Constant PVCS ruining my life!

Hello, so sorry to hear that you're also suffering with pac's and pvc's. I have also been having them for 6 years and they are soul destroying. I have had all of my tests done including echocardiogram of my heart and everything is normal. The cardiologist told me that they would go away but I have not had one day free of them. Unless you get them, people will never understand how horrendous they are! I am constantly told that they are because of anxiety, but I am anxious because I am getting them!

I am also so afraid of dropping dead which sounds silly to most people but when you feel that thud and sinking feeling in your chest, I instantly think the worst.

Unfortunately I dont have any advice to subside them but I just wanted to reach out to you that you are not alone and that I can say that they do ruin my life as I am so anxious.

Take care

Hello Bec,

Your story sounds all too familiar. I have had the PVC's on and off for several years. Worse at times. I also had all the appropriate tests from my cardiologist. I take Carvedilol which is a beta blocker and I have taken that for years. The beta blocker is supposed to help regulate heart beat. My ECG, Echo cardiogram shows my heart is fine. Stress test also fine. The PVC's are nothing to worry about I am told. But, like you, when they happen so frequently they drive me crazy. I tried to figure out what I was doing that triggers them... I paid more attention to things that I ate or drank... etc. I don't drink - only on occasion, I don't drink a lot of caffeine... all seems to be attributed to anxiety - which I know I have. So in desperation, I went to my primary care physician for help. I decided that if my cardiologist keeps telling me there is nothing wrong with my heart, there must be another problem - chemical imbalance in my blood or something. I go for an annual physical ever year. I had one about 4 months ago and all the blood work showed nothing out of the ordinary. The only thing I got dinged on, was to watch my sugar and carbohydrates. So after talking to him about what I had been going through with the PVC's, he suggested a low dose anti depressant. We talked about General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). That sounded like what I was going through. Being depressed and anxiety sometimes, but over nothing in particular. He prescribed a low dose Zoloft (generic name is Sertraline) 25 mg to start. He told me the regular dose was 50 mg. He said we would start with the 25 mg and see how I did. After a couple of weeks, the PVC's were few to none. I went back for a follow up with him after 6 weeks and I was doing much better, so he upped my dose to 50 mg. I had a little trouble adjusting to the higher dose, so I cut one in half and started taking one 25 mg plus half of one... so for the past couple of weeks I've been taking 37 mg. Next week, I will increase to the 50 mg. I'm not big on taking medications, but this seems to be working and reducing the PVC's down to few to none. There are a few side effects from the Sertraline, but eliminating the PVC's is worth it. There is a forum on this website that I started following - people who are on the Sertraline for anxiety. It might be worth talking to you doctor about a low dose anti depressant (and there are many) to see if it helps you with the PVC's. The Sertraline seems to be one with few side effects.

I had these and my doctor prescribed medication. I took 2 Multaq per day for 3 months and did not have symptoms at all while taking this medicine. My doctor weaned me off at 1 per day for a month and then completely off of them. At first I would still get them if they were triggered by various things like MSG, cold beverages, overeating, wine, too much caffeine, not enough sleep, cold medicine with D, even hemp CBD oil which is supposed to calm you (for me it caused my heart to react negatively - even a little thc can cause my heart to be overstimulated like heavy stimulants). So i have stayed away from these things and my heart has settled down so much and I do not have the PAC/PVCs daily but just a few times per month. One thing that may have helped is I also started taking Magnesium-Potassium Complex, 2 tablets per day. I used to have cramps in my calves at night and these have also gone away. I hope this information helps. I do understand how scary it is when my heart feels like it's flopping around in my chest and no one I know can relate. Keep educating yourself and looking for a cure! ❤

Hi I have been having PVCs and PACs extra heartbeats for years the last couple years I was having PVCs PACs coming and going quick all day long every other heartbeat for six months they put me on a medicine called flecainide and remember I was having these things every day over and over and over couldn’t sleep lay down at night in the bed they were worse very aggravating my doctor said I was having them so much that it looked like a little superventricular tachycardia attack miniature ones and I had an ablation for the svt which gave me atrial fibrillation so he figured that the ablation caused my PVCs and PACs to happem more frequetly so he gave me the anti-arrhythmia drug flecainide beta blocker i have gotton my life back i have 1 occaisionly just 1 im 95 % clean of pvc ,pac,af good luck everybody also if you’re having PVCs and PACs when you lay down at night try breathing in for five seconds and exhale for five seconds if that helps at all it could be your Vegas nerve

I can completely relate it's a horrific condition. I take a bunch of supplements, take propananol and drink a bunch of v8 juice. The last 2 didn't help by themselves until I started the supplements. My pvcs have gone from constant to just a few a day and some lucky days none.

I can give a list of supplements I take if anyone wants to know.