I am a 47 year old woman and have sever heart palpitations that have been going on for about three years now. It is to the point that I have to sleep on my back most of the time since if I even roll over on my side just a little my heart will loose regular rythm resulting in sever arythmia. Loss of breath, pains and gassy stomach etc... I am not on medications for it nor have I gone to the hospital to have the irregular heartbeats regulated again. I have had to practice the following technique as soon as I feel the symptoms coming on. It is either this or medications and Lord knows what elese. I have found that laying on a flat surface and placing my legs straight at a high verticle angle against the wall so that my feet are elivated above my head my heart comes into regular rythm again. I remain in that position for a few minutes only. I try to completly relax during my rest. I feel my heart bouncing and irregular heart beats when it happens but soon my heart comes into regular rythm again and I am able to tell when it happens. I slowly lower my legs and rest with knees bent and still on my back. Then I get up at a straight forward motion. Not to my side since the arythmia could occur again. I have been blessed by this method to control this problem since I would have been in emergency many times or maybe gone altogether.  I did wear a heart monitor for a few days at home but was anxious when wearing it. I was not able to relax and allow the sypmtoms to surface enough for my doctor to capture the problem. I do not discredit or discourage medical help since you are dealing with heart problems and it is serious but for me I like to try to manage my own symptoms and maybe there is someone that will be helped by this. I have had to do this in my car too. Has been a life saver for me I think.

I find if I lay down without putting my feet up on a wall, that my symptoms disappear within 5 minutes.  I feel blessed that I can just lay down to control them a little at least.  In the car, if I am the passenger I can recline the seat and that helps too.