Hi my name is Stacey and I have palpitations!!    And here's my story ...

I was diagnosed in 2007 with palpitations after doing a 48-hour holter monitor.  I was given Propranolol 10mg to take as needed but never really took it because I had very few attacks.  Well fast forward to 2010 and things got worse, don't know why.  No changes in anything (except that I had my first baby in 2009).  I started on the Propranolol at 10mg 3x day.  It seemed to help with the tachycardia I have but never has taken away the palps all together.  Fast forward again to 2012 and the palp's are at their worst.  I have had *many* EKG's, an echo, another holter monitor, a cardiac event monitor, and a stress test with echo.  According to the cardiologists (2 of them actually) my heart is very healthy and strong.  Yet I still gets palps all day and night (sometimes every 3rd beat for days!!).  Went back to my cardiologist this week and he switched my med to Metoprolol 25mg once a day.  Hoping this helps - I was nervous to switch because my blood pressure is normal (~115/70) so didn't want my blood pressure to drop too low and feel weird. The cardiologist said to try not to pay attention to the palps as focusing on them is just increasing my anxiety, thus increasing the palps (ahhhh!!!).  

I was shocked when I found this site just for people like me!    Who knew their were so many of us?  Sad actually.  I hate that others suffer like I do, day in and day out.  :'(  Hpwever it is good to know that these are benign and not actually damaging my heart ... but I sure wish I could make myself believe that, quit focusing on them so much, and move on with my life.  So I come here to ask ... How?  How do I do that?

HI, I am a newbie too, be strong.. for every action there is a n equal and opposite reaction, so if something like palps started, it must also be able to stop....