PVCs getting to me again :(

[Debcon627]

I've been able to cope with the anxiety surrounding my PVCs  for the past few months fairly well by trying to eat better and staying calm. However this past week has just been difficult for me. About a week ago I was noticing more and stronger single PVCs during the day. I did end up starting my cycle the following day and just contributed the increase to that. I also was lucky and got a mild virus from my husband's little brother with coughing, mucus, and fatigue as the only symptoms. What has been freaking me out is that for the past three nights, whenever I lay down for bed, if I lay on my stomach I immediately experience bigeminy and trigeminy rhythms. This has happened very occasionally in the past, but I am freaking out a little because it has been consistent the past three nights. I tend to lay on my stomach before bed because I am either reading or looking at my phone. Laying on my sides have not been a problem and my back has been fine for the most part. My question is, do you think I can contribute this increase of PVCs to my chest cold and the coughing possibly irritating my stomach? In my head it makes sense but my anxiety is just trying to get the best of me right now :(

[Debcon627]

That's frustrating... hopefully mine clear up once this virus is gone.

[Debcon627]

I hope so. I have an appointment with a therapist tomorrow to address the anxiety. I also thing going to these boards are doing more harm than good because I see what other people are going through and instantly begin to panic that that will be my experience.

[researcher09]

Getting over the cough hopefully will help a lot.  That's one of the features of vagally mediated AF in that colds can exacerbate the triggering.

[Debcon627]

The one thing I am hoping is responsible for this increase is that I've had a chest cold with a lot of mucous and some coughing. I'm praying that the coughing and mucus has just been irritating my stomach causing the PVC increase and that it will all calm down when I am not sick anymore. I know everyone's response is go to the doctor but when I read what other people have been through it just seems pointless to keep going when everything checked out fine once, especially because I am only 26. The PVCs are just unnerving...

[Debcon627]

I had a holter less than a year ago and he said I had like 60-70 PVCs over the course of 4 days. My cardiologist acknowledge that they can be anxiety-provoking but reported that my results were fine. This recent development has only been over the course of about a week. Except today I am experiencing a PVC every 20-30 minutes and this has never happened before. Like I am crying at work. Obviously it's most likely my anxiety but it's probably not even worth going back to the doctor because I was just there and it cost me a small fortune for the one holter monitor.

[researcher09]

Hi Deb, sorry to hear of your palpitations are interfering with sleep.  Has your doctor prescribe a holter monitor to see what is going on?  The symptoms you describe sound a lot like vagally mediated AF.  There was another poster recently who complained about palpitations when he begins to falls asleep.  In vagally mediated AF, the slowing of the heart rate when you go to sleep triggers the AF.

[Debcon627]

Ughhhh I am still experiencing these right when I lay down at night. It sounds silly, but I like test it throughout the day where I will lay on my stomach and see if I get any and I usually don't. What the heck! As soon as it's midnight and my husband and I go to bed I get a few as soon as I lay on my stomach. I have been making sure I am not eating too late and I always drink water before bed and it hasn't been a problem before. I just want it to go back to my normal random thumps throughout the day :(

[ed34]

It can obviously be caused by a viral infection. Without going into too much technical detail, many cough medicines can also cause pvc's, in fact we are asked in england now with many of them if we get pvc''s to stop taking the medication. It could also be a diet change, but I doubt if you've done that. Coughing is a natural way to reset the hearts rhythm. I remember when I had a risky angiogram performed, my heart suddenly raced to 200bpm in recovery. I distinctly remember the doctor asking me to cough but i couldn't because I felt too nauseous and that makes it impossible to cough.

[Debcon627]

I have purposely been avoiding any medication. I did take Advil 3 nights in a row because when the viral infection started I was experiencing pain in my chest upon breathing deeply. This has just been unnerving because my PVCs have never been this bad when going to bed. As soon as I move to my right side or back though they disappear pretty much.

[itdood]

I've been through similar with sleeping.  I would get these PVC storms around 2:30 every night, was averaging about 2-3 hours of sleep per night for about 8 months.  

I was trying all sorts of stuff.  Once they started, one of the things I tried that I think worked was taking Maloox PLus maximum.  I remember that helping sometimes.  I would also take a hot bath with epsom salts and sometimes that helped.

[Debcon627]

That sounds awful, I really hope mine don't become that bad. I'll probably lose it. Did you see a doctor during that time? It's weird because when I lay down it's almost like I can feel that they're about to start happening based on how my stomach feels, so I'm really thinking there more air in my stomach due to the cold. I think the virus has also moved to my stomach because I'm nauseous for most of the day, although that might be the anxiety as well. All I know is that these thinks suck and are now depriving me of my precious sleep.

[Debcon627]

Last night wasn't fun :( They were happening pretty consistently when I was laying on my left side along with when I tried to lay on my stomach. I was panicking and only got like 4 hours of sleep..

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

left side you can feel them better and it can cause them to happen they say don't lay on left side