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If you are experiencing fear, anxiety or stress, your heart rate will increase. People who can feel their heartbeat, or flutter, may be experiencing palpitations. This may be due to stress, anxiety, medications, or it may be a sign of a serious heart condition.
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.