PAC Frustration

[Jerzeegal]

As some of you know I have been diagnosed with PACs and PVCs. I have been doing much better managing them, so far not taking any meds but have been doing all the other things we all do to ignore them. Last night as I was falling asleep they started up so I laid there for a while and eventually drifted off to sleep. Not a great nights sleep but wasn't awake taking my pulse all night, Anyway.... when I woke up this morning I felt anxious and a little paniky. Have any of you experienced a residual type of anxiety in the morning from having PVCs at night even tho you felt like you slept????

Thanks
Jerz

[Momto3]

Hi Jerzeegal,

I used to have PVCs day and night, and laying down would sometimes get them in a real uproar.  But, I don't ever remember waking duirng the night with them.  However, I have woken up with the anxious feeling, not sure if it was because of PVCs....It will be interesting to hear what others have to say.  

Hope you're enjoying the day!  It's beautiful and sunny here today!!

Connie

[WvMomof3]

Hey Hun...Well...for me  PVC and PAC's have just about ruined my life...I am anxious about them all the time...drives me crazy...I actually had a nervous breakdown a couple of months ago and am just now getting some better...so I wish I could be positive and give u good advice...but I am not sure how to deal with them...they are benign...I am so sick of hearing that...they sure don't feel NORMAL to me...What they feel like to me is something that has taken my life from me...Yes...I am bitter and having a horrible day...Please forgive me...I don't mean to bring u all down...I keep praying that someday I will be able to wake up and the first thing that won't be on my mind is my heart...

God Bless us All...
Cathy

[njblues]

These things are terrible. I'm afraid to sleep or do anything else. My doc says that they will ease with a stronger dose of a beta blocker, but it's been a week and i'm still terrified!!! I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, but I don't know if it's associated with the pvc's or not.
I can go for hours not getting ay then Bang!!!!!! they don't stop. I don't get it..
Anyway Good luck to all.....

[upbeat633]

Jerzeegal, waking up early morning (2am, 3am or 4am) is something new for me. I often wake either feeling very warm or very anxious and my pulse is often in the high 90's (and of course the pvcs are going strong too).

I've been chalking it up to peri-menopause since I'm in that age range.

But it happened again this morning, very warm, sweating actually, and having pvcs in long strings, 5, 6, 10 and 20 together with only two or three normal beats between. I wasn't feeling too bad, but I've had it with the ever increasing pvcs, 35 a minute is ridiculous.

I went in and got an event monitor this morning. If I capture one of these episodes and the EP says it's ok to have multiple nsvt or whatever the heck it is I'm having, then I'm going to do my very best to separate my mind from listening to my heart.

WvMomto3, I hope you are starting to feel better since your last post. I know how difficult living with pvcs can be. Can you find a time in your day when you feel good, and let that sensation fill you up? Yesterday I had such a terrific day, it was a blessing really. We went for a hike along the river, and I kept acknowledging and appreciating all the great stuff around me. I wanted to make sure my mind "knew" that everything was good. Sort of like repetitive reinforcement. I was still getting pvcs but my perception was different.

It's more of a struggle today, but with the event monitor on, I feel more like "bring it on". As a matter of fact I think tonight we are going to make tempura and have a glass of wine, things that have been triggers in the past. But what could it hurt if pvcs are benign lol.

[Jerzeegal]

Thanks for the responses. I guess wishing they would go away as quick as they came on won't work huh.

I feel the same way about the wine thing. I used to enjoy a glass or two when we went out to dinner and have given it up along with all the other usual suspects. I think I am at the point where my mind is saying... you are gong to have them anyway so go ahead and indulge.