10 Jun
Hi all. Lurked here for a few weeks, finally posting. I've got an appointment coming up and I'm trying to go in prepared because I know how quickly those ten minutes disappear. So I've been keeping a sleep diary for the past fortnight. Time I went to bed, how long before I fell asleep, whether I woke in the night and what woke me (palpitations mostly, sometimes just the heat), how I felt in the morning. It's been quite revealing actually. I can see a clear pattern around the nights I've had even one coffee after about 3pm. Not going to say that's the whole story but it's something concrete I can show rather than just saying "I feel terrible, I don't sleep well". What I'm less sure about is what tests to actually ask for. My sister had a whole cardiac workup when she had palpitations in her 40s and everything was fine, they put it down to hormones eventually. But I don't want to assume mine are the same without someone checking. Does anyone know if there's a standard thing to request? I don't want to go in sounding like I've been on WebMD for three hours (even if I have 😂) but I also don't want to leave without knowing what the next step is if the GP just wants to wait and see.