Yes, I was having (I calculated) thousands a day and now I have them every few months for a week or so, and fewer ectopics, but I seem to feel each one now.
I had them everyday for hours at a time for about 2 and a half years, but could only feel them in my pulse (a missed beat every 2 or 3 beats). Then I started occasionally feeling them in my chest - this went on for 4 months. Then, in April last year they more or less stopped - certainly became far less frequent. Didn't feel them in my chest, rarely felt them in my pulse.
Then on holiday in October they started again - but when present, only a few a minute, but felt as a flip in my chest. Disappeared again until over Christmas. Okay at the moment.
I wish I could put my finger on what made them subside - so I could pass it on. It wasn't a change in diet, or finally relaxing, I was already off caffeine for ages. They were not particularly related to digestion, though heavy meals could make them worse, as did poor sleep or anxiety.
What I do realise is how unpleasant the 'flip' feeling is in your chest - I could feel it in my chest and then, just after, as a missed beat in my pulse. How lucky I was not to feel them when I was having thousands.
If it helps to know, I was sent to A and E by my GP and was kept overnight on a monitor, them sent home. I don't remember having an echocardiogram, I haven't had an holter or event monitor. I had an ecg 3 years ago, a couple of months after they started (after an op), but that was because I was so anxious about them. Two years ago I had another big op and was fine, but still had the loads and loads of ectopics.
My point is, I guess, that I haven't had half the tests and monitoring that some folk have had - they didn't think I needed them, even though I had lots of ectopics - and they still say I am fine. It is just me that has trouble believing them. When I am having a period without them, I feel almost like my old self. When I have them - well, I feel back where I started, totally anxious, scared of dropping dead.
My GP too wants me to exercise, but I'm scared too - a couple of years ago I had a racing pulse for about 4 hours after a bit of light weight training. Very scary. Had to sit up in bed until 2 in the morning when it went back to normal. Told my GP next time I saw her, but she didn't seem bothered about it. Her attitude to the ectopics is 'You'll have to live with it'. She has had angina, I think, so I guess she thinks my problems are not such a big deal.
Anyway, back to your original post - I have mentioned my change in symptoms to her a couple of times now. I try not to go see her about my heart, even when I am super anxious, but wait til I am there with the kids about something. She show no interest whatsoever - it does not concern her at all. More flips, less flips, feel them, don't feel them - her attitude seems to be that if you have had the tests and they were okay then it just doesn't matter significantly. I have read elsewhere that feeling them is of no significance.
Serious changes in symptoms would be dizziness, shortness of breath, blackouts etc. She would want to know about those, I'm sure.
I hope this phase passes and you get some peace soon. Best wishes.
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