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Extrasystoles.
I get tachicardia, strong ones, one, every six months in 180 beats per minute and doctors are working on that.What i really want to know is I've been having a lot of extrasystoles weekly and they don't stop, they can even last a whole day and night. i drink 2.5 concor (betablocker) and they still don't fade! Could my extrasystoles be caused by fear and anxiety of having them? or anxiety while doctors try to find my tachicardia? They do make me more anxious!! Should i ignore them even though they're strong? The doctors say they're not dangerous but having them 3 days in a row, day and night ,even after drinking betablocker is driving me crazy. If i start taking ALPLAX and my anxiety levels down would they stop?
While your extrasystoles are not exactly caused by anxiety, the number of them is probably increased that emotion. It definitely is so for me! Were you given Alplax because you were diagnosed with anxiety or panic?
If so, why have you not taken the medication yet to give it a try? It will definitely help you feel calmer. It will not make the extra beats go away, and it is not a solution for a long term problem, but it is good short-term help for acute fright.
If you have been told that you have benign PVCs or some other minor (if scary) form of extrasystole, you have to find some way not to be so frightened by them, and the best way to do that is to see a specialist who treats anxiety, preferably with a combination of cognitive-behavior therapy and medication.
You will be much less aware of these beats when you receive successful treatment for your anxiety. To learn more about this kind of thing, you might want to check out a small, inexpensive book by Dr. Claire Weekes called "Hope and Help For Your Nerves."
If so, why have you not taken the medication yet to give it a try? It will definitely help you feel calmer. It will not make the extra beats go away, and it is not a solution for a long term problem, but it is good short-term help for acute fright.
If you have been told that you have benign PVCs or some other minor (if scary) form of extrasystole, you have to find some way not to be so frightened by them, and the best way to do that is to see a specialist who treats anxiety, preferably with a combination of cognitive-behavior therapy and medication.
You will be much less aware of these beats when you receive successful treatment for your anxiety. To learn more about this kind of thing, you might want to check out a small, inexpensive book by Dr. Claire Weekes called "Hope and Help For Your Nerves."
I think you're talking about premature ventricular contractions? this is just my humble opinion, beta blockers don't work very well for some folks when it comes to PVCs. Beta blockers have never been clinically proven to have any effect on PVCs. I think the reason they are prescribed so much for benign PVCs is that it may lessen the sensation of the PVCs. Also, if the PVCs are enhacned by higher heart rate the BBs might help because they slow down your heart rate.
What you're getting is PVC storms, or sometimes called clusters. They usually will settle down on their own, eventually.
What you're getting is PVC storms, or sometimes called clusters. They usually will settle down on their own, eventually.
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