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Please see your GP if you experience dizziness, chest pain or tightness, or are breathless alongside your palpitations. If your palpitations are triggered by exertion, are interfering with your life or if you have heart disease we also recommend a visit to your GP.

Please see your GP if your anxiety interferes with your ability to lead your life normally. If you feel like harming yourself or ending your life, phone your GP or 111 immediately or go to A&E. You can also contact your mental health crisis team if you have one.

If you feel suicidal, like you want to harm yourself, or that you want your life to end, phone your GP or 111 immediately or go to A&E. You can also contact your mental health crisis team if you have one.

If you feel suicidal, like you want to harm yourself, or that you want your life to end, phone your GP or 111 immediately or go to A&E. You can also contact your mental health crisis team if you have one.

If you’re experiencing drowsiness, weakness in your body, are passing out or fainting, are having difficulty balancing, or the dizziness interferes with your ability to live your life normally, please see your GP. If you are also experiencing headaches, palpitations, chest pain or chest tightness with feeling dizzy or faint we recommend you visit your GP.

If the onset is sudden or rapid, or you feel confused, off-balance or have visual or speech changes, see your GP. Any loss of sensation of the tissue of the part of your body around the vulva and anus with back pain should be discussed with your GP.

If your headaches are worsening, or are accompanied by high temperature (fever), neck stiffness or rash you should see your GP. You should also see your GP if your headaches started suddenly, are associated with red or painful eyes, or unexplained vomiting, or aren’t like anything you’ve ever experienced before or if there are problems with speech, balance or significant memory issues.

If this is a new symptom, or has come on rapidly, and you also experience a loss of balance, double vision, muscle twitching or wasting, palpitations, feeling generally unwell or dizzy, feeling sick, constipated or notice a change in bowel habits, you should see your GP.

If your symptoms are persistent and don’t go away, you should see a GP. If you’re also experiencing chest pain or chest tightness or wheezing, coughing up blood or have a persistent cough please see your GP.

If you’re feeling generally unwell, experience fatigue, tremors or feeling shaky, unintentional weight loss or diarrhoea alongside your hot flushes, you should see your GP.