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Want to get rid of PVC?

Hi everyone with PVC. I found this forum many years ago and, when I was diagnosed with PVC's.  6 years ago as I was lying in bed I felt a large thump for the first time confused not knowing i focused on my heart and soon realized that something was not right. Needless to say, the next day I went to my Dr. and it's been a whirl wind of a time.  I was referred to a Cardiologist he did the whole - Holter monitor, event monitor, stress test, eco cardiogram, stress test, and other test, needless to say I was exhausted.  The testing process took a few weeks, he them told me that I had PVC's but that I was lucky because they were benign.  He told me that to get rid of them I had to go on medication, Beta Blockers and when that didn't work Channel blockers, well that didn't work either.  He then suggested I live with the PVC after all they can go away as quickly as they came.  Fast forward 5 years they were still there, 5 long miserable years that i though i was going to die of a cardiac arrest, new symptoms started to develop shoulder numbness and soon after my pinkie on my left arm started to go numb from time to time.  Went back to a different Cardiologist and had the same test done, with the same conversation at the end.   6 years after my first event, I had enough I started researching and trying everything that I found on line.  Im not going to kid around I didn't have a best diet, so I started dieting.   Instead of going down the line of the hundreds of combinations I tried and failed.  I'll tell you what worked, Sugar!  That's it. I stopped drinking Sodas including Diets on December 31st 2016 at 11:45PM, On Jan 5 I gave up Sugar (replaced it with Stevia).  And for 5 weeks I haven’t had a single PVC. I used to have one every 40-60 beats. I really want to share this with everyone that suffers from PVC's I know no two bodies are the same and what worked for me might not work for everyone, but what do you have to lose?  give it a try, I'll keep you all posted on my progress.   I hope this helps someone.
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20748650 tn?1521032211
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I agree with this, cutting back on sugar, caffeine and quitting smoking can all help to reduce or eliminate PVC's
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I don't use sugar but stevia and I started having them a month ago .  Im lost to what I can do to stop them .  I started taking calcium and magnesium, but so far they come and go is when I have them makes me nervous.  Im lost to what to do  any suggestions are good .  Im goin to get some coq10 and try that . if I get up and move around they don't seem as bad but when they start I cant stop thinking about them  ,, any help
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363281 tn?1643235611
That is wonderful, I know sugar highs can cause all kinds of issues as they stimulate the adrenal glands. I am glad you found the answer you were looking for.
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