Pvcs

1. How long have you had PVCs?

2. On average, how many per day?

3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?

4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?

5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?

6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?

7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?

8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs?

9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?

10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?

11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?

12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?

13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?

14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.

[beanhead2010]

1. 2 years

2. Alot but have never "counted" them

3.Yes my longest period between them was 8 months. I went almost a week without them in the beginning of  March. But they are back surprise, surprise!!


4. Still working on figuring that out...keep a daily log but no individual food or drink seems to trigger them. However there is definitely a link between eating and them becoming worse.

5. Not sure

6. no

7. no

8. They have become much worse as my pregnancy goes on . Almost daily lasting all day. I hope when he is born the y go away.

9. Disappear with exercise

10. Don't think so..new to these things so not really sure what those even mean.

11.no

12.no

13. no

14. It is a day to day struggle for me to keep my sanity with these Pvcs. I consider myself lucky though that I don't seem to have them as bad as some others. Really wish there was relieve for everyone who has ever had to experience these god awful things!!!

[erijon]

I will preface this by saying right now, they are gone. But based on my experiences, here's my responses;


1. How long have you had PVCs?

Since I can remember, literally as a small boy.

2. On average, how many per day?

2,000 - 4,000

3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?

Yes, thank goodness

4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?

Chocolate, steak and Diet Coke (I would have to starve and/or die of thirst if I gave these up)

5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?

Stress and lack of sleep

6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?

Did have, been gone for a few years

7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?

None

8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect
your PVCs?

9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?

I have them before, they go away during and come back after

10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?

Some trigeminy, very few couplets

11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?

No

12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication
to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?

No

13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?

No

14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.

Exercise, way back when I tried Xanax, it worked well

[Jenn_Hope32]

1. How long have you had PVCs?
14 years.

2. On average, how many per day?
The last Holter Monitor I had recorded 10,000, but they have gotten a lot worse in the last few months.

3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?
I have "runs" every day.

4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?
Good question.  I do not drink alcohol or caffeine.  

5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?
Exercise.

6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?
No, I do not have GERD.

7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?
I have a mild MVP, but that is it.

8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs?
I do not see any change with my cycle.  I have not been pregnant.

9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?
Increase dramatically with any exercise.

10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?
Bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, and NSVT.

11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?
No.

12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
I tried Toprol, but the side effects were too much.

13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?
No I do not.

14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
No I have not.  I was supposed to have an ablation on March 7, but he got in and found that they originate from the left ventricle and decided not to touch it as this time.  Last Tuesday I had a TTT which did showed that bigeminy runs and couplets account for my symptoms of lightheadedness, weakness, palpitations, etc.  Yes, I went into ventricular bigeminy with multiple couplets following the first infusion of Isuprel during the TTT.  I will meet with my EP in early April to discuss the next step.  

[Mom2four85]

1. How long have you had PVCs?
Since age 9 (along with fainting)

2. On average, how many per day?
Pre-Ablation roughly 50,000, post ablation last holter was 10,200

3. Do you have episodes where you have absolutely no PVCs at all?
Pre-Ablation no; post ablation yes

4. What is your list of food/beverage triggers?
None

5. What is your list of non-edible triggers?
Stress, getting angry, exercise, not sleeping

6. Do you have GERD, and if so, do you think it aggravates your PVCs?
Yes, just dx with it March 2011

7. Do you have or have you ever had any structural heart problems or heart disease?
No, then yes, now Maybe...

8. For women, do your PVCs increase with shifts in hormones? How did pregnancy affect your PVCs?
Yes, Yes

9. Do your PVCs disappear with exercise, become worse with exercise or are they about the same no matter what you're doing?
Worse

10. Have you ever exeprienced bigeminy, trigeminy, couplets, triplets, NSVT or VT?
Bigeminy, Trigeminy, couplets, triplets, Salvos, PSVT, PAC's, NSVT, VT/Vtach (Polymorphic VT)

11. Do you have a pacemaker or ICD?
Yes, Teligen 100 Pacemaker/ICD combo

12. Do you (or have you ever) taken medication to help control your PVCs? If so, did it help, make them worse or cause no change?
Yes, toprol - made me worse; Inderal works well for a short duration

13. Do you have a non-cardiac condition that causes or irritates your PVCs (thyroid, hormone problems)?
Hypothyroid, but no link has been found

14. What have you found that HELPS your PVCs (symptoms/anxiety)? This can be meditation, vitamin supplements, anxiety medication, exercise - anything that helps you deal.
Nothing has been found to help mine.