Palps/Bending over

[finetilthree]

Does anyone know why bending over at the waist brings on PACs or PVCs?  Seems like almost every time I bend over to pick up something off the floor I get a burst of PACs when I stand up.  It is freaking me out.  Also happens if I sit or lay down too quickly.  Please help.

[kitcurious]

54 is not a lot, sorry typo

[iAmEllen]

I am definitely NOT implying that pregnancy *damaged* her heart, but there is no doubt that pregnancy causes slight changes in the heart that could be enough to have triggered a change in symptoms.

[finetilthree]

I guess here's the kicker for me... my heart is not structurally normal.  I have a pfo (tiny hole that lets blood shunt through the atria).  In my mind that is NOT a structurally normal heart, although the doctors say that it is perfectly o.k.  I also don't have a normal EKG.  I have inverted t waves and st segment depression, although the doctors say for me (and many women) that is a normal variant.  Everyone says they are benign in a normal heart, well, my heart isn't normal to me.  I'm sorry I come on here every day looking for reassurances but I am so obsessed and I have no one to turn to.

[Carrie41]

If it is an consulation I do the same thing daily.  This is like my lifeline.  I was out last night and had a skip and then another sorta drop within a minute.  I was standing in line at a store and felt the panic setting in again.  I can't deal with this either.  I have anxiety all day long and I know I can bring them on when I feel stressed out (always!)  I have been keeping track the last five days to see how many I feel.  I got two dropped feelings on each day.  I know that doesn't seem like a lot to people but it sure does to me.  I am constantly waiting for the next one to hit.  I live my whole life thinking about my heart problems (which the docs say there is no problem).  I just can't seem to get it wrapped around my head that I won't drop dead!  Finetillthree did you know that you had other issues with your heart before the palps started??  Did you seriously just start getting them after your third baby or did you feel palps before the birth of your third?  That must be so hard for you having three little ones like that.  I hope you have a very supporative husband.  My husband just shrugs me off and says I worry about nothing (easy for him to say because he doesn't get the damn things!)

[sb786]

Thanks guys! i don't know why but i just panicked when i heard i had 54 pvcs in 24 hrs, i was confused and scared. on the last recording(about 1 month ago) i had about 10 and i thought that was too much.

momto3: the thing i'm afraid of is that the pvcs will trigger a dangerous arrythmia especially when i have rows of 5-6 together!! I like the idea of thinking of them in the context of getting a sinus headache or a migraine!! i think that is a fantastic idea :)i'm just upset that they have just appeared suddenly and i have no idea why!!

Kitcurious: Wow you have a very brave son, i'm 27 years old and i am embarrassed at the way i am dealing with this. the pvcs started 3 months ago and since the day they started i left work and stopped going out altogether.

i also have svt and have been told that the pvcs can trigger an svt attack so that worries me too :(

[finetilthree]

I had no idea that I had anything abnormal with my heart until after my third child was born.  I had afib for one hour 6 days after I gave birth which they are pretty sure was caused by hormones being all wacked out and dramatic shift in fluid volume, stuff like that.  Long story short, they did all the tests to see if anything was going on and that is when they found the pfo and the ekg thing.  They all say its no big deal and perfectly normal, 30% of the population has the same hole, blah, blah, blah.  But since then I have had palps every day.  Throughout my twenties (I am 35 now) I had maybe one or two flutters every couple of years and I just laughed it off. But now it is every single day and I'm not laughing any longer. To me it seems like a blessing to only feel two a day, I feel around 10 per day, sometimes 3 or 4 right in a row.  One day I probably had 20 in one hour because I was so upset, but the next day things were back to status quo.  I wonder how people with thousands a day can even live their life.  I am a total wreck.  And no, my husband isn't supportive at all.  We are separated and I do IT ALL ON MY OWN, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.  He breezes in for an hour here or there to see the kids.