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Tell Me About Your PVCs
I have some questions to see how others measure up. Just thought it might be an interesting thread for people to understand each other a bit.
1. How long have you had PVCs?
2. On average, how many per day?
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs?
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
I'll answer below too. I think it will be interesting to see how people respond.
1. How long have you had PVCs?
2. On average, how many per day?
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs?
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
I'll answer below too. I think it will be interesting to see how people respond.
Wow!! Glad to see this bumped up again..and whats funny..is that Im on here...I took this little poll in 2007!!!! Its something to see my answers then...( Im way at the top..one of the first to answer in 2007...and see my answers NOW. Some things have changed ( I have Coronary Artery Disease now--Mild) and some things still stay the same...heres my UPdated version:
1. How long have you had PVCs? about 20 years
2. On average, how many per day? Some days I may just have a few. Some none. Other days--has to be hundreds and hundreds.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? Yes...but..Im fooled too, because I will think Im having a good day--and will ( out of habit--) take my pulse..and I will feel the skips and jumps--even when I cant feel them myself. I do also have DAYS...and even maybe a WEEK or two where I dont have any.
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? Well, I have cut out EVERY drop of caffeine- all chocolate... Anything spicy..with MSG as well.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? For me, the # 1 trigger is STRESS. And...its almost always 24 hrs AFTER a stressful event. At the time..i get thru the event fine. its the next day, (and the next..and the next) that the palpitations are nearly unbearable. Also PMS. The week before my period...always always have more.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? I do have Gerd..as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome..and I am 100 % positive that both contribute. Im on prescription for the Gerd. But if I have alot of stomach upset..ie: gas, etc....watch out...my palpitations will be terrible.
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? Yes. A Nuclear stress test showed "areas of narrowing"..and "many areas of plaque"...and one area of "concern". My cardiologist felt that cardiac catheterization at this time,was not necessary...going to work on risk factors. Since March 2010, when this was discovered, I have joined a cardiac rehab exercise place, and now I workout 4-5 days a week...with 50 minutes of cardio, 20 min of weight training each day. I can only hope its helping.
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? I can tell when Im PMS-my palps will increase. I did not have ANY palpitations during 3 pregnancys...but the first time i had them, was in the hospital after the birth of my last child, 18 years ago. I actually experienced my first panic attack that same night--I didnt know WHAT was going on with me that night, but it was the start of everything!
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? It doesnt really matter. Some days, I will go into the fitness center "bubbling" with palpitations. After a chat with my cardiologist, who told me to just go ahead and exercise....I find that SOMETIMES, when im really working out hard, they are terrible. Other times, by the time ive sweat and made my way thru my cardio workout...I walk OUT the door, and the palpitations are GONE. Other times, they dont start till the middle of the workout ( it ruins it for me then, all I think about are the palps)....and last quite a while after. So..no certain pattern..
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? I do not know what some of those terms mean---but I know I have bigeminy and trigeminy...and probably couplets too....definatly have times where very few beats are the same, in a row.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? Nope
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
Yes. I WAS on 100mg Atenolol, for 18 years. Just 2 months ago, during a terrible non-stop run of a week of palpitations, i saw my cardio. He said maybe Ive built a resistance to Atenolol, and switched me to 50 mg of Metoprolol 2 timesa day. I dont like it as well as the Aten...it doesnt keep my heartrate as low as the Aten did...but its fairly effective at controlling the palps...Just a month ago, he tested my POTASSIUM level. It was in the normal range, but barely. VERY much on the low end...so he said that MIGHT be helping create some palps....so ive been on a prescription of Potassium, 2x a day, hat has helped...( NOT STOPPED) but helped alot. I have anxiety issues ...so I am on Xanax---like someone else here said, Xanax doesnt lessen the palps...but it lessens my terror when Im having them.
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? Not sure....dont think so.
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. Well, coming here makes me feel alot better...doesnt lessen the palps, but relaxs me a bit. This, and the Xanax. The potassium helps. I pray nightly that my palpitations will go away. They do affect my quality of life....I get so Tired of worrying about them. Some days, I give in...let them win, and just break down and cry...they make me so miserable. But ...all that does is make me upset and INcrease them...so i try not to let that happen!
1. How long have you had PVCs? about 20 years
2. On average, how many per day? Some days I may just have a few. Some none. Other days--has to be hundreds and hundreds.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? Yes...but..Im fooled too, because I will think Im having a good day--and will ( out of habit--) take my pulse..and I will feel the skips and jumps--even when I cant feel them myself. I do also have DAYS...and even maybe a WEEK or two where I dont have any.
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? Well, I have cut out EVERY drop of caffeine- all chocolate... Anything spicy..with MSG as well.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? For me, the # 1 trigger is STRESS. And...its almost always 24 hrs AFTER a stressful event. At the time..i get thru the event fine. its the next day, (and the next..and the next) that the palpitations are nearly unbearable. Also PMS. The week before my period...always always have more.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? I do have Gerd..as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome..and I am 100 % positive that both contribute. Im on prescription for the Gerd. But if I have alot of stomach upset..ie: gas, etc....watch out...my palpitations will be terrible.
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? Yes. A Nuclear stress test showed "areas of narrowing"..and "many areas of plaque"...and one area of "concern". My cardiologist felt that cardiac catheterization at this time,was not necessary...going to work on risk factors. Since March 2010, when this was discovered, I have joined a cardiac rehab exercise place, and now I workout 4-5 days a week...with 50 minutes of cardio, 20 min of weight training each day. I can only hope its helping.
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? I can tell when Im PMS-my palps will increase. I did not have ANY palpitations during 3 pregnancys...but the first time i had them, was in the hospital after the birth of my last child, 18 years ago. I actually experienced my first panic attack that same night--I didnt know WHAT was going on with me that night, but it was the start of everything!
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? It doesnt really matter. Some days, I will go into the fitness center "bubbling" with palpitations. After a chat with my cardiologist, who told me to just go ahead and exercise....I find that SOMETIMES, when im really working out hard, they are terrible. Other times, by the time ive sweat and made my way thru my cardio workout...I walk OUT the door, and the palpitations are GONE. Other times, they dont start till the middle of the workout ( it ruins it for me then, all I think about are the palps)....and last quite a while after. So..no certain pattern..
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? I do not know what some of those terms mean---but I know I have bigeminy and trigeminy...and probably couplets too....definatly have times where very few beats are the same, in a row.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? Nope
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
Yes. I WAS on 100mg Atenolol, for 18 years. Just 2 months ago, during a terrible non-stop run of a week of palpitations, i saw my cardio. He said maybe Ive built a resistance to Atenolol, and switched me to 50 mg of Metoprolol 2 timesa day. I dont like it as well as the Aten...it doesnt keep my heartrate as low as the Aten did...but its fairly effective at controlling the palps...Just a month ago, he tested my POTASSIUM level. It was in the normal range, but barely. VERY much on the low end...so he said that MIGHT be helping create some palps....so ive been on a prescription of Potassium, 2x a day, hat has helped...( NOT STOPPED) but helped alot. I have anxiety issues ...so I am on Xanax---like someone else here said, Xanax doesnt lessen the palps...but it lessens my terror when Im having them.
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? Not sure....dont think so.
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. Well, coming here makes me feel alot better...doesnt lessen the palps, but relaxs me a bit. This, and the Xanax. The potassium helps. I pray nightly that my palpitations will go away. They do affect my quality of life....I get so Tired of worrying about them. Some days, I give in...let them win, and just break down and cry...they make me so miserable. But ...all that does is make me upset and INcrease them...so i try not to let that happen!
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
- Magnesium supplements didn't help.
- Fish oil might have worsened them in me personally, i'm not sure.
- Making sure the stomach doesnt get irritated helps a lot.
- Keeping sugar levels decently sure helps. (not eating too much refined sugar but not too much carbs either!)
since Recently, i have less PVC's than i used to have.
I think the underlying changes MIGHT have something to do with it.
since Recently,
every day i'm taking 3teaspoons of organic blackstrap molasses (it's full of essential minerals: iron, potassium, magnesium, etc)
I take 4 tablespoons of highgrade olive oil and 1 tablespoon of linseed oil.
I also started sleeping on my back instead of on the side or belly.
- Magnesium supplements didn't help.
- Fish oil might have worsened them in me personally, i'm not sure.
- Making sure the stomach doesnt get irritated helps a lot.
- Keeping sugar levels decently sure helps. (not eating too much refined sugar but not too much carbs either!)
since Recently, i have less PVC's than i used to have.
I think the underlying changes MIGHT have something to do with it.
since Recently,
every day i'm taking 3teaspoons of organic blackstrap molasses (it's full of essential minerals: iron, potassium, magnesium, etc)
I take 4 tablespoons of highgrade olive oil and 1 tablespoon of linseed oil.
I also started sleeping on my back instead of on the side or belly.
1. How long have you had PVCs? -- I've had PAC's for 16 years.
2. On average, how many per day? --- don't know for sure...I'd say aprrox. 20-30
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? --- no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? --sugar, msg, alcohol, not enough water, caffeine, fried foods
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? --Exercise, stress, anxiety, positional (sitting or laying)
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -YES, and it absolutely aggrivates them.
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? --NO
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -- Happened after the birth of my 2nd child...I always get them before and during my period.
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? --- Depends what exercise, i still get them no matter what.. BUT the faster my heart is the more i get..Heavy lifting really increases them.
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? - don't know, didn't ask, don't really want to know
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? --no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? --atenolol 12.5mg...doesn't really help PAC's or tachy...get tachy with eating and sometimes PAC's with greasy foods. Also xanax if needed.
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? --ASTHMA, anxiety
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. --- NOTHING helps...I always get them, I always feel them, and I HATE them!!
2. On average, how many per day? --- don't know for sure...I'd say aprrox. 20-30
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? --- no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? --sugar, msg, alcohol, not enough water, caffeine, fried foods
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? --Exercise, stress, anxiety, positional (sitting or laying)
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -YES, and it absolutely aggrivates them.
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? --NO
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -- Happened after the birth of my 2nd child...I always get them before and during my period.
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? --- Depends what exercise, i still get them no matter what.. BUT the faster my heart is the more i get..Heavy lifting really increases them.
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? - don't know, didn't ask, don't really want to know
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? --no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? --atenolol 12.5mg...doesn't really help PAC's or tachy...get tachy with eating and sometimes PAC's with greasy foods. Also xanax if needed.
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? --ASTHMA, anxiety
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. --- NOTHING helps...I always get them, I always feel them, and I HATE them!!
This is very interesting, God i hate them so much, would love to hear other peoples experience..
1. How long have you had PVCs? -- 10 years that i have noticed!
2. On average, how many per day? --- averagly i can feel 100 a day, but i do get alot more sometimes..
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? --- no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? --Take aways, salt, msg, alcohol, not enough water, caffiene
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? --Exercise, stress
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? ---I am not sure BUT when i eat a heavy meal i notice my heart thumps more
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? --NO
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -- After i had my last baby 3 yrs ago, they have gotton worse.. I also get alot more around my period..
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? --- Depends what exercise, i still get them no matter what.. BUT the faster my heart is the more i get..
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? --Yes couplets and begeminy on my 48hr holtor monitor
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? --no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? --Inderal, kept heart rate average, did nothing for skipped beats
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? --not as far as i know.
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. --- Nothing so far, i given up smoking, cut junk out my diet, but i still get them every day... :-(
1. How long have you had PVCs? -- 10 years that i have noticed!
2. On average, how many per day? --- averagly i can feel 100 a day, but i do get alot more sometimes..
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? --- no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? --Take aways, salt, msg, alcohol, not enough water, caffiene
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? --Exercise, stress
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? ---I am not sure BUT when i eat a heavy meal i notice my heart thumps more
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? --NO
8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -- After i had my last baby 3 yrs ago, they have gotton worse.. I also get alot more around my period..
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? --- Depends what exercise, i still get them no matter what.. BUT the faster my heart is the more i get..
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? --Yes couplets and begeminy on my 48hr holtor monitor
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? --no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? --Inderal, kept heart rate average, did nothing for skipped beats
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? --not as far as i know.
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal. --- Nothing so far, i given up smoking, cut junk out my diet, but i still get them every day... :-(
1. How long have you had PVCs? 28 years
2. On average, how many per day? depends, between 50-1000+ depending on the activity.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? not sure, my PVC's .trigger even when I'm not doing anything.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? see 4.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -no
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? yes
8. For womenWomen's way, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -na
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? -same
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? Yes, based on holter monitoring.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? -no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? Yes, a lot of them. It helps somtimes, and other times it doesn't
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? -no
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
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2. On average, how many per day? depends, between 50-1000+ depending on the activity.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? no
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? not sure, my PVC's .trigger even when I'm not doing anything.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? see 4.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -no
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? yes
8. For womenWomen's way, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -na
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? -same
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? Yes, based on holter monitoring.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? -no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? Yes, a lot of them. It helps somtimes, and other times it doesn't
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? -no
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
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1. How long have you had PVCs? all my life - 55 years
2. On average, how many per day? several - some more than others - gone now.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? yes
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? no triggers but caffeine, high calorie food&drinks raise blood pressure and amplify the PVC's.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? see 4.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -no
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? -no
8. For womenWomen's way, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -na
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? -same
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? -don't know what they are.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? -no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help controlControl
Control rx your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? beta blockers - nearly made me pass out...screw them!
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? -no
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
I found a "CURE" that works for me. I found eating shrimp would vastly reduce my pvc's. Tried lots of omega-3...didn't help. I told a doctor and he said maybe it's the iodine in the shrimp. Tried kelp tablets and they helped some. But it wasn't until I tried Omega-Red Krill Oil that I noticed a big difference! I also take a daily calcium suppliment. Between all 3 of these suppliments, I never notice my pvc's anymore and believe me, what a relief!!! I drink coffee again and eat fearlessly without the anxiety of pvc uproars. I've contacted pharma about my discovery but of course, they are not interested in cures, only sustainable treatments which fill their pockets with profits...-john-
2. On average, how many per day? several - some more than others - gone now.
3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all? yes
4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers? no triggers but caffeine, high calorie food&drinks raise blood pressure and amplify the PVC's.
5. What is your list of non-edible triggers? see 4.
6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs? -no
7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease? -no
8. For womenWomen's way, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs? -na
9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing? -same
10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT? -don't know what they are.
11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD? -no
12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help controlControl
Control rx your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change? beta blockers - nearly made me pass out...screw them!
13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)? -no
14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
I found a "CURE" that works for me. I found eating shrimp would vastly reduce my pvc's. Tried lots of omega-3...didn't help. I told a doctor and he said maybe it's the iodine in the shrimp. Tried kelp tablets and they helped some. But it wasn't until I tried Omega-Red Krill Oil that I noticed a big difference! I also take a daily calcium suppliment. Between all 3 of these suppliments, I never notice my pvc's anymore and believe me, what a relief!!! I drink coffee again and eat fearlessly without the anxiety of pvc uproars. I've contacted pharma about my discovery but of course, they are not interested in cures, only sustainable treatments which fill their pockets with profits...-john-
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