HI EVERYONE...
MY NAME IS JUDI...I STARTED WITH MY FIRST PVC/PAC IN 1988, ON THE RIDE SPACE MOUNTAIN IN FLORIDA :( SCARED THE crap OUT OF ME THEN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SO EVER SINCE.
BEEN TO 33 CARDIOLOGISTS, BECAUSE EVERYTIME WAS THE SAME ANSWERS. "YOUR NOT GOING TO DIE, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KILL YOU..YOUR JUST ONE OF THE UNLUCKY ONES WHO IS VERY SENSATIVE TO FEELING THEM".....BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
ANYWAYS...DURING THE COURSE OF ALL THE DR.S...THEY PUT ME ON EVERYTHING...FROM VERAPAMIL TO MEXILITENE, TO METROPOLOL...AND MANY, MANY OTHERS. NONE OF THEM HELPED.
I LIVED IN FEAR CONSTANTLY AND IN RETURN ENDED UP WITH SEVERE ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDER FROM THE PVC'S/PAC'S. :(
about 8 YRS AGO , I WENT TO A HOMEOPATHIC DR. AND SHE CHANGED MY LIFE! SHE PUT ME ON MAGNELEUVRES(BY SEAROYAL OR GENESTRA)....1/2 A SACHET IN THE AM AND 1/2 AT NIGHT. SHE ALSO HAD ME TAKING CRATAGEUS OXYCANTHA (HAWTHORN BERRY)...1/2 TSP. IN SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER 3 TIMES A DAY.
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...SHE CHANGED MY LIFE!
AT MY LOWEST POINT, I ALMOST TRIED COMMITING SUICIDE BECAUSE I COULDN'T LIVE WITH THESE DEMONS IN MY CHEST...BUT DOING WHAT SHE TOLD ME, SAVED MY LIFE.
WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL....THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY HOMEOPATHIC FOR ALMOST 4 YRS. NOW DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE ISN'T COVERED BY THE INSURANCE, AND I AM ON DISABILITY....AND MONEY IS EXTREMELY TIGHT. :(
I'VE BEEN about 8 YRS. OF BEING ABLE TO COPE WITH A FEW HERE AND THERE...BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT about A MONTH AGO.....HERE THEY CAME...WITH A VENGENCE....AND I CURSE THE THINGS!
I JUST DROPPED OFF A 48 HOUR HOLTER MONITOR TO MY CARDIO...HOPEFULLY WILL GET THE RESULTS THIS WEEK AND I'M PETRIFIED TO HEAR THEM! OMG...I HAD 7 FULLLLLLLLLLLLLL PAGES FOR A DIARY!
THEY HAVE COME BACK JUST AS BAD OR IF NOT WORSE THAN YEARS AGO! I'M 52 NOW, AND I CANNOT HANDLE THEM!
I'VE BEEN IN MAJOR DEPRESSION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, AND ALSO HAVE FIBROMYALGIA REALLY BAD...EPSTIEN BARR VIRUS...ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDER....OSTEOARTHRITIS...DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS...OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA...AND OF COURSE THE PVC'S AND PAC'S.
THE TERROR THAT GOES THROUGH MY BODY IS JUST UNIMAGINABLE...BUT I MUST SAY...SITTING HERE READING THESE MESSAGES...DOES PUT MY MIND AT EASE A BIT. I'M NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT THE ONLY ONE!
YOU CANNOT HELP BUT THINK YOUR GOING TO DIE.
LIKE I'VE TOLD ALLLLLLLLLLL MY DR.S.....I WAKE UP WONDERING IF THIS WILL BE THE DAY I DIE FROM THEM...AND I GO TO BED WONDERING IF I'M GOING TO WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING. LIVING IN COMPLETE FEAR IS NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT NORMAL!
I LIVE ON MY XANAX, BECAUSE IT IS TRULY THE ONLY MED THAT CALMS ME DOWN. THE ONLY OTHER MEDS I TAKE ARE MY ZOLOFT FOR MY DEPRESSION AND OMEPERAZOLE FOR MY STOMACH.
I TOO ALSO FIND THAT AFTER I EAT A LARGE MEAL I GET MORE OF THEM...
MINE DON'T CARE WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS...THEY JUST STAY WITH ME ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL DAY LONG..ONE, AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER.
YEARS AGO I HAD A PET SCAN OF MY HEART...(ALL CAME OUT FINE). MY STRESS TESTS HAVE ALL COME OUT FINE...MY BLOODWORK ALL CAME OUT FINE...BUT I'M NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT FINE!
THE LAST HOLTER I HAD, SHOWED ALMOST 30,000 OF THEM IN A 24 HR. PERIOD! NOW, I'M DREADING GETTING THE RESULTS OF THIS ONE :( PETRIFIED.
THE THUD,...THE BANG...THE HEAD RUSHES...THE LIGHT HEADEDNESS...THE FREAKIN ADRENALINE RUSH THAT I GET IS ENOUGH TO PULL MY HAIR OUT OF MY HEAD.
WHY, AFTER 8 YRS. OF THEM BASICALLY NOT EXISITING...WOULD THEY COME BACK?
YES, I AM UNDER A HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AMOUNT OF STRESS. I AM AN ONLY CHILD...MY HOUSE IS ATTATCHED TO MY PARENTS. MY MOM GOT DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE about 15 YRS. AGO...AND NOW IT IS STARTING TO GET REALLY, REALLY HORRIFIC :( SO I TAKE CARE OF HER. THEN, MY FATHER HAS HAD FIVE MAJOR OPERATIONS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS...HE JUST HAD HIS 3RD HIP REPLACEMENT ON MARCH 25, AND IS NOW I A NURSING HOME FOR REHAB...AND THEY DO NOT EXPECT HIM TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME UNTIL MAY 23! SO IT'S RUN MY MOM UP TO SEE HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY :(
THEN, LONG STORY SHORT...MY BOYFRIEND (I CALL HIM MY HUSBAND..WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 13 YRS. NOW...HAS BEEN IN A FEDERAL PRISON FOR 4 YRS..(NO VIOLENT CRIME...JUST TAX EVASION)....WE HAVE A HUGE HOUSE AND YARD TO TAKE CARE OF AND IT'S ALL IN MY HANDS....EVERY SINGLE FREAKING PART OF EVERYTHING IS IN MY HANDS....AND I'M WORN OUT. I DON'T SLEEP HARDLY AT ALL...WHICH I KNOW IS HORRIBLE...AND I AM WORKING ON CHANGING THAT.
I AM A VEGETARIAN AND EAT VERY HEALTHY. I WAS EXCERCISING AT LEAST 4 TIMES A WEEK, UNTIL about A YEAR AGO, THEN I STOPPED...COULD NEVER FIND THE TIME TO DO IT WITH TAKING MY PARENTS TO ALL THEIR DR.'S APPTS...AND ALL OF MINE...TAKING CARE OF THE TWO OF THEM...AND LOSING MY HUBBY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE....SO YES, I'M STRESSED BEYOND BEING STRESSED...IS THAT WHY THEY'VE COME BACK? IS THAT WHY THEY ARE ONE AFTER THE OTHER CONSTANTLY?
ALL I KNOW, IS THE FEELING I GET WHEN I GET THEM, IS ONCE AGAIN DRIVING ME INSANE.
MY AGORAPHOBIA IS KICKING IN AGAIN..I'M PETRIFIED TO GO ANYWHERE....MY NERVES ARE WRECKED COMPLETELY.
about A WEEK AGO I SENT FOR SOME MAGNESIUM MALATE...AND SOME HAWTHORN BERRY TEA...(BOTH GREAT THINGS TO REGULATE THE HEART)...AND I MUST SAY I DO SEE A DIFFERENCE SINCE I'VE STARTED TAKING IT...BUT OMG...I JUST CAN'T TAKE THEM ANYMORE!
YEARS AGO I BEGGED FOR THE ABLATION.....I EVEN WROTE A LETTER TO THE DR. WHO INVENTED IT, AND HE TOLD ME I WASN'T A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR IT! KNOCKED ME RIGHT OFF MY PEG! :( SAID I WAS GETTING THEM IN ALL DIFFERENT AREAS OF MY HEART...SO FOR THEM TO GO IN, AND BURN ALL THE AREAS...MY HEART WOULD BE SCREWED UP...WHEN IN FACT..MY HEART IS IN GOOD CONDITION...(AS OF BACK THEN)..
EKG'S....HOLTERS, (TONS OF THEM)...STRESS TEST...PET SCANS...AND NUMEROUS...AND I MEAN NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE ER...ONLY TO BE TOLD..."DON'T WORRY, YOUR NOT GOING TO DIE FROM THEM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG...IT'S LIKE DUDES!! IF YOU COULD ONLY FEEL WHAT HAPPENS ON THE INSIDE OF MY BODY WHEN I GET THEM, YOU'D BE CRAWLING OUT OF YOUR SKIN TOO!...BUT IT'S BEEN THE SAME STORY NOW FOR 25 YRS. :(
THIS BOUT NOW WITH THEM...HAS TURNED ME INTO A FREAK...AGAIN.
I CAN'T STAND TAKING MEDS...AND LIKE MY HOMEOPATHIC DR. SAID TO ME..."WHY DO THEY HAVE YOU ON ALL THESE HEART MEDS WHEN YOUR HEART IS FINE?"..."IT'S THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT IS MESSED UP...NOT YOUR HEART!"...WOW...SHE GOT ME ON THAT ONE. THEN SHE ALSO SAID TAKING THE HEART MEDS WAS ONLY GOING TO MAKE MY HEART BECOME DEPENDENT ON THEM, WHICH IN TURN WOULD MAKE MY HEART WEAK...SO GO FIGURE...CUZ IT MADE SENSE TO ME..AND IT STILL DOES.
I HAVE AFFIRMATIONS POSTED ALL OVER THE PLACE. TWO IN MY MEDICINE CABINET...AND EVERY AM AND PM, WHEN I open IT UP TO GET MY TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTHPASTE..THERE THEY ARE: "YOU ARE NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT GOING TO DIE FROM YOUR PVC'S AND PAC'S. SMILE...BREATHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...RELAX...AND BE STRONG.
WELL, IT'S NOT WORKING NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN HILACIOUS FOR A MONTH NOW...
AND YES...I'M SCARED crapLESS THAT I'M GOING TO DIE....AND IT ISN'T ANY FUN LIVING IN FEAR OF DEATH ON A MINUTE TO MINUTE BASIS.
IT IS JUST REALLY MIND EASING TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF US WHO SUFFER WITH THESE HORRIFIC THINGS...AND THAT WE ARE ALL STILL HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WRITE ON HERE...AND IT'S LIKE I'VE WRITTEN EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE ON HERE MYSELF!! IT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF WE COULD ALL MEET ONE DAY...AND FIGURE OUT SOME HOME REMEDIES TO END THESE SUCKERS!!
AGAIN...THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INPUT...YOUR STORIES...YOUR OUTCOMES...AND YOUR FEELLINGS...IT MEANS ALOT TO ME..BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE MESSAGE BOARDS...I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF I'D BE AROUND.
I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS TO MY RESULTS FROM THE MONITOR....AND I WILL KEEP YOU ALL IN MY PRAYERS TO THE GODDESS...THAT WE ALL CAN LEARN TO LIVE WITH THEM..EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S WAY EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
BLESSED BE TO ALL OF YOU!
JUDI X0X0