Diagnosed with SVT and want to talk with others

Posted by jennybell1 @jennybell1, Jan 24, 2016

I was just diagnosed with SVT and can't seem to find any discussions with regards to that diagnosis. It was suggested by my cardiologist to visit this site for information. Anyone able to help point me in the right direction as the search engine comes up with "no results".
TIA

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@jennybell1

I have heard so many comments about how ppl regret their ablations. That hasn't even been discussed with me, but just the thought if it scares me bc you are the first person who had any luck with it. I keep hearing about further issues that arise bc of the ablation. I don't know if I could do it. This SVT is scary enough. Not sure I could handle more being added to it.
Does anyone get chest pains randomly (even when you don't think your having an episode)?

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Sometimes, I do. But RF ablation was never in the cards for me (as of yet thank God) because medications work. I am wondering from people here who had RF done, was it always because medications were tried and not working?

I get mild chest pains but they are different than the type from my episodes.

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**** FOUND CAUSE OF MY SVT: Too much vitamin D3. ****
I was first diagnosed with SVT about 11 years ago and started taking metoprolol (50mg daily). My first cardiologist performed an ablation and said that it was unsuccessful and had no explanation for why it failed. My most recent cardiologist had been trying to talk me into letting her do another ablation. She said that often times it would require multiple ablations over the coming years. I hesitated to let her and kept putting it off. About six months ago I read an article online about how too much vitamin D3 supplements can cause heart arrhythmia. I had started taking vitamin D3 capsules (5000 IU daily) for a few years before I started having the arrhythmias that all my cardiologists assumed were SVT's. After stopping the D3 supplements, it took about three months before my system was rid of it. Over those months, my "SVT'S" lessened in frequency (from about 1 or 2 events every other day). It has now been about three months since I have had absolutely zero SVT-like events and I'm now taking a much smaller dose of D3 (1000 IU daily). I'm posting this in the hope that someone else may be helped by my discovery. If only one person benefits from it that would be great. Take care.

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@deno999

**** FOUND CAUSE OF MY SVT: Too much vitamin D3. ****
I was first diagnosed with SVT about 11 years ago and started taking metoprolol (50mg daily). My first cardiologist performed an ablation and said that it was unsuccessful and had no explanation for why it failed. My most recent cardiologist had been trying to talk me into letting her do another ablation. She said that often times it would require multiple ablations over the coming years. I hesitated to let her and kept putting it off. About six months ago I read an article online about how too much vitamin D3 supplements can cause heart arrhythmia. I had started taking vitamin D3 capsules (5000 IU daily) for a few years before I started having the arrhythmias that all my cardiologists assumed were SVT's. After stopping the D3 supplements, it took about three months before my system was rid of it. Over those months, my "SVT'S" lessened in frequency (from about 1 or 2 events every other day). It has now been about three months since I have had absolutely zero SVT-like events and I'm now taking a much smaller dose of D3 (1000 IU daily). I'm posting this in the hope that someone else may be helped by my discovery. If only one person benefits from it that would be great. Take care.

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It is amazing how often our health problems result from doing or eating something that we assume is okay. For me it was caffeine even in small amounts. Thank God I didn't have unnecessary treatments. I am glad you discovered the cause and now sharing with others the simple remedy..

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I was diagnosed with svt four months ago, took awhile to find out. I would have episodes sometimes after the gym and running, lasting one hour or longer. Finally went to a cardiologist he could find nothing on all the tests then went to a monitor and was diagnosed with svt. First tried metroprolol, but that stuff made me depressed and lathargic plus my full head of hair started falling out. I decided to do an ablation last week it was relatively easy for me, they found the problem in 45 minutes which ended up being an extra electrical connection that I was born with that shouldn't be there. I'm very happy with the results and never felt better, hopefully that will be the end of those scary episodes.

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Hi jennybell1, I was diagnosed with SVT in December 2023, and was put on Metoprolol Succinate 25 morning and evening. I had some difficulty adjusting to the meds (dizziness) until I started taking them with food. I hadn't had an episode until mid August 2024 and it was quite intense, lasting 45 minutes and wiped me out for 2 days afterwards. When I contacted the cardiologist she said even on medication you can still have breakthrough episodes. I've upped my medication to a pill and a half twice a day , and started taking a magnesium supplement.
They didn't work for me but you might want to research vagal maneuvers, which seem to work for some people when in the throes of an episode. It is a scary new normal not knowing when one of these episodes might occur, but you definitely aren't alone in dealing with it. Take care.

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@abhinavp21

Sometimes, I do. But RF ablation was never in the cards for me (as of yet thank God) because medications work. I am wondering from people here who had RF done, was it always because medications were tried and not working?

I get mild chest pains but they are different than the type from my episodes.

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I had SVT often when i was a teenager through young adulthood. In my late twenties I started having an odd rhythm that was much different than the very fast SVT I was accustomed to. My cardiologist at the time diagnosed me with atrial fibrillation, told me that the cause was unknown, and put me on a drug called betapace ( I think that's how you spell it). Long story short, I found out that was a drug that when taken over a long period of time had a peculiar side effect known as heart stoppage aka death. Needless to say I went to another cardiologist. Doctor Friedling in Fairfax, VA. He listened to my story, asked for my medical records to be sent over, and that afternoon he said with absolute certainty that I had an extra nerve pathway. He was right and he performed the ablation a week or so later. Wound up having to have multiple abalations, but that's another story. That said, other beta blockers don't have the side effects of betapace, but they do have side effects that I didn't want governing my life. So I opted for the ablation.

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