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Premature atrial contractions: Anyone have any helpful info on this?

Posted by lolly906 @lolly906, Aug 17, 2018

I was now just recently told I have Premature Atrial Contractions, or P.A.C, after being on a holter monitor for 48 hrs. I was told this after my higher then normal calcium score, and was told p.a.c. is benign., but im still worried. I was put on monitor after I felt my heart pounding hard in my left neck area. Im wondering if anyone has any helpful info on this? Im really worried acutally, even cancelled my colonoscopy due to the laxative saying it could cause irregular heartbeat. it seems I can feel my heart skip beats at times or speed up! very scary to me. Im wondering if anyone else has this? I am 58 yrs old and am on lovastatin for high cholesterol thanks

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scardycat | @scardycat | Nov 3, 2018
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My understanding is that you need about 500 MG per day but you get magnesium from various sources in a healthy diet so you can start with 250 mg and go from there. I've been on 250 per day for a few weeks now and where I used to have literally hundreds of PACs and PVCs each day (previous post) now I'm down to a few dozen maybe and some days none at all. I wish Iknew about it years ago. Overdosing on magnesium can cause diarrhea.

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Has your cardiologist said why you are having these? Could stress bring them on? Thanks for info🙏🏻

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jddart | @jddart | Nov 3, 2018
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Has your cardiologist said why you are having these? Could stress bring them on? Thanks for info🙏🏻

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My full story is on page 1 of this thread, Sep 24

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trink | @trink | Nov 3, 2018
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Has your cardiologist said why you are having these? Could stress bring them on? Thanks for info🙏🏻

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No. I have no stress. Retired and loving life. Have had for years but has never bothered me and still doesn’t other than I know it’s not normal.

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jddart | @jddart | Nov 8, 2018
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My full story is on page 1 of this thread, Sep 24

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I'm interested in others' experiences with different physical movements or positions causing PACs, etc. When I lie on my back I get more rhythm anomalies than normal. If this happens and I turn on my side, it stops. If I get a run of SVT, changing position, like standing up or sitting up quickly, makes it stop. Doing yard work involving swinging my arms, like raking, causes PACs. Does anyone else experience this?

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scardycat | @scardycat | Nov 8, 2018
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I'm interested in others' experiences with different physical movements or positions causing PACs, etc. When I lie on my back I get more rhythm anomalies than normal. If this happens and I turn on my side, it stops. If I get a run of SVT, changing position, like standing up or sitting up quickly, makes it stop. Doing yard work involving swinging my arms, like raking, causes PACs. Does anyone else experience this?

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That’s funny, mine are worse laying on side better on back. Did your cardiologist say why u get them?

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jddart | @jddart | Nov 8, 2018
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That’s funny, mine are worse laying on side better on back. Did your cardiologist say why u get them?

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No. Any doctor I've mentioned that to just ignored the question. I think they thought it's just coincidence, but I know it's not. Seriously, most doctor's I've had give me the impression that I don't know anything about my own body. I'm glad to hear some else has had the same thing.

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jameck | @jameck | Nov 25, 2018

Out of the blue, 3 weeks ago, I have started waking up with PVCs 3 hours after falling asleep. I have a history of SVT but had a ablation to correct this 20 years ago. Once the PVCs wake me I notice that if I fully wake up and stay awake for an hour they go away. Then hopefully I can go back to sleep. Anyone have this problem and what do you do?

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jameck | @jameck | Dec 2, 2018
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@jddart

No. Any doctor I've mentioned that to just ignored the question. I think they thought it's just coincidence, but I know it's not. Seriously, most doctor's I've had give me the impression that I don't know anything about my own body. I'm glad to hear some else has had the same thing.

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Well this is frustrating. They have started me on a calcium channel blocker which makes me feel horrible. I think they think it is stress which they blame everything on. Just wore another 48 hour Holter monitor so we’ll see.

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jameck | @jameck | Dec 3, 2018
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@scardycat

That’s funny, mine are worse laying on side better on back. Did your cardiologist say why u get them?

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No. I just recently wore another monitor. Waiting for the results. If they are nothing more than PVCs and they don’t think they are serious, I know they will say it is stress. We’ll see.

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jameck | @jameck | Dec 3, 2018
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@jddart

No. Any doctor I've mentioned that to just ignored the question. I think they thought it's just coincidence, but I know it's not. Seriously, most doctor's I've had give me the impression that I don't know anything about my own body. I'm glad to hear some else has had the same thing.

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Yes I am having the same issue. I think the nurse is starting to become annoyed with me but I’m not giving up on figuring this out.

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