svt, palps, chest pains

[hollyloxx]

u guys are an inspiration to me right now.
its the middle of the nite i cant sleep.

i has svt when i was 17 and was trying to get diagnosed for 2 years before they could catch it!!this made me think it was panic attacks they told me it was anxiety....
and only then i had a bad attack at the mall..... they cld 911 and the ambulance guys told me what it was.
then i cont on atenolol for a yr then it only got worse.
i had an ablation done.
that was 5 years ago. i am 24 now and feel like i am having problems again.
yes i have anxiety but its been brought on by the svt, now i have been having what feel like skipped beats extra beats and short bouts of svt. they feel like they only last 5 seconds maybe then my heart will go back to 70 beats a minute.
i went to the cardiologist had the echo and holter for 24 hrs. i felt it skip beats.
he said that it came back good no pvc's or pac's!! i could feel them happen w my hand.
i sm trying to see the dr that did the ablation to see if what i am feeling is normal. i dont exercise i am too scared.
i am seeing a counse,or but it doesnt help when they dont know what the heart things are she says wow that is scary!!
that is not comforting.
help!! has anyone else had skipped beats so long after an ablation?
i also get chest pains, icy cold feelings in my chest. left shoulder pains....
should i get a stress test done never had one?

[hollyloxx]

when i had svt it was over the 200 beats. i guess they can tell if it is dangerous by what kind it is. if they say its not its not.

its hard to feel that it is not though at times.
its important to take the meds when u have an attack. it will help slow it down.
i never passed out from it but i know people who have that why its important if u are ahing an attack to make sure u are not driving or doing something that could harm u if u do pass out.

i had my first attack after i had eaten some chocolate and i thought whoa i ate way too much sugar.
there are things that make it worse and it really is important to lower the number of attacks to stay away from alcohol, smoking, caffiene.

it should really help the number of attacks u have. stress is alos a big factor in it. mine was always worse with stress and anxiety.

[chadwicke]

Hello, this forum is great!  I'm glad it's here.

I have a question.

1)Is SVT the same thing as SupraVentricular Tachycardia?

I'm a 30 year old male.  I've been having periods of high heart rate, which I can control with deep breathing.  I've been reading this forum for the past week and it really allows me to get things off my chest.

I just went to see my new electrophysiologist today about my heart and he believes I have SupraVentricular Tachycardia, well, both him and my general doctor told me not to worry about my heart.  Should I anyway?  He gave me betablockers as a "pill in the pocket" type thing to be used only when necesarry and he also said my chest pains (and arm pains and other pains) are caused by my anxiety, I truly want to believe him on both accounts, but sometimes it feels like a sort a pressure on my chest, I'm sure not nearly as heavy as a heart attack though.

Anyway, I've been waking up at night (or daytime if napping) with a pounding heart for the past 2 months and went to the ER and had some tests done.  Some of these times I've had bad or strange dreams beforehand.  One time it was up past 200, that's when I went to the ER, however, it had gone down by the time I got there, but it was still at around 130.

Each of these times, I have drank either alcohol or caffiene.

My heart, according to the echo and the stress-echo is structurally normal.

Please chime in and help ease a worried mind.

[anacyde]

I can sympathize.  I haven't had an ablation, but I do have paroxysmal SVT and it can really be frightening.  Muscle twitches in your chest can mimic the sensation, so if your monitor showed nothing and you feel anxious...it might be that.  Just guessing.  I "felt" SVT on a treadmill stress test and it was actually my chest muscle twitching.

I think it's a good idea to speak to the doctor her performed your ablation about what you're feeling.  I was also diagnosed in my teens and am now im my 20s.  Mine cycles, comes and goes, no reason or rhyme.

Hope you find some relief and answers soon.  Hang in there.

And exercise!  If they said you're okay, exercise.  I find that while adrenaline induces my PSVT, lack of exercise is even worse.  Even if you just walk 30 minutes a day, it helps...especially with the anxiety.