Assuming you have had your heart checked out by a qualified physician and were told everything was normal (and hopefully it really is), a pounding heart is a sign of sympathetic dominance from being in overdrive too long. A treatment approach involving lifestyle and dietary change with proper aerobic exercise is usually the way to resolve this issue. A high stress work or home environment, a diet high in caffeine, refined sugars, bad fats, and other factors lead to this symptom. Too much thyroid hormone (often from too much medication), can cause this as well.
Dr. Stephen Gangemi
I'm a board certified chiropractic physician and clinical nutritionist with a passion for true natural health care. I implement dietary & nutritional therapies, exercise & movement practices, and lifestyle changes along with manual therapy techniques to help the body heal and prevent illness and injuries.
Hello, I have for some years ‘suffered’ from a pounding heartbeat. It doesn’t feel to me like palpitations, per se, fast heart beat (though I might be wrong), but simply amplified beat, often at night when I wake up causing my breathing to increase. (I have relatively mild COPD)
I have had the occasional run in previous years to the extent that I’ve had 24-hour monitors and an echo, but no sinister results.
I’ve had this ‘pounding’ for some yeasr, have mentioned it quite a few times to medical professionals (other than when seeing a specialist, I mean), but no-one has seemed very concerned.
Any thoughts appreciated.
NG
Some other common issues that can result in a pounding heart at night are thyroid issues. Actually, taking too much thyroid medication often results in a person either not sleeping well or having a pounding nighttime heart beat. Also, since your heart is muscle, it relies on proper electrolyte balance so minerals such as sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus can affect heart function. Obviously this all goes without saying to never disregard heart symptoms, and see a cardiologist to make sure this is nothing serious/life-threatening going on (but it sounds like you’re doing that). I hope this helps!