So sorry jazz, has your dr checked everything else to make sure that it's just anxiety? There are other things that can cause these symptoms too. Do you have meds for the anxiety? When this happens just breathe... dont panic. Slowly in and out. Are you under alot of stress?

I remembered feeling like my mind was gonna send me to the loony bin...now, I think, "Loony bin, eh?" Hmmm, nice crisp white sheets, 3 squares, and peace n quiet...perhaps a morphine drip, who knows...ha .Let your heart do the jumping flip-flops, aint gonna hurt ya, believe me. THe more you stress over it, the more it'll do it. Again, aint gonna hurt ya. I survived going to my parents' house today, sober mind you, so you can pull this dinner thing you worked so hard on.

Jazzmynn, sometimes it's hard to get others (doctors, family, friends) to really understand what we go through and how deeply things affects us. It really sucks when they trivialize something. That's why I'm so glad I found this support group because I don't think anyone here would ever do that. You can just say it and noone will make fun of it or make you feel like a fool.

In reality we each need to try and figure out how to deal with our symptoms and issues because they don't just magically go away. To boot, every time I turn around theres one new thing to deal with! LOL

Maybe you need providers that are a bit more nurturing and help you find solutions. Otherwise the next time you may feel shy about sharing something with them and what kind of help are they to you then? I'm not saying to just go out and get a new doctor and counselor, but maybe let them know that you need them to take your concerns more seriously and help you find ways to deal with it and validate you.

And quarterflash makes a good point that if you keep fixating on this symptom it will take over. So maybe do what they teach us in meditation...you don't ignore the tension or pain in your body, or the random thoughts that keep popping in rudely....just notice them and then let your mind move on to a more positive thought. We also make up our own mantras (a short statement we say to ourselves repeatedly to get us out of a difficult momentlike I can do this or One moment at a time. Sounds a bit hinky but you dont need to tell anyone what your mantras are ;-D

Hi Jazz,

I also had these horrible palpitations and would get really anxious about them, but then my doctor told me that every single person (with or without anxiety) has stronger palpitations during the day, but most of the times we don't feel them because we're distracted with somehing else. Of course, us anxious people, we multiply these palpitations by a thousand and make them much worse than they are. What really helped me was to think: OK, they're palpitations, they will go away in a second, and just put my mind in something else. I know it sounds stupid but what really also helped was to think "Hey, my heart is working really fast, good thing is woking and not stopping!" lol I don't know why but it helped me. Anyways, good luck.