Is it too early for an ablation?

I had SVT for 5 years before they were able to capture it and diagnose it. It's miserable when you have it. Mine have lasted from 5 minutes to 2 hours.if you can void it, don't drink any caffeine. I have heard of teenagers having ablations. I haven't had any more episodes of SVT since. 

I started having SVT since I was 17 and 11 years later let me tell you if I could had it done before I would, for me it only got worse, exercising without feeling my heart beating out of my sternum? Nah, climbing a hill? Nah, bending over too fast? Nah, yawning too long? Nah, and the list goes on, do it while you are still young!

EP study its common procedure with really low risk, you have more risk in going outside and taking the bus.

Hi. I'm a 57 year old male in Ireland. I had SVT for about 20 years until it was cured by an ablation 5 years ago (no episodes, no meds since). SVT rarely lessens with time and usually gets much worse. The meds to control it usually have varying degrees of unpleasant side effects. I only wish I had my ablation years earlier, before it took too much normal freedom from my life. 

The procedure is no big deal. If your Cardio says you are suitable, then go for it.

Good luck, whatever you decide

Hi, i had around 8 episodes of svt over 3 years, mine were particularly bad and never stopped on their own so i was always blue lighted to hospital to have the dreaded adenosine which is horrendous! Because of this i was offered an ablation straight away. I was in 2 minds as i had been given medication (verapamil) which did control it but was told my body would eventually get used to the tablets and svt would start again. So i went for the ablation, which cured the svt but during the procedure my heart went into AF and my heart had to be shocked twice to get it back into sinus. This was very traumatic, and as a result i now have very bad ectopic (skipped) beats and I'm now back on my original medication to help the ectopics! I'm still glad i had my ablation though and would do it again, even after things didnt quite go right. I wouldnt wish svt on anyone, i got very depressed and anxious with mine as you never know when its going to happen. So my advice is to go for it, as others have said it will probably only get worse. 

Sorry for the long message but just wanted to tell you my story 😊 I wish you well.

Like another poster I am also 57.

I had two ablations- one 11 years ago that was not a success, and my second one just five weeks ago. It is true that as we age,SVT gets worse and not better.

   As long as you have a definite SVT diagnosis, I think it's not too premature if you want to do it now. It really all depends on how badly or often it is affecting your life, and how much psychological upset you have because of it.

I had an ablation after 3 episodes, though episode 3 was after going off my beta blockers for a stress test. I debated whether it was a good idea to live with it or not given beta blockers pretty much kept it in check. My electrocardiologist was not reserved at all though, he didn't seem to really care how big a problem was, if you wanted an ablation he'd do an ablation... I ultimately decided to do it because I am relatively young (not quite as young as you but at 39 young enough to ideally not be on heart meds) and the promise of a drug free life was appealing. But more than that, the experience of being cardioverted was something I never wanted to have and from all accounts SVT only tends to get worse with age. I figured that since I'd probably need it sooner or later, there was no point in postponing it given that for SVT the ablation is quite safe.