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PVCs same time of day

Occassionally I will have runs of PVCs and PACS that last for an hour or so and seem to go away as long as I am sitting down quietly.   Anyway, I have been having these for several months now and they almost always are between 5pm and 10pm.   Anybody have anything similar?  I asked my doc and he just looked at me and said he had no idea.  Seems kinda weird that they almost always happen in that time frame.  I have them throughout the day but randomly here and there, not in runs and sometimes even bigemeny (like tonight).
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I have PVCs all the time, but I  also tend to have them (and feel them more) in the evening.  I've found that it helps me some if I sit upright in a chair (like at the kitchen table, reading or working on something). If I sit scrunched together in my recliner, leaning back, the PVCs become worse and I can feel the tickly cough sensation plus the odd beats in my throat and stomach.  If I sit up straight, or if I walk around, they lessen. I've had less trouble with the sensation lately in the evenings because of two things. First, I eat less for supper so there is less chance of reflux, gas, and bloating (I have GERD and IBS);  second, if I walk around and get my pulse up to the mid eighties or more, the PVCs usually go away for awhile.

I keep hearing that the vagus nerve might be involved in some PVCs, but don't know enough about it, or whether that's true.  All I know is that if I eat a large meal, then sit down and lean back, I can count on having more discomfort from PVCs.
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I, too, seem to get more PVCs and PACs late in the day - don't know why, but I've experienced them a lot like that for quite some time.
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995271 tn?1463924259
This could be sympathetic tone (nervous system).  It could be influenced by outside factors like what you eat at dinner, how much you eat.  etc.

I was getting them like clock work starting at 2:30 am every night for a long time.  never could figure it out, and I searched high and low.
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