14 Jun
GP appointment is Friday and I am determined not to walk in there and forget everything the moment she looks at me. So this week I've been keeping a little notebook by the bed. Not fancy, just the time it starts, roughly how long it lasts, whether I'd had coffee that day and how much, and what the night was actually like sleep-wise. Already I can see a pattern that I didn't notice before, a lot of the worst ones are happening between 1am and 3am and I've definitely had more caffeine on those days. Probably nothing, probably something, I don't know. What I want to ask her about, and I'm writing this here so I don't lose my nerve: ECG obviously, but also is there a longer monitor they can fit? I've read about 24-hour or 7-day ones. And what else should I be pushing for at this stage? I'm 52, in menopause, and I feel like I've been brushed off before with 'it's just anxiety' and I'm not accepting that this time without at least some tests to back it up. I know anxiety is real and I know it can cause this, but so can other things and I'd like to rule them out properly. Anyway. Notebook is helping. That's all I've got for now x