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Hi All,
I have suffered 3 SVT attacks in the past 5 or 6 months. The first one I had no idea what was happening and I just thought I was panicking. It suddenly stopped then started again a couple of hours later. I just went to bed (stupid I know) and by the time I woke up in the morning it was gone. The second only lasted around 10 minutes then went away.
The third I visited my walk in centre whilst it was happening and the GP tried to send me home but I talked him into writing me a letter to take to A&E with my ECG. My heart was at 200bpm for almost 3 hours, they did a few ECGs and they confirmed I was in SVT. They stopped it at A&E with that medicine (no idea what its called) which was awful but I then went home an hour or so later and have been referred to a cardiologist as an outpatient and been prescribed beta blockers for any further attacks.
Anyway, in between my episodes, including now I am having palpitations/skipped beats all throughout the day. They are more annoying than anything else - is this linked to SVT? They aren't a constant fast heart rate, they are just random palpitations.
Thanks for your help!
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jimjames Miranda123
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Ectopic beats trigger SVT. This doesn't mean that everyone with ectopics has SVT but without Ectopics you would not go into SVT, that is my understanding.
I have had 17 episodes in four weeks but no episodes in the following month. I went on the FODMAP diet, lost 10% of my body weight, increased my protein, decreased fruit, eliminated grains and took it a little easy. Not sure what helped but I'm crossing my fingers. That said I'm still planning on seeing an EP should they come back. SVTs are not a lot of fun but I don't have to tell you that.
Jim
Miranda123 jimjames
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Thank you for your reply.
So my palpitations aren't SVT? I'm not sure if it's anxiety or linked. Hmm...