Can't solve the problem of waking. I wake with palpitations not in my chest but in my head and neck and feel as though I am going to throw up. But it isn't nausea. I can hear and see the palpitations. Throbbing heartbeat and strobing light. Bit of vertigo. Hard to describe.

Heart specialist did a 24 hour EKG and stress EKG and found nothing wrong. GP said reflux and prescribed meds that gave me horrendous headache. I don't have reflux. I have had in past and know what it feels like and this is not it.

This has been going on since last February when I was starting to recover from 3 month long flu, then cold then chest infection. Blood pressure is not high on normal testing. But last Feb had one night when it was so high they put me in observation at hospital.

If I lay completely off chocolate and go easy on coffee it gets a bit better, which makes me think blood pressure. I cannot have salt at all.   But the GP says blood pressure is ok for woman my age and weight. I feel I cannot say anything, make any complaints to doctors now because they say nothing is wrong.

Arthritis nurse found osteo arthritis in my cervical spine and thinks this is putting pressure on an artery thereby causing all the symptoms above. Nothing can be done for it. I have a very thin memory foam pillow so my neck doesn't hurt so much anymore. Now looking for natural ways to boost my mood.