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Has anyone's PACs just disappeared?

Posted by Love for camping @muppet7777, May 13 10:44am

Mine started randomly in February. I have suffered from anxiety for years. Has anyone been treated for their anxiety and the PACs disappear? Or do we have them forever...

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Love for camping | @muppet7777 | May 29 8:22am
In reply to @713j "@muppet7777 Ok thank you. I must have missed read your post. I thought you were taking..." + (show)
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@muppet7777
Ok thank you. I must have missed read your post. I thought you were taking a multivitamin ? Do you take a B12 everyday?

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@713j i am taking 1000 iu b12 daily as my last bloodwork showed low normal levels

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osgilian | @osgilian | May 29 8:46am
In reply to @cmendes2026 "@gloaming All of the above.......:) I am having anxiety about the procedure." + (show)
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@gloaming All of the above.......:) I am having anxiety about the procedure.

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@cmendes2026 I had an ablation for SVT in March 2026. My experience was great, and actually much more comfortable than what @gloaming described. The cath lab at my hospital has individual little patient rooms, where you start out at the beginning (5:30 a,m., yikes) and finish up for recovery. All iv's, bloodwork, discussions, etc were done in the comfort of my little suite, and I didn't go to the actual lab till the surgical team was all assembled and ready to go.

I had conscious sedation through iv, so no mask, just "there" one minute and "gone" the next. They did wake me up very briefly to induce my arrhythmia, but then...just gone again. Woke up easily in the recovery room, no recollection of the procedure except the brief wake-up for svt induction. Back to my little suite in about 20 minutes, then the rest of the day pretty much as @gloaming described. Discharged about 3:30 p.m. My home recovery was mostly uneventful and pretty straightforward, a few days of esophagus irritation but that resolved quickly.

I'm almost 3 months out now. So far no SVT episodes. I'm back to living my active lifestyle. If arrhythmia issues occur again in the future, I would go right for the ablation rather than medication control (metoprolol slowed me down way too much!) P.S. I'm 73 years old.

Best of luck to you!

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cmendes2026 | @cmendes2026 | May 29 10:54am
In reply to @osgilian "@cmendes2026 I had an ablation for SVT in March 2026. My experience was great, and actually..." + (show)
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@cmendes2026 I had an ablation for SVT in March 2026. My experience was great, and actually much more comfortable than what @gloaming described. The cath lab at my hospital has individual little patient rooms, where you start out at the beginning (5:30 a,m., yikes) and finish up for recovery. All iv's, bloodwork, discussions, etc were done in the comfort of my little suite, and I didn't go to the actual lab till the surgical team was all assembled and ready to go.

I had conscious sedation through iv, so no mask, just "there" one minute and "gone" the next. They did wake me up very briefly to induce my arrhythmia, but then...just gone again. Woke up easily in the recovery room, no recollection of the procedure except the brief wake-up for svt induction. Back to my little suite in about 20 minutes, then the rest of the day pretty much as @gloaming described. Discharged about 3:30 p.m. My home recovery was mostly uneventful and pretty straightforward, a few days of esophagus irritation but that resolved quickly.

I'm almost 3 months out now. So far no SVT episodes. I'm back to living my active lifestyle. If arrhythmia issues occur again in the future, I would go right for the ablation rather than medication control (metoprolol slowed me down way too much!) P.S. I'm 73 years old.

Best of luck to you!

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@osgilian Thank you so much.......Metoprolol along with the pvc symptoms have literally drained me. I go to work and push thru and that's it. I haven't travelled or anything due to the horrific fatigue and lightheadedness. I am taking flecainide until I can get the ablation scheduled. The procedure seems safe and has good reviews.

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