How Do I Stop Heart Palpitations?

Heart palpitations are minor electrical malfunctions in the body which can cause an irregular heartbeat, breaking it from a normal tempo. However, they are rarely serious conditions. To stop or ease palpitations when they occur, coughing during the palpitations can often force the heart back into its regular tempo. Sitting down and relaxing is also recommended, as extra stress may increase the irregularity of the heartbeat. Splashing your face with mild cold water could also encourage the nervous system to return to its normal rate, while slow and deep breathing will cause tension to be relieved. Additionally, a technique known as Valsalva's manoeuvre, where the nose is pinched and the mouth is closed, followed by a sharp blow, can force the heart back to normal through pressure. Reducing cigarette and caffeine intake can also prevent or reduce heart palpitations, as well as avoiding certain drugs such as Brethine, Dura-Gest and Hismanal.

I suffer from depression, anxiety disorder and high blood pressure. Sometimes I will be awakened by fast , racing heart beat. I will then panic more and search for how to reduce the heart-beat. What is wrong with me?,

You will need to be on medication for that. If you are having heart palpitations you should be checked before it could turn into something very serious.

Well most people say cough a really good one can help stop it i suffer from that too so be positive everything will work out for the good. I got my blood work done too and everything is normal in the name of jesus it is. Believe be positive because it will change the chemical inbalance  in ur brain for depression and aniexity it will get rid of those hormones in you and you will be on top of the world good bless everyone on here who has problems with heart palpitations and stress and other problems your strong and you will get through it. It may be a storm now but we got our umbrellas and raincoats... It will passs very soon.

Please, if this keeps up, don't take a "Nothings wrong" answer from your doctor. I was having palpitations now and then for years. I was given all the holter monitoring (24hr, 30 day etc.). The doctor told me he couldn't find anything wrong and after months of me bugging him for another answer, he sent me to another heart doctor to shock my heart and see if there was anything going on. I was told it might be in the top part of my heart and that was non-life-threatening, or it could be in the bottom and be life threatening. It was in the bottom, so I had to have a pacemaker/defibrillator placed in my chest. Five months later it shocked me for the first time. The doctor said if it hadn't I would be dead. It has since shocked me 2 more times to bring me back from the brink of death. Sometimes the heart can't recover the palpitations on its own. This is the main cause of sudden death from cardiac arrest. I hope this helps, and best of luck!