Recently diagnosed SVT, remedies other then beta blockers?
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sorry for the long post!
i have had heart palpitations in the past here and there. usually go away on there own within a few minutes, sometimes can last a bit longer but never gave me any problems. my doctor suggested i see a cardiologist, i was due for an echo and holter this past friday. then the wednesday before i had bad palpitations for the first time, resting heart rate was 130-140 for a few hours until the ER did a chemical cardioversion and that finally brought it back to normal. ER cardiologist diagnosed me with AVNRT a form of SVT and said my only 2 options are beta blockers or an ablation. i tried the beta blockers and had bad side effects so pharmacist said to stop. i called my actual cardiologist and have an appt to see him to go over my holter and echo from friday and talk about my ER visit. i really dont want to be on beta blockers unless i have to be, since i only had 1 bad episode is there other things to do other then beta blockers or ablation? thanks!
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betty415 Mickey626
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hi,
I lived with avnrt for about 50 years . it only got worse as time went by . 3 years ago I was having a lot of cold chills in the afternoons. Turned out that I had pneumonia but didn't know it until I had a fight with but didn't know it until I had a fight with my ex the night before and woke up with stabbing pain in my left side. after taking my ex home I guess the stress hit me and the palpitations were really bad. typically I could stop them on my own but this time they went on for 5 hours straight and nothing I did would stop them. they also chemically cardio converted me but had to do it twice. then then at the hospital it happened again after I got up to go to the bathroom. they admitted me found out I had pneumonia they admitted me found out I had pneumonia and immediately called a EP doctor which is the doctor that does the ablation. a week later I went in to have the ablation and I've never felt better. of course right after the ablation the heart is healing so you have ectopic beats and little skips and jumps but after the first or but after the first or second day you start getting back to normal again. people usually go home the same day unless they have general anesthesia as I did so they just kept me till the next morning because my blood pressure was pretty low so they just kept me till the next morning because my blood pressure was pretty low. I truly suggest the ablation
betty415
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sorry about the double sentences in the post I didn't realize that until I just read it .
Lolasmom Mickey626
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If it is SVT, you have 3 options
Beta blockers
Ablation
Do nothing
When my SVT started last Feb 2016, I went on Bisoprolol for about 3 months. I could not stand the side affects, so I stopped taking it. It was not weaned off as my EP told me to just stop 5 days prior to ablation attempt.
Coming off biso abruptly was a big mistake. I had terrible withdrawals.
So I now do not take anything. Whenever I have an episode, I just do some of the maneuvers to get it to stop
I have AT (Atrial Tachycardia)
betty415 Lolasmom
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I did the Maneuvers for all my life but it was a miserable life it restricted me I was afraid to move didn't even need to move it happened all on its own sorry for the lack of punctuation I use voice typing because of my arthritis
Tatarewicz Mickey626
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My always works now remedy for SVT is firm pressure on the left corotid/vagal in the neck for three seconds. Sometimes several tries if I don't catch it quickly enough, Gets pulse restarted but usually at 80 . My normal in the past was 60. Only caution is possible stroke. One of the things that lead to my SVT is back bending (rather than squatting to pick something up).