I had palpitations a few years ago, probably to do with a mixture of peri-menopause and stress, but a mixture of magnesium and finishing the house renovation from hell sent them away.
They've come back, I've realised gradually, over the last few months and so I went to the dr last week and talked it over (I also had an ear infection so not the longest of chats). She said she wasn't worried, but would be more worried if I were getting them after exercise.
What I've realised since that conversation is that my heart is absolutely banging in my chest every time I walk home - we live at the top of a short but very steep hill. It calms down very quickly, in just a few minutes, but I don't know if this counts as a palpitation or a sign I need to get fitter (I do cycle in the summer, but in the winter just aim for 10,000 steps a day, so not that aerobic). I'm not breathless at all, just a bit panicky, and I realise I am getting into a feedback loop about this, in that I am waiting for it to happen and then it happens and I panic more.
I'm going back to see her in a few weeks, so should I raise it then or go and see someone before that? Or just take up running?
Oh, and I am taking industrial quantities of good quality magnesium again (realised that I had been taking oxide by accident) which has made the other palpitations get much less.