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I'm curious how many of you drinking coffee with your SVT's? I don't drink coffee at all because I'm worried it will trigger my SVT, but sometimes I'm dying to drink a cup of coffee. Does coffee trigger an episode for you or not?
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Fex dominika90457
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I used to love coffee, the stronger the better and lots of it.
I quit when I was diagnosed with SVT. Every cardiologist asks me whether I drink caffeine so I guess it's a common trigger. I have found to my surprise that De- Caf has much improved since I last tried it 20 odd years ago and I don't miss proper coffee at all.
It may be pure coincidence but I was staying in a hotel where there was no de-caf and I had a regular coffee. Later that day I had the worst episode of SVT I've ever had.
dominika90457 Fex
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So de-caf worked for you without any problems?
chadcf dominika90457
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I have personally experimented with drinking caffeine and abstaining many times, and the only conclusion I have come to is that caffeine for me makes no difference. I do find, however, that alcohol aggravates my SVT (as does marijuana, living in a state where it's legal I learned the hard way it's a no go for us with SVT). There was also a study done on this where they gave a group of patients undergoing ablation for SVT IV caffeine during the mapping phase, and they found that while caffeine did increase blood pressure, it had no effect on heart rate or SVT inducability: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jce.12504
Personally I think the whole thing with caffeine has mostly been due to it seeming to make sense, after all if your heart likes to race out of control, stimulants are probably a bad idea. But in practice I'm not sure there's much actual evidence behind it, but we are all different so what's true for me might not be true for everyone.
Grammyjks dominika90457
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I too am able to drink decaf. Realized ICED tea was a trigger way before I knew I had SVT and stopped drinking that. Not sure now if it was the caffeine or the iced drink + caffeine
carey71439 dominika90457
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i cut down after an episode but kept happening! i had the heart ablation yesterday!!
dominika90457 carey71439
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How do you feel after the ablation?
carey71439 dominika90457
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i feel tired but otherwise good. thankfully, it took 15 minutes to map it and whole procedure lasted a little over an hour. i had three areas of misfirings. DR VERY surprised i had not been suffering longer. 2 yrs for me but i never converted back which was why i had ablation.
dominika90457 carey71439
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I hope everything's going to work out good for you!
tinaweena dominika90457
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I drink two cups of mocha coffee every day and I find it has no effect on me , I have even had a cup not long after an attack and it has been fine.I think we all have different triggers, mine is definatley stress, not enough sleep and dehydration.
shirl1228 dominika90457
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I drink coffee or tea everyday. I have not had an episode. However I did elect to get a pacemaker when I had my very first one to control it from happening.
annie56356 shirl1228
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Having a pacemaker inserted is not typical treatment for Supraventricular Tachycardia. I think you probably had something else like Ventricular Tachycardia
shirl1228 annie56356
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No I was diagnosed with SVT it was my choice to have the pacemaker so I wouldn't have to take any Beta blockers as I'm one who doesn't like to take pills. I'm lot on any Beta blockers at all. Having this allows me to continue living like I never even had SVT. It was choice for me not must have.
annie56356 shirl1228
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Do you mean an ablation?
shirl1228 annie56356
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I had an Ablation done first, and my heart rate rested low I was given an option to try different beta blockers or get a pacemaker to correct it all. I opted for the pacemaker so I could continue with regular program and not have to worry about having any episodes
Grammyjks dominika90457
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With all this talk of triggers, does anyone think they might have a seasonal trigger? Sounds crazy but the last three years I have had increased SVT frequency and/or severity in late Oct and Nov. Anybody else with similar experiences?
dominika90457 Grammyjks
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I noticed too that late autumn/winter I have more palpitations, for example. I don't know why. 🤔
carey71439 Grammyjks
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Definitely! My job is very stressful and I times I’m very unhappy I literally walked into the door and had an SVT episode the minute I walk into work work and stress is a huge trigger for me and I only started having severe episodes when I started my job. My job is very stressful and I times I’m very unhappy I literally walked into the door and had an SVT episode the minute I walk into work work and stress is a huge trigger for me and I only started having severe episodes when I started my job three years ago years ago