Recently had my first SVT episode, I'm curious if this is a permanent condition
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About 3 weeks ago I was taken to the hospital by ambulance with a 170+ BPM. I had been experiencing chest pain for about a week prior to this experience. The hospital ran some tests and blamed it on my anxiety disorder, even though I knew that was DEFINITELY wrong. Ever since, my resting BPM has fluctuated wildly between 80-140BPM, occasionally going as high as 155BPM. Sometimes my BPM can change by 25 in a moment, while im just sitting around. My primary doc set me up with a 24 hour Holter monitor, luckily enough the same thing happened again during that 24 hours. I ended up back in the ER last night, the attending doctor had access to my Holter results and said that I had had a 17 minute long SVT event.
This has all come on suddenly, and I've been under an EXTREME amount of stress lately with severe depression, family issues, trying to find a job, healing from a broken bone, ending a very happy chapter of my life, etc. More stressed than I have ever been in my life. I'm trying to schedule an appointment with my cardiologist this week, but I'm anxious to get more information in the meantime.
Is it possible for this to be caused by chronic, intense emotional stress? Like when I figure all this stuff out is it possible that this issue will go away? I'm terrified of dealing with this for the rest of my life, it's preventing me from doing the only things that make my life worth living.
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gene91169 GrimFantasma
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Nearly all parts of your post will be understood by many of us in the SVT world, GF. The challenges in your life certainly can trigger and/or increase SVT's frequency. Please do as much reading and ask as many questions as you can. You may be helped when you learn how treatable SVT typically is and how ablation can offer people an actual cure, with very low risk. You are not a "one and only". There are many of us out here afflicted by this stuff, and lots of us eventually do quite well with it. Always try to remember that an otherwise healthy heart tolerates SVT very well. I wish the best for you.