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1464004 tn?1384135733

crazy day

Ok for all the talking I do to people on here about not worrying about your PVC PAC issues and just deal with it, I had a day that knocked me off my high horse.

So I'm standing in front of a new class of students giving them my usual first day of class speech and my heart stops for what feels like a good five seconds (which I'm sure it wasn't), all the blood rushes out of my head and I think, ok this is it, this is the one where it stops for good, and then it did it again. I have to make it through the rest of the speech without having a full blown panic attack in front of the class. Not easy. And now having fabulous runs all day.

What did I do wrong? All of my triggers. Not enough sleep last night, no time to eat today and high test coffee which I never drink anymore. Did I know deep down I wasn't gonna die right there? I guess so. Did it still scare the bejesus outta me? You bet! Three decades and it still does. Now I gotta wait for it to calm down.

Point of the whole rant is, even though every doc tells you they're benign and won't kill you, living without fear of them is so much easier said than done. I'm done now. :-)
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212161 tn?1599427282
I might try that one next, so far ive had none since I changed back to my reg meds but I know they will come again

my reg dr gave me Ativan told me to take it after 30 mins of them going and maybe that help calm them and me lol

I have health anxiety and when they last for longer than hour my nerves are crazy
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1464004 tn?1384135733
I seem to do pretty well on the Metoprolol 25mg BID. They seem to lessen the PVCs or at least I feel them less. I just went to the EP to discuss ablation yesterday and I'm seriously thinking about it come Spring. He said it will take care of the SVT but not the PVCs or PACs since they are not unifocal, se we'll see.
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212161 tn?1599427282
Ok so sat I started my new med pindolol  sat morning felt a little shaky, ,as day went on I felt really shaky , not myself, took again  sat night, laid down shook for 30 mins, could not hold my styles for my iPad air,

Sunday when I got up I was shaking again, felt nerves all day, not myself and had shaky hands ,

Went on read side effects,

1 percent gets tremors, guess that's me, so I did not take it tonight went back to my 30 year old  timilol ,

Sad because I wanted it t work so bad, but relief that all that shaking  and. Tremors was not just my anxiety or nerves it was from meds , to night no shaking  I can hold my styles and not be jerky

Any one have a pill I can ask my dr for so when they start and last for hours on hours that might help stop them.
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212161 tn?1599427282
Why can't they just leave us alone, lol, so sorry, I know I feel like I am waiting on mine to come back, my anxiety has not helped lol

Starting my new med sat so praying n side effects that I can't handle, good thing Dr told me if I not like it go back to my other one, said she's not changing my meds because I need it fr my heart, she's doing it to make me feel better and my systems to be better,

That should make me feel better about heart, knowing she's not concern at all and neither was the cardio dr in the hospital when I had them for 10 hours and they recorded 6 hours of them, said nothing but harmless pacs

Funny how we don't feel that way when it's acting up,

Hope today is a better day for you,

Do you have PVC or PAC    , glad I went to hospital and they saw and could tell me for sure what they were, now pray  every time  I have them that they stay pacs and nothing elsa,

Have good day see you on here later

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I had a great day yesterday, felt relaxed all day and didn't feel any. Probably had some, but didn't feel any. Then today they were there when I woke up and have been on and off all day. Very frustrating. I can cope with the occasional ones but the all day spells make me very anxious. Hope things have calmed down for you guys now.
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212161 tn?1599427282
I try and do my normal days, I get up and go clean my house,but still scared wondering when are they going hit again, I have anxiety so it don't help me

I can deal with now and than,flutter her and there but dealing with hours of them every other heart beat really gets to me, never had to deal with them like that

So scarey, praying we all have good days and they stay away
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I really try to ignore them & not say anything about them & try to be normal, but it's so hard....Trying to enjoy a day out with my daughter & I'm thinking my heart, my crazy heart & still I'm smiling like there's nothing wrong.

I've gotten to the point of ...Oh well, if I fall out & die, too bad....I'm just normal:) No fun...
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1464004 tn?1384135733
And just to add...it's seems like a lot of us are having a rough time of it this week. I wonder why?
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1464004 tn?1384135733
I do take meds for it. Metoprolol, but as you know nothing gets rid of them all together. Going back to teaching, dealing with all my other heath issues, not sleeping and coffee were all the wrong things to do and now I'm dealing with thethings I hate. I'm just do glad I can come on here and talk to other people dealing with the same issues. Thanx!
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1569985 tn?1328247482
Seems like the worst part is never knowing when they're going to pop up and when they're going to stop.  Hard to plan anything when you never know how you'll be feeling.  Hope things get better soon.
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I know I'm sensitive to adrenaline. I was so mad that I had spent alot of time trying to find jeans I like, & someone had put them away. I have a hard time with jeans because my legs are long and most don't carry long in the shops. Anyway, I wasn't able to find the same ones & pvc's kicked in.

I can get couplets, triplets, every other or few beats and then go down to 10 to 12 beats, & back and forth for hours. I came home and took a hot shower & took 1/2 xanax and tried to chill and they cut back to 2 or 3 a minute or so. I always have a few a min. that I live with.

My EP really wants to try to ablate because he thinks mine are unifocal & would be easy to ablate. I just had a great nuclear stress test, echo, & labs so told it's normal & benign, but very tempted to let him go for it. Just scared!
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212161 tn?1599427282
Awe no fun, so yours does what mine does every other beat and hours straight, mine did that sat 7 hours straight,

Did the anxiety over jeans cause them?

I can't enjoy a meal out or even be out when I have them that many and so many hours, did it last the whole weekend list every other beat that would made me crazy

I would went to Er have checked out,

So hope they are stopped now for you and pray they not come back anytime soon
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When it hits me like that, I still get scared too. I had them bad all weekend. It started while shopping at the mall. I tried on jeans for 30 min. & found 2 pair I wanted. The girl told me that she would have them at the register for me. So after waiting in line & getting there, someone put them up! Oh,,, there comes the darn pvc's! The didn't go away either. It was like every other beat, couplets and runs of what scare the heck out of me thinking it might be salvos pvc's. That really scares me!!! I tried to suck it up and enjoy dinner at a nice restaraunt but they didn't let up. I couldn't wait to get home. They were real bad for the entire weekend after that. I just hate it...
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212161 tn?1599427282
I understand you , I am having a few today myself and lots of belching with them guess I am still stressed from sat night and not eating has not helped, hang in there girl,

they will calm down and go away . do you take meds for them maybe you can take extra
  hope they are giving you a break in between them and not like mine was constest
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1464004 tn?1384135733
Yes unfortunately they are still here. Have a feeling they won't go away till morning. I would love a nap but Jane lesson plans to do for tomorrow. I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me too. When I get those extra long pauses they still scare me and I still hate them.
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212161 tn?1599427282
So sorry hang in there, thank you for talking to me now my time for you, yes they hit out of blue like that yes you had a lot of tigger points,

Coffee with caffeine  is the worse, no sleep and anxiety can do what happen to you .

Hope your feeling better now and it's passed

Are you still having them now,  I have them for hours straight and every other heart beat, so hang in there and know I am still here after 7 hours of them sat night
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