Coping with arrythmia and not know what causes it

[allaflutter1213]

I am so glad I found this site and while I don't wish my malady on anyone it is comforting to know that I am not alone.
I am a 47 year old female that started experiencing palpitations and PAC's and PVC's about six months ago, although at the time I had no idea what was happening to me.
I went to my PCP and he took an ECG and refered me to a cardiologist. I did the stress test via adenosine and the stress test was abnormal as was the ECG so I was then scheduled for a heart catheter. The Dr found no blockages during the cath and said my heart looked fine outside of a congenial heart defect that I inherited from my dad but the Dr insited that this particular defect wasn't in itself harmful or related to the arrythmia's.
So after all of that I am back at square 1 with what is the cause of the arrythmia.
I have them everyday but somedays are worse as far as the severity, today is one of those "bad" days.
I have an appt. tomorrow with my OB/GYN and I plan on discussing the hormone options and having them checked as well as my thyroid.
I am currently taking a low dose of Verapamil but it doesn't seem to be making a difference at all and I am going to discuss not taking it anymore when I go back to see my cardiologist on the 20th this month since it doesn't seem to be **** anythig for me at all.
Any and all suggestions, conversations, advice, experiences are welcome.




Frustrated and scared in the South

[Skippi]

oh yes, stress does it! I've had my pvc's for 13 years and can vouch for that. And then we think something is REALLY wrong with our heart, and we stress even more - and you are on the crazy cycle of stress/adrenalin/thump/stress/adrenalin/thumpedidump. You will need to de-stress, calm down, look after yourself in any possible way. It will get better, it always does... after a while. But first of course we get scare, we run to the doc, we have yet another test.... and always always, it's "benign pvc's", go home and don't worry. (can you tell, I've been there, done that :). hope you will feel better soon!

[Susan606]

I have been getting mine for years but the last 3 weeks (work has been nuts) I am getting mine really bad.......normal and then one big thump ....then back to normal......another big thump ....sometimes 2 a minute ...sometimes 4 .....I'm going for a stress test soon.  Had a holter on and the doc said ....just irregular heart beats but its driving me crazy.  Never had it this bad before....is it really the stress from work?

[Marie_E]

Thanks for your reply.

I didn't realize people would get them that often which is why they scare me big time.

Wow! You record is amazing. Do you still get them? Have you taken any meds for them? Do you have an underlying cause for them? I apologize for bombarding you with questions, I am curious to know how others cope. Thanks a bunch!

[Wisconsin2007]

Do you mean has anyone had them daily?

Probably thousands of people on this site alone have had them daily for a month or more.  My record was somewhere between 6-10 months.  

They aren't fun, I know.  Can scare the living something out of you.  But almost always they don't result in anything more than a scare, and in time, they don't even do that very well.

[Marie_E]

Hi:

   I am new to this forum and it it very helpful. I just turned 30 and diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse. As a result of the MVP I have episodes of PAC's and PVC's, they are the worst and for the past month I'va had them daily. Has anyone had them for this long? Thanks.

Marie E.

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