SVT and headaches

[shanni77]

I was diagnosed with SVT back in July. I had experienced palpatations, dizziness, headaches, fatigue.  My docotor prescribed me 25mg of Toprol. We then figured out my svt was caffiene induced so I cut out caffiene and my doctor reduced my Toprol to 12.5mg and said I could eventually ween myself off.  So I was feeling fine no headaches so I weened myself off and about a month later I am now getting headaches/migraines almost everyday. I was wondering if these headaches are related to my svt and if anyone else has had this problem.  I'm so tired of waking up with a nagging headache everyday. Sometimes they are to the point where I feel nauseous. I started taking my Toprol again hoping that would help.  My next doctor appt in in Feb. Any insight you my have would be great.

[tom_h]

The term SVT encompasses several forms of tachycardia that originate above the ventricles.  It could be that your condition might be the cause of your headaches, but I would doubt it.  I'd get heads on occasions shortly after convertingone, but I always attributed them to doing Valsalva; holding my breath and bearing down hard.

I decaffeinated several months ago, cold turkey, and I had headaches for several weeks aftewards.

Finally, this is an non-professional comment, so take it for what it's worth.  This is what I believe.  There is an electrical anomoly that exists in your heart that is still present.  Caffeine doesn't cause SVT.  The caffeine brought it out, as other stimuli can. A sudden adrenaline rush could cause an event.  I believe you still have the condition, and wouldn't be surprised if another event happened anytime in the future.

[tcobb13]

I have had SVT for 15 years. When the svt first started, so did the migraines. Every single time I have an event, I get a migraine afterward. My daughter has pots syndrome where she experiences episodes of her heart rate accelerating too & also always gets a migraine within 24 hours of it. I absolutely know the two are related & am frustrated that the medical field hasn't figured it out yet or why.