@jadillow Have you asked your Dr for anxiety pills? Maybe this would help you Your just waiting for these symptoms sounds like this alone will cause you to be anxious I would talk to your Dr about your anxiety maybe he can give you something to calm yourself

You are having my experience after I was first diagnosed. All the doctors said my heart was perfect, but here I was with tachycardia, heart flip-flops, and irregular heartbeats of unknown origin. They put me on blood thinners right away and seemed to forget about me. Three ER visits later (all within two weeks), I finally got a prescription to Diltiazem filled and only had one incident of tachycardia after that. But, my chest hurt. My GP and the nurse in the cardiology clinic said it was not my heart. They were absolutely sure about that. My GP said the chest wall has seven layers of muscles, so it was probably muscular. But, the anxiety of thinking I was going to die wasn't helping my heart calm down any. Plus, I felt horrible, but that turned out to be low sodium from drinking too much water & herb tea (found out later THAT was what could threaten my life much more than afib). I have acid reflux also and I think that sometimes it causes my heart to flip-flop, but there's nothing I can do about it except try not to bring it on in the first place with high-acid or spicy foods. I found while on a recent trip that anxiety DOES bring on afib for me. That, being overtired, or getting dehydrated seem to be my triggers. The plane ride was the perfect storm for me--anxiety, getting tired, and I didn't drink enough water. And so the drama continues.

Now, it's been almost three months since my initial emergency and diagnosis and I can say that I am starting to feel normal most of the time and starting to get back to living my life, such as it is. I do still get occasional chest pains, but I don't worry about them because I know I don't have any blockages nor do I have any heart damage. If I feel awful, then I eat something salty or take a few Himalayan salt crystals and a few hours later feel better. If I feel extremely anxious, I lay down with my kitty whose purrs seem to help me feel less anxious. Going on walks helps too.

It's a hard journey. I am also finding that NO ONE who doesn't have afib has a clue how it feels. They expect me to be the person I was and they still lean on me and expect a lot. They don't understand that I have good days and bad days, that I can't push myself too much or go on long road trips with no backup plan if something goes wrong. Right now that is my biggest frustration. I am having some trouble with my family over a wedding that I know in my heart I should not go to because it's in a remote area and the event will be very stressful and tiring. Some friends have forgotten about me because I was out of the loop for two months. I realized though when I was in the hospital how truly alone I was in this. It does help to have this and other forums, like Stopafib.com.

I hope you get some peace through all this. I try to remember when I get down and feel defeated that these are days I'll never get back so make the best of them.