palpitations...do I ignore them or not?

Thank you for the reply. Did yours calm down? I was looking back at some of my old posts and I mentioned having palpitations back then like 10 months ago to. I never suffered like this with any health worries until after having my daughter 3 years ago. I am trying so hard not to fear them. I just want my life back I want to feel how I used to just healthy and normal I miss that person. Everytime I have a palpitation it sets off an adrenaline rush which makes me feel terrible. I hear that alot about the subconscious but If only there was a way to reset everything.

Yes i rarely get them..only if i concentate on fearing them i will get them.its a normal part of anxiety,lots of info on the net. Try telling yourself you are ok and try to ignore them.If the doctor says you are ok,Just try and let it go.I even used to say i wont think about them now if i do wont do til a later date..wierd but it woked

I dont smoke or drink coffee although my diet could be healthier but its not bad either. I am average weight but do need to loose some weight but to look at me I do look slim/curvy so its not weight that is noticable. Thank you for the reply.

What meds did you take if you dont mind me asking?

Alprazolam

Hi Emma thank you for the reply. Well I did try Propranalol early 2014 when all this started at this level but I had chest pains and panicked and stopped taking after a few days but it makes me wonder now if it was just anxiety causing that. I then went on to try Sertraline and omg I felt terrible I seriously thought I was dying I was badly nauseous and shaking then had a bad turn one night I had to go to a walk in centre to see a doctor I was that close from calling an ambulance I was weak, clammy, pale and pulse felt slow and I was getting chills I was so scared so stopped them right away. I then tried Fluoxetine which I lasted around 11 days and stopped not because of side affects but because I felt to anxious and scared about being on them. I wish I knew what to do for the best I just know this has been going on so long having anxiety it affects my life daily I dont want to feel like this anymore. Does medication help you? I was hoping to try again for a baby once Ive stopped bleeding so I think medication may be out of the question for me.

This is the first time I've been on medication for this length of time, I tried citalopram a few years ago before my first so was born but had a bad reaction to it so in the end went cold turkey and over time my anxiety went away then in 2013 it came back started with headaches etc that just escalated beyond control every day I was anxious, panicking, sweating, shaking, felt dizzy, sick and had heart pulpertations it was a horrendous time then September last year I found out I was pregnant again and all through my pregnancy my anxiety disappeared completely then in May this year a few weeks after my son was born it all came back and it's been there ever since, I've tried so much and had loads of tests etc but still feel crap, I have been taking the sertraline for 5 weeks now and yes it made me a complete loon the first few weeks but think I'm now over the worst, I think they are starting to work I have good and bad days but it's still there always niggling away at me! The propanranol work to an extent but they bring on other unwanted side effects it's just a vicious circle x

Ahh just reading your reply made me tear up because I can relate to it all. Mine all started from the birth of my daughter It went on for a couple of years where I felt terrible and scared and bad tinnitus but it eventually calmed down but it got worse 2 years ago Jan and its been bad ever since. How did you cope when it was at its worst? Did you take anything then? Its funny how pregnancy made yours go maybe hormones played a part. I'm currently at home and feel so emotional I could cry but wont infront of my daughter and partner I have had palpitations tonight ie skipped beats, flutters and racing and its set off an adrenaline rush through me where I feel sick and weak. I feel so scared and I am just so fed up I just dont know what to do anymore I feel like my life is pointless I struggle to even get through the day I cant even drive or go out alone because of the symptoms ie dizziness. I honestly feel like I'm dying. I dont even wanna move because I am worried its gonna trigger the palpitations but I have to because of my daughter. I even wonder if having another child is selfish because me being anxious and unwell wouldn't be good for a baby growing inside me. I did even wonder if thats what caused my miscarriage. Did you used to get palpitations randomly like myself and more like skipped beats?x

I don't know how I coped back when I first got it, I remember worrying about this and that then I had a ct scan once it came back normal I decided without medication to lay it all to rest and slowly it just disappeared but then out of the blue 2 years later it came back and spiralled beyond belief it effected everything my work, my family and my life, I get very dizzy then I get facial numbness, followed by really bad heart pulpertations and shakes the list goes on but like I said when I feel pregnant again it's as if things just disappeared all my attention was focused on the baby and I felt amazing (well really poorly with morning, noon & night sickness) but I wasn't anxious I had zero anxiety then once the baby was here a simple headache then set it all off! I had a spell of 3 weeks when I couldn't get up I was so dizzy, I went to the docs 3 times a week a&e you name it I tried it, they gave me all sorts of tablets some made me worse some did nothing, I've had blood tests, scans, seen neurologists, dentists and ent surgeons and none of them have found anything they all still think it's anxiety! Sometimes the heart pulpertations are so bad I can't sleep and sometimes it wakes me up, I can't talk to anyone either really as no-one understands what's going on, I am waiting to have some counselling to see if this helps but who knows, it's just the I don't know where there source is or what's firing the anxiety I suppose though if we did we could fix it, your not alone in all this it's a bloody nightmare and when there is kids involved it's harder still, i honestly know what your going through its really rubbish right now, if you want to private message feel free don't know about u but I always find talking helps lots gets things out u wanna say to someone hi gets its xx