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General guidance to help you make the most of your visit. Not a substitute for medical advice.
Palpitations, the feeling of your heart racing, pounding, or skipping, can have many causes, and they often come and go before a visit. A clear account of when they happen helps your doctor narrow things down. Here is what to prepare, what to ask, and how to follow up.
Track when the palpitations happen, how long they last, and what they feel like, whether racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipped beats. Note what you were doing when they started and anything with them, like chest discomfort, dizziness, or breathlessness.
Write down what seems to bring them on or ease them, such as caffeine, alcohol, stress, or lack of sleep. List your current medications and supplements, since some can be a factor, and note any history of heart or thyroid conditions.
Expect your doctor to ask about the pattern, check your heart rate and rhythm, and possibly order an ECG or a monitor to catch an episode. Lead with your notes so the visit focuses on finding a cause.
Take notes as the doctor talks, record the meeting (with their permission!) in myStoria, or add a quick voice note to myStoria as soon as possible afterward so that you are not relying on memory alone.
Before you leave the clinic, ask for copies of anything from the visit, like lab results, assessments, or referrals, and upload them to myStoria to keep your history complete. (If you aren't able to get copies, connect with Concierge and we can help you source them!)
After the visit, keep a short note on each episode, what you were doing, and how long it lasted, along with any test results. Patterns over time are more useful than a single episode.
If palpitations come with chest pain, fainting or near-fainting, or severe breathlessness, call your local emergency number right away. Otherwise, book a follow-up with your notes in hand.
myStoria keeps when your palpitations happen, what comes with them, and what sets them off in one place, so your appointment starts from a clear pattern rather than a single episode. Everything stays with you between visits, so a follow-up builds on the last. And when you want to talk something through, you can schedule a video consult in advance with a member of our team, several of whom are nurses.
This page offers general information to help you prepare for and follow up on your heart palpitations appointment. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If palpitations come with chest pain, fainting, or severe breathlessness, call your local emergency number. myStoria video consults are scheduled in advance.
