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Long Term PAC and PVC Suffer. Need your support and guidance
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Dear lord...what am I griping about. I can imagine how scary that all is. I do not want these to progress but they have gotten worse over the years. I get them more often and in a row. I had a Zio heart monitor on in June and the doctor told me I'm at less than 1%. It doesn't feel like that to me. Then I start imagining if the heart monitor was accurate. I'm my own worse enemy. Because I have these thoughts/doubts I'm wondering if an anti depressant will help. I'm rooting for you Jeff!! You responding to me as you go through what you're going through shows me that I'm actually pretty lucky and need to stop being a cry baby.
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I have had PVCs for several decades now. I have gone through ablations. What helped me was my EP suggested magnesium and a heart rhythm drug. Both worked to drastically reduce my PVCs. Supplements and and prescriptions though need to come from your doctors not what mine found were best for me.
With that my mind settled down and yes still felt PVCs but were reduced to an annoyance level not mind crushing.
If you can reduce your anxiety and stress it will help (at least for me and many others) you with PVCs. My EP and HP all say stress and anxiety will cause PVCs to be worse. So yes the PVCs cause stress and anxiety and the stress and anxiety can cause more PVCs.
Talk to your doctors about doing counseling, medciations for depression and anxiety, exploring hoppies and or exercise classes. Just keep trying to find something that helps you. Be proactive and speak out. I do take a depression medication along with rympthm medications.
You are not a cry baby don't belittle yourself. Know that you are not alone just keep working, asking and even seeking new medical doctors like EPs if you don't have one.
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Yes, Buy the Kardia mobile than you can see for yourself. 18% is where you have to be for an ablation. Very easy to figure the %. The card gives you a 30 second EKG, count the total waves, ( the PVC's and normal). than divide the amount of PVC's by the total. That will give you your % at that time. A heart moniter than averages your time over 24 hours. A 1% average is normal.