arms not touch my ears,I use this way in home only because I shame to use this plastic thread out side home.this way make me feel comfort in the home.
23-during the time I see that when I am out side home,I relief from feeling annoy from my eye glasses.now. I am now feel comfort with my eye glasses out side home and inside home.
24-i try now to find solution for my feeling of my heart beatings and my short or shallow breathing with out using drugs.
25-extra systole or extra beat come to my heart from time to time but I try to control it by my mind and try to not take care of it.
I see from my experiment,when I have alarge quantity of food I feel more palpitation,so I try to take alittle amount of food.also on vegitable food.
26-i try to practice deep breathing to avoid short breath or shallow breath.
27-for 5 months ago ,I return to my government company and I try to work all the time to forget palpitation.
28-i am still suffer from palpitation and short breathing and extra systole.
29- I have now agood family and I try to enjoy my life as I could and to work as I could and to find solution for my health problems as I could.
30- I am thankful for any person can help me through his experiment leads to relief from palpitation
31-my heart beatings rate about 65 beat/minute when I am sitting on pc and 76 beat/min when I am standing.
32-my weight =80 kg my length=184 cm
33- I hope I can get help solution during my tour on internet websites.
34-my case as I understand from 25 year experience and doctors meetings that I have (palpitation with out heart deseases and palpitation resulting from premature contraction)
abdelhadi hassan-iraq-
alkthare@yahoo
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i am chief civil engineer from iraq,i have good experience with palpitation and pvcs,i suffer since 1973,i hope my experience useful for others.