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@sandrah2024 The fear is real, I wish doctors understood. I listen to Dr Sanjay Gupta on YouTube, he's a cardiologist who actually cares and he talks a great deal about the skipped heart beats, etc. If I lived in England I would certainly see him. His videos are very comforting.

On Facebook, I am a member of a heart group called "Skipping Hearts" they have the same issues as people do here, they share what's going on, and their fears. Almost all of them take either a beta blocker or Xanax. They (and my GP) keep telling me I should try one but I don't feel comfortable doing so. My blood pressure is too low and so is the heart rate to take even the lowest dose possible of either one. I guess they help some, patients but others they don't do any thing or sometimes make issues worse.

I hope yours settle down, it's awful living each day in fear, if only people understood. 😢

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@susieq1957 So sorry to hear about your situation. I'm in New Zealand and was able to see a cardiologist privately the week after the GP referred me. I feel for you living in an area where that appears not to be possible. There were a couple of things that I wondered about. Have you told the GP why you are not comfortable taking beta blockers given your low blood pressure? I was curious as to whether they were able to provide any reassurance on that. I started a few days ago on a calcium channel blocker because I have asthma so can't use beta blockers. It's made a massive difference. I was having daily EBs and SVTs that were making me dizzy and fearful of fainting while driving etc. Since starting on the meds, I've only had a couple of tiny flutters that were barely noticeable, didn't make me dizzy and lasted a few seconds at most. No side effects thus far. I wore a 7 day heart event monitor the week before getting the meds and the cardiologist said I'd had loads of SVTs every day during that week. She's set up an appointment for me with her colleague who does ablations to review things in 3 months but if I have problems before then, I can see him sooner. The other thing I wondered about was whether you had considered a video consult with Sanjay Gupta? I see that he offers them on his website to people anywhere in the world and you don't need a referral. It's about $350 NZ for a 40 minute appointment. He can't provide treatment to people offshore but it might be reassuring to talk to him, and it might inform any questions you want to put to your GP. I wish you all the best.