drinking alcohol with mvp

[gahick]

i was diagnosed about 1 year ago with mvp and was told that my hr was a little fast at times. (but they never put a name to it..just said hr was high) i have realized that i cannot take certain meds( mainly like cough syrups) because it turns into an 8 hour panic attack when i do. last night i tried to have a few drinks with my friends and and had to stop after first drink. my heart was beating so fast and hard, that i just didnt drink anymore. it slowed back to normal within about an hour. i was just wandering if this was normal with mvp. i was also put on lopressor to take for these episodes. i get scared about taking meds that i have never taken before. can anybody give me some info about lopressor. thank you

[trish447]

after drinking (a lot) and energy drinks and shots, i get flutters the whole next day and maybe longer. I also have mvp, some of the lucky ones have no symptoms me on the other hand has every freking symptom in the book! so i guess it just depends, and im not necesarilly going to stop drinking and stop drinking caffiene (thats how i pass my tests with coffee). im 21 and i just hate that i alaready have the worst symptoms, ive been to the point of in the hospital passed out, so i know how it feels and what can happen, its like a faint, but a gradual heart stop mostly.

[cindy707]

Hi i read your post.  You need to remember that lopressor is notorious for changing the sugar levels in your body and if you add alcohol to the mix which also has alot of sugar in it i am not surprised at all that your heart decided to do the dance on you.  Those two things together if you are taking a fairly high dose could definately cause this.  As far as MVP goes...i have had it for years and years and its no biggie most of the time and typically we feel nothing.  Its estimated that 25% or more of the human race have it so thats alot of humans out there.  The med you are on is actually one of the good ones and will just lower your blood pressure and help regulate your heart beat to a normal pulse rate UNLESS you decide to party with your friends, drink alot of caffeine or energy drinks and set off these episodes...i would definately back away from anything that makes you feel a little uncomfortable because your body is talking to you and you need to listen to it....you may go your entire lifetime and not feel a single thing with the MVP as i have and no it doesn't get worse in most cases as time goes on unless you abuse your body.....take care of it its the only one you get here while on earth....good luck....

[Jerry_NJ]

Your problem may be anxiety driven.  While the medication  and the mvp may recommend that you do not drink, I find it extremely unusual that either your medication or mvp would respond in any detectable way to one drink... here I assume a glass of wine or a beer.  I think a double shot of whiskey may give any of us a fast heart beat.

You didn't mention what you fast HR is, or under what conditions.  In general if your rest HR is below 100 it doesn't need treatment.  A rest HR more in the 70 range is ideal, or at leas "normal".