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Thanks Juliana. Hopefully this cycle wont last long and I'll be feeling good again before Christmas. Now this morning I've woken up with a little blood in my throat. That really doesn't help.

It's that horrible feeling we all have. "What if this time it is real". ive done so well lately, that this time I can't find a trigger

Thanks Juliana, I try not to, but it's so difficult. Skipped beats are just feel so... wrong? Just one sends my mind racing, if I get more than one it's terrifying. It's worse because everyone says it's just a premature beat, but when I'm feeling my pulse I can never feel this extra premature one. It ALWAYS just feels like one completely missing. it makes me tremble, butterflies in my stomach, a rush of adrenaline. Etc. its horrible.

Well I had a good couple of weeks. That was a good run. just stood up, and my heart went crazy, skipping beats and going fast. I've been having little sharp twinges in my upper right chest throughout today and now I'm terrified again. thought I was so close to getting over it this time

Thanks everyone Eventually got to sleep at 4:30am, for my alarm to go off at 6. So not a lot of sleep, and a very tired day today haha. Lets hope I get some sleep tonight.

Hey all! I've had a good few weeks! Haven't been here much which is great! but today I can't sleep at all. It's 3am now and I've just been laying here since 11. Now thoughts are racing through my mind. what do you guys do when you can't sleep to stop going insane?

I've just been out on Propranolol, not much, 10mg, 3 times a day. It seems to have some effect, but im not sure if it's just a placebo.

It's really difficult Jinx! Just need to be persistent and consistent when something helps. I often relapse because I start feeling a little better and stop doing meditation or whatever else is helping at the time. I've found that to be one of the biggest problems. Find something that helps and keep at it, even if you feel like you might not need to.

Thanks Holls and Zelda! holls. Sounds like you have a great therapist! We all need to find someone like that!

Thanks Holls! I did go to a CBT therapist about 6-7 years ago when I had it bad, and I think that did help a bit. But I didn't like that it wasn't really targeted at Health anxiety. it was very much a general anxiety blanket treatment, so I'd end up filling out sheets of paper asking things like if my ability to be in crowds had improved, when it was never a problem to begin with. Now I'm trying to do daily meditation/hypnosis (funnily enough I'm worse on the days, or days after, I don't meditate) and trying to learn general mindfulness skills. Trying to keep a healthier mind etc. Paul McKenna books/audio are amazingly effective at changing the way you think about things. If I could recommend anything to anyone, it would be to give him a go. You have to be open to that type of thing working. But if you are, the effects can be pretty remarkable.

I've never had it so bad for so long. It's usually a little relapse for a few weeks, then all back to normal and I'm all better for another year. But this time I've been in a constant state of anxiety attack for about 6 months. I'll start feeling better one day and then be back to square one the next. I'm still constantly worrying about my heart. Every little beat that feels slightly wrong. Every little flutter. I've got a normal cold now too, I was hoping that having a "real" illness would kick me in to realising everything else is just in my mind. But if anything it's made it worse. Now I worry instead that my simple little normal cold is turning into Sepsis, despite having NO symptoms of sepsis. I get a little upper back pain, immediately I know I have aortic dissection, despite the fact that pain lasted about a minute and is gone now. I get some IBS pain and immediately know to myself that my spleen has obviously grown and I have some kind of leukemia. It's insane. It's quite ridiculous that we know the scientific names of so many obscure diseases. I'd quite like it to be done now please. 2017 is basically a write-off. I'd like to just forget this whole year.

Inside for me. It's almost always heart related. Or if not then nervous system/generic symptoms like twitching, tiredness, exhaustion etc.

Thanks both of you. I always worry about ventricular fib from reading (I know. Dr Google, not good) places like heart sites and nhs saying things like "multiple skipped beats can lead to *deadly* ventricular fib" very helpful articles ?

We care Glad it's nothing of any concern! It's often worrying when something new appears.

I thought I was getting over this relapse. I'd been feeling pretty good the past week or so. And then suddenly tonight I have another episode of skipped beats. Every 4th or 5th beat, for about half an hour. Terrifying me. I'm terrified of ventricular fibrillation. now I'm shaking and shivering ?

Hey! This is a bit of a different post to normal. Instead of explaining symptoms or asking for help. I wonder if anyone else ever has similar thoughts of guilt. As with most here, I constantly have some kind of disease. Heart issues, various cancers, sepsis, ms etc. The problem I have is knowing somehwere in my mind that's it's all rubbish. But still not being able to stop worrying and then encountering people who actually have experienced those problems. For example... My wife's grandad died earlier this year after a routine operation turned to Sepsis. Horrible experience. But since then I've been certain I've had Sepsis at least 5 times. I also had another relative die after a lung infection. At the same time I definitely have various lung conditions. I feel guilty because I know it's anxiety, but I can't shake the feeling that I still have these issues myself.

Yep. Every time my anxiety spikes at the minute I'll have a few days in a row of pretty extreme night sweats. Then it'll ease off for a few days until HA spikes again. It's not pleasant. But seems to be a common symptom

Wow you've just described me and my symptoms over the past few weeks. I may not be of much use but at least we're not alone. it may help to know i went to see a doctor and described all of this and he wasn't concerned. Skipped beats are apparently normal and everyone experiences them. We just have to try not panic about them. mine are at the stage now where I'll feel a skip and get a big rush of adrenaline which will set my mind racing, heart beat raises, I get tingling hands and feel very hot. Try not to worry and keep telling yourself it's anxiety. it also can't hurt to have checkups again. To try help your mind ease. I know it's difficult, I'm struggling myself.

It could very well be allergies actually. This is the first year in a new house, which is very "sealed", and more difficult to get clean airflow. i know what you mean with feeling exhausted. This one has been going on for weeks now and I'm so exhausted. I could do with a week or two off to just sleep. thanks for the kind helpful words!

Evening all! Another day, another worry. Sorry for so many posts lately, I'm struggling to get over this round of anxiety. My main worry now is that there is something wrong with my eyes and I'm going blind. I got glasses for the first time earlier this year. But it already feels like my eyesight has deteriorated more. Plus they're dry, itchy and feel strained. what are the effects of anxiety on your eyes? Could this struggling to focus and general tired eyes be caused by anxiety? Does it do that, as well as the hundreds of other symptoms? thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks bin_tenn! As far as I'm aware it was just very fast (~110). No palps that I was told about. But as you say. Not very long and they never appear when you're being monitored. So much easier said than done haha. But thank you! I'll try

Thanks! That sounds almost exactly like what happens, I'll get the flutter and then I'll suddenly feel really hot for a few seconds, and then panic. It's very difficult not to panic about them. it was new to me and I went to the doc a few weeks ago, when I had an episode of constant skipped beats all evening. But he didn't seem bothered. Just "skipped beats are normal". He gave me an ecg which was fine, but of course no skipped beats or anything ever happened when you actually want it to. I'll work on not panicking. Hopefully I'll have some luck eventually.

Hey all! I'm worrying about my heart again. I say again. It's been a pretty constant anxiety attack for the past month, it just starts to get better and then it'll all come back. I'm just wondering what skipped beats feel like to everyone else. Basically trying to make sure that's actually what's going on. Trying to reassure myself from thinking something horrible is happening. I seem to be getting about one skipped beat a day at the minute. For me, I'll be fine, then all of a sudden I'll feel a flutter, what I think is a skipped beat, I'll get an instant wave of butterflies and my hands will tingle for a few seconds, then everything will be kind of back to normal, except for I'll suddenly be panicing and my heart rate will have gone up. Does anyone else react like that? is it different for anyone? Thanks!

Thanks Bailey. I had just read that too. I guess a positive I need to focus on is that they didn't say "the doctor wants you to come back NOW". They said book an appointment whenever. So if they do think I have an infection, it can't be a very bad one and maybe they think it's going to clear up on it's own. And I guess an ECG follow up will just be to see how I'm getting on.