Palpitations (PVCs) EVERYDAY!!!

mine also stated in pregnancy that was 13 years ago after that wud get the odd one every now and again but now many years later there bk with vengance and I don't no y I'm probably the happiest iv ever been i don't drink smoke or anything so don't no wots triggerd them but I no as soon as i feel 1 I'm hyper aware and that triggers me to feel anxious and wait on the next mine are far worse at rest especially in bed i really can't see how I can go on feeling these they literally depress me i no they arnt dangerous but the feeling is awful I'm only 36 i don't wanna live like this

wow looks like I came to the right place . good to know I am not alone.. thanks for the comfort

looks like I came to the right place

hi, my names Erica and I am in my late thirties, children, and working as critical care nurse. I'm typically high stress so usually a little tachycardic. About 2 years ago I started getting palpatations, tight chest, thought it was anxiety. until I was donating blood and was told heart rate was 50 which was very odd especially since I felt anxious. I kept checking my pulse on my watch and oxemeter. when I felt that feeling it said 40s , when I felt normal 80,90s. I saw cardiologist. Echo. stress test, EKG. labs, holter monitor, the whole shebang. He said I'm having pvcs, Skipped beats, bigeminy, trigeminal, a few runs of vtac on my monitor. he said my heart rates was not 40s, monitor just couldn't count the pvcsz skipped bears. he said my burden was 20% so because I'm young I should get ablation. My vessels are clean, no structural issues, he said I must have scaring from a virus or something causing this, which us odd. I asked if it could be stress / anxiety induced because I do have a lot going on, two cardiologist have said mabey with 2, 3% but not 20 and both mentioned probably scarring. I was started on toprolol xl 50 mg for now until the Electrophysiologist calls me. My cardiologist said the toprolol will calm the pvcs down and help with the symptoms of anxiety caused by pvcs.

Do you or anyone get a butterfly/fluttering feeling in their throat that makes you take a deep breath in? It's so strange and very concerning. Having a 24hr holter monitor done this week. Thanks

This may sound crazy but I can't think of anything else and I wanted to get it out there because it may help somebody. I have had PVC's for three years. just out of the blue I was getting what I like to call them as heart hiccups. I stopped using floride toothpaste and started using activated charcoal and my PVS's went away. I was skeptical at first because I was so use to having them that it was weird not to have them. They were the worst after eating a heavy meal. Every once in awhile I might get one but I learned not to sweat it. I have consulted my dentist and he is unaware of any connections with floride and PVC's. I have consulted my cardiologist and got the same story. So I hope this helps somebody.

Hello Everyone,

i have been suffering from PVCs since my 20s and I'm in my mid-fifties now. like many others, I've had good days and some that were pretty frightening. I do have mild atrial enlargement but o/w heart is okay. the last several months I have experienced short pains in my mid chest region which goes along with the PVCs. This sometimes makes me feel a little winded Does anyone else have a similar experience?

Absolute relief to read all this forum post and encouraging replies. Thank you all! Reading 70+ year olds here with the same issues as me (35) is actually calming. That means I might get to 70 and beyond.

I'm having pvc's since age 18. Visited 4 cardiologists, had holter twice. Echo 4 times I think. All results and all doctors say not to worry. Only problem I had to go to hospital 4 days ago. During workout had an episode where I felt fainting. Could not walk afterwards, as I felt like heart is stopping. Surely hospital said that everything is fine (as usual).

In short, here are my experiences during 17 years with this bugger - it worsens from nicotine, caffeine, workouts, stress, lying on back, lying on left side. And pvc's decreases when I drink alcohol (weird, but surely nice), take deep breaths, use magnesium, sleep with my head up (like hospital beds).

Also wanted to add that some nights are just complete nightmare. I wake up feeling like dying from those palpitations. Hate those nights. Happens 2-3 times a year.

Not sure if it's worth going to doctors anymore about these. But hospital visit was scary...

Thanks again to EVERYONE. Really helpful discussion here.

Mine started back in 2013, only once every few weeks. freaked me out because its your heart right? could never catch one on the a&e ECG, would only make me very slightly breathless to sometimes very mildly dizzy.

During this time i did spartan obstacle races 5k, 15k, 21k.....no issues..or worries.

alongside this i was developing some kind of GI discomfort, that'd feel a little like hunger pains/cramp. Had all the scans done, up the back, down the top and all around, all healthy.

fast forward to 2022, and im playing football in the summer for 3 hrs in the heat, then a little basket ball, we all ate KFC 🤦. Driving home i have the sensation of a PVC, but permanently, like a bubble in my chest wanting to burst. I panicked and thought i would die! went to a&e and nothing's wrong alllll healthy. A month later my mum is diagnosed with lymphoma.........

the following weeks were marked with tachycardia outbursts seeming to be triggered by a PVC/PAC and anxiety im sure. After these gradually lessened i seem to have been left with more noticeable PVCs, 5 a day, and now the odd "flutter" which i hadnt had before .

tachycardia went, but then randomly i had one night of every 5 mins, and then it calmed for a week. Its now hovering around every 20mins, more flutters, PVCs mainly sitting and flutters mainly when standing soooooo weird....

in thinking about coping mechanisms, i have found a couple of helps.

• thinking of all the scans that were healthy
• thinking of these as akin to twitches, little pinches i feel in my head and body now and again
• a reaction to being released from stress as you calm, all the cortisol has nowhere to go but into your heart
• all the experiences on this forum and how long people have lived with them

Its so frustrating.I had them on and off only usually after a big meal but never lasted long.Lately i get them for days straight,like every 15 seconds.Low dose of magnesium helps sometimes

Hi,

I have been diagnosed many, many years ago with PAC's ( Premature Atrial Contractions). It was described to me it is your heart beating an extra beat and then pauses to catch up). It sent me to the moon with fear every time! I was going through a terrible divorce and during that time my mom had a pulmonary embolism and was in ICU and hospitalized for many months and i was under extreme stress.

Flash forward 18 years and im having irregular heart beats again. Have not been able to have them confirmed as PAC's yet. Ive been to the ER last week but they don't show up then, i got a Kardia Mobile device to do my own EKG's and they show normal sinus rhythm. I couldn't get in to a cardiologist until Jan. 15th! Its Dec. 11th today! Does anyone know any way to stop theses naturally?

I'd love to hear from you. It brings me peace to read yiur stories and to know yiur experiences and you are surviving this!

I have been having frequent pvcs for over 2 years now, and I'm only in my early 40s. It worried me greatly as I have a terrible family history of heart problems, so I decided to get checked out. I wore a 24-hour holter monitor which reported an ectopic burden of 13% of all beats. The cardiologist explained that under 5% is green, 5-10% is amber and anything over 10% was red, so alarmingly I was in the red zone. However, I was not displaying any symptoms and the echocardiogram did not reveal any structural or functional issues apart from minor regurgitation. Based on that, my arrhythmia was deemed benign, however I was told that my excessive rate of PVCs could lead to heart damage in the long run if left untreated. I was therefore given the choice of medication of ablation, and I opted with meds as a first measure. I was initially prescribed Beta Blockers but they did not work, so I moved on to Flecainide which has improved my condition significantly. I still get PVCs but much much less than I used to. So from what I've been told, if your rate of PVCs is <5% then its not an issue but it doesn't hurt to get it checked out.