I have a similar thing, Toots. For two years since these ectopics began, I have only been able to feel them when I take my pulse. I used to take my pulse if I was feeling anxious - if my pulse had no missed beats I began to feel less anxious. (If I could feel missed beats, I felt worse, obviously). But a few weeks ago I began to feel a flip-like sensation in my chest on occasion. Sometimes I would take my pulse and the missed beat would be felt in my pulse, occuring just after the flip sensation. Other times I can feel the flip, but there is no missed beat. This has alarmed me quite a lot - but I think RLR has explained somewhere about the sensation in your chest being related to where the extra beat/missed beat originates. The thing to remember, I guess, is that however/wherever you feel them, if you have been checked out and told you are ok then these sensations cannot hurt or harm you, even though they are upsetting. I have had spells where I have been totally obsessed about my heart - being afraid to go to sleep because I thought I would die in the night (this was before I could even feel them!).

I would also say that there have been times when I have felt missed beats and my husband says he cannot feel them in my pulse - it is not always easy to take a pulse correctly. To be honest I am trying not to take mine as I think it often just alarms me more - also, I have to learn to accept that it does not matter what my pulse or chest is doing - these sensations cannot harm. Easier said than done, though.

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No what annoys me about them is that I can get quite a long patch without them at all and start thinking well they have gone now  and then without warning they are back again - I think my main problem is that I just think about them too much  - but thank you Saab for replying and take care.

Bless you RLR that was very re assuring.

Indeed it can. Changes within the GI tract can stimulate the Vagus nerve because the gastric nerve is part of the Vagus nerve tract. So the increase in frequency of palpitations is no mere coincidence.

Best regards and Good Health