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SVT and pvc..........had enough!!!
Hi everyone! i'm sick and tired of being scared of my pvcs and svt. i have decided to do whatever it takes to try and come to terms with everything. i have just recently been diagnosed and before i can i need to understand what SVT really is. i want to know what other pvc and svt suffers are doing to cope. other than this forum there is no-one i know who has svt. i just want to hear other peoples experiences.
do all you svt suffers also have pvcs?
what triggers your svt?
what meds work for you?
does anyone wake up from sleep with svt?
does anyone get weird strong beats like your heart is slowing down just before an svt?????
does anyone get svt whilst eating?
can anyone explain how svt is triggered by a pvc?
how do you know that you are definitely having an svt attack and not something serious? (i always panick when i have an svt because i'm convinced its vt even though my docs and cardios say i don't have vt)
i know its a long boring post and you guys have probably gone through this loads of times but i really would like to hear of your experiences.
do all you svt suffers also have pvcs?
what triggers your svt?
what meds work for you?
does anyone wake up from sleep with svt?
does anyone get weird strong beats like your heart is slowing down just before an svt?????
does anyone get svt whilst eating?
can anyone explain how svt is triggered by a pvc?
how do you know that you are definitely having an svt attack and not something serious? (i always panick when i have an svt because i'm convinced its vt even though my docs and cardios say i don't have vt)
i know its a long boring post and you guys have probably gone through this loads of times but i really would like to hear of your experiences.
Thanks college girl. the reason i worry about vt is because of the pvcs!! also i'm afraid that if i have an electrical abnormality that causes svt i may have an electrical abnormality which causes vt?
all my ecgs show i have no pacs but can get 50 pvcs a day. wouldn't you expect someone with svt to have pacs and not pvcs? i understand that the pacs can trigger svt but how does a pvc trigger svt?
Emilycaitlin: my svt attacks usually happen once every 6 weeks, they last for a minimum of 15 mins. the longest i had was about an hour and i had to have adenosine to convert me back to sinus rhythm. have you ever needed hospital treatment? most of my attacks happen within the first 2 hours of going to sleep. i have no idea why. i have also had attacks whilst eating.i'm not on any meds but i want to start a low dose beta blocker but someone told me that it might increase the svt attacks!!! also i'm afraid the meds may lower my heart rate too much, my ecgs show that at night my hear rate can go as low as 39bpm buy it mainly stays at 44bpm.i asked about the ablation but my doc says try meds first. i wish i was brave enough to try the beta blocker!!
all my ecgs show i have no pacs but can get 50 pvcs a day. wouldn't you expect someone with svt to have pacs and not pvcs? i understand that the pacs can trigger svt but how does a pvc trigger svt?
Emilycaitlin: my svt attacks usually happen once every 6 weeks, they last for a minimum of 15 mins. the longest i had was about an hour and i had to have adenosine to convert me back to sinus rhythm. have you ever needed hospital treatment? most of my attacks happen within the first 2 hours of going to sleep. i have no idea why. i have also had attacks whilst eating.i'm not on any meds but i want to start a low dose beta blocker but someone told me that it might increase the svt attacks!!! also i'm afraid the meds may lower my heart rate too much, my ecgs show that at night my hear rate can go as low as 39bpm buy it mainly stays at 44bpm.i asked about the ablation but my doc says try meds first. i wish i was brave enough to try the beta blocker!!
Hi sb,
No, I've never gone to the hospital for mine, it was diagnosed on holter. I do get them after eating sometimes. Of course everyone's different, but since being on the bb for the past couple months I've only had about 4 episodes, and they were much less severe. My hr has never been as low as yours though! Best wishes to you and let us know how it goes, take care, em.
No, I've never gone to the hospital for mine, it was diagnosed on holter. I do get them after eating sometimes. Of course everyone's different, but since being on the bb for the past couple months I've only had about 4 episodes, and they were much less severe. My hr has never been as low as yours though! Best wishes to you and let us know how it goes, take care, em.
Considering how often you get svt due to the electrical abnormality in your heart, its reasonable to assume that if you had the potential to have VT like you do SVT, that you'de be experiencing it like you experience the svt.
em: are your svts relly short?
collegegirl: good point! i never thought of it like that! thanks!
thedwp: thanks for the advice. i know you're right it is not life threatening but its so scary and annoying i'm always waiting for an episode, i don't even go out anymore just incase i have an attack and i pass out or something. i'm even too scared to drive now!!!
i keep worrying that the svt will become another arrythmia such as afib or a/flutter or even vtach. i don't even know if it is possible but someone once told me that i am more likely to get a/fib or a lutter because i have avnrt svt how truth is this??
collegegirl: good point! i never thought of it like that! thanks!
thedwp: thanks for the advice. i know you're right it is not life threatening but its so scary and annoying i'm always waiting for an episode, i don't even go out anymore just incase i have an attack and i pass out or something. i'm even too scared to drive now!!!
i keep worrying that the svt will become another arrythmia such as afib or a/flutter or even vtach. i don't even know if it is possible but someone once told me that i am more likely to get a/fib or a lutter because i have avnrt svt how truth is this??
Hi sb,
Sorry the svt is getting to you so bad, I wish I could say something to make you feel better, I've had it for 3yrs though and it doesn't limit me at all, I still drive and go out and hardly think of it unless it's happening of course. It's been on my mind lately cause I've been trying to get adjusted to this bb and been thinking about having the ablation.
Before I started the bb, mine were pretty long, like 8-10hrs with a hr of 180+. The holter recorded a 4hr long one with hr sustaining above 180. That was 3yrs ago, they said to have the ablation back then but I was scared of it and didn't want to. The episodes got alot better for awhile and then started increasing again in frequency/severity so I went back to the dr, he put me back on toprol and recommended ablation again. Since I've been on the toprol I've only had maybe 4, lasting about 4hrs each and hr not much above 150, which I'm not sure was svt, it may have just been some weird run of sinus tach. But at any rate, like the others said it's not life threatening, but yeah I know it sure is scary when it happens. Take care, em.
Sorry the svt is getting to you so bad, I wish I could say something to make you feel better, I've had it for 3yrs though and it doesn't limit me at all, I still drive and go out and hardly think of it unless it's happening of course. It's been on my mind lately cause I've been trying to get adjusted to this bb and been thinking about having the ablation.
Before I started the bb, mine were pretty long, like 8-10hrs with a hr of 180+. The holter recorded a 4hr long one with hr sustaining above 180. That was 3yrs ago, they said to have the ablation back then but I was scared of it and didn't want to. The episodes got alot better for awhile and then started increasing again in frequency/severity so I went back to the dr, he put me back on toprol and recommended ablation again. Since I've been on the toprol I've only had maybe 4, lasting about 4hrs each and hr not much above 150, which I'm not sure was svt, it may have just been some weird run of sinus tach. But at any rate, like the others said it's not life threatening, but yeah I know it sure is scary when it happens. Take care, em.
Hi em,
wow! i am lost for words!! i cannot believe your svt lasted for 8-10 hrs with a heart rate of about 180bpm and you never went to hospital for treatment!! my God you are brave!! when mine last for more than 10 mins i panic and cry and scream..... do you not panic? how can you remain at home for so long with your heart going so fast?? i wish i was like you!! my cardio did tell me that i can stay at home for hours before going to the hospital nut i never believed him!!
wow! i am lost for words!! i cannot believe your svt lasted for 8-10 hrs with a heart rate of about 180bpm and you never went to hospital for treatment!! my God you are brave!! when mine last for more than 10 mins i panic and cry and scream..... do you not panic? how can you remain at home for so long with your heart going so fast?? i wish i was like you!! my cardio did tell me that i can stay at home for hours before going to the hospital nut i never believed him!!
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