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Posted 4/1/2014 10:16 AM (GMT 0)
i suffer from pvcs cause of stree and anxiety,i hope we discuss this issue

Hadi

Posted 4/1/2014 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
j,

I know my PVCS are anxiety related. Some days the anxiety brings on the PVCS and other days it is the other way around. It is so difficult dealing with these. The mostly likely suspects of PVCs can be anxiety, increase in caffeine or alcohol or smoking.

Unfortunately, the cardiovascular community has yet to have a firm answer as to why these (PVC's and PAC's) happen, but research has shown that they aren't anything to be too concerned about when you have no cardiac disease.  Keep your chin up. Keep doing things with your family, exercise, and hobbies. I have found that when I withdraw from everything, I notice everything pertaining to my heart that much more, which in turn causes my anxiety to dramatically rise. It's better to keep yourself involved and your mind off your heart. Stress will cause them to occur more often.

I am posting a couple of links for you..........

Self Help Treatment for Anxiety:

 

http://www.netplaces.com/controlling-anxiety/self-help-treatment-for-anxiety/

Complementary-Alternative Treatments for Anxiety and Depression

 

http://www.adaa.org/finding-help/treatment/complementary-alternative-treatment

 

Posted 4/1/2014 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Jabara,

I just wanted to add my welcome to you, and to reassure you that this is a common anxiety symptom...and one that is dicussed here often.

I hope that you will continue to talk with us, check out our helpful Resources (link below), and allow us to support and encourage you.:)

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=104206



Scaredy Cat

Posted 4/1/2014 9:42 PM (GMT 0)
most of the general population that have PVCs dont even feel them or notice them, but when they become aware of them, it startles them and they usually start to feel them all. I have thousands of them a day, sometimes every 2-3 beats that lasts for hours to days. Iv been reasured from cardiologists they are nothing to worry about, so I have to remind myselfto not get anxious and worried when they just keep happening day after day. being anxious about them makes them worse, there are people out there who are marathon runners who have more PVCs than we do.... I still jog myself when the PVCs happen ever 2-3 beats... sometimes jogging even makes them stop...
Posted 4/1/2014 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I find that exercise helps a lot.

We can feel afraid to exercise, for fear of causing these to happen. But if they're happening, notice they're happening even if we're not exercising. So that doesn't jive.

Exercising encourages our bodies to learn how to cope with physiological changes. And, best of all, it's within our control. We can completely manage our exercise program, and so we're in control of that environment.

It's a pretty brilliant strategy that Mother Nature has built into us. :)





M.
Posted 4/2/2014 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
I will have palpatations, and then get an anxiety attack from it. Then my anxiety heightens and I feel my palpatations worsen. It scares me enough that it makes it worse. I hate them the worst of any of my symptoms. I had alot of them today, and was freaking out. I've been congested with allergies and sinus', and felt like I couldn't breathe. I tend to notice them more when I concentrate on them. Unfortunetly, after having palpatations I tend to focus on them and wait for them to happen, and it makes it way worse. Hopefully you can understand this, because I've been a little off today. Good luck to you.
Posted 4/2/2014 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
definately! when you focus on them you just sit and wait for them to happen.. I will do something to get my mind off of them, usually hiking or joging, but just a leisurely walk in the park or around the block to take in some air, dusty air here in west Texas, LOL, will help... anything that will get you to moving rather than just sit and wait for the next skip to make you more anxious...
Posted 4/2/2014 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hey baseball fan,

sometimes though I get really anxious, when I try to do something to get my mind off them, and I just can't seem to re focus. Latley, I have done much better with refocusing my mind, like today. I went outside, and then came in and took a relaxing bath. However sometimes, I still try and do something else, and can't shake the feeling I get after a palpitation. I do know though it is way worse, when you wait for it to happen.
Posted 4/2/2014 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
I hear ya, very hard sometimes. Iv had to just lay down an take a nap at times to shake off the anxiety. Since iv had the ablation back in july, I have more PVCs than ever, but no A-Fib.. that eases my mind, I can deal with the premature or extra heart beats, the a-fib episodes will really scare you, but then I hve talked to a jogger who lives in a-fib and lives on blood thinners, makes my problems seem like nothing since I dont have any a-fib problems since the ablation. lately my biggest anxiety problems are from Musculoskeletal pain in my chest that scares me because I also have 2 aneurysms at the root of my aorta and a hole in my heart.. I live my life in fear of an aortic dissection.. that anxiety has made my anxiety from the palpitations worse.. iv been to a genetic specialist in houston and have ruled out all the bad stuff, thats a big anxiety relief!!! I just make lifestyle adjustments and like my fellow texan matthew mcconaughey says, "just keep on livn" thats my motto now..
Posted 4/2/2014 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
Baseball fan,

Wow, I don't feel so bad now. You have alot going on, and I can see how your anxiety would be hard to deal with at times. I don't have an extra heartbeat, the cardio doc said at times I will have a beat, then the other beat takes a little longer to catch up..which makes it feel like my heart stops. I have costochondritis also, so I have the musculoskeletal pain alot. I can calm myself down with that, by using an ice pack. Plus if I push on the area it will help at times too. My cartlidge in my chest and ribs will swell at times, and be very painful with inflammation. I have to remind myself that's what it is and not my heart. It does get my anxiety flaring too..I hate Anxiety...it's not enough that we have to deal with other things, let alone the anxiety that goes along with it...
Posted 4/2/2014 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
anxiety is a whole other problem to treat and I dont want to do it with medication, I can beat it, but i still carry Xanax with me for severe attacks that shoot my BP up so high it could affect the aneurysm, but only have to take 1 pill a month sometimes 2 a month. we can do it!! gonna just keep on livn.. watch my boy play baseball and enjoy life...
Posted 4/2/2014 3:13 AM (GMT 0)
Yes I spend as much time with my daughter as I can, and that keeps me busy. She plays the piano and sings so that actually eases my anxiety at times too.. Mine went away at one time and I'm hoping it goes away again. Still trying to figure out what triggered it this time around.
Posted 4/2/2014 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes no trigger at all for me, just happens out of the blue. Will have a very good day going on and BAM!!! here we go again, then the anxiety starts and a good day goes to a very bad day in a matter of seconds... frustrating!!!!
Posted 4/3/2014 12:16 AM (GMT 0)
I also have PVC and PACs due too anxiety, I actually just felt my heart beat out of rythum for like 6 heart beats straight and then it was beating normally and it happened again.. I managed too keep it together this time, I don't know how I do feel it but normally for one or two beats not like the feeling of this episode jumped on here and feel a bit better about it now
Posted 4/3/2014 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Jabara777,

Please visit the following link, it's been a reassurance to me. The link is to a web page by an Electrophysiologist (A heart doctor that specializes in rhythm disorders and correcting them when they are too frequent or otherwise a problem).

For people that have PVCs that don't have other structural or electrical issues with their heart, this doctor mentions 20,000 PVCs a day, day after day, before they would consider correcting them.

www.drjohnm.org/2013/06/benign-pvcs-a-heart-rhythm-doctors-approach/

When mine acts up, sometimes for several months at a time, I get thousands a day. Recently, under the doctors suggestion, I increased my Beta Blocker (Atenolol) and they decreased from thousands per day to hundreds per day. Lately they're down to dozens per day.

How many do you have every day? If you visit the above linked web page, the doctor offers suggestions on what can be done to reduce the frequency of PVCs.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Posted 4/3/2014 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my gosh, I do not know that I could keep my sanity having that many a day. Good pointers though, thank you. I only have a few or so a day. I think my anxiety would go through the roof if I had dozens. I might have more than that sometimes but don't realize them, because I stay busy. When I'm not busy or I get anxious I focus on them. I just read an article about how your mind can influence pain. I totally can see my mind doing it. I get a little pain somewhere, and then freak out, and it tends to become worse.
Posted 4/3/2014 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
I have thousands a day, up to 30,000 when they happen every 2-3 beats. might last 3-4 days then not have but several hundred a day for a couple weeks. Its a cycle and when I dont sleep well or get stressed out they start again, but alot of times on a good day just out o the blue. If I get good sleep, eat a low sodium diet and get good exercise they are usually less frequent.. absolutely no caffeine, havnt had any caffeine in years.. hounded my doc that did the ablation abou them he and just says not to worry about them..
Posted 4/5/2014 5:21 AM (GMT 0)
Can empathise with you. With me, they (bigeminy) were located on an ECG late 2010 before I underwent a colonoscopy (which was thankfully all clear for cancer). Was suggested that they be investigated by a cardiologist. Underwent a series of tests (stress test, holter monitor & transthoracic echocardiogram) and the verdict was "no sign of heart disease and the extra ectopic beats are benign".

Since then my mental health has gone downhill and have had a couple of syncope (fainting episodes) and major panic attacks which were almost certainly "vasovagal responses". But you certainly can't help asking "have things changed ??" "has my depression/anxiety been affecting my heart ?"

Probably worth getting things checked out .... and your questions answered but try not to keep second guessing yourself
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