Posted By vicki lugo on December 08, 1998 at 21:23:47:
In Reply to: Dirty rotten palps posted by Sean on December 08, 1998 at 18:32:30:
Hi,
I've posted several times about my pvc's. I'm posting again now, because my doctor has prescribed
propranololPropranolol
Propranolol hydrochloride
Propranolol hydrochloride la
Propranolol-hydrochlorothiazide for me. He didn't really think I needed it, as he doesn't think that the pvc's are dangerous, he only prescribed it so that they would stop. Let me also say that I've been to a million
emergencyEmergency airway puncture
Emergency contraception rooms in the past year as a result of these pvc's and an anxiety
disorderAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia
Chronic motor tic disorder that I would appear to have. The most recent visit was on Thanksgiving when I got a sudden bout with some violent feeling pvc's. I went to the ER and the doc did an
EKGAtrioventricular block, ekg tracing
Ecg
Exercise stress test (
ECGEcg
Electrocardiogram (ecg)
Exercise stress test
Post myocardial infarction ecg wave tracings) and said that the
EKGAtrioventricular block, ekg tracing
Ecg
Exercise stress test was fine (of course I didn't have any palps during the EKG recording. That's only normal. They hide from the doctors.) So I begged to have them record again. They hooked me up to another machine and let me press record when I felt one. So I finally had one and CAUGHT it. But then the doctor didn't even look at it! Neither did my doctor who prescribed propranolol to me. I wonder should I go back to the Cardiologist and do a treadmill and a holter and everything, or should I just give him the tape that I recorded?!? I read up on propranolol and some of the side effects sound like WAY too much for me to deal with including Sudden Death and Heart Block!??1 I want nothing to do with that. I've been doing heavy exercise and they've slowed down a lot. Now I only seem to get them when I bend over. Does that mean anything?
Here's my thought for the day. The hardest thing about having noticable PVC's (as I've heard EVERYONE has them, just not everyone FEELS them,) is that it doesn't seem to be taken seriously by doctors. But it sure is scary.
I guess I don't really have a question, you'll just tell me to go to the doctor AGAIN... I just wanted a "FORUM" to discuss my "HEART" It would seem I came to the right place.
Thanks for your ear. Add your thoughts.
Sean.