I am quite ready for things to go back to normal

So, for the last week and a half, a bit of my life has been totally upside down. Most of you already know this, but for those that don't, here's the story.

Last Saturday I was admitted to the ER with a racing heart. We're not talking it being a little fast, at it's peak it was probably around 200 bpm (it should normally be around 70 or so). I was absolutely terrified. I am a generally healthy person. Occasionally a cold, cat allergies and such, but nothing majorly wrong with me. So, when your heart is going that fast, it's really, really scary. My mom took me to the ER, they did all sorts of blood tests (thyroid, potassium levels, etc.), an EKG (told them nothing other than my heart beat was normal, just fast) and made sure I wasn't pregnant (I'm not). Over time as I became more calm, my heart rate went down and they discharged me telling me that I need to see my regular doctor and probably will have to wear an event monitor for a while. I was so happy that my heart had stopped racing (especially since it had been going on for a few days before I finally said anything or did anything about it).

Unfortunately, it happened again on Sunday night. I woke up from a fairly deep sleep with my heart going quite fast. My mom was able to get me to calm down and lower my heart rate but then I was afraid to go back to sleep, so I was up for most of the night. Monday morning, I was a total wreck. Not only did I have to go to school on about 2 hours of sleep, but my anxiety level was through the roof. Again, my mom got me to calm down somewhat (I really think the anxiety piece of this doesn't help) provided me with some anti-anxiety medication and sent me off to school. I called my PCP's office to set up an appointment wiht the overwehlming hope that they'd see me that day (again, I was terrified and wanted someone to help this stop!). Of course my PCP wasn't in that day but the nurse did call her to talk about what to do. They tell me that it could be because my potassium is quite low and to eat more potassium-rich foods for the next week. WEEK. Then get my blood drawn on Monday (the 18th) and see the doctor on the 19th. This was TOTALLY not the answer I wanted. I really thought I was being blown off. So, of course, I called my mom (who has had heart-racing episodes herself, is a nurse and knows about this sort of thing). She said that it was actually a good possibility that the low-potassium was the cause which made me feel a bit better. So, I've spent the last week trying to boost my potassium. Unfortunately, it hasn't been a completely episode-free week. Tuesday night I had a mini-episode (again, my mom talked me out of it and Atavan helped too) and I'm still quite anxious about it all. I do hope that's all it is and the anxiety goes away soon though. It's very scary. And because I'm hyper-concious of what my heart is doing, it makes me nervous if it seems even just a teeny bit fast (which then starts the vicious cycle.)

I just want my life to go back to normal! I'm afraid to do anything that can get my heart rate up for fear that it won't go back down, so, no working out and definitely no running (so much for that 5k I was training for). I feel like a sloth, but a scared sloth.

I really hope this goes away for good soon. I'm tired of being terrified that it'll happen again at any minute. Sigh.