Hard heart beats and palpitations???

My heart rate would go up with very little effort and doctors had no idea what it was, but now I realized it’s not doing that anymore and it has probably been a year. 

Hi. I am having the exact same problem. The dr’s don’t seem particularly interested but I am worried. I had the ablation in 2016 but my episodes are becoming more frequent. It is pointless going to see the Dr unless I am having this episode. From what I can read on the internet it could be atrial flutter. 

10 years after my ablation, my heart started doing this. I can be sleeping and I'd wake up in the middle of the night with my heart beating out of my chest. Worst feeling ever. When this happens to me I usually do something to relax me, as getting more stressed out just makes it worse. If I'm in bed, I'd put extra pillows under my head and turn on the TV to get my mind of it. If it's during the day, I'd call a friend and have them calm me down with conversation.(I live alone).  Try to have someone sit with you to help keep you calm. It also gives you peace of mind that if it gets really bad someone is right there to help you. I was told it is extremely rare for someone's heart to just stop. But like I said, if you're around people, they can help you right away. Most of the time when this happens to me I'm alone, so I've gotten real good at calming myself down. Sometimes it works, and sometimes not. But it's something I have to live with. I've been really watching my diet. Eliminated caffeine completely, well maybe 95%), and I'm taking herbal supplements (especially magnesium).  After about 2 years of this crap, my heart seemed to have gotten 'slightly' better. Not much, but it didn't get any worse, so I'll take it.  I even stopped taking my meds, as sometimes it would put my heart into bradycardia. Not comfortable with that either. Not much else you can do except keep talking to your doctor and your family. Very important: KEEP A MEDICAL LOG or journal. Every time you have an episode, enter all details, date, time, activity, duration, severity. Keep it updated and bring it with you to every doctor's appointment. You can keep the log on your smartphone. There are apps for everything! I just keep a word file on my computer. Have you requested a loop recorder implanted? I have one and keeps important heart data to my doctor, especially if I have a scary episode. Keeping good information is key to fighting this. The more the better. Maybe not a cure exactly, but it's a useful tool for the doctors. Do everything you can to make their job easier in helping you.  Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me for anything else. Take care and hang in there. You got this!