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June 8, 2006 at 1:07 pm

(1) Frank Moore says:

Palpitions can be often read to be anxiety neurosis induced symptoms.

There is 2 things to consider here. 1) Sib-conscious anxiety attacks; and 2) The thorough-ness of the investigation.

1) Doctors that claim that there is no evidence shown on investigation support evidence that the palpitations are panic attacks means that there is no further investigation to find out what the effect could be from in-case these palpitations are not anxiety attacks. This could lead to death from failure to identifity difficult to trace arrythmias so long as it is thought to be anxuety neurosis; particullarly if that patient has other illnesses such as autism or depression.

2) There are cases in which doctors cannot prove that the arrythmias exists, and when they can’t then if the patient does not feel aware of being anxious prior to the attack of palpitions, they are regarded as having *sub-conscious* panic attacks. But considering no one has proven the existance of the sub-conscious, it shows that this could lead to a comprimise of the treatment of something undetected that is very serious due to the failure of further investigation.

We do legally have a right to have such further investigation, but this should be offered, since it is a lot of responsibility for patient otherwise.

April 14, 2008 at 2:52 pm

(2) Jo says:

Ok, so the common tests do not determine what is causing the palpitations. So what tests are recommended? Must one wear a Holter monitoring until a random palpitation occurs?

April 22, 2008 at 1:47 pm

(3) healthy49 says:

I have been in menopause for over a year now and have experienced heart palpitations off and on but have been thoroughly checked out (Holter Monitor and echocardiogram) and all is well. I have had 2 incidences were I have had minor chest pain in stressful situations and attribute these to anxiety attacks. Should I be concerned about this and how long do the heart palpitations last? My blood pressure is 110/54 and low cholesterol.

June 5, 2008 at 4:24 am

(4) maggi says:

I too have suffered terrible with palpitations during the menopause. My Cardiologist says that sometimes HRT can help although I do not wish to take this. I have had loads of tests and have a slight heart murmur but they say all is fine and its “all in my mind”, I find taking magnesium at night does help a little and try to exercise too.