
I (22M) have been experiencing strange symptoms for the past year that have gone worse lately. These are represented by a high pressure at the base of the neck/upper chest (above manubrium area) and a strong heartbeat or heart skipping a beat sensation. This lasts a fraction of a second and happens almost everyday (sometimes it doesn’t happen for a week sometimes it does several times a day). I am an ex professional handball player that now became a gym rat. I have been active my whole life and never had major health problems. After a worrying episode when I felt like I was having difficulty breathing too I went to the ER where I had an Ekg done, blood tests and lungs checked. Everything was absolutely perfect. In the following days, I went and took an echocardiography and the exact same result. I stopped smoking weed and the symptoms have not gone away. I am a smoker and drink from time to time. I ruled out anxiety since I could not find a correlation between an episode and any activity be it stressful or not. It happens resting, eating, at the gym, having sex… anytime with no warning. Also I am a very calm and confident person and don’t freak out when it happens so I ruled out panic attacks too. Anyone else experiencing this?