update : PVCs 19 year old healthy female

[angie334]

I have posted on her a few months ago complaining about my irregular heartbeat. but just a reminder im a 19 year old female and i am fairly active. well today i had my cardiologist appointment and FINALLY during a stress test PVCs began to show up. they put me on a 24 hour holter monitor to see if anything else shows up. of course when i first walked in i could tell the doctors were trying to early diagnose me with anxiety and made it seem like im a naive little teenage girl thats overreacting.

luckily they did find that i have pvcs but the "aid" i guess it was insisted that its caffeine related. (funny because i had 0 caffeine in the past 24 hours) but then the subject of adderall was brought up. yes i am prescribed to 20 mg adderall xr but ive had palpitations way before ive been on it and i got off of it for a month and still had the same symptoms with it. the only difference is that my heart is a slight bit faster with it which does not bother me anymore than if it were slow with palpitations.

basically im just curious if anyone on here happens to know if there is medication that is safe that will help with my palpitations. also, i just want to make clear that the doctors have told me that many people with palpitations cant tell at all. but i do. they effect my everyday life. my chest gets extremely tight, i get short of breath, i can feel everytime my heart skips a beat, left side of my body gets numb when the episodes extremely bad, light headed, short of breath, dizzy, weak, you name it. and if there are no really good medicines that will help get rid of my palpitations, does anyone know of ways in which i can at least help treat my symptoms.

Thank You

[angie334]

ok i will try the magnesium pills. thanks for the advice

[Mom2four85]

the only thing I've found that works for my quirky system is Inderal; prior doctors put me on the short release until I saw a new dr today so I'm looking forward to a timed release so there's no ups & downs.

each of us are different and it may be many things that triggers yours; for me stress, not sleeping and getting angry makes my heart worse; which is probably adrenaline driven yet caffeine doesn't affect me at all

don't feel bad; I think here we've heard just about everything with dr's...one dr even told me I couldn't be THAT sick if I had put foundation on to cover my rash on my face lol not long after my heart stopped...I've had some type of arrhythmia for about 35 years...it's been blamed on wanting attention, anxiety, stress, caffeine, over working...the list goes on

There are those out there who do not even know they have arrhythmia's...if we were all so lucky =)

[merileegal]

I also have palpitations but for the most part they don't interfere with my life. I really have to watch what drink, eat, and even supplements. I only drink 1 diet Dr. Pepper a day, low carbs in the morning, msg, and some omega 3 supplements. If I go too long without food, my heart palps. If I eat too much it palps. Exercise bothers some people. I would suggest that you start a diary of what you eat, drink, and take each day along with anything that might be stressful. (I know, the pvcs are stressful!)

Also, there are some great threads in here about taking magnesium to calm the heart. I'm taking it and have notice a difference in my palps. Do a search under magnesium in this site for more information. If you're taking meds for your condition, be sure to consult you doc to avoid problems.

I think this is as frustrating to doctors as it is to people with arrythmias. I had SVT and had an ablation which was an easy fix compared to people who have other things. They're are still learning so much about the electrical system of our heart. In the meantime, a lot of people here have found we have to find ways to help ourselves.

Good luck finding your answers.