I have been having the exact same problem for the last six months. I quit smoking three years ago and I don't drink much caffeine (anymore anyway) and I've almost completely obliterated salt from my diet. I too experience them more often than not after eating. Good luck with your appointment.
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Post Edited By Moderator (els) : 7/9/2008 2:29:35 PM (GMT-6)
I found this thread and find it very enlightening. I have been dealing with PVCs for years, but in the last year or so they have got much worse. It all started the day that I realized that that feeling that I have had was in fact a PVC. I have felt them for years, but did not know what they were. The day I figured it out all hell broke loose. I now get them most days and have to deal with the anxiety that comes with them. I have been dealing with panic attacks and general anxiety disorder for a few years prior to the PVCs starting. I am pretty young don't drink or smoke and really limit the amount of caffeine I take in on a daily basis. Here are a few keys for me:
Keep my mind occupied - This is really the big thing that helps me deal with all of my anxiety. For me I like to really get engaged in a hobby that I can really focus on. This really heps me, but does not cure anything.
Drink a lot of water - Peronsally I have noticed that when I get dehydrated my symptoms get worse.
Talk to someone - I meet with a professional to talk about dealing with my anxiety and all of the symptoms that come along with it.
PVCs for me are just the newest in a line of past issues. Before my PVCs it was racing heart and general anxiety, and before that was stomach issues. Everything began to shift was from stomach related issues after my brother had a heart attack. Then everything shifted over to heart symptoms. I have fears that I am gonna be next and this continues to drive my symptoms. I spend every day telling myself that I am fine and that I have nothing to worry about, but that simply does not work. Staying busy really helps me to feel as normal as possible.
It is easy to read that these symptoms are nothing that can hurt you but honestly they are horrible. I guess the key is that we are not alone. I have enjoyed reading about each persons experiences and hope that my personal views can help someone else. This is by no means medical advice...just my humble opinion. Make sure you get checked out by a professional to ensure your symptoms are in fact PVCs.
good luck!
Keep my mind occupied - This is really the big thing that helps me deal with all of my anxiety. For me I like to really get engaged in a hobby that I can really focus on. This really heps me, but does not cure anything.
Drink a lot of water - Peronsally I have noticed that when I get dehydrated my symptoms get worse.
Talk to someone - I meet with a professional to talk about dealing with my anxiety and all of the symptoms that come along with it.
PVCs for me are just the newest in a line of past issues. Before my PVCs it was racing heart and general anxiety, and before that was stomach issues. Everything began to shift was from stomach related issues after my brother had a heart attack. Then everything shifted over to heart symptoms. I have fears that I am gonna be next and this continues to drive my symptoms. I spend every day telling myself that I am fine and that I have nothing to worry about, but that simply does not work. Staying busy really helps me to feel as normal as possible.
It is easy to read that these symptoms are nothing that can hurt you but honestly they are horrible. I guess the key is that we are not alone. I have enjoyed reading about each persons experiences and hope that my personal views can help someone else. This is by no means medical advice...just my humble opinion. Make sure you get checked out by a professional to ensure your symptoms are in fact PVCs.
good luck!
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PVCs are very common and do have many causes and treatments.
Again welcome to HW.
Kitt
PVCs are very common and do have many causes and treatments.
Again welcome to HW.
Kitt
I was just glancing over an older post, and I get a kick out some of the folks describing that they feel terminal if they experiance a couple of pvc's an hour. ....Don't want to appear insenitive, but take a long deep breath, release slowly, and move on, ...your okay.
I have PVC's and SVT's frequently----what gets me are the dizzy spells and lightheadedness. I'm on beta blockers (Metroprolol--50mg a day), and they help to a certain extent, but they don't control the spells as well as I'd like.
Does anyone else get the lightheadedness other than me? How do you cope?
Does anyone else get the lightheadedness other than me? How do you cope?
Hello and welcome. If you are having lightheadedness and dizzy spells with your PVC's you should check in with your physician as you could be having runs of PVCs that are causing the sx.
Have you ever worn the Holter Monitor to establish how frequently and what is happening when you have PVCs?
Take care and glad to have you with us.
Kitt
Post Edited (stkitt) : 4/18/2010 9:11:58 PM (GMT-6)
I'm due for a physical this spring, now that tax season is over (I'm a CPA). I'm going to tell him that they've been bothering me more lately, but it's probably due to the stress that I've been under for the past 4 months. Yes, I've worn the monitor---he had me wear it for 30 days last year when i started having the episodes. I had a nuclear stress test, which i came through fine, according to him and the cardiologist that read the tests. Supposedly, my heart is functioning fine----other than the PVC's and SVT's.
It's weird----I'm 45 and I never had these things up until a year ago. And there'll be times that I won't have them at all, and now I'm on a string of days where I'm having them all the time. It's scary, but from what I've heard and read, a lot of people have them, and my doctor said I won't die from them since my heart is ok.
CPA = PVCs 
Your physician is right as most people have these beats and never feel them at all. It is when they cause symptoms that you need to seek medical attention.
Aren't you glad today is April 18th ?
Take care,
Kitt
Your physician is right as most people have these beats and never feel them at all. It is when they cause symptoms that you need to seek medical attention. Aren't you glad today is April 18th ?
Take care,
Kitt
Please help me. I, like a lot of the others are having a major problem with PVCs. I am 50 years old and had a stomach virus about 2 months ago. That is pretty much going away, not totally yet. But about 6 weeks ago started with PVs. I went to my doctor and he did not see anything. Blood work came back fine. Upon my instance, my doctor finally sent me for a Holter monitor. Yes, the PVCs were confirmed. My doctor wants me to double my metroprol dose, but I am scared because I did not like the side effects that I had when I started it in the beginning. I have a request in to be seen by a Cardiologist just to rule out anything else, but my question is how do I control these things until then. Here is some my history. I am 50 year old woman. I have Hypothyroid. I have suffered from panic attacks for 10 years but they are pretty much controlled not through medication. I do not use caffiene of any kind. I do not smoke. I am severly overweight, but since the PVCs I am losing weight, because they make me not hungry in the least. I have IBS especially when I get stressed. All my bloodwork is perfectly normal so I am not suffering from anything else. I am highly allergic to a lot of things so I am scared to death to take medicines. Please give me any advice on how to control these because each time I get an attack, I get very scared. And of course they happen most at night which makes it near impossible to sleep. Thank you for your help!!!
Hello group!
I am a new member, but have experience in another forum.
Just a little history for our members:
I am a white male, 38 years old, married for 8 years, divorced for the last 10 years. One child, a daughter.
I felt my first PVC when I was 28 years old, during the ending of my marriage. There was a great deal of stress. :)
I was laying next to my wife at the time, no love during that time. And out of the blue, I felt my heart just stop for what seemed like forever! But, I know now, that it was just the resetting of my heart beat.
It felt like I was falling, but I was laying down trying to sleep. Wow! It was scary! Over that month, I was having a lot of PVC's leading to the divorce. They were so bad I went to the ER, because I thought it was a heart attack.
In the ER, they hooked me to the ECG, and they said it read normal. Of course I was not having them when I got to the hospital. :) I know most of us have had this happen. PVC's like to hide and make us look crazy! :)
Anyway, I have lived with PVC's for 10 years now. With age, they seem to be more frequent. I have good weeks and I have horrible weeks. But, I am still living, you know. :) So, I guess it is like they say, they are benign.
How to deal with your PVC's:
1. If you drink alcohol, stop! Mine were awful if I was drinking.
3. If you drink large amounts of caffeine, cut back or stop. Be careful for the caffeine withdrawl headache! PVC's and headaches do not mix at all, ease off the caffeine when you stop.
4. If you smoke tobacco, try to quit, or reduce your smoking. It is hard, I still smoke.
5. Avoid eating large meals, and certain foods. (This is where mine are at there worst, eating anything!) >:(
6. Use meditation and relaxation techniques. Research to find what works best for you, everyone is different. :)
7. Exercise! If the doctor says it is okay. :) I use my drum kit for Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rockbands. It is important to find an exercise you like, so you will stay with it. :)
If I am having PVC's really bad...I am one of the lucky ones. I can lay down and 9 times out of 10, they will go away.
A short nap works wonders for me as well. If that does not work, I lay on my stomach with my head propped up, pillow under my chin...with a fan blowing on me from head to toes. Using deep breathing techniques.
What really seems to have helped me the most tho, was life changes.
My weight was 280 pounds, now I an 229 pounds.
My blood pressure was, 171/111 .... now I am at 132/89
My heart rate was 90 bpm, now it is 75 bpm
My apologizes to the moderator for such a long post, but I know how crazy PVC's can make us. And I want to help as many people as I can, with as much info as I can. I will check back in to your forum and see if I have gotten any responses or questions. Feel free to ask me, I will do my best to answer and help.
Best of health to all, and remember...you are not alone.
T-Dawg
I am a new member, but have experience in another forum.
Just a little history for our members:
I am a white male, 38 years old, married for 8 years, divorced for the last 10 years. One child, a daughter.
I felt my first PVC when I was 28 years old, during the ending of my marriage. There was a great deal of stress. :)
I was laying next to my wife at the time, no love during that time. And out of the blue, I felt my heart just stop for what seemed like forever! But, I know now, that it was just the resetting of my heart beat.
It felt like I was falling, but I was laying down trying to sleep. Wow! It was scary! Over that month, I was having a lot of PVC's leading to the divorce. They were so bad I went to the ER, because I thought it was a heart attack.
In the ER, they hooked me to the ECG, and they said it read normal. Of course I was not having them when I got to the hospital. :) I know most of us have had this happen. PVC's like to hide and make us look crazy! :)
Anyway, I have lived with PVC's for 10 years now. With age, they seem to be more frequent. I have good weeks and I have horrible weeks. But, I am still living, you know. :) So, I guess it is like they say, they are benign.
How to deal with your PVC's:
1. If you drink alcohol, stop! Mine were awful if I was drinking.
3. If you drink large amounts of caffeine, cut back or stop. Be careful for the caffeine withdrawl headache! PVC's and headaches do not mix at all, ease off the caffeine when you stop.
4. If you smoke tobacco, try to quit, or reduce your smoking. It is hard, I still smoke.
5. Avoid eating large meals, and certain foods. (This is where mine are at there worst, eating anything!) >:(
6. Use meditation and relaxation techniques. Research to find what works best for you, everyone is different. :)
7. Exercise! If the doctor says it is okay. :) I use my drum kit for Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rockbands. It is important to find an exercise you like, so you will stay with it. :)
If I am having PVC's really bad...I am one of the lucky ones. I can lay down and 9 times out of 10, they will go away.
A short nap works wonders for me as well. If that does not work, I lay on my stomach with my head propped up, pillow under my chin...with a fan blowing on me from head to toes. Using deep breathing techniques.
What really seems to have helped me the most tho, was life changes.
My weight was 280 pounds, now I an 229 pounds.
My blood pressure was, 171/111 .... now I am at 132/89
My heart rate was 90 bpm, now it is 75 bpm
My apologizes to the moderator for such a long post, but I know how crazy PVC's can make us. And I want to help as many people as I can, with as much info as I can. I will check back in to your forum and see if I have gotten any responses or questions. Feel free to ask me, I will do my best to answer and help.
Best of health to all, and remember...you are not alone.
T-Dawg
<Edit> Rule 1. No discussion of illicit drug use.
Your input and advice has been greatly appreciated here, I do hope you understand why I have had to edit this post. Thank you ~ Kitt
Post Edited By Moderator (stkitt) : 7/8/2010 8:09:53 AM (GMT-6)
Kippy said...
Please help me. I, like a lot of the others are having a major problem with PVCs. I am 50 years old and had a stomach virus about 2 months ago. That is pretty much going away, not totally yet. But about 6 weeks ago started with PVs. I went to my doctor and he did not see anything. Blood work came back fine. Upon my instance, my doctor finally sent me for a Holter monitor. Yes, the PVCs were confirmed. My doctor wants me to double my metroprol dose, but I am scared because I did not like the side effects that I had when I started it in the beginning. I have a request in to be seen by a Cardiologist just to rule out anything else, but my question is how do I control these things until then. Here is some my history. I am 50 year old woman. I have Hypothyroid. I have suffered from panic attacks for 10 years but they are pretty much controlled not through medication. I do not use caffiene of any kind. I do not smoke. I am severly overweight, but since the PVCs I am losing weight, because they make me not hungry in the least. I have IBS especially when I get stressed. All my bloodwork is perfectly normal so I am not suffering from anything else. I am highly allergic to a lot of things so I am scared to death to take medicines. Please give me any advice on how to control these because each time I get an attack, I get very scared. And of course they happen most at night which makes it near impossible to sleep. Thank you for your help!!!
Please help me. I, like a lot of the others are having a major problem with PVCs. I am 50 years old and had a stomach virus about 2 months ago. That is pretty much going away, not totally yet. But about 6 weeks ago started with PVs. I went to my doctor and he did not see anything. Blood work came back fine. Upon my instance, my doctor finally sent me for a Holter monitor. Yes, the PVCs were confirmed. My doctor wants me to double my metroprol dose, but I am scared because I did not like the side effects that I had when I started it in the beginning. I have a request in to be seen by a Cardiologist just to rule out anything else, but my question is how do I control these things until then. Here is some my history. I am 50 year old woman. I have Hypothyroid. I have suffered from panic attacks for 10 years but they are pretty much controlled not through medication. I do not use caffiene of any kind. I do not smoke. I am severly overweight, but since the PVCs I am losing weight, because they make me not hungry in the least. I have IBS especially when I get stressed. All my bloodwork is perfectly normal so I am not suffering from anything else. I am highly allergic to a lot of things so I am scared to death to take medicines. Please give me any advice on how to control these because each time I get an attack, I get very scared. And of course they happen most at night which makes it near impossible to sleep. Thank you for your help!!!
Losing weight is a great idea. This will reduce the workload on your heart. It should also reduce your blood pressure too.
I have read that a Hyperthyroid is a big factor in PVC's. Possibly, you can discuss this with your doctor. Ask them questions, because there is never a dumb question. You become more informed. Possibly there is a medication or dieting choices you can use.
When you eat, try to eat small meals. Read the portion sizes on the cartons and stick with it. Believe me, it will feel like you are starving yourself at first...but in a month those portion sizes will be filling to you. I was a little at the obese level when I started losing weight, now I am at the bottom level of being overweight. :) You can do it! It will be hard at first, but you will adjust to your new diet. If you need any help about what foods I am using, feel free to contact me with a reply.
Best of health to you,
T-Dawg
hello there,
I having been suffering from PVCs for about several months now. I was diagnosed with them about six months back. My drs. put me through blood tests, ecg and ekg and a 24 hr holter moniter and everything came back 100%. For the longest time i was thinking that maybe they were all in my head.
I havent had them for about 3 months and just yesterday i was consumed by a storm of pvcs (sooo annoying). I have to tell myself over and over that i will be fine and that they mean nothing.
It just fabbles me because i don't understand how they dont bother me for so long and then out of the blue they just wont leave me alone. I am glad i came across this forum knowing that im not alone and others do expeirence these.
any one with any coping tips on how to deal with frequent pvc's? 
Good Morning stressalert
Just wondering if you have seen your Dr. and if you have had a Holter monitor to verify you have PVCs ?
If you feel flip-flops, a sensation of skipped heartbeats or odd feelings in your chest, contact your doctor. You'll want to identify the source of these symptoms. Premature ventricular contractions may be the problem, but other conditions also may be to blame, including other rhythm problems, serious heart problems, anxiety, anemia or infections.
If you feel flip-flops, a sensation of skipped heartbeats or odd feelings in your chest, contact your doctor. You'll want to identify the source of these symptoms. Premature ventricular contractions may be the problem, but other conditions also may be to blame, including other rhythm problems, serious heart problems, anxiety, anemia or infections.
Keep us posted on what your physican has to say as we are here to support and we do care.
Kindly,
Kitt
~~Kitt~~
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Well just this Sunday night after putting up with the symptoms of PVC's which really scared the hell out of my I decided to head for the ER. I do have high blood pressure two years ago when I still had insurance I was taking lisinopril 10mg I of course ran out and stopped taking it I kept up with the low dose asprin in the morning however. While in the Er they put me on the ECG and first thing they said was Yep PVC'S and that it can be very normal. Whats not normal is my BP was at 151/110 They kept me in the ER for a while monitoring me at one point I felt the skipped beat fealing followed by a rapid heart beat which set the monitor alarm off. Yet no one came to check on me they eventually did and said I looked ok to go home they had givin me 20mg of lisinopril and a months perscription of the same dosage. So here I am two days out and taking my meds and so far the PVC'S have really spread out but still getting them. I need to go see a dr but still I have no insurance. I just cant afford a private insurance and my county says that I have to have a child with a qualifying disability for me to get Medi cal. To say the least I am scared and frustrated. I am just not sure what to do anymore. BTW I am a 33yo Male 5'10" 255.
hi im a 20 year old male, and recently ive been experiencing pvc's. they seem to occur right when i lay down to go to bed or randomly through the day, but when they do occur they are worse when i lay down. i went to the doctor when i had my second really bad one, but they said nothing was wrong. So i started doing research on the internet and i just gotta say thank you to everyone who has posted on this forum just reading and knowing im not crazy or gonna die helps me get through it. thanks everyone!
I have experienced PVCs for about 2 years now. Consistent running has been the biggest help. When I can motivate myself to run 1 to 3 miles multiple times a week the PVCs completely go away. They return if I go a few weeks without running. I'm curious to know if running helps others. I used to get over 100 PVCs a day. Now I rarely have 1 or 2. Before I started running I also noticed benedryl would give me temporary relief. Stop them cold for a few hours. Anyone else experience this?
I'm going to try to post my story in a couple of places around the web. I took a great deal of comfort and guidance from reading about fellow PVC sufferers when my troubles began back in the Summer of '07, and I feel it's only fair to put something back, share my story, tell you all what beat the PVCs for me, and what (in the last month and hopefully only temporarily) has brought them back.
A gap in my work requirements in July 2007 had me sitting (mostly) around my place in LA with little to do. I had become pretty sedentary, but not fat or unhealthy and started getting, usually whilst sitting at my computer, the now extremely familiar flips and runs. Obviously at the time they weren't at all familiar, and they scared the life out of me, as they do for all sane people who go from having a normal heart to an apparently 'abnormal' one!
I spent the next few months doing what everyone does. Bits of not sleeping, bits of going to my GP, bits of cutting out alcohol and caffeine, a stress test and lots of googling. I got on CoQ10, magnesium supplements, 'Cardiorhythm' pills, berberine supplements, and other stuff (not necessarily in that order) and finally arranged a visit to the UCLA cardiac arrhythmia center.
I was given an event monitor and phoned in ample evidence of the pvcs in all their glory - single ones, long runs - all the types that affect me. As most people usually are, I was told they were asymptomatic unifocal PVCs, caused by who knows what. And as much as I really hated them, having decided they weren't going to kill me, I sort of lost interest in them.
Here's how I killed them stone dead: I got some sleep. Sleeping with my other half in the bed had me waking up at 5/6am and never getting back to sleep. Sleeping alone would allow me to sleep until 7/8am. I never thought the sleep and the PVCs would necessarily be linked, but after we moved to separate beds, they went away - a link as clear as it could be after about two years of suffering. So consider sleep people! It did it for me.
A little more about what they felt like and what they were affected by in my case. They went in fairly predictable cycles for me. I would get between 3 days and a week off from them followed by about 3 to 5 days of PVCs. Sometimes, but not always, they would last the whole day, but more often it was for an hour, maybe two, maybe five, and usually whilst I was sitting. Very often standing up from my computer would kill them stone dead, but never for very long. Caffeine did seem to make them a bit worse, and I cut it out. Raising my pulse level also killed them dead, so I would often go to the gym on a bad PVC day. They occasionally kept me from sleeping, and would flare without fail if I tried sleeping on my side. Again, a roll onto my stomach would usually kill all but the most persistent bouts, something I am deeply grateful for. I know not everyone is so lucky. Clearly with me, posture and position plays a major role. I think the various supplements mentioned above, CoQ10 etc, made them better, but it may have just been that it made me feel better to take them.
Here's how I succeeded in bringing the little ******s back:
Nexium. about 5/6 weeks ago I was suffering from a great deal of pain when swallowing, especially alcohol and fizzy drinks in the evening. A visit to the doctor got me an appointment for a barium swallow-test scan, and some free samples of the purple pill. Over the course of about a week, I took about five, but gave up when the symptoms of the GERD started to disappear. The PVCs have sprung back to life, and are still with me a month later. As far as I can make out, they are behaving and reacting to stimuli / posture the same as before, and they appear to be coming and going in the same cycles of 2 / 3 / 5 days.
I'm still clinging to an ever-decreasing hope that if I give it long enough the effects of ever having taken that wretched pill will wear off and I'll be back to the way I was before. I can't help but think that five pills should be gone after a month though. There is a separate posting on here regarding the effects of PPI (proton pump inhibitors) on PVCs - look it up.
PVC stories sometimes have happy endings, my guess is that my story is in flux, and may be for many years. I'm abroad (as I write) and will be for another couple of weeks, after which I'll be back home and back on my regimen of pills which have lain in my cupboard un-needed for many happy months now.
So there's my story: Irritated, but better off then some on here and grateful for it. Thank you to all the posters out there who share their stories and help convince the frightened googlers out there that they probably won't die because of PVCs. I'm proud to be a part of that community now, belatedly, and I shall try to keep you all updated as to how I progress in the hope that it might help someone else.
In the meantime get some sleep, and don't touch Nexium with a ten meter cattle prod!
A gap in my work requirements in July 2007 had me sitting (mostly) around my place in LA with little to do. I had become pretty sedentary, but not fat or unhealthy and started getting, usually whilst sitting at my computer, the now extremely familiar flips and runs. Obviously at the time they weren't at all familiar, and they scared the life out of me, as they do for all sane people who go from having a normal heart to an apparently 'abnormal' one!
I spent the next few months doing what everyone does. Bits of not sleeping, bits of going to my GP, bits of cutting out alcohol and caffeine, a stress test and lots of googling. I got on CoQ10, magnesium supplements, 'Cardiorhythm' pills, berberine supplements, and other stuff (not necessarily in that order) and finally arranged a visit to the UCLA cardiac arrhythmia center.
I was given an event monitor and phoned in ample evidence of the pvcs in all their glory - single ones, long runs - all the types that affect me. As most people usually are, I was told they were asymptomatic unifocal PVCs, caused by who knows what. And as much as I really hated them, having decided they weren't going to kill me, I sort of lost interest in them.
Here's how I killed them stone dead: I got some sleep. Sleeping with my other half in the bed had me waking up at 5/6am and never getting back to sleep. Sleeping alone would allow me to sleep until 7/8am. I never thought the sleep and the PVCs would necessarily be linked, but after we moved to separate beds, they went away - a link as clear as it could be after about two years of suffering. So consider sleep people! It did it for me.
A little more about what they felt like and what they were affected by in my case. They went in fairly predictable cycles for me. I would get between 3 days and a week off from them followed by about 3 to 5 days of PVCs. Sometimes, but not always, they would last the whole day, but more often it was for an hour, maybe two, maybe five, and usually whilst I was sitting. Very often standing up from my computer would kill them stone dead, but never for very long. Caffeine did seem to make them a bit worse, and I cut it out. Raising my pulse level also killed them dead, so I would often go to the gym on a bad PVC day. They occasionally kept me from sleeping, and would flare without fail if I tried sleeping on my side. Again, a roll onto my stomach would usually kill all but the most persistent bouts, something I am deeply grateful for. I know not everyone is so lucky. Clearly with me, posture and position plays a major role. I think the various supplements mentioned above, CoQ10 etc, made them better, but it may have just been that it made me feel better to take them.
Here's how I succeeded in bringing the little ******s back:
Nexium. about 5/6 weeks ago I was suffering from a great deal of pain when swallowing, especially alcohol and fizzy drinks in the evening. A visit to the doctor got me an appointment for a barium swallow-test scan, and some free samples of the purple pill. Over the course of about a week, I took about five, but gave up when the symptoms of the GERD started to disappear. The PVCs have sprung back to life, and are still with me a month later. As far as I can make out, they are behaving and reacting to stimuli / posture the same as before, and they appear to be coming and going in the same cycles of 2 / 3 / 5 days.
I'm still clinging to an ever-decreasing hope that if I give it long enough the effects of ever having taken that wretched pill will wear off and I'll be back to the way I was before. I can't help but think that five pills should be gone after a month though. There is a separate posting on here regarding the effects of PPI (proton pump inhibitors) on PVCs - look it up.
PVC stories sometimes have happy endings, my guess is that my story is in flux, and may be for many years. I'm abroad (as I write) and will be for another couple of weeks, after which I'll be back home and back on my regimen of pills which have lain in my cupboard un-needed for many happy months now.
So there's my story: Irritated, but better off then some on here and grateful for it. Thank you to all the posters out there who share their stories and help convince the frightened googlers out there that they probably won't die because of PVCs. I'm proud to be a part of that community now, belatedly, and I shall try to keep you all updated as to how I progress in the hope that it might help someone else.
In the meantime get some sleep, and don't touch Nexium with a ten meter cattle prod!
Thanks for sharing your story here in the Heart & Cardiovascular Disease Forum. I think perhaps that questions and concerns re PVCs is the most common concern people have.
I've had palpitations for years! I've consulted my Dr. twice. Most people have them, but many can't even feel them. Those of us who focus on them hear and feel them the loudest! Your fear of PVCs will feed anxiety, which will keep them around. You may have them for the rest of your life, so you may have to learn to live with them. For me, they don't even bother me anymore. However if I had PVCs with symptoms I would be the first to see my physician.
Yes there are many people who have heart disease that need to be followed closely and I hope that these people know who they are as the forums can never take the place of a Cardiologist.
I wish you peace,
Kitt
~~Kitt~~
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