Sigh. PVC’s have me desperate. How to cope?

Thanks. I was put on Glycinate. People in the forums mention being put on magnesium but never say which form and there a quite a few. Appreciate your reply.

@slw7252
Your welcome.
I was as a magnesium taker before my EP recommended for my PVCs.

I wanted to make sure I was taking the type form to benefit my PVCs. EP, as I posted, said Citrate and eplained his reponse that is is very easily absorbed. I was told if any issues with to try Glycinate as alternative as it too was easily absorb.

I don't even think I could list all the different forms of it and the pros cons of each one as it is overwhelming how many forms are out there.
Good luck!

I recently read through all the posts responding to mattb4295’s original query from almost 3 years ago. Matt on his original post asked if switching from a beta blocker to a calcium channel blocker might help with his PVCs.

In all the posts generated by Matt’s original post, no one appears to have tackled this question. Matt himself seems to have dropped out of his discussion, but I would like to ask him why he posed this particular question.

In lieu of Matt’s return to this forum, which raised issues that were helpful to me personally, I’m wondering if anyone knows why these BP meds might relate to the PVC problem, or have a clue as to their relevance in this context.

There are so many genres of BP meds on the market and so many choices within each genre. And so many side effects and interactions for each.

I’m still working on the right ones for me.

Does anyone out there have a clue as to why Matt was thinking about changing from a beta blocker to a cc blocker?

Hello everyone from Russia. I’m glad I came across this thread. I really sympathize with everyone who is not understood by doctors. Here in Russia, they treat this problem the same way. I was prescribed all kinds of antiarrhythmics and every possible beta-blocker, but they either didn’t help or made things worse.
I was 29 when, after stress and possibly COVID, my PVCs started. Three months later I had an episode of AF/flutter, after which I underwent radiofrequency ablation. The PVCs never went away — I had anywhere from 17 to 6000 per day.
I tried every possible supplement — antioxidants, potassium, magnesium, CoQ10 — but none of them helped, except maybe for some peace of mind. Now I’m 33 and my PVCs still bother me, but I feel like I’ve managed to find ways to control them (except during seasonal colds, when everything comes back).
My PVCs went as far as bigeminy (every second beat was a PVC) and could bother me for many hours, making it hard to think about life. What helped in my case was controlling heartburn + taking digestive enzymes after heavy meals + not eating 4–5 hours before sleep. This allowed me to increase the number of calm days when I can at least live a little more like before.
Because of AF episodes a couple of times a year (they couldn’t find any reason for them other than PVCs), I took Cordarone (in the US it’s called Amiodarone). It was incredibly effective but damaged my thyroid, so I had to stop it.
Just wanted to share my experience. Sorry for my English.

PVCs make me CRAZY! I can go days/weeks without one and then bam, they hit. Has anyone with back issues noticed more. Almost 60 yrs old, put on 50 lbs, and posture has gotten off. Upper back between shoulders hurts as well as lower back. Have read that back issues due to vegus nerve can cause PVCs. We started eating healthier, I am down 14 lbs so getting there in the weight category. Cardiologist wants me to keep losing weight, and exercise. I am afraid to do that because of PVCs. Anyone else have issues with their back/posture and these obnoxious heart beats?

@anercksn
Thank you for this. I have the same issues when it comes to the bloated feeling (especially with bread and an overly full belly). Been working on losing weight, especially tummy region - I get PVCs when I bend over at times. Cardiologist said to get heart rate up and that will help to lower BP as well. I also have neck pain and wonder if vegus nerve is being irritated as well. Glad to see I am not crazy and others have digestive related PVCs.

@mattb4295 did you ever get a resolve on your situation?

How are you faring now? I see this post was 3 years ago.

I am struggling with pvcs CAUSING anxiety rather than the usual- anxiety causing them.

I had not taken the metropolol(?) prescribed to me — in hopes of reducing my pvcs by other means. (My dr was ok with that)

Mine had become more and more agonizing as they increased over the course of a few years. I feel your pain.

Interestingly, within two months of being seen and being told pvcs were benign, studies, or thinking seemed to show that they could progress to more disease or damage, I believe.

Worth investigating.
I need to look that up again.

Anecdotally, for me only - NEVER REPLACING MEDICAL CARE:

For several years my pvcs gradually lessened to nearly 100% gone. I am struggling with them a bit more now. But for the better part of 2 years, I improved.

What began to help me SEEMED to be certain Beta Cryptoxanthin foods which when eaten consistently really knocked my symptoms down by 80%. Mainly- Ripe red watermelon, and in the colder months (2) small mandarin oranges. You can find lists of B Cryptoxanthin foods online. They include papaya and butternut squash.
I finally added a vitamin a supplement and for 10 months they were a thing of my past… until now. I believe stress and seasonal leaf mold allergies to be major culprits. Histamine is seemingly a trigger for me.

Also not to be discounted/can be greatly affective in the moment— acupressure. Lateral wrist about 3/4 below the heel of the hand. H7 I believe- though there are others- this personally brings me relief.

You can look all of this up and ALWAYS be sure to discuss with your doctor.

Grateful to have found your post and this group.

Right Ventricular Outflow track problem. (benign condition) I had the same thing . I am a CVICU RN and after my Holter monitor showed 20,000 PVCs over the course of a week I was referred to a cardiologist but I requested an EP MD. (Electrophysiologist). They did a heart workup with Echocardiagram, etc and then he did an ablation on an outpatient basis.

No problems since.

BTW,
The heart tests showed I had NO HEART disease. The PVCs were benign.
If I did have heart disease or any problem with the contracting of my heart ventricles THEN PVCs would be dangerous and an ICD would be placed.