Is PVC's really just anxiety??? really???

[YENOM11]

Ok, I know we all ask this over and over. But your tests come out normal.. blood test normal.. doctor say's your normal.. your pottassium, magnisium, ect normal on blood test.. soooooo now we are at our PVC's are due to stress? and anxiety? thats all it is?

I get having anxiety and having a palp here and there. But for us.. like me, who get one every 5 minutes alllll dayyyy longggg... that is anxiety??? really!??.. thats amazing to me, and upsetting. to realize.

I remember I followed the casey anthony trial. ANd AT THIS TIME I had no pvc's for months and month and months.. maybe one every now and then, this was my " normal" time. .. They were about to read the verdict. and it was second away... the jury came in.. she stood up... annnnnddd WHAM I got Pvc after PVc, skip beat, skip, skip, skip, I was thinkiing OMG.. wow, this is too much anticipation and excitment for me!! the anxiety of the verdict gave me like 5 PVC's in a row! So with that, can I say .. " yes.. that was PVC's from anxiety??..

SO now, that I've had about 3 weeks straight of PVC's all day every day. ( calming some when I am sitting still..) and increasing when I'm moving around... Can I assume these too, although 1000times worse is also ... ANXIETY??

I want to believe that anxiety can give you months of palps all day long, so that I don't have to continue to be ready to call 911, or prepare myself that any second my heart is going to trip out and I'm going to die any second. Or the Cardiologist is going to call me and give me the bad news any day that I have heart disease, or some fatal heart condition at 34... But in my mind.. I still keep thinking the worse.

The Doctor does an EKG= normal ( I think .. " but it didn't palp during it.. so he didn't see)
The doctor draws blood = normal ( I think.. Ok, so my blood is normal but that doesn't mean my heart is ok)
The doctor see's the PVC's on Holter..= benign PVC's ( I think.. well these are benign but whats causing them could be fatal! like heart disease.. or maybe they will go from benign now.. to dangerous tomorrow!!)
The doctor does a echocardiogram.. ( hasn't given me results yet, but also hasnt called me to tell me anything bad.. ( I think.. omg I'm dying of anticipation.. what if it shows something wrong with my heart??? my echo 10 years ago was normal.. and another 6 years ago.. but maybe now its totally abnormal!!)
The doctor say's we can also do a stress test " to ease my mind" ( I think.. he just wants to do it because he too thinks maybe I'm dying but doesn't want to freak me out...)...

UGH.. I hate my mind

[Lebron_Flames]

I have had almost the EXACT same problem. Started having pvc's at 15 and was told they were benign. I geuss because of my age at the time my cardiologist and EP figured there was no way it was heart disease. Then out of nowhere i started having bouts of SVT. (Supra ventricular tachycardia) My heart rate was shooting up to 250 bpm WITH PVC'S!!! I thought i was dying. They did all my blood work, ekg's, echo, stress test, CT, the whole 9. All normal. They even tried to do an ablation but couldn't trigger my heart to have pvc's with the cardio cath so we had to cancel that plan. They started me on beta-blockers and anti-axiety meds and that seemed to help. In fact i had NO PVC'S (That I noticed) for almost 10 years. I even weened myself off of the beta-blockers around 2009...no symptoms. Life was good. Then out of the blue in December 2014, i get a weird tense feeling in my throat and start having them FULL FORCE. Sustained trigeminy and sometimes bigeminy...for HOURS. Everyday all day for about 2 weeks. I didn't want to freak myself out but ended up going to the ER anyway. All tests were normal except my potassium. The Doc prescribed me a potassium suplement and BOOM they were gone...until recently. In March 2016 i started having what i felt were really bad panic attacks. No pvc's just an elevated heart rate and the general feeling of impending DOOM. I went to the ER for it a couple of times and all my blood work and ekg's were normal besides the elevated heart rate. My cardiologist ordered an Echo...normal. My cardiologist started me back on my Beta-blockers. I felt normal for a while. Then, about 3 days ago, while i was doing some mild exercise, i start having a run of super strong pvc's. These were not in bigeminy or trigemeny like the ones in 2014...they were erratic and varied in strength. I rushed to the ER. They caught the pvc's on EKG and decided to keep me overnight for observation. The pvc's subsided after a few minutes in the ER and stayed gone for the rest of my stay at the hospital. All my blood work AGAIN...normal. my ekg normal besides the pvc's. The Doctor said to just keep taking my Beta-blockers but I think i may need anti-anxiety meds as well. Not sure if my anxiety is causing pvc's or the other way around but i'm convinced they're connected. Oh...also, i have a hiatal hernia which i was told could effect the vagus nerve some way or another. Not sure if that's playing a role in any of this.

[Cake357]

I am 46 yr old critical care RN, mom, lots of other responsibilities! Long story made short...my holter showed about 300 PVC's each hour, sometimes with Bigeminy or Trigeminy.  Yikes! I have no symptoms, normal blood work, and cards appt. is tomorrow.  I have been having anxiety since all this came to light.  I otherwise do not have the awareness of anxiety day to day but do have a very stressful lifestyle, work environment, etc.  Strong family history of anxiety issues.  I have no risk factors for heart disease.  I am worried about the PVC's.  (I was in fact taking a beta blocker prescribed by the Internal Medicine MD during the holter by the way...which did nothing apparently).  Don't know how I can make any lifestyle changes to reduce my stress levels besides getting more rest and trying to slow down a bit.  Will post after cards appt.   May need to see Psych I guess for stress/anxiety help.  

[kathy1954]

i am 61 and had pvcs since I was 49. Had tons of work ups/all say "benign". Took beta blockers that lowered my heart are but stopped the pvcs...  Then went off the beta blocker- my rate stated lie 58-59) and pvcs almost down to nothing for years. Now, 3 days ago, I got a funny feeling in my throat, and 1/2 hour later the pvcs started like crazy and haven't stopped! Cardiologist gave me a holter and o will hand it back tomorrow. I'm scared it's something "real" this time! I want to run to the ER! I want to scream and cry!  So scared and so tired if it all!! Help!!

[Hawkman419]

Having same exact issues as Yenom, 35 yr old male. I have started taking a 500 mg magnesium pill daily, at request from doctor. I have has these pcv's for 7 years. I feel alot of it is in my head, just hard to stop thinking about it.

[sparkysl]

I just found this forum and am feeling better already.  Also, a cardiac nurse - you think I would know better.  Now I know how my patients feel.  This is horrible and debilitating.  Under tremendous stress.  Started having intense panic attacks and duh!  just realized I was having PVCs.  I just can't figure out if the pvcs cause the panic, is it vice versa or is it both.  I'm going to try adding more Mg++ and K+.  I like your thought...maybe we just need more.  At this point things have gotten so bad that I start crying at the drop of a hat and am afraid of my own shadow.  I'm going to take a leave of absence and try to get myself together.  

Thank you for sharing your stories - this has been a tremendous help.

[Skittlez1026]

How are you doing now ? I'm in nursing school and going through this, would love an update

[dkg08085]

Yenom11....I know your post is a few years old, but I have to say, I am EXACTLY like you, everything you say, I could have wrote it....thanks for making me feel like I am not the only one out here that experiences the same things you do!