HRT can be related to palpitations, yes, but I don't think it makes them any more worrisome. I would talk with whoever is prescribing the medication for you to see if maybe some adjustments can be made to help ease up the other symptoms.
Yes I am studying to be a nurse. :) I have been on hormone replacement therapy off and on for 10 years. I am wondering if this has anything to do with it. My cardio says he doesnt deal with hormones but just diseases of the heart and so far mine is healthy. I am having a stress echo on monday. I hate this feeling. I have anywhere frim 1-6 per minute i wonder if this is to much? the cardio says its all benign. GRRRRR I try not to get worked up about it. I am having my hormones checked out again after this stress echo.
I have EXACTLY that problem at exactly the times you describe, and mine are also PACs. Around hormonal times I get short little PSVTs (three beat runs of PACs) one after another. I'm 29 and was diagnosed at 16 with it, though I recall feeling them years before that. Didn't they offer you any treatment like beta blockers or anything?
Also, and off topic, you're studying to be a nurse? Me too :)
I have! They change during the cycle. They are worse at ovulation. I am also noticing as I get older they are more pronounced.
You and I are in a similar situation, I think. I am 38. I have had these "things" for 20 years now. I'm still not really sure exactly which arrhythmia I have. I have been diagnosed with PAC's and PVC's........but as I age, I notice they are getting worse. Sometimes it feels like my heart skips several times in a row.....What is this? Anyway, I noticed your subject, hormones and PAC's. I have noticed that my arrhythmia's get worse during certain times of my cycle. Mostly when there is a shift in hormone levels. Right after I ovulate, just before and after I start. Have you had this problem?
KAT