I have mitral valve prolapse to and I had it for many years before a "real" dr told me. I had been going to this one for years with these complaints, I wore the 24 halter monitor yada yada yada and he always said everything is fine, you go home and be a good mommy and it will be better....the anxiety was horrible and the panic to (they go hand in hand sometimes)anyway after a couple more years of this Dr I finally went to another one also a cardiologist, he ran tests, monitors ultra sound and then told me to read this book on MVP so I could understand it better. He looked in my files that were transfered from the other Dr and it stated right in there MVP but that dr never told me anything just treated me like a hypochondriac. I still see this same dr and I never went back to the other one after finding that out. So faith in Drs are limited for me to, I'm glad I found this one tho or I would still be running around trying to figure out what was happening to me, that was 19 yrs ago and I've been going to him ever since. Not all Drs can diagnose mvp, almost have to have an ear for the murmur as it is rather common and most people are not symptomatic, I sure wish that was my case. But finding out that I had it helped me deal with the symptoms better and I have less panic because of it. It's easier to deal with something if you know what it is and about it. I had the same thing happen with a female neurologist who sent me home to wither away because she didn't bother to read the radiologist report that stated MS and need further testing...had to go to another neurologist to get diagnosed and by that time suffered irrevesible nerve damage..Drs duh! Some Drs think they are above the radiologist who really are the diagnosticians in most cases since they read the mri, xrays etc. We've all got our horror stories tho.