Info needed: Pacemaker

Hi there.  Can anyone with information/experience with Pacemaker please help me.  Short version: I had Ablation done 3 months ago to treat PSVT and arrthythmia's but EP could not solve problem:  I had 3 AV nodes and he was only able to ablate 1.  I still get PSVT and arrthythmia and I experience palpitations when I urinate, walk, exercise, sometimes when at rest and I have tried 4 different Beta blockers but they do not work - get HR down from 100 to 60, but then "miss beats" are 4 seconds apart and makes me feel dizzy/faint.  I have muscle weakness and always fatiqued.

I had Holter ECG done yesterday/today and have to go to EP again 15 Feb.  Last time he said that if Ablation did not work, only solution is PACEMAKER.

I am really scared of PACEMAKER but if it will make me healthy again, i would consider it.

Is PACEMAKER the way to go at 32 years old?  Would appreciate any advice and would want to hear from someone who have to live with a Pacemaker...

Thank you :)

[Momto3]

Hi Smiley!

I haven't heard where a pacemaker is used for controlling PSVT.  I've always heard that pacemakers are generally used to treat bradycardia.  It will be interesting to hear what others have to say.

Has your doctor considered a calcium channel blocker or another medicaiton?  My ectopics tended to fire up anyway my pulse was normal (or lower).  If I was exercising or moving about enough to increase my pulse significantly, they generally disappeared.  I wasn't too crazy about "living" on the treadmill ; 0

connie