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How do you live with SVT

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@chezpl69 I don't doubt for a second that you have anxiety, and that it may be related to your intake of metoprolol. Could it be that the anxiety is a secondary effect because it IS causing your heart to enter bradycardia territory, and it is the sensations that accompany those periods of low HR that cause you to feel anxious? Just throwing that out. I hope you don't feel I'm dismissive....not intending that or for you to think that. I just haven't seen anyone say that the drug causes anxiety in them, only that they feel anxious due to how it makes them feel.

Which is 100% legitimate. I would run this past your cardiologist.

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Thanks, I hadn't thought about that. I realized my anxiety came because of lack of education as well. Knowing more about SVT and the treatment has given me comfort and decreased my anxiety with my episodes. I'm no longer on the Metoprolol. I'm now taking Verapamil and it is not as bad. My EP broke his wrist so I have to wait for the ablation. All in all I am definitely doing better! Thanks for the info.