Any remedies for PVCs at night?

[mzak69]

Yet again I had another episode last night of PVCs that lasted for hours. They started up at 10:30 and lasted until almost 3am. As you can imagine I am exhausted today at work.

Yesterday was a busy day for me (yardwork, 2 softball games) and I felt fine all day. But right on cue, the palps started as I tried to get to sleep. I'm taking magnesium, potassium. CoQ10, etc. Not sure what else is left except prescription drugs.

Anybody have a natural way of falling asleep when they have an episode? I hate to resort to sleeping pills. Thanks for your comments.  

[jpeters5146]

Hi, i just found this site, having  the same problem mostly at night. I see this is from a while back,  how are you doing ?
thx Joe

[ak310]

hi there
I get pvc's during the day but mostly at night - especially when I am lying down going to sleep. Can be quite disturbing. I've worn a holter monitor which picked up around 380 in a 24hour period but I remember that to be a quiet day - sometimes they are much worse.

I am sure you have tried this but sometimes I  cough hard and it can set things straight.  I try not to worry about them (pvcs feel worrying!). Had them for about 5 years.
hope this helps!

[rilesnic]

Yep...those are the worst...mine are always worse in the evenings and at night. I take a beta blocker and they are still bad. If they are really, really unbearable, I will take half of a xanax. I got in a wreck last week, and I was fine during the entire ordeal...that evening was horrible! I can work, work, work all day and will suffer for it everytime at night, which makes me exhausted the next day.  If my husband and I go dancing....I am miserable the next day...PVC's all day long. I too wish someone would find a way to help us PVC sufferers.

[mzak69]

You'll have to let me know how your ablation goes, I would be interested in the outcome.

My PVCs probably aren't bad enough for an ablation, but bad enough to make my nights miserable.  

[donna4140]

Hi,  for me I started taking Q10 & magnesium tablets ,and I thought it made my palps worse. I dont know if it was the Q10 or the mag tablets,but I stopped taking them and they stopped after  they got out of my system. I would try not taking them for awhile and see  if they stop.I have atrial tach & afib. On occasion I'll get palps that can last for days or weeks.I know how annoying they can be.I'll be fine all day and then as soon as I lay down I start getting palps.I dont get it!!  Im also on a low dose of atenolol 50mg daily . Which now Ive cut down to 25mg because Im getting a cryoablation this month. I really havent had any issues in a couple of weeks ,which is great.

[mzak69]

Thanks for the ideas. It seems like every time I have a really active day I pay for it later. I'm a 41 yr old active guy, and it's really depressing. I wish I could get out of this PVC cycle once and for all.

[itdood]

I hated those nights!!!!    

CoQ10 is useless for PVCs, IMHO.

Here's what I learned to try for mine.

I would take 2 tbs of Maalox extra strength.  The mag in that is very absorbable.  I swear it actually helped me.  I got the idea from from reading boards about what helped people.

I would also take a hot bath. If it was so bad that I couldn't sleep I would fill the tub up with water and just sit in it.  You can also add epsom salts for even more magnesium.  

Another thing I learned from mine is that if I layed on my stomach it would sometimes help.  At first they would seem to get worse.  But sometimes this seemed to help make them stop.

Another idea is to take a calcium supplement too.  I've read that mag and ca should be taken together.   What I ended up doing for mine is that I take the Mg regularly.  When I start to act up I'll take a ca supp as-needed but I try to stay away from Ca because too much of Ca can trigger more arrhythmias.

I HATE PVCs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF I wish they would study this issue and figure it out.  

Eventaully it stopped altogether for me.  Right around 7 or 8 months things started to slowly improve.  I'd start to get light nights here and there and it just kept heading in the right direction.  I still get PVCs here and there.  Just had a big thumper about 5 minutes ago after not having any in quite some time.