pvcs at wits end!!

[palpmo]

I am 44 and I think Im going insane...I was diagnosed with PVC's 8 years ago...I had ultrasound doc said everything looks good...I take atenonlol...everything is managable for months at a time then all of the sudden my heart is skipping, flip-flopping, beating fast, beating slow, cant sleep on my right side, cant sleep on my left side, maybe its gas, no maybe its because its the week before my period, no more wine, maybe I need more wine, lose weight, take yoga, dont stress...aaaarrrrrggghhhh!!!!! I cant stand this, I feel like I'm going to die everytime I have a PVC!!! How do I make this stop?????  Can you tell I'm in the middle of a week long episode of 500 PVCs a day....Please someone tell me how to deal with this.....

[bobcat2]

Hey everyone, just looking up my heart problem and found yawl all, wow what a mirracle to be able to read what's been going on in your own life from another, and be ablie to share it gosh it's just neat is all. I'd give my cell number to anyone who just needed to talk about it, (PVC'S) I have a DR. in the family so it help's some to hear,,your not going to die from it,,,but nothing like another who has the same thing. I do know this I was 13 when I first had the problem, I can remember going to my Mother and saying, mom my Hearts trying to quit, she listened to it and said it's beating fine go and play so I did, and as I've got older it's got worse it seem's. But I also know myself I smoke (dumb) I know and use to drink up too a fifth when I use to rodeo, haven't drank in about eight years now but I made them worse at times and have my life style to blame at first,,rest and try and not stress and NO soda's seem to really help and I also have faith in God to heal anything, so I just wanted to say thanks for the site and if anyone ever need's to just talk email me at ***@****, I'll give out my number,,God bless you all, and stay strong and never give up!!

[jonesy2]

I am assuming your PVCs are benign and presumabaly originating from the right outflow tract.

While they are indeed disconcerting 500 a day is not  alot of PVCs, particularly when you think that the heart beats over 100,000 time a day.

That is the good news, if you were having more than 4,000 a day, then I would consider ablation. I had an ablation for PVCs in excess of 16,000 a day and have never looked back. It changes your whole quality and perspective of life.

PVCs have a hbit of waxing and wanaing and it seems unfair that some people actually feel the PVC while the vast majority of people do not.  At any rate, they will not kill you.  

Have you tried magnesium and taurine as an adjunct therapy. It works for some people.

You will probably find that with exercise the PVCs diminish which is a perfectly natural thing to occur as the natural pacemaker of the heart takes over.

Jonesy

[tonyt123]

My wife read some of these tonight and she has a much better understanding of the situation and that maybe I'm not going crazy!

Thanks for sharing your story.  The last 4 days have been terrible and Ive gone from thinking about the emr to just giving up completely.  Your comments have helped a lot.

Thanks and God Bless

[debbier]

I have been were you are, not wanting to do anything,  before I started Atenlol I felt the same way I had papitation 24/7 every minute of the day.   I had an ablation for Afiv and SVT but they could not get the pvc's.  The Atenolol has made a huge difference, I now get pvcs occasionally.  I just lowered my dose to 12.5mg and still good.   Good Luck, you will find a med that hopefully works for you

[FrustratedinAZ]

I have been reading everyone's post, and believe me, Im feeling much better.  I had my daughter 3 1/2 years ago and right away suffered from post-partum pre- eclampsia.  I was hospitalized for about 5 days with high blood pressure and an extremely low heart rate ( low 30's). After I was stablalized and "fixed", I was just sent home on blood pressure meds.  All was well for a few months when I began developing PVC's.  They became more and more frequent coming about 1 every few min lasting a few days.  I was put on Verapamil and nothing more until Feb of this year.  Once again Ive done all the testing only to be told nothing was wrong.   They are much more frequent this time coming every 3 or 4 beats.  I ended up in the hosp for a couple days about 3 weeks ago, where my cardi could actually watch them happening.  Finally, he sees what Ive been fussing about.  These lasted about 4 days and were coming every 3rd beat or so.  Nothing makes you want to give up like these damn things do.  Ultimatley, I was put on Nadolol and until today, I didnt have any.  After seeing my cardio yesterday, Im being switched to Acebutolol due to headaches and nadolol making my H.R. too low.  Has anyone had any experience with either of these meds?  Im starting to wonder now if it has anything to do with my period.  I read a lot about them being related, and after looking at my log of episodes, they have been coming about a week before my period each time.  Uuuuggghhhh!  I hate this!  Its hard for me to even function as a mother or a wife anymore.  I just want to curl up and stay away from everyone.  No one around me understands the intensity of these things.  Thanks for the lending ear.  Its important to know you are not alone and Im working hard on not letting them stress me out and taking over my life.  

[BeccaMcLean]

It is 5:30 AM, and I still haven't slept!  PVC have been keeping me awake, and it is driving me insane.  I am 5 months pregnant, and they have been torturing me for the last 2 months.  I am taking metoprolol, which  seems to do nothing to help.  One thing that often helps me is magnesium.  My cardiologist said that it helps the electrical functions of the heart to work better.  There is a particular brand called Calm, which is in a powder form.  You mix it with hot water and drink it like tea.  It usually works wonders for me.....just not tonight!  Try it - I hope it helps!  Co-Q 10 is also helpful.  Good luck!