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Pvc and pac

Hi.i am a 31 year old male. Since 2010 i Started feeling strange things in my chest. I did ecg and 24 h holter and i got Isolated rare pvc. After that a got anxious and Started doing many exams: several holters ( with a 3 or 4 pvc or none), several stress tests in treadmill ( normal and sometimes with pvc during exercise), many echocardiography which were allways normal. Did a heart MRI which come back normal. Also did angio CT of the heart. I Started ssri i got better trough the years
3 weeks Ago i Started getting more pvc feelings like 50 a day. I freaked out again and did another treadmill stress test ( with no isquemia no conduction abnormalities but with 15 pvc since the beggining til the end of the test) did another echocardiogram and again normal.
The gave me 2,5 mg of bisoProlol. I got better but today i am feeling again pvc or pac dont know.
What do you think about my condition ?
Another thing : when i feel my radial pulse what is the difference between pac and pvc ??
Than you
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I Have PVCs / PACs / whatever since 1995, so I have at least 20 years of experience :)  I've had many patterns of PVCs: after eating, after exercise, after standing up, after laying on my side, while walking or simply when I'm resting. I've experienced them all. My last experience was just a few months ago when, after eating and climbing some ladder, I felt something like 7-8 PVCs in a minute. I did several tests (except Holder) and all cardiologists said I'm perfectly fine, cause I have no structural disease. I remember one of the cardiologists told me "Don't worry, you won't die from this"..  And I try to believe it :D

And by the way, I wish I had 50/day in a bad day! I never had a Holter, but I'm sure I can have 500+ a day easily. I know a guy who had 8,000 recorded in a Holter and the doctors said he's safe. Some people have even more. So, considering all you said, you're perfectly safe ;)
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Thank you !
How many pvc did you have ?
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First of I have been having PVC's since 2007 they still scare me the same as the day I felt them the first time seen dozen doctors and cardiologists done all the tests and workups on the heart they all say that I am good.PVC's have been coming and going over the years due to stress and anxiety,tried anti anxiety meds,beta blockers they all made me feel worse so I gave them up and I am better of without any of them.There is no magic pill anywhere for it, the magic pill is already in your mind and body you just need to learn to put it to work.All the doctors say in a structurally normal heart PVC's are harmless and as you see you are still here since 2010.However anxiety from it has and will make you tired I know how you feel but your heart is doing what it is supposed to do "Beat".
For my self the doctors did not even mention the name PVC for three years as every time i went in with PVC's I felt comer in the doctors office and they could not catch them on the monitor so of I was released with a clean bill of health.What was upsetting was that I had this sensations and that drove me up the wall for three years and I didn't know what it was and even more upsetting was that no doctor ever mentioned that it could be PVC's to put my mind at ease.They PVC's definitely changed things about me psychologically and they still scare me till this day.I know they are "harmless" or "benign" heard it from a lot of medical professionals.I am just sick of hearing it and sick of reading about it just having hard time convincing my brain to believe that they are benign.They must be reading the same medical information.If the anxiety about PVC's has not captured you hostage you will be fine if it has it will be harder to deal with it as anxiety will make you feel all those sensations and more inside your body.Been trying to find triggers of PVC's but nothing is consistent.
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