Airplane travel with PVC's/PAC's

[Carey01]

I have been diagnosed with PVC's/PAC's.  I am 39 F with a history of hypertension which I take a 50mg Cozaar for daily.  Seems to control it pretty well.  I do not have anything structurally wrong with my heart and have never had a heart attack or anything like that.  My skips seem to be getting worse in that they are more frequent and seem to come together one after another. They are very adversely affecting my life because they come out of nowhere and I have NO CONTROL over them.  They have me convinced I could die from them because of how they feel! My questions are these:

1.  Is it safe to travel on an airplane with these?
2.  My Dr wants me to try Toprol but I have read so many negative things about it.  He says take it only when you feel a bout coming on. Make sense?
3.  If you feel them does that mean they are worse than if you don't?
4.  Once and for ALL, do PVC'S/PAC's lead to other heart problems?
5.  Can you recommend any reading to help us understand what they are and are not?


Thanks so much for what you do!    

[Carey01]

You're so oooooo right!  I hope I get to that point where I can believe it.  I am doing EXACTLY what you described that you used to do.  Its almost like I am getting agoraphobic.  

Thanks for the great advice.  I'm glad to hear someone is at least successfully dealing with it.

[Barbarella]

Aside from the PVC's I also WAS agorophobic for many yrs and had severe panic attacks mostly when out.  When I was agorophobic I still managed to leave the house but with great anxiety and when it got to bad I hurried home.  At work I used to run to the bathroom claiming I had diarrhea so my co-workers would not think that I am some kind of a nut case.  Nobody at that time understood panic attacks, PVC's or agrophobia because none of them ever experienced it and it was not talked about as often as it is now.

Good luck to you!  Hang in there!  It will get better.

There is one more thing what helped me.  I thought/think of people who had heart attacks or very bad hearts like a relative of ours who had two heart attacks at age 42 and NEVER HAD PVC'S at least not that he felt them like we do.  I always think that people with real heart disease would gladly trade places with us.  

Things always could be worst.  I say that about everything and whatever I have to face and go through.

I never feel sorry for myself.  I'm NOT saying that you do.  I don't know you, and it doesn't look like going by your posts.

[Carey01]

I just reread your post because I was in desperate need of support.  Tonight I was laying down after dinner -- totally at ease and WHAM!  A huge thud like my heart stopped and started.  So here I am waitng for the next BANG!  I just find myself trying to pray them away.  Its awful....

[Muhee]

A related discussion, PVCs was started.

[Muhee]

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