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SVT Suddenly reared it’s head after 2 years

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Miranda123
Miranda123

Hi all.

I had a few episodes of SVT over 2 years ago, didnt know at the time that it was SVT and it was so scary. They all stopped on their own eventually but i had a really long episode and ended up in A&E and was given the drug (cant remember what its called) to get my heart back to normal. It was then that they discovered it was SVT.

Since then, its been over 2 years since ive had anything but last week I had an episode that lasted about 5 minutes and i had two episodes yesterday of about 5 mins and a 30 second one.

I guess what I'm not sure about is whether to get checked out? It was a nightmare after i went to hospital as i had to go to the GP to be referred to cardiology and when i got to the appointment they had no idea why i was there as the hospital made no notes on my record so nobody knew it had even happened....

I was given Bisoprolol as pill in pocket and i have taken it once when my HR felt really high but i dont acrually think it was an SVT episode.

Its bought all my anxiety back and I cant stop thinking about it now 😦

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  • Woollington
    Woollington Miranda123

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    That's the thing about SVT, it just happens randomly with sometimes years in between episodes. I had a gap of 4 years once, and now I've had 2 episodes in a month. I get anxious too, as a lot of people do, but try to remember that although it's really frightening, it's not going to harm you. Hope things have settled down again for you now.

  • s22122
    s22122 Miranda123

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    I was born with SVT and have had episodes my entire life. At times I would go 6 to 12 months between episodes, but over the past few years I started getting them more frequently - I typically don't go more than 2-3 weeks without an episode now. I did skip seeing the cardiologist for MANY years (since I knew what the episodes were), but it can't hurt to get checked out. When I finally went after years, the cardiologist did a full cardiac workup and I feel more assured that everything is still stable otherwise.

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