PVCs and pain

[Nurse2b1982]

Hi guys! I have not been on here much as I have been studying pharamacology and med surg/thoracic at school, which has kept me extremely busy:(
I have a quick question: Has anyone experienced almost a painful kind of PVC while walking?

I have been noticing that I get almost a pain sensation...(kinda like that feeling when your stomach drops on a big hill or a roller coaster) and it feels like it's in my chest and stomach along with that feeling like a loss of breath. I only get this at rest every once in a while but I seem to get it more when I'm at clinicals or just walking a lot(like in Walmart yesterday). For those of you who dont know my history.....20,000+ PVCs a day in Jan. this year out of the blue....now reduced to 2000+/- a day with a beta blocker....PVCs coming from left ventricle...clean echo last year(proir to PVCs), prior EP couldnt induce any abnormal rhythms(proir to the PVCs)....history of sinus tach up to 200 bpm...and all ekgs were normal besides sinus arhythmias and frequent PVCs.

Anyone ever feel this way as well? It is really bothersome and uncomfortable.

Thanks for any responses!! Have a good day All!

[Nurse2b1982]

Interesting enough when I went to the ER after a painful couple of PVCs....they caught one on the EKG and it said "possible PAC with aberrrant conduction" ...I have never had a PAC out of the 20,000+ I was having in Jan. but then again, I have noever felt this painful sensations until recently....so I will take a copy of that EKG to my EP on Weds. and see what he says.
I agree that knowledge can be a gift and a curse!!! Sometime I wish I was ignorrant about heart problems....maybe then, it would be easier to believe that everythings okay. I also think I am in tune too much with my body as well, and I am currently debating taking BuSpar for the anxiety, I am hestitant for fear of side effects, but hopefully I will get up the courage to just try it and see if it works!!
Thanks for the reponse!

[rilesnic]

I have PAC's and tachy (up to 160 during my sleep) and sometimes it feels like my heart is squeezing...which causes me pain.  I see you are in nursing school.  I believe I have always had PAC's (as many people do), but never noticed them until one day in nursing school (15 years ago), a classmate was taking my pulse and she said it was "skipping."  I could not do anything but check my pulse constantly after that.  My cardio has told me that if he put a monitor on 100 people, 100% of them would have some type of irregularities at some time or another.  He said the majority would never feel them.  I am now very symptomatic with them and I do feel I'm too "in tune" to my body resulting from anxiety over this all.  I believe the anxiety makes me feel worse than any PAC I may have and causes the PAC's and tachy to become more prominant.  I have always been told a little knowledge can be harmful to some, and sadly I believe I have enough knowledge to scare myself and not enough knowledge to shake these anxious feelings.  I wish you the best on your health and your education!