Anxiety can cause a lot of misery. I have anxiety and health anxiety, which complicates being sick with non-anxiety related conditions. Many people in my family suffer with this. It can cause so many things, I’ve discovered. I’m trying to avoid meds too, but I will take them if necessary. I have them in a drawer, in case I do decide to start. So far, I’ve gotten excellent results with talk therapy. I also exercise daily and eat well. It’s helping my anxiety and boosting my confidence and energy.

What have you tried so far?

I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks which include heart palpitations. I’ve been on heart holsters four times and of course nothing happens when I use it.
I find that meditation, yoga and healthy eating help me. I would say sleep helps as well but I can’t sleep longer than 2-3 hours a night.

I’m no stranger to depression and anxiety, it’s a family problem on my mom’s side and I have tried meds on and off to get me through it. I started getting palpitations after a covid infection, they’re very noticeable because I can hear them, this is something new, I did the same thing by going to the doctor and later a cardiologist. I’m very grateful that they don’t find anything serious but I have been trying to cope with this for over a year…it doesn’t hurt thankfully but it’s very scary to feel and hear my heart start beating faster without doing anything to cause it, my anxiety medication doesn’t help this problem, in fact the anxiety itself is very different in how it affects me…I also get tremors in my hands and I can’t function very well until it’s gone. I know my symptoms are not uncommon but it’s still very stressful and not getting any useful help just makes it worse.

I’ve been trying to stay off this site as per my therapist’s advice but I’m just going crazy. My dr. says I have catastrophic thinking and Somatization but my problems are real! All caused by anxiety and depression. Constant palpitations are just one of my issues and every test comes back normal yet I’m on Metoprolol 50 for high blood pressure among others which I’m not pleased about. All this time I’m believing the medical conditions are causing my anxiety yet it seems it’s the opposite that’s true and the cure is therapy, meditation and medication. So why am I still suffering?

I've had Afib since 2002. Too many monitors to count, the latest was a month ago. I now have CHF and the gamet of SVTs and all the other heart 3 letter acronyms. I've had 4 heart attacks, all Type II, not caused by a clot. 2 were in 2022. They were caused by out-of-control BP and pulse, brought on by electrical misfirings in my heart. I take metoprolol 100mg/day to tamp it down.
I also have anxiety. I had it so bad last Thursday that I had to take a 2nd metoprolol to stop. I knew that anxiety was triggering it but I couldn't get myself off that ledge. I work on this mentally constantly, and it's taxing. If it weren't for the metoprolol, I would be dead. Meditation, calming music, and new-age stuff help keep me fairly level most days. That means I have palpalations every day, but they're managable and I'm just barely aware of them. A few times, I get a punch in the heart that will nearly buckle me. More Zio monitors show nothing. But for me, metoprolol is the only thing keeping from the ER.