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Can anyone relate to me? I was diagnosed with SVT the doctors prescribed me on october 7th verapamil 120ml and it indeed slow my heart rate but the symptoms didnt go away 😟 my doctor told me since it isn't working for me stop it and I did on october 25th but I still feel PAC. I have my ablation November 3rd but till then I feel like crap. I don't like this feeling at all. My tight chest, shortness of breath, lightheaded etc it sucks I feel like I'm the only one who feels like this 😭
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Tinkv22 niya54294
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Had the same feeling before my Ablation. The symptoms are not going to kill you, your just going to be uncomfortable. After the Ablation your going to be great. 2 years since my procedure and feeling great. .I'm sure you will as well.
niya54294 Tinkv22
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Thank you sooooooo much for your reply. It's reassuring reading somebody else experience with this besides me because no one I know or have meet heard or even experience it themselves. I'm glad you're doing great also
gene91169 niya54294
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niya54294 gene91169
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Thank you I appreciate your comment and I sure will keep you posted
ExtraE73 niya54294
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niya54294 ExtraE73
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gene91169 niya54294
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Niya, you might find that deep and slow breathing, with some breath-holding between breaths, would relax you noticably and help control your hyperventilation. Since I learned to do so, my anxiety during SVT has diminished tremendously, and I've not had an episode last for more than 10 minutes or so. Usually, much less. Seems to work much better for me than valsalva. I'm very pleased to see the encouraging comments being sent to you. Take care.
niya54294 gene91169
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Thank you gene91169 for commenting again. Have you experience heart flutter and irregular heart beats as well, sometimes slow? If yes how long have you had those feelings. Sorry I'm asking a lot of questions it helps me understand that others have the same thing and deal with it. I had these feelings 3 months and still not use to it
gene91169 niya54294
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I began feeling premature contractions and flutters when I was 18, niya (50 years ago). They deeply scared me, even after physicians told me I had a healthy heart and was in no danger. I continued to be very active athletically and had a wonderful career as a Naval Aerospce Physiologist (including lots of time flying incredible aircraft), but your response to your challenges is very much like mine was and is.
My heart rhythm problems gradually increased, and I had my first sustained SVT when I was about 40. I chose drug therapy (atenolol and now metoprolol) over ablation, since the later wasn't as promising then as it it now. The drug helped, but I didn't do very well with anxiety related to my heart stuff until I went on Effexor about 20 years ago. It has really helped, but the anxiety remains a challenge.
About five years ago, my SVT became a very frequent deal, and I wearied of ER visits for adenosine. Also, I very much liked what I was reading about ablation. I had mine done two years ago. Didn't work, since I have multiple "aberrant" pathways. I'm actually having more frequent SVT than before the ablation, but, as you might remember from my previous comments, I'm being very successful with breathing techniques to stop them. I'm not happy with my situation, but a better sense of control is helping me with my anxiety.
Hope this helps. I'm looking forward to hearing of your successes. Take care.
Here's what I want for you. First, get the best medical care available. Believe those folks when they give you encoragement. Believe us when we tell you your fears are normal and experienced by many, many SVT folks. Do what you can to successfully deal with those fears. Get help when you need it. If you're a good candidate for avlation, expect it to actually cure you. When that happens, allow yourself to feel very, very good about that cure.
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