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How long have you had PVCS

Me, 7 years now.  Still going strong.  How long has everybody else experienced these aggravating, pain the rear things?
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177337 tn?1310059899
30 years.  Since I was 18.  Felt flutters.  Was told I had pvc's.  You would think/hope that if I have had them for this long with no major issues other than anxiety over them that I could believe they were benign.  Nope, I had almost 20 months of just feeling a few a day and 3 months ago they came back strong.  They worry me sick when they start up.
I also have had pvc's that turn in to PAT.  Only happens 1 or 2 times a year thank goodness.  I have had all the tests, even got myself to the ER during a PAT episode (that is how I know what it was).  I have been told I'm going to be fine but have a really hard time believing it when I'm  feeling these pauses that make me cough over and over again.
Jodie
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1182699 tn?1297574784
17 years....since 21, now 38.
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187666 tn?1331173345
I've had arrhythmias for as long as I can remember, earliest memory at age 7, now 58. I never said anything because I thought it was "normal."  It wasn't until the year 2000 that a doctor said they could be fixed. All those years. . . .. .   oh well.

irene
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967168 tn?1477584489
I've had some type of arrhythmia since age 9, along with syncope (fainting) issues...so almost 35 years...ugh don't remind me how old I am! lol

Had an RF ablation for very frequent pvc's, developed PSVT and PAC's after where I had none before...then pvc's returned along with the new ones.  Had a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted due to VTach/VFib and malignant arrhythmia's  August 2009.
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386141 tn?1291396896
31years!! Started feeling them when I was about 8 yrs of age but took no notice as they were few and far between. Then they left me alone until I hit 17 and one day bending over my PVC flipped my heart in to SVT. Then took the Dr's until I was 25 to diagnose this as they kept telling me it was panic attacks!

2 ablations later no SVT but still random skipps!  
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