really need some opinions here-very afraid-affecting life

[aylish28]

Hello,I am a fem age 38 non smoker/drinker overweight but other than that healthy except for long standing anxiety/panic disorder....I have complained of palps for years-always told anxiety--ignore it--they got worse--more feeling of flip flops and hours of strong forceful beats,recently had 2 24 hour holters 1 event monitor and 1 echo--echo was normal except for slight functional murmur-- valves and all normal--ef  70 %(is that good) monitors showed aprox 50 pac and 12 pvc daily--with one 5 second rhythm disturbance but internist didnt say what kind,,i have become so focused on my heart beat and weird chest feelings that it is affecting my every wakeing thought--i am scared all day long--and often at night--every flip flop i feel i think i will die--then it triggers a panic attack a lot of times,,I realize i dont get many compared to many of you but I am just as scared ,,i took celexa for 7 years and was switched to zoloft 3 weeks ago and 5 days ago started on metaprolol 25 mg a day as i asked doc what may help and he said that would--my palps feel diff lately  more often in a row maybe ?? went to er once but after the 1 hour wait heart was calm and ecg normal--ecg in past showed non specific arrythmias and non specefic t wave pattern,i holter showed intermittent bundle block but last 3 showed no bbb,,i live in a small town,do not have a reg doc (mostly go to clinic )and the doc that read my test results was an internist that specialises in cardiology--I am soo confused right now--questions are as follows,,1--should I be scared this will kill me?2-can anxiety/stress  cause the pac s and pvc s 3-do I need the metaprolol or are the side effects not worth it--4-ativan seems to help alot should i take that instead and stop the beta??5-do i need a stress test?6-how do i know this is benign and move on with my life ?7-is zoloft safe in a person with pvc and pac s--thank you so very much for any replies and would really love a doctor hear to read this as i am worried about the small town doctor opinions i am getting--sighhh thank you so much...

[debbier]

I can relate, I am 38 and have been driven crazy for the past 6 years.  I get pvc's but since being put on Atenolol I get maybe a handful a day.  I take 1/2 pill a day.  It helps but the fear is always there.   The anxiety and pvc's do go hand in hand as well as other triggers like stress, chocolate, caffeine, gas, acid reflux, etc.   I would request all the asnwers from your dr.  If there was an arrythmia picked up on your monitor you want to know what is was.  Do you have electropysiologists around?  If so maybe you can take your monitor results to them for review.   I would not stop any meds without speaking to your dr first.  I started on Metaprol it did not work for me, Atenolol did the trick but everyone is different, every med works differently for everyone,    This is not a medical dr forum, we are just fellow suffereres.  There is another forum that a dr will respond too.  I get alot of pvc's when my blood sugar drops, I get shaky and boom they pvc';s hit,  I am working on eating more to avoid that.   I would strongly recommend that you see your dr for a full explanation of your monitor results.  Good Luck

[aylish28]

i forgot to mention i have had sllightly elevated cholesterol on last few years of labs--,,no meds for it they say--and i have reactive hypoglycemia-- my blood sugar affects me greatly!!!and lately episodes of burning radiating pain in tummy into chest-- thinking stress