Strange sensation in heart.

[CobaltKid]

Hey guys. BAck again with a strange problem. 18 yrs old. no smoking. heavy stress and anxiety. Well anyways I was sitting in my room when all of the sudden i felt a head rush coming on and I sat up and my heart rate was all over the place all of the sudden. It was so fast and fluttery. I didnt pass out or feel faint. It had to have been maxing out at 200BPM. Then it slowed down and started beating normal again. Mind you this happened in a 10 second time frame.  It really scared me.
Ive had pvst before. Declared benign by the doc. I get them rarely. I am quite healthy and have gotten various holer monitors and echos done to my heart. I am in perfect condition.
What do you think?

[CobaltKid]

Thanks for the input. I never had any of this stuff until highly stressful events came into play. I firmly believe if I reduce the stress load, Ill be clear of these mishaps.
:)

[cindy707]

Sounds like an adrenaline run to me......you are so lucky to be in the health that you are like Bromley said.....i love it when docs tell us that they are benign...it may be benign to them but they don't feel benign to us. As Bromley said a 10 second run is no biggie..sounds like the electrical of your heart is correcting itself for you w/out assistance...just take this for what it is...a random run....if the runs start getting closer or closer together and lasting longer tho you need to call the doc so that they can possibly put you on a holter monitor to try to catch these little buggers....i know you feel a little shell shocked for awhile after the runs but just tell yourself that in a couple of hours you will be in te all clear if nothing else pops up........good luck

[Bromley]

I think you are lucky to be 18 years old and have your whole life ahead of you.

Also, 10 seconds is not very long for psvt, especially if the doc has seen it and has declared in benign. Mine lasted for 6-10 minutes at a time, with heart rates up over 250, and I understand that this is really no big deal as some people can be in SVT for hours, or even longer.

If you have SVT though, it is something to keep track of, but not necessarily something to get obsessed with. Your SVT may not ever get worse, or it may develop over years. If it ever gets to the point that it interfers with your activities you can consider getting a permanent fix for it. But be careful. The permanent fix come with some fairly modest risks --- definitely not recommended for everybody. The only reason I got treatment for mine is that the holter monitor trace could not be distiguished from a more serious arrhythmia. So we did the EP study, with an option for ablation, which we exercised once we got in there.