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Heart Arrhythmia ( PVCs ) please Help ! :(

Hello  I'm a 21 year old guy and I've been having heart palpitations ( PVCs more than 12 000 a day ) for the past four months . They have ruined everything in my life and I don't know what to do anymore !! doctors been telling how anxiety, stress  and caffeine and all the other stuff can cause them and it's okay to have them.  you just gotta have to ignore , that is soooo crazy !! because no matter how hard I try I can't ignore them :((  I feel everyone of these extra , skipped beats in my chest and they drive me crazy especially at night when I try to sleep .the head of my bed would start shaking from these extremely forceful beats and I get these fluttering feeling in my chest all the time . cant count the number of times I've been to the hospitals in the last four months !   but they usually send me back home saying it's probably the anxiety attack and my arrhythmia is benign , go home and rest don't think about it ! I mean Seriously  ??  i hate when they say that ! I feel so scared and I don't know where to go .
I didn't even know what the anxiety was ,   I was happy with my life , I used to go to the gym 4 - 5 times a day and I was in a great shape , not drinking or smoking never have , eating extremely healthy diet , why would I get these very frequent PVCs every day  ?  they are not able to tell me why ? there seems to be no reason  , all the tests came back normal , hormones and stuff . if it was from my anxiety can they last for this long  ?  4 months  ? will they ever go away  ? I wanna get my life back that happiness I had in me . please someone help , I don't wanna be scared like a baby but they freak me out . I know my heart isn't suppose to work like this . its not okay !!  how can they benign  ? I also take anti anxiety drugs Xanax 0.25mg at night but it's not helping me at all . please if there's someone out there help me to understand this .please :(
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1464004 tn?1384135733
I'm going to tell you what I told myself to help me get past my fear of PVC. You had all the important cardiac tests. They were all fine. Numerous doctors have told you PVC are harmless in a healthy heart. You need to believe them. If you let yourself live in fear of any kind every single day you will miss the great times you should be having. Especially as such a young person. You can't let this take one more minute of your life that you can never get back. Like the old saying goes, you could walk into the street tomorrow, get hit by a bus and die. Anything can happen to us at any time. You have to enjoy every day as best you can and don't let these things ruin your life. Maybe you should talk to a doc about this heat anxiety. I did and it helped a lot.
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1464004 tn?1384135733
Didn't you say in a previous post that you had an echocardiogram done? If you did it would have shown something like a cardiomyopathy. I'm thinking your anxiety is getting the best of you...you had all the heart tests done right?
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Hi guys ambulance just left my house ;(( I was watching tv with my mom and all of a sudden I felt extremely dizzy and I knew something was wrong with me , my mom checked my pulse and it was 47 a minute , i tried walking out in my yard getting fresh air but that didn't help than my whole my started shaking ' my jaw legs and hands couldn't stop them from shaking , I got pale and I nearly passed out , my mom started crying and called the ambulance ,when they got here my heart rate was 80 probably because of my anxiety , 1o minutes later it was 120 / 61 . Had another ECG looked okay . They asked me if I wanted to spend the night in hospital and I decided to home :/ of course they didn't know what. Caused my weak pulse that made my dizzy and I don't think they believed I had 47 either , pulse changed before they got here .. I don't know what to think ;( can this be the sign of cardiomyopathy ?
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212161 tn?1599427282
wish I knew my triggers , cant pin point them and I to am 54 and had since I was 20.

nothing seems to be the same when they come,
I ve not had one flutter since feb 1st bu I feel like I can lol

but when they come they are hours and hours straight and every other beat

don't like that lol .
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1464004 tn?1384135733
Hi Lucas! Yes I sometimes hear mine in my ears too. Just another thing that makes you more aware of them. I've been getting a lot this week too mostly because I've been behaving badly again. Eating too much at one sitting, not sleeping enough and I had a big chocolate latte! All no nos. Lol so I have to learn to control myself!! Staying away from your personal triggers helps a lot. Let us know what your new docs say too.
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I take magnesium citrate 400 mg . Pvcs came back this morning on every other beat and I can hear them  in my ears , how's it for you  ? Can you hear your irregular heartbeat in your ears ?
I'm not sure why my doc said that about magnesium but I'll ask him , I have an appointment with  neurologist  on13 th  february and Psychologist on 14 th , I'll Also meet a new cardiologist in a week .
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212161 tn?1599427282
good that they are slowing down maybe they are going to poof and be gone thats how mine do

why did dr say just take it 10 days?  what kind are you taking

I know lots that take it everyday.

not sure about the Calcium is that suppose to stop them to?

yes your Blood pressure is good no worries on that. mine hangs around thoses numbers to and when I have anxiety its much higher, heart beat around 54-70

hope you have a calm quite day with them. mine have been gone now for a week but I feel like they will be back soon lol. waiting

talk soon
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