Key points. 1  Have your serum cholesterol checked every four to six years if youâre a healthy adult. 2  Serum cholesterol levels can help your doctor identify your risk for developing heart disease in the next 10 years. 3  Lifestyle changes, like diet and exercise, can help improve serum cholesterol levels.
However the main reason for this overlap is that cardiac symptoms in women, such as fatigue, can be so subtle. Also, heart palpitations can occur during hot flashes, so many women assume their palpitations are âjust menopauseâ and donât get them checked out. Palpitations should always get cardiac evaluation.
Yet panic attacks and anxiety themselves do not account for all of the palpitations. 1  That's because palpitations may also occur for reasons unrelated to anxiety, but still affected by anxiety. For example: 2  Caffeine Caffeine is known to cause heart palpitations. It's likely that those with anxiety are either more prone to these palpitations, or more prone to noticing them and thus amplifying their effects. Alcohol and Nicotine Both alcohol and nicotine may also cause heart palpitations.