I've been having the ectopic beats frequently for 2 years now but kind of learned to live withthem, I was told beta blockers didn't always make any difference to ectopics and as the palpitations I also had were much less frequent I didn't bother as they had horrible side effects when I needed them years ago when I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism.
I've had ecg, 24 and 72 hour monitoring, 2 heart scans but everything is normal. Thyroid levels checked every 3 then 6 months when I had been on annual checks for years.
They are very disconcerting, I have them several times an hour and they tend to do a little run quite often, maybe 4 or 5 in a row so I sympathise.
Panic makes them worse so I try and stay calm and still if they are bad or carry on regardless so they are less noticeable when I'm going about my daily business.
Recently I realised they've been a lot less frequent, still have at least one epside a day but compared to several every hour , even waking me sometimes I can cope better with it just now.
I find a similar thing as suggested above helps but I sort of do like Im trying to burp and it can help, not always but worth a go.
I was told they were a normal abnormality and everyone has them at some point, like when people say 'my heart skipped a beat' thats most likely an odd ectopic.
Fingers crossed you get everything checked out and there's no underlying cause.
Do others find beta blockers do make a difference to the ectopics themselves? Once I knew what each thing was it was easy to distinguish between an actual run of palpitations and these.
Excuse me hogging your thread with my massive post 