My dr.s have been telling me they are normal for the last 30 years… I’ve been told almost everyone has them just hypersensitive people are more aware of them. I’ve been told this by multiple ER dr.s, general practitioners and cardiologists
Almost every one I know has them - I am just the lucky one who gets tons of them! I have had them since I was a teenager and am in my 50s now, so I don't think they are fatal lol. Although they feel like they are when I get a lot of them!
Yes, indeed! They can feel so scary when you have runs of them. Or when they just don't seem to stop.
From my understanding palpitations are normal in both anxious and not anxious people. Anxious people tend to notice them more since they are hypersensitive to anything going on with their body.
That's true. Everyone experiences palpitations at some point, but most people never notice them.
They are called 'Ectopic heartbeats' and are harmless. 40 years ago it was what began my anxiety. I was at work and suddenly for no reason I could see I got palpitations. I rushed home and went to the doctor. I was put on an ECG machine which showed nothing. (It's amazing how you never seem to get palps when being tested!!). They kept coming and going and I was sure I would die. If I had known then what I know now....well, but hindsight is a useless pursuit. The so called 'skipped beat' is the heart making up for a lost beat. It is two beats together. Why do they occur? The impulses from the brain to the heart can be disrupted in anxiety. In fact anything can. Like sight and hearing which are very delicate mechanisms. It is not the palps that cause the problem, it is the worry about them that does it.