PVC

[cwadb]

I am 35 and three weeks ago I began having PVCs while lifting weights.  I run too, but I don't suffer from any irregularities when doing that.  It seems that the higher the heart rate the lower the occurance.  I had a stress echo a week ago and everything was normal and that's when they diagnosed that I am having PVCs.  I was wondering these three things.  First, what could cause this situation from happening out of the blue?  Second, could it go away just as quickly as it came?  Last, is there any other tests that you would recommend to make sure that there is no problem with my heart?  Thank you.

[KarenSA]

I also experience PVC immediately upon emotional stress like a sudden fright.  Had a stress ECG a year ago and also had PVC presenting on it.  Recently I went on holiday for 4 weeks and had a much lower frequency and severity of ectopics than I usually do during a busy work schedule.  

Hankstar - does this sound like my ectopics might be aggravated by a higher heart rate, bearing in mind that my AVNRT probably runs during these more stressful times too and may itself be triggered by similar events.  My resting heart rate during the day is usually close to 90 beats /minute and often runs around 120 a few times during the day, sometimes making me feel short of breath.  Just standing up will sometimes get it up to around 120 for a minute or so. When I wake up in the morning it is always very calm and around 60-70 beats/minute.

It would be useful to identify which category one falls into in terms of ectopics being aggravated by a lower or higher heart rate as this will greatly assist management.

[pandora9048]

hey, how r u??  feeling better i hope.
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[monicaq]

I can't really say that I have a definite pattern to the increase or decrease in frequency of my PVCs.  I've had them since my early 20s, and now I'm 37.  For the last several months, exercise has brought them on like I've never had them before--a PVC every so many beats, until I stop exercising and my heart rate comes down a bit.  I can say, I guess, that in general, I do tend to get them when I get really stressed, but I also have really stressful days and times when nothing happens at all, but still nothing like the few times when I've been running.

[jailgoddess]

I'm 52, a nurse, on metoprolol for hypertension with the added benefit that it totally stopped all palpitations for the last year.  Then a month ago I experienced some really strange sensations, a very irregular heartbeat like palpitations but what felt more like a vacuum sensation in my chest along with lightheadedness.  It was very upsetting.  EKG was normal, labs were normal, holter monitoring showed a heart rate from 49 to 156 with the biggest variations being during sleep.  Lots of PVCs and PACs but none that correlated with my symptoms.  They OK'ed me to double my metoprolol from 25 to 50 but that only made things much worse.  I have now been off the beta blocker for 2 weeks with much reduced symptoms but my bp is way up again.  The MD has no answers.  I recently lost 35 lbs hoping to get off the meds but that has made absolutely no difference to my bp.  Anyone else with these seemingly paradoxical drug reactions?

[cwadb]

I can't say that I have any really strong ones after running.  Mine usually occur right around the 115-120 beats per minute range.  I would assume that most people with this problem don't really have any type of pattern to the beats.  I may not experience any at that range of beats, or I may have two, three or five in a minute.  From reading other postings it seems like I have a mild case, if there is such a thing, of pvcs.  I'm just hoping that it won't progress.  I have read some postings of yours in which you mention magnesium oxide.  That seems to work for you?  What dose do you take?  Thanks

[regan]

My pvc's seem to increase with excersice and if I get overly excited or really upset. So a burst of energy doesn't feel to good for me. Does anything like this seem to happen to you?