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

[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!

[bunny1959]

i am having issues as well....i am 54 woman. with thyroid  issues.... they say thyroid causes pvc as well... well thats under control and my pvc are worse... almost all day long now for months... all cardio tests are normal... now they say gas and anxiety.... if its anxiety, then why wont they give me anything... they gave me like 10 xanax and they worked great... wow, 10.... i have severe panic attacks and i need this med but they say no... i dont understand it..... im not an addict and no history of being one.... i just want help... i cant sleep at all cause of the pvc... im ready to go the hosp at any given time but they just send me home with nothing too... im scared and how can i get these pvc under control to live a normal life... please help

[jjkypta]

To:  allison82604  

I think Magnesium has a lot to do with PVC's   BUT. . . Why didn't your doctor figure this out?  My doctor says my Mag is good. . .  Now I am wondering.  I was glad to read that you are cured :-D

[jjkypta]

I hope you still read posts here since I am referring to the post from 2011.  You sound just like me. . .  Lol!  I am 67 years old, though.  
I am a writer, and I just wanted to say. . .  I think you should be one as well.  I enjoyed your post and how you wrote it.  I have to make an appointment today with an "EP" and hope he can come up with some answers. . .  To me, after all the testing, and echoing everything you stated. . . I do believe it is ANXIETY!
Good luck, good health
JJK

[midge678]

Hi ...I am sorry to hear that it turned to afib.  I know that I have been told that those having even benign arrythmias are at a greater risk of developing this.....not a definitive....just at greater risk.  I do think our genetic/ neurological wiring predisposes us to this sort of thing....thanks for sharing....it's good to know we all have one another!  Best of luck at the doctor's visit!

[DeltaDawn23]

I, too, am an anxious type and a lot has to do with history is my life also.  I would not hesitate to go on the beta blockers -- at least give them a trial.  I was able to control my afib for 7 years on a beta blocker and low doses of Xanax.  BB's are pretty benign compared to the big guns of arrythmia meds.  I take Atenolol and you can break it into 1/2's if it is too much as far as lowering hr and bp.  I am considering going back to just the beta blockers and see if it will suffice after some side effects with  anti-arrythmics.  It may be magical thinking, but adjusting for stress with exercise, meditation, diet might work.  I am discussing with my ep Monday after a bad experience with Rythmol.  I, too, have had skipped beats since my 20's, but in 2003 it turned into afib.  I am 67, just retired and wanting to enjoy life more.  Good luck to you.