PVCS back after 5 years but.......

[aliza2010]

I used to post here years ago. I was diagnosed with svt and benign pvcs in 2006. I had all tests done including heart echo. In 2008 I had an EP study done and was given the all clear. No underlying heart problems were found so I just learned to live with the dreaded pvcs. Funnily enough when the fear of them went the pvcs went too!! 5 years later they are back. I have been thorough a very tough time recently and my anxiety levels are sky high.
The thing that is different this time is that when I have a panic attack or severe anxiety the pvcs start in rows. I'm not really concerned about having runs of pvcs it's just the fact that my heart starts all this fluttering and thumping whenever I'm nervous, scared or panicking. This is all new for me. I used to get pvcs but before they were usually only obvious after meals and when falling asleep.  
Has anyone experienced lots of pvcs in stressful situations? Please advise.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

Sorry your to going threw these darn things they are scarey and yes they can control your life if you let them, at one time in my 20 s I was house bound because I was to scared to go out, it has caused me lots of anxiety threw the years. I have learn to live with them and mine have never been really bad ,but this last 3 months have been different, when they come they stay for hours and they are massive , many in a row, very very scarey, I am very thankful I don't have pain or sob with them like many.

Hang in there, hope your new med works but remember the meds never take them totally away but the do help a lot. Plz keep in touch as we are all here to help each other feel better .   Heart

[lou4466]

hi hows your heart been lately?i to have had trips to hospital and then they stop.i had appointment with cardiologist and im starting some new drug not sure wot it is as i didnt like flecinide.i wil let you know if it helps.have you tried any meds ?im sure you have.im like you im afraid to go to far from home cos i know my heart will play up.it just rules your life and life is to short and it is so frustrating .im so glad i came across this foram as meeting people who knows what it feels like does help.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

funny I cant find a reason why I have them either , I have tried so hard to find why I had them so bad last Friday and so many, and they were in a row it was not one here one there , oh no it was like 3-4 in a row one reg heart beat than more , it was scarey. ive had for years  but never like this.

have not gone to hospital for them ever until last Friday. I though for sure I was a gonner I wait 5 hours to thinking they would go away but they just keep coming , and I thought ok when I get to hospital they will stop because they don't ever get caught on a machine so you get peace of mind, lol but as soon as they hooked me up it went wild again. the cardio dr said he could not even look at monitor and not see one I had them the whole 10 hours. but they say harmless pac, didn't feel like harmless lol.

so went away and boom sunday they started again while me and hubby was out riding around. it unnerved me we came home, and than I decided to work them out so I started cleaning the garage hauling chairs downstairs . and they stoped lol. the cardio dr in hospital told me to get up and do something like run on treadmill or walk fast so I did and it worked have not had them since sunday praise the LORD.

so yes very scarey and not sure why they coming in runs and staying all day .

[lou4466]

hi there,wot you are all saying is just like me.i have had ectopics for years and now they go in runs,and i too am afraid to be too happy or upset about anything as my heart then goes mad.i think we have a sensitive nervous system.i worry wot will happen when something awful happens and i wont be able to cope.i wish i could give you something helpful but i have tried evertthing and nothing seems to help.

[beema36]

I seem to have them with any little stress or emotion rather its good emotion or bad. Its getting so I am afraid to let myself feel anything because of these. Seems to be nothing that can be done and drs just shrug them off and tell me to enjoy life! That's a little hard when these things just stop you in your tracks. I hope you can find a way to feel better with these and wish I had some good wisdom to pass on.

[LUKE22]

Aliza, On a bad day Im like you and can have hundreds all day long. Strange thing is if I stay busy I don't notice them as much but they seem to come out of nowhere even when I don't feel like Im stressed though some underlying stress may also be causing them without me even being aware of it. Im constantly looking for the source of them but can never figure it out. Ive heard magnesium is suppose to help but Ive never tried it. Hopefully one day we'll be able to figure this out but until then we just have to just keep trying to push through it and hope for a good day or week as they come.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

I have never notice them with stress, I know a lot have them with stress or maybe I just don't think I am stressed and I am lol, I feel some better right this min, I went outside worked in our garage, took things up and down basement stairs while have a bunch of them, now that I am done have not felt on in about 20 mins lol hope they stay away, or I will get up and walk stairs again lol , I know I am so stressed because I don't care to eat today, I just don't have them like I have had this weekend, maybe off and on some days but never a bunch in a roll that's scarey, thanks for talking to me helps to feel better hope your better to

[aliza2010]

Thanks for your replies!! Luke how many pvcs do you get on a bad day? When I first started noticing them back in 2007 I was having a few a day but then there were days were it felt like I was having thousands but this would only last for a few days. Like I said previously when I quit caring they disappeared! Now recently i seem to get them when I'm anxious or stressed.

Heartfluttersflyawayplz: hope you are feeling better! Do you think that the more stressed you became the worse the pvcs got? I understand how you are feeling, I spent many months fighting these things alone, no one really understands what we go through unless they have been plagued by pvcs themselves.

I was feeling fine this morning just a few bumps here and there until my little girl fell and grazed her knee. It was so weird I panicked at the sight of blood and my heart began to thump harder and louder then the pvcs started I had runs and runs of them. I had to call for my husband to help my daughter up as I was frightened of the way my heart was behaving. Funnily enough as soon as my husband got here the pvcs started to calm down. What on earth is going on with me? I never had bouts of pvcs during stressful situations like this before. For me it was mainly just after meals that the pvcs would start up.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

Hey guys I am with ya, if you read my last few post ya can see what I've been threw last few day, I have felt with them for years a few here a few there, but they were massive for 10 hours and I ended up in the er, they watched them and told me they were pacs and benigh and nothing to worry about  but earlier said than done,  I to am trying to not stress them today as my blood pressure was 203/103 they were more concern about that than the flutters. Which was caused from stress from flutters. So going to my cardio dr next week for follow up see what she thinks. Glad we have this site to vent, talk and try to help each other out

[LUKE22]

When I read you post I thought did I just post that? Im going through the same thing! For years I have been able to cope with the skips, anxiety, and fear but just one summer of high anxiety and I feel like Im starting all over again. Its like Im having to learn how to cope with it from the beginning. The fluttering and skipping seem to be more in clusters this time for some reason and its just hard to understand after having so many months and years of "semi" relief. When it starts its like a leaking faucet with a drip of fear here and there wreaking havoc and its really hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been through it. Now I just try to flood my mind with distractions as much as possible hoping it will pass. Hang in there your not alone!