Feeling fatigue after SVT episode

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I had a bad episode of SVT last Wednesday which lasted for 2 hours and I'm still feeling exhausted- just wondered how other sufferers have felt

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    When I was having my SVT , it left me totally exhausted for several days after. It's like you feel like you have run a marathon but you haven't.

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    Yeah last time I had one knocks ya back abit my chests hurts a few days after and feel week 
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    the long ones tend to exhaust you. fill up a 2 bottles of water everyday and when the svt starts start drinking the water will give you a shorter svt. it works for me, the water flushes out the adrenalin from your body and its the adrenalin rush that sends you into an svt
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    This is normal, before I had my recent procedure, having an attack of SVT left me totally wiped out, and yes, as a previous posted said, it's like you have run a marathon without moving!

    Mine always happens early evenings, usually around 9 pm when I was at my most relaxed.

    Of course, I'd go to bed after it, and what with sleeping the rest of the night, I wouldn't feel too bad come morning time.

    On the odd occasion, it would during the early hours of the morning and I'd be too exhausted to even go into work.

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    Dear Rebecca , i experienced my first run of SVT  just a few weeks ago, i just presumed that i had collapsed because i was stressed and had had little sleep as i had been helping my daughter with a newborn baby. Since then i have had numerous episodes and three trips to A and E. At first bisoprolol was prescribed. The effects of this drug did not help. i have since had medication changed to verapamil. i have been told that i cannot work and am also prohibited from driving., i like you feel completely drained. i think that you just have to try and rest. i am not sure what meds you are prescribed but bisoprolol made me feel even worse. i hope you are feeling better and able to take it easy,

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