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SVT and pvc..........had enough!!!
Hi everyone! i'm sick and tired of being scared of my pvcs and svt. i have decided to do whatever it takes to try and come to terms with everything. i have just recently been diagnosed and before i can i need to understand what SVT really is. i want to know what other pvc and svt suffers are doing to cope. other than this forum there is no-one i know who has svt. i just want to hear other peoples experiences.
do all you svt suffers also have pvcs?
what triggers your svt?
what meds work for you?
does anyone wake up from sleep with svt?
does anyone get weird strong beats like your heart is slowing down just before an svt?????
does anyone get svt whilst eating?
can anyone explain how svt is triggered by a pvc?
how do you know that you are definitely having an svt attack and not something serious? (i always panick when i have an svt because i'm convinced its vt even though my docs and cardios say i don't have vt)
i know its a long boring post and you guys have probably gone through this loads of times but i really would like to hear of your experiences.
do all you svt suffers also have pvcs?
what triggers your svt?
what meds work for you?
does anyone wake up from sleep with svt?
does anyone get weird strong beats like your heart is slowing down just before an svt?????
does anyone get svt whilst eating?
can anyone explain how svt is triggered by a pvc?
how do you know that you are definitely having an svt attack and not something serious? (i always panick when i have an svt because i'm convinced its vt even though my docs and cardios say i don't have vt)
i know its a long boring post and you guys have probably gone through this loads of times but i really would like to hear of your experiences.
My son is in his teens and he doesn't feel them, not a one, and I would never ask him to try.
He is not suffering. He's feeling fine.
If he started noticing them tomorrow then obviously he has been having them all along, right?
He also has a sclerotic mitral valve and mild cardiomyopathy.
Everyone gets these. The ONLY difference is that some people feel them and some don't, some feel them sometimes and not others. Having them is very commonplace.
Being afraid of something happening isn't going to keep it from happening so it's not going to do any good.
My guess is that you've become super sensitive to your body because you are frightnened.
I feel some on occasion and probably don't at other times.
If you won't try the beta you may want to see an expert in anxiety and see what they can do to help. Trying to find out everything you can about PVCs isn't going to do it. These are not really the problem, your response to them is what is giving you the most trouble.
They themselves will wax and wane.
He is not suffering. He's feeling fine.
If he started noticing them tomorrow then obviously he has been having them all along, right?
He also has a sclerotic mitral valve and mild cardiomyopathy.
Everyone gets these. The ONLY difference is that some people feel them and some don't, some feel them sometimes and not others. Having them is very commonplace.
Being afraid of something happening isn't going to keep it from happening so it's not going to do any good.
My guess is that you've become super sensitive to your body because you are frightnened.
I feel some on occasion and probably don't at other times.
If you won't try the beta you may want to see an expert in anxiety and see what they can do to help. Trying to find out everything you can about PVCs isn't going to do it. These are not really the problem, your response to them is what is giving you the most trouble.
They themselves will wax and wane.
its just so hard to believe that i may have always had pvcs but just didnt feel them but do now. you're probably right, i think i may have become more aware of them when i was diagnosed with svt. that really freaked me out and made me paranoid really about my heart. thanks for the advice :)
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Just FYI they are finding they are not as harmless as they used to think , it weakens your heart muscle over time which can cause heart failure. Find a really good cardiologist and take all your medical records
saw this posted on another heart forum, it explains pvcs/pacs really well!!
http://www.mauvila.com/ECG/ecg_premature.htm
http://www.mauvila.com/ECG/ecg_premature.htm
i'm so sorry to hear you son is a pvc sufferer too. I f you don't mind me asking how old is he? does your son feel them or were they just caught on a monitor? i start panicking everytime i feel a pvc because i think its going to start an svt attack!! i do want to try beta blockers but like i said in my other previous post i am scared because my resting heart rate is low:50-55bpm and my bp is low 100/60 on a good day!!
my doc says that i have most probably always had the pvcs but have just realised them now. how true can this be? he says he has 2 every min and never feels them unless he concentrates really hard. i can have 50ish a day and i feel every single one regardless of what am i doing at the time(even my cardiologist is amazed at how i manage to identify every pvc!!) can it really be possible that i've always had this many but have just become more sensitive to them??
Is there anyone who believes that they have always suffered from pvcs but have just started to become more sensitive or affected by them now?
my doc says that i have most probably always had the pvcs but have just realised them now. how true can this be? he says he has 2 every min and never feels them unless he concentrates really hard. i can have 50ish a day and i feel every single one regardless of what am i doing at the time(even my cardiologist is amazed at how i manage to identify every pvc!!) can it really be possible that i've always had this many but have just become more sensitive to them??
Is there anyone who believes that they have always suffered from pvcs but have just started to become more sensitive or affected by them now?
My son has over a thousand a day he isn't taking treatment because they don't bother him.
Medications are not needed for benign conditions, but are sometimes given in hopes of lessening the force of the beat and thus calming the person complaining about them.
Since your heart is healthy they may be worth a try and well-tolerated in your case. From what we are hearing (logically) it's sick people who are most in danger from taking antiarryhthmics for PVCs.
My heart has also gone into overdrive when settling down to sleep. I haven't mentioned it to my doctor. Anytime you mention something to a doctor you get another test. Yech.
I understand PVCs tend to act up at lower heart rates.
Medications are not needed for benign conditions, but are sometimes given in hopes of lessening the force of the beat and thus calming the person complaining about them.
Since your heart is healthy they may be worth a try and well-tolerated in your case. From what we are hearing (logically) it's sick people who are most in danger from taking antiarryhthmics for PVCs.
My heart has also gone into overdrive when settling down to sleep. I haven't mentioned it to my doctor. Anytime you mention something to a doctor you get another test. Yech.
I understand PVCs tend to act up at lower heart rates.
Usually physicians do the standard tests on every patient complaining of palpitations, and in the absense of something more serious causing the palps, there really isnt a "normal".. doctors see patients in the thousands a day range and dont treat them unless they are extremely lowering the quality of life...
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