Anxiety and ectopics: The Missing Link 

You have changed my life. I spent 10 years with health anxiety and because of you my life is slowly changing more and more ❤🙏 your a gift from God. I love you.

I get flutters when im nervous due to anxiety, but listening to you and repeating the reassuring words you share, keeps me alive. Thank you so much Dr Sunjay.

You are from heaven!!! Thank you SO MUCH. As nice as it is to go to the doctor and hear "You're fine, go home", that doesn't make me feel much better when I'm lying in bed at night feeling PVCs and freaking out. Understanding WHY these are happening to me is such a powerful method of calming myself back down. I am one of the people who feel every PVC (which feels like a curse, my father in law has thousands a day and feels none!) and you have helped me to retrain my brain when they happen so I can say "Look, this is just your stomach acting up again, you know it is the vagus nerve connection", and I can settle myself back down much more quickly now. The truth shall set you free! God bless you! Much thanks from Missouri, USA.

You are one of my favorite people ever. Thank you for all of the time you take to study this issue. I am a grateful fan.

Dang it feels good to know that I’m not alone it this whole chest pain anxiety 😌

Whenever I get a skipped heartbeat, I become really anxious and the vicious circle of skipped heartbeats and anxiety starts. I try to think about different things just to take my mind off that but it rarely works. But since I have been going through your youtube videos, they sort of work for me just like a medicine and I am so thankful to you for that.Your explanations are so much reassuring. Thank You doc.Cheers

I know this is an older video but I want to say that you are truly a wonderful doctor! I am wondering if you’ve ever had ectopic beats because you seem to understand how disturbing they are and you care so much. Thank you!

You are genuinely the best Doctor out there! God Bless you!

This is exactly what's happening with me and my anxiety. I feel ever beat from the heart and pay extra attention to the rhythm and worry something can go wrong. On another note, I get extra paranoid about any sensations coming from the upper chest area. Regardless of what that sensation is or where it's coming from, as long as it's from the body area, it triggers my anxiety. And then it goes int a loop. Sensation-anxiety-more sensation-more anxiety. It sucks. Here's a question no one seems to know how to answer. Is it the sensations that cause the anxiety or is it the anxiety that came first and created the sensations? Which ever comes first, it's just a horrible feeling.

Thank you so much! I wish you were my doctor! You are so compassionate and obviously a kind and caring doctor!

This 75 year old retired RN loves you. I would really like it if you could bring in the role of the thyroid and also how fibromyalgia plays into this. I am certain they are all related. Thank you so much for what you're doing. You give me great hope for the medical profession.

What a gentleman. Thank you for taking your time to explain such a worrisome issue.

Humming has been the most effective for me; when it starts, humming shuts it down almost immediately.

Bless you Dr Gupta, you really are such a generous being and I don't know what we would do without kind sir. An excellent video and certainly makes a great deal of sense. Very many thanks indeed.

Even if this doesn’t work for me, I literally love you for trying to help us! Everything you said makes sense to me because I have experienced it before. You are a hero. ❤️

Thank you so much for another very helpful video.You lower our anxiety levels with your reassuring manner,and explain it all so well so we can understand what's happening to us.I am so grateful ! THANK YOU !!!

This was very interesting and completely makes sense!! Thank you so much. A brilliant video as always!

The most helpful segment on Anxiety induced ectopic beats I have found. I hope you somehow realise just how much you help people with these crippling concerns. Many thanks

It makes a lot of sense! Thank you again for going deeper in looking for causes and possible remedies that don't rely exclusively on pharmaceuticals. You are such a great role model for a real doctor!!! xx

Seriously, thank you. Wish all doctors would take the time to explain things like you !

Thank you for saying I’m part of your family. It is so kind of you and means a lot to me.

Why did it take months of searching to find this simple truthful direct explanation??? Good job doc! On all your angles and inputs that can help millions

I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head! Ectopics always appear when anxious. Belly breathing is key! You are the bomb! Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to help us navigate through this.

Thank you Dr. Gupta. I hope that you continue to make these wonderful videos. You have no idea how much you have helped me!

Thank you for taking an interest in helping those of us with benign ectopics. I want to encourage your direction and thought process on the hyperventilation. My ectopics kick up with anxiety for sure, but even just baseline anxiety of tightness in my chest and the difference in breathing that accompanies that. Well done. I will pick up a magnesium supplement. Thank you again.

Thank you for this information! I’ve spent so much money on tests trying to figure this out and your explanation and solution is simple and inexpensive

You’re so lovely....Haven’t had a problem with ectopic heartbeats since I started watching your videos which are incredibly reassuring. Magnesium and potassium did the trick for me THANK YOU! 🥰

Your a god send. How many consultants give up their time to give answers to people who are suffering. Thank you

You videos are great medicine for people who are anxious about their heart health. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this. This really helps a lot of us who suffer from PVCs.

You're such a wonderful person for doing these videos, thank you ❤

Your channel and videos are so helpful to so many people. Thank you.

Thank you for giving me a piece of mind. i just sat and watched 3 of your videos and did the breathing technique you explained in one of your videos and it actually relived me some. It made me feel even better hearing it from someone who specializes in the heart. i use my apple watch for my ECGs daily and o2 just for a piece of mind. I can not thank you ENOUGH. it's such a scary feeling but to hear that they are not dangerous and just really uncomfortable, it put my mind at ease. I have terrible healthy anxiety. i'm a very anxious person and anxiety takes over my quality of life.

Thank you for this information, Your personal consultation was worth every Penny.. Thank you again

first at all thank you so much. you have helped a lot of people like me who suffer from ectopic and we know how horrible it feels. I have had them since little girl and everybody said I was "nervous" well who isn't in this cray cray society. but I was convinced for my entire life I was either totally nuts or I had a horrible disease nobody knew about 😨

Thank you so much for this video im close to tears writing this ive been struggling for weeks with constant eptopics and even though ive been briefly told by the doctor that they are not harmful, to hear it in this depth is so much more positive for me. I have subscribed and will be trying the breathing and magnesium as you have recommended. Many thanks

Thanks a million for all your videos, so helpful. You are the best and we all appreciate you.

thank you so much York cardiologist, you made me feel a lot better

Dr Sanjay you are amazing!, I have been suffering with severe PVCs and PACs since developing unprovoked PEs 3 months ago. (Yes I have been told they won’t kill me etc) i came across your videos and I have been watching them for the past three days. I have started taking magnesium, doing the breathing exercises etc and I have to tell you I have more than 50% improved, and finally today had 12 hours of some form of normality!, Thank you SO much, I cannot praise you enough, please keep up your amazing work and helping people like me. ps I’m in Australia, otherwise I’d be making an appointment with you lol.

Thank you again Dr. Gupta for doing these videos! You are truly a wonderful doctor, and you have once again helped me to better understand my condition. I will now start working on my breathing. I sometimes even think I tend to hold my breath, which may also be a factor. My sincere appreciation goes out to you for making these videos.

I don't understand that when I'm feeling quite relaxed I get a horrific jolt from my heart out of nowhere then I get a few gentler ones in my throat afterwards. I can go a good few weeks without anything, then BAM I get one and I'm full of fear and anxiety. So many years and I've really had enough

Thx you for all you share to educate us, I am so appreciative and your reassurance is a blessings. ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Love your channel Sharing this on Facebook hoping you get lots more subscribers, asking friends to share! Definitely could save lives and take away so much stress in post- heart patients. Thx you

Thankyou so much for this video. This is an eye opener.

YOU ARE AMAZING!!! I wish I would have discovered you awhile back!!

It answers lot of my questions. Thanks a million

I'm so frustrated and sad. I tried to nap, but kept feeling this anxious jitter feeling in my chest. The moment I start to fall asleep it happens. Like an electric jitter of anxiety. I'm so done with pvcs and anxiety affecting my life.

Thanks Dr. Sanjay. You are God sent.

Thank you so much for these videos. It drastically effects my quality of life. It also effects my family. You have been so informative and helpful for me. Who would think that i would get more help and information from RU-vid than from my own doctor lol

Thank you so much doc I really appreciate you doing these videos.

I love how this doctor clearly explains everything about heart conditions. He speaks calmly and re assuring. It's so helpful for us who have heart conditions and trying to battle each and every struggles. THANK YOU DR. GUPTA!! 😘🙏

This helped me so much Doc... Had immediate improvement with the breathing technique... appreciate the advice

Nothing has helped me more than learning to take slow (not too deep) breaths, and learning to completely relax when exhaling. There's a real reaction from the parasympathetic nervous system when your breathing is relaxed which helped me a lot. If I don't make the effort to relax my breathing like this, I feel my pulse MUCH more, alcohol has a MUCH more negative impact on my rhythm, I feel palpitations much more often and my sleep suffers a lot. Trust me guys, make the effort, its worth it. There's way too much bad advice or incomplete advice out there in regards to breathing exercises. The missing piece is that they never talk about how to "relax your breathing" when you're generally an anxious person. In my case, I tend to carry tension in my lower abdomen, lower back and glutes. Having tensions in these areas makes it IMPOSSIBLE to actually have a relaxed, slow breath, and also a relaxing slow exhalation. Pay attention to where you carry your tension, learn what it feels like to completely relax those areas of your body, then practice keeping those muscles relaxed ALL THE TIME. I've always been very consistent with working out, but have had a small gut as a lot of others do, which led me to subconsciously keep my abs a little tight as not to show that. This is a really bad habit and must be broken first-thing if you're going to even begin to try and keep your breaths natural. When breathing in, imagine the breath filling your abdomen all the way to the bottom (above your groin). Imagine your rib cage expanding in the back, a full 360 degree expansion, but not too sudden, slowly and light. This will make sure your diaphragm can expand as its more of a mental exercise to help you relax. If you cannot easily and slowly breath this way, read above and narrow down exactly which muscles are tense and keeping you from controlling your breaths. When exhaling, don't push the air out, but rather COMPLETELY relax your muscles and let your diaphragm contract on its own. This empties the lungs slowly ands allows the bohr effect to take place and rebalance your carbon/oxygen levels. This comment has gotten kinda long, but if you're going to take anything away from it, really make the effort to understand your muscular tensions. Most of us here are generally anxious to some extent and most likely carry these tensions. Understand them, learn how to relax them and then be absolutely mental about erasing them. You have to constantly be aware of them until they are no longer habits. Habits are hard to break, but not impossible, put the work in and you'll thank yourself later. Another thing I've learned is from studying some of the Buteyko breathing techniques is how important it is to breath in slowly via the nose. Breathing through the mouth is usually faster and leads to chronic hyperventilation, but another little nugget of info is the fact that your nasal passages produce nitric oxide, which is a vasodilator that can help reduce your blood pressure and heart beat just in itself. If you have trouble breathing through your nose because of trauma, or stuffed up from allergies etc, deal with this as soon as possible as it will really help with your quality of life. Consider a neti-pot which might open up your nasal passages and keep them clean and allergen free for a little while. I'm not a doctor, I'm a programmer, so don't take any of this as any kind of medical advice. I'm just a overly analytical person who has spent a lot of time trying to understand why I feel the way I do, and keep a mental journal of how things make me feel and what works/doesn't.

Thank you so much. My PVCs are absolutely out of control at the moment. And yes, they make me anxious and a little afraid to do all of my normal activities. And no doctor has ever given me anything like the information you have in your videos. I am going to try the magnesium, the breathing and I am also trying to give up artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame as I have a lot of sugar free gum. Any opinion at all of these substances? Again, thanks so much for the invaluable information from such an authoritative source!

Thank you sooo much for your information..it has really calmed me down..many PAC and PVC..but understand better to handle it HUGS to you

Outstanding THANK YOU!

it is not only the hyperventilation. I believe it has something to do with oxygen level. some people get PVCs when they shallow breathe, or have a stuffy nose, or full stomach. So it is like the heart is asking for more oxygen and it starts to tell us.

Thanks for this vital information.

Love your videos. Other Doctors and Cardiologists could learn a lot from You.

Thank you so much for this helpful information- explains a lot!

Sanjay, I hope you'll forgive me for focusing on your beauty. This does not take away from the awe and respect I have for your vast knowledge and communication skills. And gratitude that you share them with us for free! What a genius idea - to be able to talk to so many who crave this info. Thank you! The gift is ours. comfort and stress reliever

Thank you. So helpful. So appreciated.

Thank you so much Doc. Continue doing these videos because you help so many of us and reassuring us about heart issues and other health issues.

Thank you so much for your videos. They are most helpful in helping those of us that have benign PVCs etc. I so appreciate your expertise and your calming manner. I live in Canada and can only connect with my GP by phone because our province is in an Emergency lockdown now for a month due to the pandemic. Thanks again Dr. Gupta for sharing such valuable information!

Great video! So in exercise when your most likely breathing harder and faster than normal, you are probably depleting your magnesium levels at least temporarily and consequently experiencing ectopic heartbeats at a greater frequency. You are a fantastic doctor and a most caring individual, God bless.

You are a great Dr I pray that you get eternal strength and courage to help the people thank you very much

The breathing tip worked. I was getting so many ectopics tonight and I was going into another panic... and now I haven't had one in nearly 15 minutes. I can finally sleep. Thank you :')

Thank you so much, your information helps to calm me down!

Wonderful doctor so wise and helpful.

Thank you so much. Your videos are so helpful.

thank you dr.sanjay..u are a saviour and into the right profession..may all docs become like you..and pls do some research on vagal tone as how a lay man should know if his vagal tone is higher or lower and what needs to be done accordingly..i have asked u this in your last video as well..thx nyways it is always nice to see your videos..

Watched this again tonite..

amazing information! thank you

Thanks a lot sir. Hats off to u. I have cleared lots of doubts with your videos 🙏🙏🙏

I have health anxiety and more specifically cardiophobia, I’ve become very inactive because of a couple of chronic health issues but ultimately it’s the fear of a cardiac event. At 32 it doesn’t make me feel very good that I’m trapped by this fear, I’m considering private cardiology tests because I can’t seem to trust my previous tests and various doctors and nurses. I ask for further testing but my requests are denied which just feeds the fear. This video is helpful at least in the short term while my anxiety is in rational resting mode. I would have to save to be able to afford a consultation but these videos will hopefully help

thank you thank you!!!!! Dr. sanjay it was most interesting and help full. lust of luck!☺😊

Great information!

Thank you for researching and explaining. It’s 3am and I’m up from my anxiety and racing heart while lying in bed. I just don’t understand why my heart races as soon as I’m trying to go to sleep. I’m aware of every sensation and it can be scary, I pray all this Subside soon this has been going on for 5 months. I changed my diet more water, I’m starting cardio and magnesium like you said. I come to your page for re assurance and support. Again thank you I pray things go back to normal for me.

Your a very helpful channel, thank you

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

thanks for this reassuring info. you are a great doctor. who cares about its patients..th@nks again

Really interesting thank you. Had a few ectopis recently, and by coincidence, I was trying out the Wim Hof breathing techniques in the morning which basically cause hyperventilation for 15 minutes. Never thought they could be linked! ...food for thought.

thanks Gupta. u said it is not dangerous. that has given me a boost. thanks a lot

Yes I have so much respect for you for doing this thank you so much

This doctor seems like he would make such a great friend. However, I would constantly bother him with questions!😂

Very useful! Thank you 🙏🏻

Excellent & helpful

This is great! Thank you!

Always looking to our kind doctor wishing us well. ,and thank you.

I really enjoyed this video and found it tremendously helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping all of us with these palps!! Also, I would recommend getting more active on instagram to grow your channel. Instagram (for me at least) seems to be the way to go! ~~Mary :)

Thank you so very much for the information you give us. I suffer with uncontrolled epilepsy and I had a missed beat now and then and was told that it was not dangerous and that drinking too much coffee can course it. I now no longer drink coffee and the missed beat has gone. I do know that because of my epilepsy my anxiety was very high at times, after having a few years of counciling my anxiety is more in control.

I wish I lived in the UK so I could visit you. I want a cardiologist that seems to care. Just the fact that you take time out of your schedule to do these videos means a lot. I have ectopic beats along with my POTS but I just hate they way they feel and can't become unafraid. My cardiologist always just says "they're just annoying" . Not very helpful for me.

excellent work , thank you very much again for your work, if you would like more subscribers just keep doing what you are doing because your doing very well, i believe that you will get there

You are a wonderful doctor may God bless you 🙏

Love your positive vibes❤.

Thank you for this!

I ❤this doc ..he is so accurate ..may god bless u for being there

Thank you!!!! Living in Michigan has been a very anxiety filled year with all the covid restrictions.I have had heart palpitations and the thought of going to a doctor causes anxiety in itself. Your information and presentation calms my current anxiety and I will watch all your priceless videos.

Thanks a lot. It’s weird, for 18 years of my life I’d never been conscious of my heart, not one bit, never felt it beat not even during strenuous exercise and anxiety. Then one palpitations episode later and for the last 7 months I’ve felt every heartbeat and I am perpetually aware of my heart beating and skipping beats. I do hope that all this is just me being overly conscious about my heart and I’m all good in the hood.

Such good common-sense advice. I listen and listen and listen.