Hey all!
I have been struggling with health anxiety for a very long time (years now, off and on but fairly consistent over the last 9 months or so), it has recently gotten worse. It has evolved continuously for just under a year now and has debilitated me on many occasions. Over the last few months, I have on and off on 3 occasions experienced heart palpitations whereby my heart feels like it flutters/ skips for a beat and it frightens me a lot.
The thing is these palpitations have happened during times of high stress but also for example the most recent time which Im still going through right now, the first one was just out of the blue when I wasn't stressed or anxious or drinking caffeine which makes me panic even more thinking somethings wrong with my heart.
I am 19 years old, have a vegan diet and last got my heart properly checked when I was 14 to which I was told I had a perfectly healthy heart. Since then Ive been to two doctors and mentioned it. One saw my results from my test when I was 14 and said he wasn't worried about my heart because my risk factors are little to none and because I dont experience pains when exercising (which could indicate a blockage) and said if I started feeling pains when exercising to come in for an ECG but other than that its my anxiety playing tricks on me. My other doctor said I should get my heart checked due to my poor sleep (which is anxiety related) which I think was the initial trigger for thinking I have heart problems. I later brought this up with her in another appt. to which she replied she is not worried about my heart and merely said it incase of a condition such as sleep apnea (which i have been tested for years ago and dont have) which could be linked to heart disease.
I just want to know if anyone else experiences random flutters and a randomly skipping heart even when they're not actively stressed or anxious. It has happened a lot more this time round than the last two occasions and has been on and off for a few days now, I think because I have been predicting it and waiting for the palpitations I also kind of put it on myself. The last two times it happened they lasted for a few days or maybe a week and then just stopped again. Just got one right now whilst talking about it but trying not to let it get to me! Feels like someones gone BOO! and startled me for a quick second.
Any advice would be helpful, thank you!!!
