MuseChick wrote:

Currently trying to judge when is the right time to talk to a Dr about heart palpitations. Dr Google says they're usually nothing serious and Ive had the random one here and there in the past but I've had them every day, pretty consistently for the past week *shrug*

I get them. Had them for years muse and not really registered them or noticed them. 
Totally fine. 
They were first noticed when I did a drug trial and I was on a monitor. They were happening BEFORE I took the drug so it wasn't that. 
They kept me monitored while in the unit then when I was realised they put me on a 24hr tape and rushed it to a consultant in the hospital. He checked it out and said it was perfectly normal, for about X whatever percent of the population. 
I notice it when lying down or still, I get an extra beat or out of sequence jump here and there which actually goes away if I get fit and do cardio.

Not going to lie tho, I was bricking it until it was checked out.

TLDR 
Don't panic, its quite possibly absolutely fine.

I get loads of them. Last between 5 and 30 seconds. They can be triggered by panic attacks, and panic attacks can be triggered by them. Mine are caused by lots of delicious wine and the doctor told me I was fine but should maybe cut down a bit.

I honestly wouldn't be worried about them if they didn't seem like they'd just popped up out of nowhere to be a constant seemingly without rhyme or reason. I have had a decent amount of stress over the last couple of months, which is all I can think it might be but if anything the stress has finally been subsiding.

I did have a full on echocardiogram and 24 hour monitor (granted I didn't have the palps then) back in the summer and both were totally normal so that's somewhat reassuring.

I'll give it a couple of weeks and if they're still as intense and frequent I'll try and speak to a doc.

Could well be the stress; I thought my heart was playing up but it turned out to be stress making a muscle in my chest twitch.

MuseChick wrote:

Currently trying to judge when is the right time to talk to a Dr about heart palpitations. Dr Google says they're usually nothing serious and Ive had the random one here and there in the past but I've had them every day, pretty consistently for the past week *shrug*

If they've changed, and consistently so, then it's worth a chat with your GP about it.  It's unlikely to be anything too serious given you've already had an echo and 24 hour tape - but given things have changed, it's reasonable to talk to them about it again.  The most common triggers are ectopic beats - occasional skipped beats that we all get from time to time, but can become more aware of - but there are a few weird and wonderful things worth excluding, and it might be sensible to get some bloods to check for other underlying triggers (like thyroid etc).

But yeah, it could well be stress related. At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, make sure you cut down on caffeine, and if you get any chest pains or breathlessness, see someone immediately - otherwise I'd book a routine appointment just to review things.

(If you're comfortable taking your pulse, then check it when it's particularly bad.  Two things your doctor's going to be interested in - firstly how fast is it, and secondly the rhytyhm.  With the latter, broadly speaking they are trying to work out if it's regular, regularly irregular (i.e. predictably so, or mostly regularly with the occasional skip) or irregularly irregular (all over the shop).)

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Sounds worrying.

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