It sucks! this has happened to me every once in a while. it freaks me out too! feels like it's jumping or fluttering for a second. and then it sends me into a panic because i think somethings wrong and i'm going to have a heart attack. When that happens, it helps me to stop for a second and think about just observing my body. usually i realize everything is normal and calm down (but sometimes I still panic).

i know that it can come from too much anxiety and stress, and i've heard it's not dangerous. but if it's happening frequently, it's probably best to listen to the cardiologist, since it's his speciality. maybe he can suggest a different drug to replace the xanax.

When I first started getting panic attacks around 10 years ago, I honestly thought I was having heart problems/heart attacks. So much so that I took myself to the ER where they did the standard tests; all were negative. I then had a cardiologist perform a stress test, and again, no heart problems found.

When it was determined to be panic attacks, my family physician prescribed 0.5mg Xanax, which indeed did help. My panic was originating with my work environment, so in addition to the Xanax to take the edge off the worse effects, I was luckily able to change departments in my company, which reduced the panic attacks to nearly 0 without any medication, although I kept Xanax on had just in case.

If your condition is caused by general anxiety, then there may be better medicine out there for the condition than Xanax. I am now on Paxil (30mg/day) for Social Anxiety and the depression that it brought on. But in my case for panic attacks, Xanax has been a great treatment.

Good luck!

yeh i thnk i do...im not quite sure tho. i actually put it down to diabetes when i was younger, but ive been told its caused by anxiety. it used to scare me witless! id just b sitting there and then my heart would go crazy for a couple of minutes. ive never been on meds or anything, ive just had therapy. but this seems to have helped, as i havnt had my heart goin crazy in a loooong time

mine does it quite often too and i go into a blind panic im like "oh my god this is it im dying" it is a horrible thing and i still have to convince myself that it's just because of anxiety

i get these too. had all the tests and saw the cardiologist. she put me on low dose of beta blockers. it has made a big difference. ask MD about this.

Yes, when i'm very anxious mine does this too. It seems to miss every third beat !ie it beats twice then sort of hesitates and then beats twice again. i have never had it tested as i'm pretty sure its caused by anxiety. i try to relax and not expect or hope it will return to normal immediately ie not try to fight it...that makes it worse

This is what makes it the hardest for me. The racing heart...the skipped beats. I did the whole heart monitor thing too, all the tests. They did find that I had a small MVP but nothing else. I have gotten a little used to it...because I know it's just anxiety.

Yeh, I get it a lot lately and was worried for awhile.

Have that. When my anxiety is worse, so are the skipped/irregular beats. Been checked out, everything is fine. Just my mind, and body, playing tricks on me. It is very disconcerting, and can be quite scary. I was having them once ever couple of weeks. Since my problem with Lexapro, they are much more frequent even though I am not taking the Lexapro anymore.

Good luck.

Yes my heart used to do the same thing. I had to get off of caffiene completely. When I did they went away.

i know how you feel i get them sometimes.It seems to me that my heart is going to jump out of my chest evrey once in a while its terrible.I used to forget it was anxiety for so long because i had my self convinced it was my heart because my mum had a mojor heart attack at age 47 and they say it runs in the family.Sometimes i have no other symtoms only the heart thing and is is so out of the blue for me .But now i remind myself that its only my anxiety and it goes away as fast as it comes,Because the more we worry about what it is the worse it comes.Hope this helps babe xoxooxo.

forgot to tell yo i went to a heart specialist and had a ecg and it was fine so dont worry about your heart hunny its probley stronger than most xoxo.

I get them too quite often, went and seem a cardoligst too, he did the echo and told me my heart was fine, but I know the feeling still bothers you. drives you crazy. but I guess we just have to accept that they are a part of us and what is happening to us. good luck to you.

yep i get this and it is the thing that worries me the most.

I have had tests and all ok but i still cant help but worry that my heart is diseased.

Its a viscious circle, as your heart palpitates, you worry which then makes the palpitation worse so you worry more!

My heart also skips beats and thuds in my chest even when i dont feel particulary anxious.

Your not alone!