The greatest gift any medical professional gave me in dealing with physical responses to emotional triggers was this: I was actually having an adrenal crisis, I was in the back of an ambulance 40 minutes from the nearest hospital, my heart was racing, BP screaming, rapid breathing and the paramedic looked me dead in the eye and as confidently and reassuringly as could ever be heard, she placed her hand on my chest and said, "If you can breath you can live." And it was as if her words went right through her hand into my chest and touched my lungs and I breathed, for 30 long minutes all I thought about and did was breath... That was 2012 Those words and her touch of confidence are written on my soul today and have saved my life many times since then... Remember, Jesus said, "I am the breath of life", I fully believe the Holy Spirit worked through that young woman that day and I pray God blesses her with the gift of healing all the days of her life. Amen

You could talk about the wind and I would click. 👍🏻👍🏻

I am a Stage IV Cancer patient and a massive heart attack survivor, and I can tell you, every little pain causes anxiety. It is a constant battle, not letting anxiety get the best of you. Unfortunately, living in America, Cardiac Anxiety is an incredibly expensive condition . My last bill was $39,000. I am told not to ignore my chest pain, yet, the bills can't keep coming in. This has been a very interesting video. Thank you for your years of service to those of us, who are following you.

The “cure” that worked for me and stopped me from taking my pulse umpteen times a day and waking up with panic attacks, was another health “scare” that appeared on my horizon which was potentially far more life-threatening. This time the anxiety was perfectly legitimate. I then forgot all about my cardiac anxiety and, strangely, the fear facing a real health danger was of another nature than the hysteria and panic attacks caused by palpitations. There was a certain fatalism, acceptance and generally a more philosophical stance. Ultimately, the real scare turned out to be unfounded when results cleared the issue. At that point, I was so exhausted and fed up with health anxiety that I decided not to spoil my life any further. I decided not to worry about the inevitable: Death - the one certainty in life - and to enjoy every minute I felt well and healthy. Thank you and your guest for your insightful and much-needed presentation.

He's the doctor we all want! Ladies especially...and I'm 74! Seriously he has a lovely attitude whilst imparting important information. God bless you doctor.

Hormone fluctuations in perimenopause causes a lot of anxiety, palpitations, panic attacks.

how could we not be interested? you are the most innocent heart, knowledgeable, and kind.. blessings

I am sooooo glad your talking about this . I have had AFIB for about 13 years. And AFIB and anxiety are partners in crime. I’ve had 4 ablations over the years and can completely relate to this video. I even understand why and how it happens. But it is still hard to control. But I am starting to conquer it. 🙂. In no way is it easy. So far I put my phone away. Far to easy to getting obsessed with looking things up. And that just creates more anxiety. Once in a while something will make you feel comfortable. ( like your videos ). I stop checking my heart rate 20 times a day. Stop taking my blood pressure every day . And I don’t want a Fitbit because I would end up getting obsessed with it as well I try not to think about it. I remind myself that everyone gets a missed beat or an extra beat. And it is normal. Once in awhile. But don’t ignore what your doctor has to say. I am in great shape for 56 years old. Nothing wrong. Had a very successful ablation last time. And I have no other health issues. But still have to fight off that damn health / cardiac anxiety. But Iam learning. 👍. Believe you’re healthy. Don’t Google everything that comes across your mind and try to keep your mind busy on other things. Overthinking can be a bad thing. Meditation works very good as well when done right. Keeps you from thinking about yesterday or tomorrow. It’s bad enough thinking negatively from within yourself and all the negative stuff that’s going on out in the world . it creates a lot of stress .. stress can create heart, arrhythmias, and other health issues. And there is so much fear being sold to us on the Internet, the television it’s hard to stay stress-free. And those kind of things can definitely cause cardiac and health anxiety. Sorry. Talk to much. Lol. Got excited about this video. I only got halfway through it and wrote this comment. Lol. I will now finish listen. 👍. You got some really great videos. I’ve watched for years now. 🙂. Thanks you for that. A quick quote I heard many years ago …. the body is always listening to what the mind is thinking … and it makes so much sense.

I discovered I has sick sinus syndrome seven years ago and soon after, was implanted with a pacemaker at 49. The amount of health/cardiac anxiety that followed for the next five+ years was just as bad as the arrhythmia. Everything changes. Weird beats, PVCs, PACs, generally feeling …different. Nobody tells you any of this and cardiac anxiety isn’t talked about enough. Thank you for doing this.

Thank you for this video. I think Cardiac Anxiety is very real. I have been experiencing it for many years. I've had two cardio versions, an ablation and an angiogram. I've seen cardiologists, electrophysiologists, pulmonologists and continue to have many tests and new meds. I get so frustrated that I could break down in tears. No social life and no friends anymore. Family is tired of hearing about it. I can relate to everything you gentlemen are saying.

So. I complained to my doctor for YEARS about waking up with a weird flutter8ng in my chest and a feeling of panic. Finally one day..I had a heart attack. But then they decided it wasn’t a heart. But they did send me for a nuclear perfusion stress test, about 25 days later. That test confirmed that the anterior hesrt was not getting blood flow. So I was now waiting for an angiogram. I had another heart attack, called the ambulance. Finally I was sent light and siren to another hospital for Angiogram. Where they discovered my LAD was completely blocked AND calcified. I was alive because of the collateral vessels my heart had made as my LAD slowly blocked and calcified had an emergency bypass surgery. Open heart. Later I was questioned over and over by different doctors as to why I had ignored my symptoms saying I had to have had some severe symptoms for quite some time. They even sent in a psychiatrist to see what was wrong with me that I didn’t seek help. Well I had sought help. Every time I saw my family doctor which was every month for medication refill…I would say the same thing. But I was just treated like I was someone who was a hypochondriac.. So. Yah my trust for Doctors is apparently not any more than their trust in me. I should have died…or certainly could have. By the grace of god I’m alive. And very little to do with the doctor who ignored me for years. The surgeon said that had to have been building for at least ten years. I’d mean mentioning it for at least five years. I actually had to beg to even have my blood pressure taken finally. My vision was becoming suddenly blurry at times, I told my doctor..but I was ignored.until finally I did my own research and asked my doctor to take my blood pressure. He did. It was very high. He said it was no worry it was simply because of White Coat syndrome like a hypochondriac

Yes, you are right Doctor, we fall into a mental trap. Hearing news about people collapsing and dying will only increase the rate of anxiety related to cardiac symptoms.

Nice to see you back.

Your willingness to teach about what my cardiac symptoms are means the world to me. Im reassured, Im educated, Im confident to move forward. I am ever grateful for your kindness.

You’re just a great person. There’s no two ways about it, a person who has dedicated a large portion of his life towards saving life’s and helping people with anxiety. Just a wonderful human being.

God bless you both for talking about this issues that many people suffer in silence with. I have dealt with this problem since a teenager. 59 years old today, and it's still a struggle 😢

I wish all doctors had just a small percentage of your caring. Thank you for all you do to keep us informed.

I have struggled with this for years! Thank you so much. In fact, I emailed Dr Gupta many years ago... A man as busy and well educated as him... he replied within hours to give me advice. How cool is that. Thank you for all your advice and videos. You are making a real difference in peoples lives.

From PTSD to Cardiac Anixety, described my situation perfectly. Outstanding video👍

Hi I'm 53 year old always been physically active and still workout 5 times a week, and I've suffered for year's with this Anxiety and watching this is very comforting that their's lots of people who suffer as you will find most people think they're on there own...

"Cardiac Anxiety" pretty much describes my entire life, especially when I was a young adult. I've always had pulsatile tinnitus (ear problems, also turns out there's a tumor there now, but I hear the wooshing of my blood flow, my brain interprets it as my heartbeat, constantly). This constant awareness of my heartbeat has at times caused utterly debilitating anxiety, especially during times when the pulse goes away and I can't hear it anymore - that will pretty much send me into a full blown panic because my mind thinks my heart has just stopped. The adrenaline will get my blood pressure high enough that I hear the pulse again - then I settle down and the cycle would just repeat. I've gotten much better at accepting it now into my adulthood but it can still happen, and in my teenage and early 20s it was so bad I couldn't even leave my home. I've seen a cardiologist, had an echo and an EKG, a 48 hour monitor, all the works. They all think there's nothing really wrong with me, heart looks good and beats strong, so I have to just try and tell myself not to worry about it. But I wish I knew any kind of truly effective therapy other than "just become numb to it". Because at this point, curing the tinnitus I feel like it would only send me into a constant state of panic. If you took the time to read this, thank you

I live with cardiac anxiety/phobia/fear, and get panicky when my heart rate is high, even when there’s a good reason for it to be. I can get quite obsessed with my pulse and checking if it’s normal or fast. The rational side of my mind is convinced there’s nothing wrong with me, and this was confirmed by a Holter monitor test. I have a structurally-normally heart with a resting HR of 65. I am overall very healthy; don’t smoke, some drink and have a good diet. I had an episode of costochondritis a few years ago which didn’t get diagnosed or resolved for a long time, and this had me convinced it was a heart issue. The cardiac phobia emanated from that time and still exists. Over the years of cardiac hyper-awareness I started to noticed skipped heartbeats, I probably would never have known about them to this day had I not become so fearful and conscious of my own heart. Again, my rational mind is sure they are normal and benign, but the irrational mind causes me to panic whenever they occur. One comforting thing is that I noticed a pattern to the irregular heartbeats. They almost exclusively occur some time after large meals, and are ALWAYS followed by a burp, usually within a few minutes. They are due to gas in the stomach passing through the oesophageal sphincter into the oesophagus, interfering with the vagus nerve in the process. I suspect the heavy use of Ibuprofen during my costochondritis played a part. Perhaps my LES is also a bit weak (magnesium supplements helped reduce the symptoms a lot, for some reason), or I have a slight hiatal hernia, but I am unsure. I am almost completely convinced of this vagus nerve theory, although I haven’t consulted anyone about it. Knowing that, I can adapt my eating habits accordingly, and avoid foods which ferment in the stomach, eating slowly, and not overeating. When I do this, my symptoms are much more manageable. I suspect these irregular heartbeats are actually very common, but most people don’t know they have them because they are not hyper-aware of their heart. The video on this channel about ‘looking out for snakes’ helped me a lot, amongst many others.

You are a blessing to humanity. Thank you! ❤

@yorkcardiology Hiya Dr. Gupta, I’m 20 years old and I had 2 ablations for SVT when I was 18. Even though SVT is harmless and I was fixed, I developed SEVERE cardiac anxiety and started having NSVT / PVCs and wore 3 holter monitors, and my cardiologist kept reassuring me that my SVT was gone and my heart is simply reacting to the medical trauma I went through as a teenager. Because SVT is so scary (my heart was 270). Thie video brought tears to my eyes because I keep trying to seek reassurance / comfort from my doctors instead of moving on and living my life. I feared death 24/7 until I realised that I’m only 20, and what happened to me didn’t make me weaker, it made me stronger and more in tune with my body and my health. Thank you so so much! God bless

There’s something very calming about your demeanor. It gives me hope watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with all of us.

You have helped me so much Dr. Gupta! You have no idea!!!

You are amazing! Every doctor should be just as sympathetic as you are....God bless you Dr Gupta! Thank you for all you share freely ❤️

Great to see you Doc, we appreciate your advice more than you know.

Heart health anxiety became a “thing” in my life after finding my father deceased from a heart attack. This was compounded by my obesity and ectopic beats which my GP told me were normal? Even after 24 hour monitors I wasn’t convinced culminating in a 999 call and a huge panic attack response. Today I can control the anxiety strangely by exercising which helps convince me that if I had a problem with my heart I’d have surfaced it by now by raising my HR through exercise. Your video illustrating the differences in rhythms really helped me so thank you both Oh and I now take Magnesium Taurate which I’m pretty sure has helped me.

I am so glad this is really being talked about now. I had a massive heart attack at 39 with small children. I was considered healthy. I was told it was caused by sudden cardiac dissection. I was told my heart stopped 3 different times over 24 hours. This sent me down a path of major cardiac anxiety. Every pain, every time my heart would randomly race etc etc. the anxiety would increase, and all the symptoms would get worse. I would think I was having another heart attack, causing many trips to the er and many test and many high medical bills. It took about 5 years before I somewhat felt myself again.recovery took alot longer than I expected. I wish this was talked about more then from my doctors. It has been 7 years post heart attack and I have spoken about it to other I have know who had heart attacks. Thank you. ❤

Your advice is vital to us. Never forget that - we appreciate you.

Thank you for the service you are offering us all

Hello Dr. Gupta! So good to see you! You always help us every time you share your heart!

What really increases anxiety is all the stories, which I hear on a regular basis, that a doctor told someone "it's just anxiety" while refusing to do appropriate tests, and then within a few months the person learns that they have a quite significant medical illness. I have learned a good response to the doctor: "I want you to put in my medical record that you have told me that this is just anxiety and that you are refusing to do appropriate medical tests." And then you make sure they put it in the records and if they don't you file a complaint. But usually at that point they will agree to running tests. Unquestionably, anxiety will make cardiological problems worse.

It has raised my blood pressure to where i have to take meds that make me tired and upset my stomach, which causes me more anxiety.

Such a breath of fresh air to hear you basically saying that many health professionals need to think outside the box! One size fits all is the biggest hurdle holding back progress in the NHS!

Thank you so much for posting this. Having listened to you both I believe that I’ve suffered cardiac anxiety. Three years ago I suffered chest pains, I went to hospital A&E three times and was told all looked fine..I didn’t feel it was though. I was 50, ate healthily, maintained a good weight and worked out regularly so I couldn’t understand it. My Dad died of a heart attack at 62 so that was in my mind and strangely a colleague of my age died suddenly of a heart attack around this time. I started to google heart issues and as you pointed out it actually made the symptoms worse. You made a very pertinent point about internet algorithms, I was bombarded by heart related issues on social media and this set me in a downward spiral. Eventually last year I was referred to a cardiologist and given an angiogram which looked ok. It was at that point I told myself that it was all in my head and have done things like mindfulness which has helped massively. Since the angiogram and a change in my mental approach I have not suffered any of the symptoms I had. Thank you both so much for putting this out there it’s vital that this is discussed amongst health professionals

Thankyou 🐝🌻🦋 when I was a 5 yr old I would watch my mother take multiple medications daily for high blood pressure. I always worried that I’d come home from school and she would have died from her high blood pressure and I’d be left without her. I lived in the country and holidayed with my friend in the city but have been told that I always asked when I arrived ‘Is there a hospital near here’ 🥺🥺 I am a person who now has SVT and have always had palpitations and some anxiety. I’m so GRATEFUL for your talk today- it makes sense to me 💛😊

Man! Just 12 minutes into this video and this is god's work being done by both Dr. Gupta and Dr. Beadman. What was being described was me to a bloody T. One incident happened year ago because of a stupid nurse and its all gone downhill from there because my brain has been marinating in checking my pulse rate, my BP and thinking that docs missed something and this and that...the quality of my life has gone do downhill. ANd I hope to discover some good nuggets from the rest of this video. But suffice to say THANK YOU for bringing this to light that me and thousands of folks like me aren't fools and aren't living in isolated experience. That there are many like us who are experiencing this nightmare and wantt to find a solution to this cardiac anxiety.

I was suffering from palpitations for a few years and my heart anxiety was through the roof, I watched all your videos which were amazing in helping with the anxiety, I found on KZfaq a guy who saved me and CURED my palpitations his name is Patrick Mckeown of the Oxygen Advantage and the art of slow breathing, since doing this I have been palpitation free for nearly 12 months 🙏 thank you for all you do for us heart anxious people ❤

Dr Sanjay is very smart to identify heart anxiety and share this video content. This is what many people are experiencing!!

Wow! This is interesting, I am very anxious always rushing for no reason. It’s hard to stop , palpitations make it difficult. I have been living with this since my mom died when I was 27, had all the tests possible, benign . Now at 69 I manage these better less afraid but when I worry they come back. All you both say is so true. Why am I such an overly anxious sensitive nut job. Great video, thanks gentlemen ❤

How nice that you stated to listen very carefully. I wish my cardiologist would have 2 weeks ago. I was told it was all anxiety. I’m still not better.

During my 40s experienced a whole host of arrhythmias which manifested in anxiety and physiological issues.As a competitive cyclists and keen runner a fib was a worry.I had extensive cardiac tests after doing a stress test a cardiac event was recorded.Following this I lost my confidence and stopped training for four years putting on 2 stone.My wife getting pissed off with my mopping about told me to see my cardiologist who referred me to clinical physicologist.He looked at my lifestyle prior to my cardiac issues, shift work ,caring for disabled son and high volumes of training I had no down time so was basically running on cortisol and adrenaline. I'm now 60 retired for 4 years doing around 8 000 miles a year cycling no issues at all even when pushing the envelope of effort.life style has a huge effect on cardiac health, we live in stressed environment and stress is a killer.

I can’t express my level of gratitude for this because it’s exponential. Thank you❤

This sounds like me...I have bad anxiety..Thank you both so much for this information . God bless🙏✝️❤️

Great collaboration. The body cannot be separated from the mind. All patients should have a team who can differentiate between horses and zebras as well as cats and tigers. Bravo gentlemen! ❤❤

He summed me up at 38mins falling into the Catastrophic trap. This is a very useful video. I'm 66 and had this most of my adult life.

I care slot about what you have to say. I would never have gotten the least bit of education about AFIB and heart issues if not for you. I loved your handsomeness, accent, demeanor and most of all, your educated and intelligent explanation of heart problems! What's not to love, Doc?

I think I have cardiac anxiety. I have afib that is under control with flecainide, but what also shows up on echo is pulmonary hypertension. That distresses me more than the afib - and the docs kind of downplay it. Even though it is mild (25 mean on RHC), i fixate on that. Now, a couple months ago, my son - age 50 - dropped dead at work. Wasn't sick, didn't do drugs, wasn't drinking,. Autopsy is not in yet (they said it would take 12-15 weeks), but it has now ramped up my anxiety about my own health. Good topic. I've been a fan of yours, Dr G since your beginning. Nice to see you uploading more vids.

How refreshing having a cardiologist thinking out of the box. This condition has destroyed my whole life, run to every medical professional I could find for help. After years of cardiologists and tests, psychologist and psychiatrist, private counsellor, I still have symptoms. When I hear people are agoraphobic for 20 years, I always think I bet they got bad cardiac and breathing issues. This is such a serious condition, thank god your talking about it. Lot's of people's lives are completely destroyed by this and the affect on the family is soul destroying.

Your the best doc.. thanks for these videos. You help a lot of people.

Dear Lord thank you for creating this wonderful human being and allowing him to share his vast knowledge with the world. I pray for long life and good health for Dr. Sanjay. In Jesus name. Amen.

Perimenopause anxiety had my blood pressure up 125/100. Anxiety all over. Thank you for sharing.

I was told “ it’s only anxiety “ had they loooked at my test they would have seen I have cardiomyopathy!! But they didn’t. Wrote it off as hypertension and never struck them that my young age and extremely high hypertension, despite being in shape, was out of the ordinary, I was told I am the cardiologist you listen to me. Thank GOD he looks out for me

Breathe of fresh air. After suffering and still struggeling on Secondry care waiting lists , i am so happy to see you add this to your already extensive library of help

Im 40 i have inappropriate sinus tachycardia and im trying to break the habit of going to the hospital whenever i "think" something is wrong...since 2013 ive been to various hospitals over 1,000 times but i need to live my life and understand ❤ 🙏

Thank you so much Dr Gupta and Matt. You are both God sent. I started following you recently and I have benefited alot. I have heart palpitations since i was 13 but lived a normal life without medication. I noticed that it was getting worse in May 2023, so i saw a cardiologist who suspected i had svt. I was started on different beta blockers for svt but i suffered significant side effects to all. I was then started on flecainide 300mg daily from August 2023 but i suffered significant side effects such extreme fatigue to a degree i couldn't walk for more than 3 minutes, i am a nurse but since i started taking flecainide I became home bound due to side effects. I finally had an ablation for the Svt in 9th January 2024. I thought I will jump out and go about my normal duties after 2 weeks. Is been nearly 3 months now, I Still haven't been able to go back to work. 8 weeks post ablation, I started having something like ectopic heartbeats. My last ECg showed i IST which was also picked up during my EP study for my svt ablation but they were not sure what was causing the ist. I also noticed that since ablation, i am having digestive issues. So severe that after i finish eating my chest and my stomach feels so tight and my heart rates goes up. Over the last 2 days i have been having mini heart palpitations but when I opened my bowels, this morning it subsided. I have my post ablation review on Tuesday. All these changes has caused me severe anxiety particularly fear around my heart health. I really appreciate this video. Any advice on how to manage these post ablation symptoms and anxiety please ❤

I suffered from this since I was around 8 years old . I thought I had heart problems , but after multiple stress tests, monitors I realized it was all psychological. It affected alot of my life including my work . Thanks for the video , hopefully there will be more information out there so people can be aware of this. It's very difficult to live with this type of anxiety, many would call it hypochondriac

These two men are worth their weight in gold

Tolerancy to uncertainty is quite a good concept when we are in an ambiguous situation!

I have panic attacks and anxiety since 'forever'...and I learnt to live with this condition, and I'm used to it...I have regularly high heart pulse, and I do RECOGNIZE that is JUST panic attack and NOT heart problem when it happens,and I'm ok because I know it's just classical panic attack...but there are times when it happens differently...when my heart 'skips' along with anxiety,and then I WORRY...

THANK YOU! I can’t thank you enough for providing this information. You are helping so many people!!

OMG this is me all over, I sometimes have chest pain that radiates to my back and I also when im going to sleep will listen to my heartbeat as I’m drifting off to sleep, even though I have recently seen my cardiologist and aside from a slight aortic arch blockage I still worry and it doesn’t help that I am a text book worry wort 😅, thank you for having this topic 💜😃

*Dr Gupta deserves 100 Million Subs and Viewer* . *And he deserves an Award for Helping People* *I am trying to figure out each night, I waken up with heart palpitations* . *Can Acid Reflux cause Heart Palpitations* ? *Thank You* !!! I have Acid Reflux ( slient ), GERD, Gastritis, Erosion Esophagus, Hiatal Hernia, Low Stomach Acid. I end up getting this 4 years ago, I woke up with 4 AM with Pain and having breathing issues*. I went to the E.R. and they said I had gall bladder and bladder stones too. In the last 4 years, I visit the hospital. many times , thinking something wrong with my heart, when actually it was ACID Reflux or Anxiety.

This is my go to channel when it comes to these debilitating heart rhythm disorders, I'm just 3 min in and I can't wait to watch the rest of the video.

Thank you for the multi-specialty viewpoint. Very helpful.

Thank you both for all this wonderful information. I’m positive it will benefit many people.

Excellent video and topic

Wow! What an important topic! I thought I was the only one suffering of this! 😅 it feels good to find others that understand this. I suffer from anxiety! And that create a lot of pvcs to me. The doctor performed to me an Echo, stress test, and even a Cardiac MRI! Everything turned out fine. But still, I experience 10,000 PVCs (Premature Ventricular Contractions) per day, and they start when I am under pressure or experiencing a lot of anxiety. It's very difficult to manage the anxiety once it starts, and equally hard to manage the PVCs when they begin. After the anxiety eases, I have to give my body a couple of days for the PVCs to stop.

A humble human being with so much knowledge in cardiac health God bless u always keep up the great work ❤😊

Thank you for taking the time for this. For the majority of your videos, I could very well have sat in a room and had total agreement with what you have discussed. Diagnosised incorrectly with wpw as a child, developed PVCs as an adult have ptsd from working in the police force paid privately for gastro and cardiology numerous times, sonogram and hooter on the 17th April (again) have previously been as far as EP study 9 years ago, awaiting biopsies from 5th endoscopy. Root cause is essential. I couldn’t agree more. Gastro thinks it could be sibo or h pylori. The bottom line is, I know it’s very obvious I have cardiac anxiety and the perception of these two words cannot be taken lightly. I remember as a young officer I came across a member of the public having a panic attack. As an 18 year old I assumed they could pull themselves together and they were crazy. Well, I am one of the crazies. Again, truly appreciate this. When I see my specialist again in may at papworth, if everything is clear, I will be asking for a referral 😊

Thank you for this info, glad you are back.

What an insightful dialogue. And the question are so important and relevant to patients experiencing the symptoms. Thank Dr. Gupta. Much respect to your efforts to help us.😊

Thank you doc, I feel seen! I know that I have had anxiety my whole life… Born this way! I have come to feel that there is some chemical reason for this, and I am so glad you have brought this up. I have been to therapy 4 times, always open ended and never seemed to resolve or help in any significant way. So much helpful info here! Glad to hear basically that worry itself has never caused cardiac problems. I am certain my high BP is related to anxiety though. Would be interesting to hear your take in regard to blood pressure. I am on several BP meds (only occasionally alprazolam, went off of SSRIs) but would love to get off the BP meds! CBT is so hard to find (let alone cardiac CBT), even if a person is amiable to it :( (Edit… just got to the end…thanks for the links!) So much here, I will have to watch this several times!

Coincidentally I stumbled upon your videos a few years ago after an unexpected cardiac scare. Given the “all clear” but plagued with this anxiety ever since. Thank you, once again, for providing discussion and putting into words what so many of us are experiencing. Much love from America.

Dr you’re the real and kind hearted person, who is on the mission to spread hope, positivity and real knowledge over fear. Great job keep it up❤

That you so much for this video my doctor doesn’t understand me about my anxiety they will give me meds they don’t care dr.you are the best bless you ❤😊

Thank you very much Doctor Gupta Ji..! For your efforts and awareness as how to deal with such issues, normally we don't find any solutions for this anxiety related palpitations and cardio phobia which are greatly affecting our personal as well as career relations. I have been struggling with it for the past 4 years , after watching vedios like this we feel better for atleast some days where as doctors and medicines are not helping to deal with this. It's so scary and debilitating. Even it's not allowing me to eat properly. So kind of you doctor for your efforts for helping people like me. Thank you 🙏🙏

I agree 100% that super-specializing is a massive problem. I love your informative and compassionate videos.

Amazing conversation. Thank you for putting a spotlight on this. It's sadly overlooked. - I feel terrible for Nic Mui and what happened on the Apple River. I know it was his heart...❤️

Thank you both for this invaluable video. Like you, Dr. Gupta, I lost an extremely close and special friend a few months ago. Since his passing (the beginning of January), my normal amount of PVCs (a few per day) has increased 10-fold. My PVCs have been primarily triggered by stomach/vagus, and I suppose that's the case even now, too, and I am eating antacids and acid-reducers which have helped some. I've been having PVCs for the past 40 years, worn the 24-hour monitors, had the tests, etc., and cardiologists have told me my heart is structurally fine. But I haven't seen a cardiologist in years, so this increase in PVCs (sometimes 200 per hour), coupled with my 66-years of age, makes me wonder-anxious-about how strong my heart truly is. This video makes me think I'm in this vicious cycle-grief, physical upset, vagus nerve pressure, stomach issues, hence PVCs, then anxiety about it all, so PVCs continue. Thank you for giving me this insight I didn't have before.

I actually paid to see you for this. You were a tremendous help.

SO!!!! Grateful to hear this...yes!!!

Brilliant clip, exactly what i am going through from my heart attack 1 year ago -

At the age of 79 I have experienced an ectopic heartbeat during most of my life but it has been so infrequent and of such short duration that it has never been a problem until 12 months ago when I developed a chest infection. Strangely as the infection took hold so did the ectopic heartbeats but instead of correcting itself as before it didn't and remained constant. I not only became anxious but scared and it got worse so uncomfortable that I had to go to A&E. They told me it wasn't serious but it didn't do much good and it continued. I eventually got the infection cleared with antibiotics and noticed that the there were normal gaps appearing in the ectopics. I decided to take two supplements CoQ10 and Nattokinase and an electrolyte drink drink daily. The ectopic slowly faded until today it has completely gone. You are quite correct in what you are saying in this video.

So interesting topics which relate to mass population old and especially young. Please make more videos about this topic. Mental health is huge after pandemic.

Dr. Gupta is great 👏👏👏

As a 5 Element Acupuncturist of 37 years practice, the heart is referred to as ‘ the supreme controller’ of the mind, body and spirit. When people give their power away to any authority they lose control of their hearts so yes it is deeply important that people trust in themselves and know that they are the ones in control. They need to know who they are. This leads to well-being and better health all round.

What a fantastic video doctor you are amazing and your guest he is a fantastic guy what he said i do have to be honest doctor the video was amazing thank you so much Sir

Thank you for this video! My palpatations started with my histamine intolerance - when I ate high histamine foods. I think i had this for quite a few years but not very noticable until perimenopause. Now I have them all the time. I am post menopausal as of a couple months ago and hopefully will improve. To complicate things my husband passed last summer from terminal illness and i have a lot of anxiety which causes palpatations. I am glad you pointed out the health anxiety and social media, internet. Every time i am online I read about cancer in people I don't even know. I have had 2 husbands die of cancer and I have a lot of anxiety about getting it.

What a wonderful and informative video!

Thank you. So interesting.

I do agree Dr Gupta that not having enough time after the loss of a loved one or other traumatic experience would definitely manifest itself through these channels, stored up it affects the body negatively, yes I 100% believe so.

Thank you for coming on my recommendation. I cannot even tell how much i relate to all these things.

Excellent video. This is an awesome topic for discussion. Here I was worried about developing shingles. It's very annoying but not as bad as my chronic atrial fibrillation.

Cardiac anxiety, like all other types of anxiety, is essentially a problem for the heart. In cardiac anxiety the ideas are associated with the heart, "is something wrong with the heart" So what is anxiety is the essential question and why is it a problem for the heart? Anxiety is seen as "an emotion" by the medical scientists but in fact it is two emotions and two conflicting emotions and they don't co-exist. One emotion is fear. That sends signals to the heart to go faster. If there is a stress response involved then the signals to the heart to go faster are strong. The other emotion is worry, the need to think and reason and try to find a solution. Worry requires resting metabolism. In a fight or flight response, the stress response, the cognitive function in the brain is declined to some extent. So thinking and reasoning is not possible or not easy anyway. So the desire to think and reason, to worry, causes the body to go to resting metabolism. That means that the heart is getting signals to go slower. So the problem arises when the anxiety is intense, when both these emotions are strong. The heart will be getting signals to go fast then slow then fast again then slow again and so on. It ends up that the heart becomes ineffective as a pump and the metabolism can go low as a result. This is really what depression is about. So anyway the heart will be adversely affected by the anxiety, the fear and worry. Often this is an influence by someone else in the person's life. They need to realize that the idea of something wrong with their heart or whatever other problem they feel they need to worry about is not a real problem but only a malicious suggestion. Once they dismiss the idea the problem is resolved.

From Jamaica:thank you for understanding so well what people actually go through and having human compassionate responses, for putting these matters into questions and discussing with such decency and clarity. East Indian descent so family history, at 56 went to a family Dr who poo-poo-pooed me away as anxiety, went to a work meeting after with a top Dr (not Cardiologist) and his head nurse, they did the sam - never an examination or discussion. Had chest pains for about 6 weeks, continued working and caring for family. Daughter finally insist that a pulmonologist write up tests for me, sent results to a cousin in Barbados, who insisted I see a Cardiologist. Within a few days I was I the Cat Lab, evidence of a heart attack, right side 100% blockage can not stent but collateral arteries supporting, stent placed left side 86% blockage. Bad reaction to 40mg for 6months then 20mg for a year to cholesterol meds. Stopped 6 months ago, improving about to restart.🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈😞😞😞😞😞😞

You are a gift to the public with your thoughtful, intelligent, caring approach to health care. Thank you so much!

YES cardiac anxiety a serious problem more than the heart problem itself but a lot Cardiologist seems to ignore that thanks to voices this issue