I HATE PVC"S!!!

[Mom2four85]

I really hate pvc's and VT runs grrr they ruined my life and even after ablation and meds they won't leave me alone...go away mean ugly purple people eaters!  I'm stressed as all get out right now with a cancer scare and my "normal" thumping has been non stop every sec since my gyn's office called yesterday afternoon. I have a massive headache and barely slept which made me even more irritable and even Inderal and Vicodin has done anything...grrr why can't they just go away and stay...

[Mom2four85]

I think they are related, I've had gyn issues since I was young...9 years old wayyyy too young.  Is it a coincidence that I started fainting and had arrhythmia's around that time? I've asked that question to cardiologists & they said hormones play a huge role in women's symptoms, so maybe they are directly related - I wonder if I do have a hysterectomy like the dr's want if i get rid of my pvc's

I think I'm starting menopause yay! lol (my poor husband) and that's playing a major factor in what's going on - I have blood work on March 4th so hopefully that will tell us something...but menopause will help some - Endo/Adneomyosis will go away for the most part.  Now tests show my Endo/Adeno worsened and I'm starting to get NSVT runs alot more than I did before on top of all the other arrhythmia issues...coincidence? doubtful

pac's are worse than pvc's? not for me but it could be just my system; pac's I feel more in my throat and the fluttering kind of pulsing like I can feel the blood pumping in there and can't breathe or swallow; pvc's feel like my heart's stopping, dizziness; heart thumping out of my chest pounding in my ears, but it could be too where those both land in the beat also - maybe mine fall in a different place?

hopefully your holter will show what's going on and you'll find some answers =)

[RNRita]

OOOOOh that is why I love this place.  So many people with different opinions or different experiences and I keep LEARNING and putting things together.  

Lisa, you are having GYN issues.  Maybe they are affecting your hormones right now.  Very touchy system.  My cardio explained yesterday that hormonal problems have an effect on the RVOT which is the source of the majority of PVCs.  I am having a ton of issues now and a ton of PVCs.

Is_something_wrong, you and I TOTALLY agree on liking PVCs better than PACs.  Your explanation was spot on.  I put it together with my cardio appt yesterday, as well.  He said not any PACs noted in previous holters, etc.  I told him they feel different this time....I had a feeling I was getting many more PACs this time.  PACs feel like runs of vtach in a way....can't explain.  I hope this holter shows everything I have...heheheheh

[Mom2four85]

oh wow :( sorry to hear that, I know you were waiting on seeing the dr; what's RSS caused by? I know that's one of the things they look for with sleep apnea; do you have sleep apnea also or been tested? (sorry I can't remember)

[Mom2four85]

no meds right now other than Vicodin & Inderal as needed

I have malignant arrhythmia's called Polymorphic Ventricular tachycardia dx back in Aug 2009, I'm just under alot of stress and don't handle it well.  

At one point I was having 50,000 pvc's daily so a few extra days of non stop pvc's shouldn't bother me...I just hate them! but I'm a glutton for punishment - I do it to myself by not keeping my stress under control as my dr tells me hehehe :P  the stupid things still haven't stopped though.

[Janpes]

yeah got the diagnosis. Don't think it is linked to my DVT though as the primary cause was the surgery. according to my last scan the DVT is gone :) :)

[condoline]

Just curious: would you by chance be taking a statin (Lipitor, Simvastatin, etc)? If so, maybe this is your problem. Simvastatin rebound three weeks after I quit Simvastatin (I suddenly quit taking the drug: should have eased off gradually) brought wild runs of tachycardia and all manner of weird beats along with terrible leg cramps, sudden extreme worsening of peripheral neuropathy, and a worsening of then-dormant pulmonary fibrosis which I later learned hit when I was on Pravachol for one year back in 1995. The tachy gradually spaced itself out; the last of it came 3-1/2 months after it started. The crazy wild and weird beats likewise became less and less frequent, with the last being in a few months later. The leg cramps lasted just five nights (started with the first appearance of the tachycardia) and then left. The neuropathy is unchanged and so is the added amount of pulmonary trouble, but the heart problems are completely gone.

[Mom2four85]

I'll ask my primary dr about that when I go back next week; I tried Lexapro but it didn't help.
I'm going to look up Opamox and see what it is and if it's something I can take =) thanks

oh no so he did dx you with RSS? did that have anything to do with your DVT?

[Janpes]

Anxiety drug usually works for me, somehow calms me down. I use Opamox but it is only for temprorary relief.
Doc says I may have the restless leg syndrome and has now prescribed low dose parkinson meds and physio to try to stop it :(

[Mom2four85]

oh no so sorry to hear about your husband and your scare also; how do you cope with the stress when things like this happen? I guess I used to take it for granted how easy I dealt with stress, I have to find ways to deal with it without exercise/exertion until my cardiologist figure out what's wrong with my heart

how do others cope with stress? I would love some tips - I can't drive by myself so it's very difficult just to leave my house or go out

[CFS56]

Sorry all this is happening to you Lisa.  Stress makes these things SO much worse.  I have been very stressed too, husband had surgery for an aortic aneurysm and mine have been going beserk from the stress.
I hope everything goes well tomorrow at your appt. I went through a breast cancer scare a while back.  Turned out to be just that...a scare.  Hope yours is the same.

[Mom2four85]

Oh I know it's stress...probably what started mine spiral downward stress, but then i could at least exercise and relieve it, now I'm stuck and can't do anything - I've tried so many times and get the same thing - NSVT run, dizziness, that dreaded low blood sugar thing.   It's just so frustrating not being able to control them - I've lived through worse but after they lessen and back off some then return beat after beat for 12 hours is a PAIN.

Long story about the GYN; it's in my journals though =)  short story - had precancerous cells removed early 20's; age 37 hundreds of uterine polyps removed, 2010 changing symptoms; dr threw out the cancer word last Friday and then a few days later his nurse called to schedule me an appt with him saying he wanted to talk to me.

After Friday if they keep on I'll call the cardiologist and go see him to see if any other med will help or I need to change my Inderal dosage...I still hate pvc's hehehe

sorry to whine, it's probably nothing and I'm worrying for no reason.

[is_something_wrong]

Awww, Lisa :)

I thought you were used to that crap..

An important lesson, though. Stress makes them worse in your case. At the moment I really hate my PACs too. My dad just had aortic surgery and we've been a bit anxious. And somehow I think PACs feel worse than PVCs. PVCs are just nice skipped beats when I have them (and that's not often). My PACs tend to squeeze in between the normal beats in small salvos.. like bababam (Sinus-PAC-sinus). Luckily they seem to go away if my heart rate increases, but all this exercise makes my RHR lower (= more PACs). Really good motivation for further exercise :(

Explaination: Sinus node has a longer refractory time when heart rate is slow = sinus node entrance block when the PAC fires = doesn't reset the sinus node = three beats in a row.. whatever.. knowledge doesn't help us here, it's annoying!

Anyway: I think you know what's worsening the PVCs by now. Stress. And right now your adrenaline is high.

Do you have any reason to believe you have cancer? When do you have the next appointment at the gyn's office?