I have suffered from SVT for around 5 years now. It just comes on for no reason and my heart rate is usually 180bpm. Sometimes it slows on its own, other times i have to go to A & E and have Adenosine to slow it back down.
This has been investigated twice, with ECG, scans and a holter monitor. Both times it came back my heart is fine, just a problem with the electronics. Thankfully, its not too frequent and its just an inconvenience. I have been told i can have surgery if it becomes more of a problem, but at the moment its not worth it.
It doesnt really scare me anymore, just annoys me. Knowing that i might end up in A&E again, is more of a pain. Having to find someone to meet me at the hospital to bring me home.
I live with it, and so far its not been too bad.
Amanda
--- On Sat, 23/5/09, Kate@... <Kate@...> wrote:
From: Kate@... <Kate@...> Subject: [heartrhythm-AA] Re: tachycardia and ectopic beats To: heartrhythm-AA@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 23 May, 2009, 9:34 AM
Hi Jaqui, and thanks for the reply, do you also get the tachycardia ?
i have had this quite severly for two years and have found it hard to cope with, i usually have to rest a lot with it, to get the heart rate to subside, i have asked my cardio if any of it is linked to hormones because i find that once a month my symptomes are even worse, i thought there was a link, he says they are not sure,
i also get most of my ectopics at this time and a burst of "svt" ... one of the times i was in the hospital i was having the ectopics every other beat for hours and you could see them on the monitor my husband was amazed and kept on saying "theres another one" i am glad he was having some amusement out of it,
this episode occured after being admitted with an "svt" attack ... i get these from time to time they just come from nowhere, and my heart just goes so so fast ....
re stress: well we all know
that stress will make any situation worse and when you have a heart problem then stress is something to avoid if you can, i just let things go over my head now i can't handle stress or anxiety very well .....
i found that reading others stories about the missed and ectopic made me less afraid, and i agree even though you are being told they are normal you still feel something is wrong ... i trust what my cardio tells me, although i too still get a little anxious about it all.....
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