PVC PAC

[cyn123]

Hello and Thank you for answering my question.  First I'll give you my history.  I had SVT for 13 yrs and had an ablation done in 2000.  Approx one yr before my ablation  I started to feel flutting or skipped beats.  After my ablation i have not had one svt moment since but still feel skipped beats.  They seem to come on sometimes in my swimming pool, or when i take a deep breath.  Anyway i had an all day episodes of these and went to my Doctor  not my EP Doctor.  I wore a halter which showed  in an 18 hour period i had 15 pvc and 560  pac.   Although iam greatful  that they finally caught them on tape, i was wondering if i should be concerned about them.  They have really stole my life away from me.  They make me very scared  even though my doc says they are not harmful but annoying.  He talked about  Beta blockers  but i am very scared to go on any meds.  Is they amout of pvc  and pac  enough to go on meds ?  Are there any long term adverse side effects of beta blocker?  I seem like i cant just ignore them like i wish i could.  I guess i really dont believe that they are not harmful and need constant reasurance.  I stay away from caffene and alcohol.  Iam scared to exercise due to the fact that i hate when my heart gets elevated.  I dont know if   beta blockers is the answer to my fears or not.  What do you think?  Thank you so much for you time.  Have a nice day.

[KM007]

I am a 31yr old male, fit, non smoker. Started suffering from skipped beats last Feb, lasted one day, came back three weeks later, lasted a few days, went away. They came back last friday and they are constant night & day. It is so uncomfortable. Due to see a cardiologist in 3 weeks. Am I dying? Is it serious? I've read comments on this forum about PAC's & PVC's. Should I stop exercising? I'm worried/nervous/scared! Is there reassurance out there? I'm a worrier by nature which probably doesn't help. I've noticed if i try to concentrate on something they go away....for a while and then bang their back. Is there a fix for this...medication, pacemaker...anything?

I'm distressed at this stage!

[Trigger]

I just starting having PVCs about three weeks ago. I have Gerd pretty bad and an on Prevacid for it.  I noticed that I get PVCs during the time and after I workout with weights.  Can the gerd trigger the PVCs or is it because my heart rate gets increased. Does anyone get them after they exercise? I would appreciate any feedback.  Thanks Trig

[spachic1]

Thanks for the comment. I was in hear about a year ago, when i was reading lots about zoloft and pvc and pac. They suddenly subsided which was weird, but I was taking zanex at night only and for a very short time. That episode last august cost me $300.00 in co payments at $50.00 a visit to the er in one week. Thats how many pvc you can imagine I was having at the time. I must tell you what happened. I work at a gym in calif. I had just taught a 5:00 am class of step areobics. I was in a hurry to get to my next job on time and was flying down the street in my car when i felt a flutter in  my chest. "this has happened before and all my life". But this time I lost my breath, I began to panic and they started firing one right after another. Scared the *%#@ out of me! I called my husband on the cell and really started to panic. I felt as if I was going to faint, they were coming so rapid. By the time i got home they had exausted me and i wanted to go to the er in which I did. They hooked me up and yes I was indeed having 6 to 9 pvc a minute. They gave me aspirin and valume which slowly stopped the pvc. At that time I was sent home and told they were benign. As soon as i got in the car they started to fire again and faster but I went home anyway. That night and the next day and so on I was in and out of that er like crazy. Scared to death I even went to the bank and signed everything over to my husband. It took three long weeks for that episode to subside, in which they did for 10 months with  out even a few pvc per day that i normally get. Till June they started to fire again crazily. Back to the er again and again and again. O god i thought i would give my left arm for this to stop! Now i take zoloft and im back to a few a day and I feel alot better. I take lots of good vitamins and hawthorne berry for my heart. I take magnesium and calcium to and really watch my diet well. NO SUGAR! I am an addict to sugar. I can eat it from start to finish. Well thats my story and im sticken to it..  :) Take the zoloft again.. Its a great drug.

Deb spachic1

[cyn123]

Hi  You might be on to something with the zoloft thing because i was on it for only about 1 1/2 months and i also noticed a difference in my pvc and pac.  But went off of the med and now they are back.  thinking of going on beta blockers but trying to use a natural way first.  Good luck

[spachic1]

Hi everyone!!
I was on vacation at the hottest place on earth.. "THE RIVER"
126 degrees in the shade!! I thought for sure my panic would kick right in over this heat and that my pvc was for sure going to take my life.  Not!! I was feeling great out there. Im not sure if any of you have reserched taking a drug to help cope with pvc. I have been taking zoloft for three weeks now and it has really slowed my pvc and taken the edge off. It does not make me sleepy anymore, only for about a week. I take a low dose of only 25mg per day. This is a kids dose but for now does me well.
I also am 37 years old  and teach areobics 3 times per week and work out 6 times per week total.
I have to say to you all. I hate pvc! I am so so sad when i have the attacks. I feel for all of you that have this.
I have had many tests with no results yet. Today I went in to  have my thyroid scanned because my t-1 is slightly high. The doc's say this can cause many pvc's. We will see..
I will say this, I am so happy that you all are here and together were trying to figure this mess out. I am grateful..  :)
I to have heard that this pvc thing is harmless. Yea right! When your chest is doin a dance and you feel like you want to jump out of your skin. Sure tell me another. The zoloft helps and I urge all of you to not let life go on with this craziness. Find something that works for you. Life is to damn short. You all are great.. If you want to talk email me at ***@****
talk to you soon! :)

[John Morales]

Hello, Well It looks like I found a place where maybe I can get some sympthy, advice, and help . I am a Veteran now of 6 EP ablation Studies in about 8 years including a tras-ceptal in february I think I spelled that right. My last ablation was about a two weeks ago and it appears that the ablations was a nightmare as he was close to the SN and the doctor fells that maybe some of the burns have caused some damage he said they did 60 burns all in the upper Q around the SN. As I now appear to have Sick Sinus Syndrome.

Here is a whats happened after the ablation my base HR was 108 this was on Tuesday morning it stayed that way until I was awoke on Thursday morning by the nurse becase my HR had suddenly dropped to 40 well I paniced (yes for me the world was comming to an end) my base rate stayed at 50 or so for another 5 days, After I went home I had 3 days of low HR in the 40 - 60 total. I got up on thursday and all of a sudded in was at 93 it has now been in the hi 80's to about 110 at rest,mostly sitting about 90  on top of that they had stopped my med which consisted of lopressor and flecinide, and Im getting alot of PAC skipps or pauses I should sayu that at the hospital the Dr. origonall wanted to put a pacemaker in I opted to wait as I was not happy with the outcome of the procedure.

So my Q is has anone had these types of probelms and how do you cope and what do you do, I wish I didnt feel every Beat and chaeck my rate every two seconds I dont sleep well as I fell all the pac and like many am afraid that my hear will just stop.

Well maybe Il like a few here frantic and lost.If anyone wiould like to contact me my email is ***@****

Thanks

John