Sleep and Arrythmias

Hi everyone. I was just wondering if any of you out there have bouts with their arrythmias when they do not get enough sleep. I notice them quite a bit more when I go without any sleep. Also, on another note, I was told that I have svt, but when you have svt, do you always feel your heart beating out of your chest like i have read so many times, or can you also just have a fast heart rate that you feel in your pulse. I notice that after some skipped beats my heart races for maybe 10 beats, probably around 12-15 beats per 5 seconds and then goes back to normal. I am hoping this is not VT.

[bbxx]

Yes, for me if I dont get rested....they increase. Also if I am sick or anything.
You cant tell what the fast beats are by taking your pulse. They could be svt or vt or whatever.

[merileegal]

Definitely yes for me. Other things can cause them too like eating too many carbs, too much caffeine, going awhile without eating, stress...

I had SVT and for me it was impossible to take a pulse because the beat wa too fast. (250bpm)
After I had an ablation for SVT I had a short run of fast heart beats and thought it might be a mini episode of SVT. I asked my ep about it and he said they were a short run of PACs. Not to worry, he said. You'll know if it is SVT. You're heart will feel like it is trying to pound right out of your chest. I can see my chest move to the rhythm when I had them. Add to that the speed, and the first time I had one I thought I was having a heart attack.

[sonny372]

Thank you for your response. Well I do not get pounding in my chest like you describe. I just can feel my pulse after the premature beat and it is faster for consecutive beats. It seems like the only thing left is VT. I had a holter and event monitor but most of the premature beast wer pvcs and only a few pacs.

[bbxx]

it may be a run of PACS or it could be a slower svt

[merileegal]

The only way you'll find out what they are is to catch them on an event monitor.

[dmacd74]

EP told me the other day that a heart rate of 100 is normal and not svt.