What triggers cause your SVT? How do they affect you?
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Hi, I'm new to this group and delighted to find it. My story in brief, I'm now 35 and pretty fit - I run a lot and have done for years. Almost 3 years ago I had my first SVT episode - I've had about 15 or 20 since then, lasting up to 2 or 3 minutes each. They seem to happen in 'clusters'. I might get 3 or 4 episodes in a month, then nothing for 6 months, then off we go again. They always happen when I'm running hard, and I've picked them up on my own garmin heart rate monitor but they have never performed when I've been wearing an ECG monitor. A few weeks ago I was brought in for an EP study (which was nowhere near as scary as I thought it would be) - again it refused to perform so I couldn't get an ablation.
Anyway during all this my cardiologist has been perfectly happy for me to continue running - it's not dangerous. But no-one has mentioned triggers to me, so I'm really interested to find out what affects you and how. Are there any good books or websites that helped you? For me, every episode has happened when I'm running - but even during a cluster I can have several episode-free runs. I'd love to be able to figure out if it's just bad luck or if something's setting these clusters off. I'd really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.
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niryastare runnerbean
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I'm only 18 but I think I've been experiencing SVT for about 5 years. My triggers are definitely exercise, I remember in highschool during P.E. was the first time it happened, and it would always happen but I didn't pay much attention to it and wait it out (I've never been to the ER for it, I just didnt think it was a big deal). I also started working out at home earlier this year (which was very new for me) but stopped because it was causing me to have episodes every week, and since I stopped working out my episodes have definitely declined in frequency as well. Some other triggers are definitely coffee, bending over, (and this is a weird specific one) sniffing through my nose when its runny and I'm walking, jumping, stepping down from a high place, taking a bath/shower, twisting my torso, and even laughing. And sometimes it will just come out of nowhere.