If you have heart failure, wouldnt they ablate the pvcs?
I agree with you 100% I vent often in my journals but this is the place to find more people who are going through the same thing you are. I have about 6000 PVC's per day and I agree with you, I am some times scared to go to sleep...thinking I will die in my sleep. The only difference in our situations is that I have heart failure to go with my irregular rhythm. I do know a friend who have stress related irregular rhythms and they take low doses of anti-anxiety meds and see a therapist to help them cope.
Ireneo you hit the nail on the head...people who don't live with them, don't understand and some who do have them still don't understand or know how to express empathy for those of us they do bother; luckily I think most of us in the HR forum understand
Hey there. I've been tied up the past 24 hours with our grandson. Talk about exhausting. And my heart is too tired to misbehave. I guess that's good.
I think it's fine to complain now and then. People who don't live with arrhythmias don't understand how it really feels. I may mention I have arrhythmias but someone will say "Oh yeah, I have those too. Sometimes my heart feels like it just jumped in my chest." I smile and let it go. A rare single jump seems like nothing but I know they're just trying to connect. If you explain what it's really like to live with wacky rhythms day and night, their eyes glaze over and you know it's time to move on to another subject. LOL
I know how you feel when you have those bad days when the heart just won't shut up. When I have a day like that, especially if I'm having chest pain and am light-headed, I break down and take one of my Diltiazem. Of course that gives me such a nasty headache I'm too distracted to think about my heart. Does that mean it's working? Ha! Who knows.
Do you have a med you can use as "pill in the pocket" style? It does help and you're not locked into a pill every day.
Perhaps tomorrow will be better. The most important thing is to sleep, get lots of rest. Lack of rest is my biggest enemy when it comes to heart. Let us know how tomorrow goes.
you need to see a Cardiologist that does Ep Studies. This could help you, they deal with this kind of stuff on a daily basis. It is worth a try.
To judge from all the tests you have had over the years, your heart is essentially healthy. The problem then is not really the heart. You say you need a sympathetic ear, which most of us who have these funny beats can truly use. A counselor or shrink who specializes in anxiety can provide that, plus real help. I know from experience.
Hi there. I totally get it. Over 4,000 pvcs on my good day.
I guess I differ because I would rather fall asleep and die without knowing it than be awake and scared. lol
I too have been having a LOT. Today was trigeminy and bigeminy off and on.
Hang in there, you are not alone. (except mine are pvcs not pac)