I have a heart problem. Doctor won’t listen

[Meiralaurel]

On August 3rd I had a catheter ablation for afib. I am 17 and my cardiologist suspected that there was something else causing the afib to happen. It turned out I had AVNRT, disguised as afib. For weeks after the surgery I was expieriancing palpitations. My cardiologist told me I was fine and that it was just anxiety. During the end of September I experienced an episode of tachycardia where my heart raced to 170. My mom and I thought it was afib but the pulse was regular. We called the doctor and he told us it was tachycardia, but not anything else. I had 4 of those episodes in one day. I feel palpitations about everyday, and it’s after the 3 month mark of my ablation so I don’t know what’s going on. I’ve heard it isn’t normal to have tachycardia after surgery and this didn’t feel like JUST a racing heart. My cardiologist sent me home with a 24 hour moniter and I recorded 88 times that I felt palpitations. He said he saw the data and didn’t see see any disruptions in my rythum and told me it was just anxiety. What I dont understand is why is it anxiety when I’m perfectly happy when they happen? Since my cardiologist won’t listen to me, I just would like to know what my tachycardia seems to be. If anyone recognizes the symptoms as something. When I had the tachycardia I felt a fluttering in my chest, I was sweating, I was feeling a seperate slower irregular in my chest and neck so it was hard to take my pulse (it felt like I had two heartbeats), I was having shortness of breath, and of course anxiety. My mom took my pulse and it was regular but around 170. Anyone know what the heck is going on? The weirdest thing was the seperate thump. My mom detected a regular but fast pulse, but I felt two heartbeats which made it hard for me to take my pulse

[2210485]

Tried to reply sooner, but answer never posted apparently.. Sorry.

170 is a tad high to be simply anxiety. If you were diagnosed afib in the past tachy brady is an option. The thumps are likely pvcs.

However it could also be just about anything else from a failure of the ablation, to wpw, to vtach or torsades.. Atrial flutter.. Or yes, even an absurdly high response to anxiety.

Basically it can be anything, and its impossible to give any valid ideas without catching the rhythm om a monitoring device, such as holter or event.

[Meiralaurel]

I’m scared I’ll die

[Meiralaurel]

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[Meiralaurel]

Also when it happened it happened for a minute or two so I don’t know if it’s vtach