So I'm feeling a little scared and wondering if anyone has delt with this. Last week had been really stressful for me. Things hadn't been good in my relationship, my grandmother died, and I had been practicing for my driver's test for my license. Lately this week I've been getting a lot of palpations throughout the day. Things will be fine and then I'll have one missed beat. It's very scary and only causes me to stress that something could be wrong. I am very overweight, but I have been dieting and trying to exercise more and I hadnt really had any issues until this week. It's hard to relax and I believe it's just extreme stress. I'm going to make an appointment tomorrow to make sure. I'm just wondering if anyone with anxiety has had this before where they've had several palpations throughout the day lasting a few days.
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Oh my goodness yes!!! It was palpitations that sent me into anxiety many years ago. There were no websites like this then and I felt so alone and was sure I was going to die! If only I knew then what I know now I could have saved myself so much anxious pain.
Palpitations are harmless. Once you have been to your doctor and been checked out you may well find the palps go on for a while. Actually, when we think the heart skips a beat it is just adding another beat to make up for a lost one. In anxiety it is to be expected that palpitations will occur when under stress. Your grandmother died and now you have your driving test plus other problems. Is it surprising you feel these symptoms? Take it as easy as you can, and try and accept that all the symptoms are normal in the circumstances.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write a response! It made me feel a lot better after reading.
Oh yeah, I get palpitations. They feel freaky and alarming, but the good news is they are harmless. If it'll ease your mind, it's totally fine to go see a doctor about palpitations just to get checked. I think one of the things a lot of us do is avoid doctors because we're convinced they'll think we're nuts if we go in and ask about stuff like this. But this is the kind of thing that's very common for people to ask doctors about. The real trick is in actually believing the doctor when they do an EKG and tell you you're fine 
Well good news is the last two days have been almost no issues. I'm a lot less anxious and less stressed, thats helped. The less I focused on them the less they happened and kind of went away? I figured that would be the case, but it's always scary when your heart acts weird.Oh yeah, I get palpitations. They feel freaky and alarming, but the good news is they are harmless. If it'll ease your mind, it's totally fine to go see a doctor about palpitations just to get checked. I think one of the things a lot of us do is avoid doctors because we're convinced they'll think we're nuts if we go in and ask about stuff like this. But this is the kind of thing that's very common for people to ask doctors about. The real trick is in actually believing the doctor when they do an EKG and tell you you're fine
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Now that is a good example of acceptance, even though you may not have been practising it. As soon as you were told palps are harmless you began to concentrate less on them so, as they always will, they went! Now don't be alarmed if they come back when you get stressed. After 30 odd years I still get them on stressful occasions, but I don't fear them so they soon go. It's not the actual symptoms that cause the problem, it's our fear of them.
My palpitations also sent me into a complete anxiety state a couple years ago. I have always had them but they increased to the point where I could not tolerate them and had an ablation. That did not resolve my anxiety however, and it's funny I see this post today because 2 days ago they came back like crazy. I was at a block watch gathering with people I didn't know and I guess I was somewhat anxious but I was standing there and I was having one after another so now I am trying to control another complete meltdown. My cardiologist says they are nothing to worry about but I don't have just a couple here and there. When I get them they are almost constant, and I cannot handle that. Now I am once again exhausted and just waiting for the next flutter so I know how distressing they can be. If I had a few every day I could handle that no problem.
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They can go on for some time. But it does not help to anticipate them. Anticipation is one of anxiety's big problems. It can become a case of wish fulfilment where, because you are afraid of them, they stay with you. If you can just accept them and not focus on them they will eventually go. But they can return if you are stressed. When they come try not to react by saying 'OMG' and 'what if'. Sit calmly, if you can, take deep breaths and say 'ok, here you are again, but this time I will accept you for what you are, anxiety symptoms that are harmless'. You have been told that by your doctor. They can come and go, or be a constant annoyance, but no more than that. By worrying about them you lay fertile ground for them to flourish.
I get that they are usually not harmful but they are so uncomfortable and annoying it's hard to not think about it, especially when they are so frequent. Hard to have much quality of life with that constantly happening. I'm struggling with anxiety/depression as it is so it takes very little to push me over the edge. I will feel slightly better for a few days and then any simple thing amps up my anxiety for days. I don't know, just not much of a life anymore.
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This is my second battle with anxiety , during my first time I had chest pain and palps so bad that Cardiac Cath done , as I laid on the table because you cant be put all the sleep , the nurse was over top of me as I was crying and she said that's your anxiety , the doctor was literally inside my heart and I felt pain and palpations , they said you are 100% ok no other test we can give you. my advice is to do something happy when they come I know its easier said then down , but I know it all two well , it feels so real and they say its nothing , hope you feel better
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Those three words have appeared again. Fighting and struggling and battling. Things we should not be doing in anxiety. People may say 'You must fight this thing, you mustn't let it get better of you'. NO!! All fighting and struggling do is to increase the anxiety. What happens to the body when we fight and struggle with 'IT'? The adrenaline flows more, that fear hormone that is there to protect us from danger. But there is no danger, so the fear has no outlet. Our ancestors could fight or run, in modern society we can't, so the fear turns inward and we get anxiety symptoms. Imaginary symptoms of illness, even after we have been checked out and told we are ok, still persist because in anxiety we always have doubts. Once we are told it's 'only nerves' then accept that as a fact. Give up any form of fighting this 'thing' that has only the power we give it. Give up the struggle and accept how you feel for the moment. If you do that then you are on the road to recovery. This is not giving in, oh no. Action in no action as Buddhists say.