Your mother is correct. You have been through so much stress that your nerves are sensitized and feel every single anxiety sensation to the extreme. Take a look at my journal. Start with date Nov. 18 (this is the beginning of chapter one). This will help give you some insight into what is going on and how to deal. I'm on Chapter Six now.

You've had the tests done and you know your heart is fine. Accept that and go on as normal, palpitations and all, and don't give them any fear. When you fear them and fight them..it only makes the stronger. Pay them no mind and they will fade with time. Good luck hon. :)

Go to your family doctor love and take xnax, it may make you a little sleepy for first few days.
You are under tremendous stress right now, its no wonder your feeling this way, i cannot believe your other doctor wouldn,t give you anything for your anxiety, i think its barbaric, it sounds like he doesn,t know much about anxiety.
As long as you take your meds as pescribed you should be fine.
I,ve been on alot of different anxiety meds and never ever had a problem with addiction.
Please go to your local doc who will prescribe for you, i honestly think under the circumstances you really need the meds.
I wish you the best and my thoughts go out to your husband.
Take Care of yourself!
mail if you need to talk!

dont know why your doc hasnt suggested a low dose of beta blockers, such as propanalol, mention this to the doc lots of people swear by em, an you can take them as an wen u need them. vicky xx

you dr. should be more sympathetic to what you are feeling but understand that when you mix a loved one with actual heart problems and add an anxiety prone person and put them together what you are feeling is pretty understandable and clearly anxiety related. Maybe what your doctor was trying to say is that anyone would be stressed under this amount of pressure and you have to get through it and learn to cope with your anxiety... I'm not trying to be harsh but medication can help with symptoms but they can not cure you and you do need to learn your own ways to cope with your anxiety to get past it... it's hard I know

I know how you feel. I suffer from palpitations and i have had tests and the docs tell me it is just anxiety and stress.
My nan (who i am really close to) was taken to hospital a little while ago with heart problems so naturally i started to think i had heart problems too because of my palpitations.
Sometimes my heart does strange beats even when i dont feel anxious.
Its true when people say that because of your anxiety and stree you are more aware of any little pain or strange beat. I bet if we were all care free, anxiety free, panic attack free, stress free people then we probably wouldnt give our palpitations a second thought - we'd just get on with life!
You are under a lot of stress so no doubt this is making your palpitations worse. Just like panic attacks make mine worse.
You will be fine. Hang in there and the less credit you give to these palpitations then eventually they will be less frequent.

Take care

Vicki x

I have been taking a low dose .25 mg and breaking them in half. I only take them when I feel anxious. Your doctor is right in that you are causing the heart palpitations with your worry, I have them too. I've had 3 normal EKG's. Yoga, meditation and xanax can help.

Has anyone ever told you that everyone has heart palpitations? Well, they do. They are common. It is just that some people are more aware of them than other. I went through years of worrying about this. I also have an irregular heartbeat and I thought when I felt the palpitations that my heart was going to stop beating. I thought I was going to die and that no one cared. Then I would get this sensation of my heart doing a belly flop inside my chest. It was a hard jolt when it would do it. Yet the doctors seemed unconcerned. When you suffer from anxiety and these things happen you tend to be hypersensitive to them. When I did some studying on my own and learned more about the heart I felt a lot of relief. Educate yourself because doctors forget that you need information, that they may have been through training but it is all news to you. You will be fine. Don't dwell on it and when it happens just consciously tell yourself that all is well. You will have to do this for a while before you will just accept them. I am not aware of mine so much anymore. I am sure they happen the same as they always did but I stopped giving into the fear. God bless you and your hubby and I pray that things go well in everything you two are facing.

Teressa

P.S. Taking the Xanax is a good idea. I have no idea what that cardiologist was thinking. It will make you a bit tired depending on the dose but the benefits of taking it are so great. I took Xanax for years without ever becoming dependent on it. I wouldn't worry so much about that.