Trying to sleep and heart beats irregularly?

When I sleep, or when I am trying to sleep my heart tends to beat irregularly and sometimes it really scares me. For example when it gets bad I struggle to breath and it ends in my heart beating irregularly.

Its hard to describe but it could be an anxiety attack but its pretty scary. For whatever reason maybe my heart beating too fast or too slow makes it hard for me to breathe, maybe theres a coorelation. Does this happen to anyone else?

 

Could you describe it more? What exactly is happening? What does it feel like, what is the beating pattern...

I can think of a number of possibilities, but it'd help if you could describe it more.

 

Have you ever had a cardiac work-up done? Reason I ask is, maybe you have a heart murmur?

I have one, my husband does, and so do two of our kids. Ours are functional, however, I will definitely notice mine at times and it can be scarey!

 

Well, when i breathe in and out when i am trying to sleep, when i breathe out I feel my heart beat harder and i can feel it to the point of not being able to get comfortable.

So I change positions but anywhere I sleep when i breathe out my heart goes crazy kind of, it beats with more pressure and its hard to ignore. When its really bad, the above happens and I have a hard time breathing, shortness of breath, so I really can't sleep and I start freaking out. It feels like my heart can't keep up with the amount of blood it has to pump, maybe I have a small/weak heart and if I lay down the pressure increases on my heart and it responds by an irregular beat and possibly a murmur like you mentioned.

I'm going to the doctors soon though so I hope they'll find out the problem. It just doesn't feel right though and theres something wrong there.

 

Yeah, seeing a doctor is the best bet. Might be able to find out a great deal just with a few quick checks of blood pressure, heart sounds, and position changes.

You definitely can feel _changes_ in heart beat when you inhale versus exhale. Especially the younger you are, heart rate increases when you inhale, and slows down when you exhale. However, it definitely should not do that to the point of distress. So yeah, seeing a doc is the way to go here.