PVCs

[goingcrazy1029]

I read this forum every day and have learned so much. Usually there is some question referring to PVCs...causes...triggers...etc. Right  now it is aftern midnight and once again I can not fall asleep because of these cursed things. I had been pretty lucky for awhile...about 6 weeks or so...but now they are back. And I wish I knew why. Really haven't eaten or drank anything different. No real increase of stress. Only difference is the weather. It is more like mid July than late May...hot and muggy...yuck! Does anyone know if weather plays a part in their PVCs? I do have to say during the winter when it was really cold, my fibromyalgia would kick in and I often noticed an increase of PVCs. But hot and muggy??? And so far the fibro has been okay.

Any thoughts????

[merileegal]

I'll have to admit, stress is really the culprit for me. I can look back at different periods of my life when I have the most arrythmias, and there is usually a lot of stress. I also tried green tea hp for weight loss, and that was a definite heart stimulator. Won't do that again! If I don't get enough rest, or go without food for too long, or get dehydrated, I have that empty feeling thing in my throat with irregular beats. Sometimes msg bothers me but not always. Must be the amount of msg. I'm still suspicious of krill oil. I just want to go about my life not thinking about it or getting on the computer to look up something I think might be causing these things. I guess I don't have to try and figure it out. It's not really the missed beat thing that bothers me the most, it's the svt that comes after that I fear the most. Scared it's going to damage my heart even though the doctors day they won't. I don't believe them about that. I don't know how my heart can beat 250 bpm like it's trying to bust out of my chest and not have something happen. I'm afraid something is going to tear inside with it beating that hard and fast. I'm counting on the ablation I have scheduled next week to fix that.

[dmacd74]

I am always jealous when other pvc'ers tell me that their potassium was tested and was low and then they had pvcs.  Or they say low magnesium was blamed for their pvcs, or thyroid, or the alcohol they had at Christmas, etc. etc.  I could only hope!  With my pvcs, there is NO rhyme or reason!  I wish I could identify something!!!!!!!!  I suspect that stress and anxiety are to blame, but sometimes I am not even sure about that.  Mostly, they appear out of the blue and the resulting stress and anxiety makes them worse, but doesn't necessarily cause them.  Ugh!

[Goosey123]

I am the same, they came on 6 months ago during sleep and don't want to leave.  Not to mention I can feel and see why heart beat, sometimes stronger but always present.  Everything listed I can check off as being normal.  

[SassyLassie]

Hi Merileegal, my doc says that my hormones are playing a big part in all this, but, whatever it is, it is horrible. I agree, one day it is one reason, the next, another reason, it is maddening to say the least.

[merileegal]

If you figure it out, it will be the answer of the century. Today I'm blaming my hormones or lack of them, tomorrow it will be something else. I think it's like the stars lining up to cause  a great event of some kind. Things just line up in our bodies, minds, and environment that influence these darn things.

[SassyLassie]

Mental stress can certainly bring these horrid things on, it sure does me. I also noticed that high winds and cold make my act up, even though I love cold weather. However, there have been times when heat does too, ugh!!!!

[curmudgen]

I also think our mental state can be a trigger for PVCs by raising our level of anxiety/stress which on turn raises the adrenalin level.  some of us have such sensitive heart cells that any slight change will trigger arrhythmia...that's why many times the only thing we can go is stay calm...so very hard to do given all the stressors of modern life.  

[Jerry_NJ]

Sorry about the PVCs, and I too am in the hot and muggy weather in NJ, and I really don't like it.

I believe our mental state has much to do with our heart and other physical body conditions.  If the muggy hot weather really bothers you, I believe it can be a trigger for PVCs.  If you can afford the cost of the electricity (boy is it getting expensive to heat/cool ones environment) try a reduce the humidity and temperature a couple of points and see if that helps, especially when trying to get to sleep.