Heart palpitations

[Lecah]

I would first like to Thank the Doctors and staff for this forum. It is extremely helpful to many! Quick background,I have a defibrillator since the age of 20, I went into Torsades and at the time the Dr.s could not figure out why but I believe it was due to drug interaction of Seldane and Erythromiacin.I have had no problems with my heart since until this year at the age of 34. I suffer from palpitations (benign)and bigeminy seems to be my normal rhythm and PTSD. The anxiety varies from day to day. I notice when I have nightmares,I wake with my heart racing and I will sometimes notice 5-6 beats in a row until I calm down my heart will either go back to bigeminy or a normal heart rhythm. I have been having bad dreams for the past few months every other night it seems and twice a night(and am in therapy by the way), but I want to know will the constant rush of adrenaline from anxiety and the bad dreams cause a problem with the heart rhythm? I had an episode of AV Node rentry in April of this year and got 5 shocks from the defib (ventleads not atrial) and had an ablation a month after to fix the foci where the AV node rentry occured plus other foci to cure palpitations. I read that AV node re entry can occur in normal people at any time and are found in anxious people. My Dr. said the latter is false but for an anxious person it still worries me and I wonder will the 5-6 beats or racing heart in general I get when I am anxious turn into tachycardia or that it is bad on my heart because it is occuring so often. Thank you for your answer and all you do.

[PikaPika88]

I used to take Inderal around 1982 and it worked pretty well for me.  I didn't know why Dr took it off and give me verapamil in this country.  Now the Tambocor is not working....  Do anyone know, can I get Inderal through the pharmacy counter without Dr prescription?

[madgeOwens]

You need a prescription for Inderal.
Thanks mom of3. You have relieved me alot. I was about to research the dosage and now I do not need to haha.
My insurance wouldnt cover the time release, but I got it anyway because I didnt want to wait over the weekend to get something else. HMO crazy rules! Thanks so much for all the info.
I guess from all the anx of these pvc I have given myself a good case of reflux now.  I just cannot catch a break. I just turned 54 oh joy what will the 60s bring.  Thanks again

[Momto3]

Inderal is available only with a prescription.

[tickertock]

Hello, sorry to hear of your troubles, as fellow on and off again PVC sufferer for more than 20 years +, just about 3 weeks shy of 41, thanks heavens hadn't had a prolonged attack in going on 4 years.

May I asked was your torsades de pointes  a result of prolonged qt syndrome aggravated by drugs that prolong the qt interval even more? Just curious as I imagine you must have long qt syndrome and not just drug induced long qt to have an ICD implanted. Good luck , hope you get relief soon.

[Abeybaby]

Why do you have a defibrillator? Is it for VTACH ? Sorry just wondering why ? How do you deal with the bigeminy? I started getting this recently (40 yr old male) and it scares the daylights out of me. I get PVC's unfornately. More than i want.

[madgeOwens]

My holter monitor results were that my pvc's were causing my symptoms and they are putting me on Inderol. Keep fingers crossed that this helps.
Has anyone gotten heartburn along with this pvc syndrome?