[Zero10]

Wow, somebody else with a similar problem to me.....
I'm 22, and have had a heart murmur since birth. Over the last 3-4 years I have noticed that I can actually feel my heart beat sometimes didn't really think anything of it until I noticed that when I feel it beat it is because it hadn't been beating for a second or two before. This got me worried.
I also suffer from random PVC events, except mine come in 2's, 3's 4's and sometimes 5's. After 4 or 5 in a row my heart will stop for a second or two to re-time and away it goes again.
I've been in to see a cardiologist who recorded all of this a couple of different ways (holter monitor, echo cardiogram, electro cardiogram, etc.), and after everything was said and done he still has done nothing about it.

Like you when they get bad enough you can feel them in your throat and it kind of makes you sick to your stomach. Since I disocovered this problem I have moved cities, and you have reminded me to follow up with a local cardiologist.

The solution they gave you 'avoid caffeine' is a very good one, since I as well find that it makes my problem MUCH worse, but it is most definately present even when I don't ingest any. In fact, it has happened 3 times just while I am typing this post.

When I first went to see a doctor about it they diagnosed it as small panic attacks and basically told me to get lost. I didn't return for a year, and on my next visit they said the same thing, but I was also suffering from high blood pressure at the time so they referred me to a cardiologist who discovered the real problem. Needless to say I don't trust doctors as far as I can throw them, and I don't see avoiding coffee as a solution to this problem.