Posted By Cynthia on November 22, 1998 at 01:23:04:
I am a 52 year old
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Female sexual dysfunction and have recently been diagnosed with PSVT after a visit to the ER with a heart rate of 210bpm. Since the age of 28 I have experienced what I thought were
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Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks and have been on meds for anxiety since 1993. When I was diagnosed with PSVT I found out that this condition was commonly misdiagnosed as
panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia disorderAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia
Chronic motor tic disorder. The symptoms for both seem to be the same. For example: palpations,
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Pulse
Pulse - bounding
Pulse - weak or absent
Radial pulse
Takayasu arteritis
Taking your carotid pulse, anxiety(feeling of impending doom), shortness of breath and chest tightness.
Now I am left wondering just how much of what I have experienced in the past years as panic attacks have actually been the PSVT.
My question is: can you experience any one single symptom alone such as shortness of breath or even a rapid pulse that is lower in range(110-120bpm) than the typical 150bpm and up, and still be the result of the PSVT.
I am taking toprol for the tachycardia but It makes me sleepy and sluggish and I still have an occasional daily flutter. I have seen a EP specialist and am considering RV ablation. I admit that I am terrified of the prospects of a 2-6 hour procedure. I am open to any suggestions or recommendations. In recent years what I believed to be, the panic/anxiety disorder, has become more disrupted. If I thought that even 25% of the so-called panic attacks were actually a PSVT episode I would have the ablation done tomorrow.