Hi Steph. I've had several episode of SVT initiation while asleep, and you're right, it scared me instantly awake. Unlike you though, I had 99.99% of the hundreds of SVT episodes I had was while I was awake.
I'm not sure what caused the sleeping SVT. Slower bpm rate, perhaps twisting my torso when I rolled over. I don't really know. Did you 30 day monitor record the episode? Does it terminate on its own, or do you have to do something to slow it down?
I haven't had one for nearly 2 years. I had an EP study, they found the trouble spot, and ablated it. Cured after 54 years of having it.
I only get it while i sleep also
The two times I've had to go to ER due to me not being able to vagal myself out of SVT was when I was sleeping. I never really corrilated the events with sleeping and neither of my physicians mentioned this either but now i'm curious. I just got an ablation on Tuesday so hopefully I won't have to deal with it again. What treatment options are you looking into and have you had done?
I started having SVT when sleeping about 5 months ago. I had an ablation 12 years ago and had no episodes since then until my first one 5 months ago. I was doing a little research on it, and have found numerous sources stating that SVT while sleeping can start from sudden position changes. I know we can't do anything about that if we're changing positions while fully asleep, but I usually wake up right before I move around (from pain), so I'm going to try to keep my mind on changing positions more slowly to see if that helps.