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    Epistemically Challenged "My thinking about science has been...affected by my experience with CFS"

    I can sympathise with your phobia of doctors. Have currently a very good doctor, who takes the view that we are adults, and that if I feel a med is not good for me, I can simply stop taking it. This necessary because of recent (hospital) pressure to take statins, which I DO NOT WANT. What is...
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    Stomach causes skipped beats!!

    Hubby has had what you describe, OP. For years he thought it was a heart problem. Turned out eventually to be made worse by anxiety, and that he has a hiatus hernia, and that affects the vagus nerve. In addition to what Boolybooly suggested, keep an eye on your salt intake - it should not be too...