However, the best medical therapy available is beta blockers such as inderal. You re quite right in not drinking alcohol, caffeine, or eating chocolate, as these factors can exacerbate your skipped beats. Although you describe yourself as not the worrying type, I fear that you are very worried, indeed, about your heartbeat. In fact, it would seem that despite reassurances, you remain very troubled about this issue. One consideration is to see an electrophysiologist regarding the performance of electrical study of your heart.
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