Post Covid increase in anxiety and palpitations

You are certainly not alone. I have had PVCs on and off for many years and am also your age. The sensation is unsettling, to say the least. Some cardiologists call them capricious - they tend to wax and wane. You will most probably "lose" them at some point and forget about them for months or years, before they pop back up for a bit with some stressful event, hormones, etc. There is a free 8 week MBSR course called Palouse mindfulness - you can Google it. I remember back in the day when those were happening, I found the course and completed it. By the end of the 8 weeks the PVCs disappeared, but I think more importantly I had picked a "tool" that helped me inhabit a body that isn't always behaving. Also, the deep relaxation you enter when you get habituated to the meditation practice is such a treat! If you have an hour to commit a day, that might be one of the best gifts you can give yourself, while waiting it out. Oh, and a few months of regular exercise fix them quite well (but I understand that can be hard so soon after covid).

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You are certainly not alone. I have had PVCs on and off for many years and am also your age. The sensation is unsettling, to say the least. Some cardiologists call them capricious - they tend to wax and wane. You will most probably "lose" them at some point and forget about them for months or years, before they pop back up for a bit with some stressful event, hormones, etc. There is a free 8 week MBSR course called Palouse mindfulness - you can Google it. I remember back in the day when those were happening, I found the course and completed it. By the end of the 8 weeks the PVCs disappeared, but I think more importantly I had picked a "tool" that helped me inhabit a body that isn't always behaving. Also, the deep relaxation you enter when you get habituated to the meditation practice is such a treat! If you have an hour to commit a day, that might be one of the best gifts you can give yourself, while waiting it out. Oh, and a few months of regular exercise fix them quite well (but I understand that can be hard so soon after covid).

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I have been seen by 3 PCP’s since getting COVID in Feb 2020 and June 2021. I recovered, except heart palpitations from the 1st bout. I wore the halter and had stress test and Echocardiogram…all normal but like you a few soppier beats…4X in one month so Doctor said it meant nothing, anxiety maybe and heart was okay. Got the vaccine in 2-21 and second 3-21. Heart flipped out. Was in ER did just an EKG and told heart was okay…relying on less than a year old testing. Got COVID again in June 2021 and laid in bed for3 months ad my Primary quit due to personal reasons. Finding a new one impossible. Truly. Takes months! Like I said all “think” I have the LHC (long haul) but can’t prove as was not tested due to no tests or no Doctor. I FINALLY have one since 12-22 who got me to a Cardiologist in 2-23. Did the monitor and echo again. Now have the Premature Vascular Ejection bit she says not severe and most people have but are not bothered. My heart is beating outside my body. I hope you get better results. I didn’t the anxiety meds as getting off them causing worse palpitations. I know as took them for an extended period before. 3 years. Let me know if you find out more. I have some okay days now but then BAM back to square one. I am doing this alone as my mom (a nurse) is gone and my husband has had a stroke. I curse our Government for not telling us about this disease soon enough. I can’t be seen in a COVID Clinic as I can not prove I had it. No tests bout 1 and bout 2 vaccinated but no Doctor as out of Town and no help on phone from Office of old one. I keep praying it goes away. No way could I work now as in “The Twilight Zone” fog a lot with heart now only occasionally off. Cardiologist says it tests okay but feels terrible.

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My heart goes out to you. Like others have said to me, you aren't alone in feeling this way and it's very frustrating when you feel like you are getting "better" and then you're back to square one of feeling awful. there are many people around me who had covid but seem to have no lingering symptoms so I was definitely floundering for a while trying to get answers. I have been lucky that my current pcp is not judgmental and listened to me when I expressed concerns but I am still working to find something that truly helps. I did increase my anxiety medication which has helped to an extent and the beta blocker is starting to work but it's still a struggle. It seems that there are many of us experiencing palpitations and pvc's directly caused by covid but as you said, it still feels terrible to experience those sensations. I think that the next few years will show that far too many of us have permanent effects of covid and more chronic conditions. I just hope that the research will yield some better treatments for those of use still struggling.

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My heart goes out to you. Like others have said to me, you aren't alone in feeling this way and it's very frustrating when you feel like you are getting "better" and then you're back to square one of feeling awful. there are many people around me who had covid but seem to have no lingering symptoms so I was definitely floundering for a while trying to get answers. I have been lucky that my current pcp is not judgmental and listened to me when I expressed concerns but I am still working to find something that truly helps. I did increase my anxiety medication which has helped to an extent and the beta blocker is starting to work but it's still a struggle. It seems that there are many of us experiencing palpitations and pvc's directly caused by covid but as you said, it still feels terrible to experience those sensations. I think that the next few years will show that far too many of us have permanent effects of covid and more chronic conditions. I just hope that the research will yield some better treatments for those of use still struggling.

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I have been seen by 3 PCP’s since getting COVID in Feb 2020 and June 2021. I recovered, except heart palpitations from the 1st bout. I wore the halter and had stress test and Echocardiogram…all normal but like you a few soppier beats…4X in one month so Doctor said it meant nothing, anxiety maybe and heart was okay. Got the vaccine in 2-21 and second 3-21. Heart flipped out. Was in ER did just an EKG and told heart was okay…relying on less than a year old testing. Got COVID again in June 2021 and laid in bed for3 months ad my Primary quit due to personal reasons. Finding a new one impossible. Truly. Takes months! Like I said all “think” I have the LHC (long haul) but can’t prove as was not tested due to no tests or no Doctor. I FINALLY have one since 12-22 who got me to a Cardiologist in 2-23. Did the monitor and echo again. Now have the Premature Vascular Ejection bit she says not severe and most people have but are not bothered. My heart is beating outside my body. I hope you get better results. I didn’t the anxiety meds as getting off them causing worse palpitations. I know as took them for an extended period before. 3 years. Let me know if you find out more. I have some okay days now but then BAM back to square one. I am doing this alone as my mom (a nurse) is gone and my husband has had a stroke. I curse our Government for not telling us about this disease soon enough. I can’t be seen in a COVID Clinic as I can not prove I had it. No tests bout 1 and bout 2 vaccinated but no Doctor as out of Town and no help on phone from Office of old one. I keep praying it goes away. No way could I work now as in “The Twilight Zone” fog a lot with heart now only occasionally off. Cardiologist says it tests okay but feels terrible.

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