I'm lucky in that I don't get svt attacks. I only had one bad attack when my problems first started 6 years ago. It lasted a few hours in casualty and this was the beginning of the tachycardia and pvcs.
Sandy , I live in London,England. I have a lovely cardiologist who does all he can to help me. He is very willing to try an ablation on me but he is very honest when he says that he cannot guarantee the outcome. He says I would more than likely still have pvcs after ablation. My personal feeling is I don't hear many people saying ablation has cured ventricular ectopy. I hear and read that it is normal to have to have a series of ablations before any improvement, if any, is seen.I think new methods and more knowledge will come eventually and at the moment I am willing to wait and see. I would love to hear from people who have had successful ablations to prove me wrong. Is anyone out there?
How about another opinion on the ablation procedure? Cleveland Clinic is one of the best places. University of Michigan is good too. Lots of good EP's around the country. Sandy
Just a quick question for you: When you get about 50 or more pvcs an hour do you find that you are more likely to have an svt attack too? I tend to get more pvcs at night than during the day and i tend to have more svts at night too
My premature beats may wake me up if they're hitting hard. Sometimes I have PVC's/PAC's that hit gently and they don't bother me at all. A few nights ago I had 40 minutes of pounding heart and skips that simply kept me awake. I wasn't worried but I couldn't get comfortable either. Laying on my side just made them more obvious; laying on my back helped but they were still too strong to ignore. The problem is once you've slept for a couple hours then wake up with thumpity-thumps it's hard to get back to sleep. Oh well. I was tired the next day but got through it. Ain't life grand?
There are times when my palpitations will wake me up. I use to be scared of them and lay awake afterward worrying about another or what in the world was wrong with me. That only resulted in me being very tired the next day and of course having more ectopics usually. Now I may rustle and feel them but I roll over and go right back to sleep. I've had them for over 5years and they haven't killed me yet. I'll be darned if I'm going to let them rob any more of my sleep. (I really love my sleep time :) LOL.......) Actually I think it is just part of the natural waxing and waning nature of palpitations---mine at least. Sometimes they might hit during the day and sometimes they might hit during the night.
I get them during sleep a lot and have to take meds to help sleep, and have had them daily for 7 years. I also notice they happen during dream sleep, but they happen during normal sleep and during the day as well. Hundreds every day for years. Mine are mostly pac's with other rhythm problems thrown in. It is interesting that others have them during sleep as well. A night without them is rare but the worse is when there are a lot of them sometimes 50 or so in an hour but not every hour thank god. I wonder if someone had that many hiccups a day every day for years what they could do about that. Some day some one will figure it all out. Hope it's in our life time.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply to me. I found all your comments very helpful.I must say I do try to get back to sleep but when I am just about to drop off they hit again just when I am at my most relaxed.I'm sorry you are all having the same problems but I really admire you all for your courage in not letting this fully overtake your lives. You're all an inspiration and should be proud of yourselves!
Love and best wishes.. Joanie-s
pvc's and types of svt's during sleep are commonly produced by anxiety, nocturnal panic attacks if you will... It sounds like you're very stressed about them, if they're inhabitting your dreams as well.. im sure alot of people on here will be able to give you insight on this particular topic...