An Attack of SVT

--While taking a shower about 2 PM today---i got a horrible attack of supraventicular tachycardia!   It scared the living daylites outta me!--Thought i was gonna die! --My heart started to beat wildly & rapidly--momentarly went back to a regular beat for a second or two--then--started to beat erratically for a few more beats.

Kudos to you hopes, we all sort of settle in with it once we do not die as we suspected. !!! so nice seeing you. i have been so busy this is my first post in several weeks. how was your christmas?  and OHHH  Happy New Year!!!

Hopes, you go girl. You are an inspiration.
MaryAnn

Wotan: Have you tried Betapace? I have A-fib, PSVTs, Cardiac Syndrome X, & PVCs. I felt like an old car constantly trying to start! After going on Betapace, they have decreased by about 80% - 90%. Still have occasional ones, but not bad & only for a couple of seconds.

Good luck!

I myself have just been diagnosed with svt after I had a massive attack which lasted 1 hour @ 230bpm before the doctors stopped it I too have been having it for years but would last for 5 mins at most and was told not too worry to much about it. but after that incident i have been told numerous ways to stop it now but havent had another yet so havent been abl to test these manouveres out of hospital.

I had my first SVT episode in October.  I was well over 200bmp for 30 minutes before I got to the ER.  It took two shots of whatever they give you to finally get it down.  They kept me for two nights, did an EKG and an Echocardiogram and diagnosed me with AVNRT.  I was told I could go on a beta blocker for the rest of my life to control the intensity of the attacks or I could have a catheter ablation.  Because I'd only had the one episode, I originally chose the medicine.  However, after having a few more minor episodes, I decided I didn't want to live like that.  The fear of having an episode and the paranoia were almost worse than the episodes themselves.  I had a catheter ablation on December 1st and have been episode free ever since.  The procedure was a breeze and I've felt great ever since.  I'm going tomorrow for my 6-week checkup and hopefully will be coming off the beta blockers for good.  I've found the beta blockers make me lazy and cause short term memory problems.  Can't wait to get off of them! 

I hear so many good things about ablations. Mine was the horror of my life! That is due to my major arrythmia occurs in the bundle of Hiss ... can't ablate this one w/o knocking out SA & AV nodes & left w/permenent pacemaker. This is not a pacemaker that acts as a backup in case my heart doesn't do right; it's a pacemaker that keeps me alive. I was informed that if I received a blow to the chest, I would die. NO THANK YOU... meds are better than worrying that my airbag in the car may kill me. I have PSVTs, PVCs, & A-Fib & still prefer that to the alternative. If my major arrythmia was locating elsewhere, I would go for the ablation. I guess what I'm saying is that before you go for an ablation, ask where the ablation is located & what entails to radicate it.