I'm 24 and have had palpitations for well over ten years now, luckily only a few times a year. My palps are the strong and fast kind, usually well over 180-200 bpm.
Over the years, I've managed to find that lying down when I get palpitations like this makes them stop pretty much immediately (no idea how that works, but it does!), so as soon as an episode begins, I usually lie down and stop them. But now I'm wondering if this might be causing more damage than good - is it bad for me to force my heart back into another, normal rhythm so soon after it starts beating fast? Should I just ride it out instead?
I had an ECG and echo last year which showed my heart as completely healthy, so obviously having done this over the years hasn't caused any outward signs of damage, but I don't want to one day give myself a heart attack because I messed around with my heart rate and forced it to go slow so soon after it starts going fast :S
Thanks!