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

Did you ever get help? If so can you share your status. Thanks.

Hi , I realize this post was 2 years ago , but your symptoms are exactly what I get , did they ever find a cause
I'm in the middle of holter number 3
I would appreciate any help you could pass on to me
Thanks lise

I live in a major metro area and there is no after hours cardio nurse on call and it is laughable that a heart doc would be available. All my heart arrhythmia episodes that resulted in falls, or, ER in the worst case in the past 8 months were answered after a half hour phone wait with a triage nurse that couldn't advise anything but ER. ER can be a 30 minutes with HF. They have my chart. That wait while went I went there in my worst case, after lying on my bedroom floor for 2 hours before I could speak to rouse my husband to get me to ER. I nodded in and out of consciousness. I was treated like a drug seeker at ER.

I have a heavy burden of PVCs and also PACs. Mine are. It painful. I started a new Magnesium some weeks back called Magnesium 7. Seems to help some. Worth a try, you can order through Amazon.

@jimadman55
My EP also put me on magnesium. I take 400 mg a day.

I have not heard of magnesium 7. I was knowledgeable of glycimate, citrate, etc. My EP recommended citrate as stated was easily absorbed. Some respond to citrate type with digestive issue that I don't have. Glycimate was another option as it too highly absorbable.

I will look into the new type you mentioned "7." And asked my Mayo EP about it.

I'm so sorry, I know of ER's that are just as bad particularly at ER's in a general Hospital. My Cardiologist was always available and if He felt it was warranted, He would direct the ER as to treatment and have me transferred to His Hospital. That was before I became a patient at Mayo, I now use there ER if needed. I guess if I was you I would find another Doctor. I also found calling for a ambulance with ENT's was usually helpful in getting some treatment before even getting to the er.

@danab
I have been going to a Mayo Jacksonville ER. When first open of course the patient count was low. Today the ER is overwhelmed with patients.

I have issue with ICD/Pacemaker going off and when I call am told to go to ER. One of the things that cause stress and anxiety which can lead to heart PVCs and issues is going to an ER and sitting in waiting room and or put in a hallway because no rooms are available.

I finally told my providers if I really don't need to go please don't asked me to. I have been put in hallway for hours. The stress and anxiety of this is not good for anyone regardless that they have heart issues.

My wife is the same being told to go to ER for very low glucose into having to give glucose shots. She too winds up in hallway.

I know ER must put life saving first but ER really need to look at the mental health impact of going there and having to endure things like this. I have alwasy been in favor of having a triage system at ERs. A community health (CH) section and a emergency side ER. With lifesavings to ER and the others to CH. That way ER hallways and rooms are only for those in direct need of treatment immediately. CH for those items like dog bites, feeling bad, sinus infections, etc. that are not life threatening or could be life threatening if not treated immediately.

Why do I say this. Just like a lot of poster post after hours there doctors are not available and thus the ER are where you are sent. Problem is ER should be for emergencies not just urgent care where only place you can get it.

Mayo Jacksonville offers and I use it almost all the time now a after hour speciality and commuinty health doctor on call and avaiable via phone. That way you can talk to community health doctor or specialist about your condition. When you are a patient they can bring up your medical records so can advise you directly.

I guess it depends on which Mayo ER you go to. The few times my doctors told me to go to Mayo Phoenix ER I was triaged immediately. and usually seen by a doctor withinn a half hour. if it was urgent even sooner. Not a supper busy ER compared to the Cardiac ER I used to use prior to my transplant. But even there i was seen pretty quickly.

The complex at Mayo Jacksonville has expanded so much since I first came in 2006. Back then then only had one building Davis.

Mayo Jacksonville continues to build and build but ER size and ability to treat patients need to be expanded also. The patient population has exploded and ER size and ability to accommodate needs expanded just as much as new buildings.

It is not that your are not seen it is where they put you. All the rooms are usually full so you get put in hallway along walls with beds, people, doctors going past you all the time. Now this may not be so bad if you are there because you need a CT or MRI to rule out something.

I once went in as I fell and scrabed my head along parking lot. Called ER and said come in needed CT. Got put in hallway waiting for CT. Blood running down my head and very much under very high stress. Waiting and waited and finally got CT. Then finally got head wound treated and cleaned up all done in an open hallway along wall with a curtain separating me from the next paitent many times groaning in pain, etc. and beds with patients in them going by, doctors, nurses, cleaning staff, visitors, with absolutely no privacy.

Once when my ICD/Pacemaker shock me was told to go to ER. I was put in hallway thathad so much commotion it caused so much stress and anxiety I wanted to leave worrying the stress and anxiety was going to cause another shock.

I still think ER should be set up for two different treatments. Emergency where you are seen immediately but have sufficient rooms to give you that immediate care. And non emergency with rooms that you can be seen on a triage level of need to treat.

Many many patients go to emergency room after hours that are not emergency but need medical care that could not wait until the next day. Thus puts a burden on ER trying to treat those in serious need of treament and those needing treatments that cannot wait until next day.

For me and a lot of others being put in a hallway against wall is so stressful causing it can add to the reason you are there. When they check you BP and PR it is at a point of complete level of stress and anxiety caused by where you are put. I wish Mayo Jacksonville would understand the stress this causes patients and expand the ER to be able to treat patients in rooms or private areas.

I am a recovering PTSD anxiety/panic disorder patient who has heart failure and ICD/Pacemaker. Having to wait along a wall with so much commotion brings me so close to leaving because I can't deal with the PTSD anxiety/disorder.

My wife has anxiety/panic disorder also (but not PTSD) and goes to ER many times because of her uncontrolled diabetes. She will go into a subconscious state and even though I give her a glucose shot I am told to bring her to ER. She then has to deal with stress and anxiety of being in a hallway but it is after hours and her glucose needs to be brought back to acceptable levels that I not a medical professional cannot provide.

My Heart Goes OUT To You! Maybe Your Dr. has forgotten: 'Each & Every Patient is like a Snowflake, There Are No 2 Exactly Alike!'
The beginnings of My "heart Abnormalities" started 4 years ago. My 1st symptoms were fatigue & the suspicion that there Might be something wrong with me. (No Heart Fluttering or ???) When I was seen at my Internists practice by a Physician-Assistant, she diagnosed A-Fib & prescribed Warfarin. Shortly after starting to take it, that medication was Exacerbating the A-Fib - Plus causing A Lot of Other side effects, so I went back & saw My Dr. (this time) His answer: "Just Kept taking it, sooner or later your body will adjust." (My Response) "If It Doesn't Kill Me 1st?" (He just laughed). After I left, I thought about it, went back & asked the front Desk to get my file together, It's time for me to find a New Dr.
2-1/2 years later, (That's 30 months) I cycled thru 7 Pharmaceutical Poisons (to MY body) & 7 Heart Health Care Professional (Physician Assistants', Cardiologists, & 1 Cardiology-Surgeon) I FINALLY found one who listens to Me & understands My heart problem. (I think of her as a "Snowflake-Oologist", she 'gets-it'! No 2 Patients are the same!)
I'm Happy to say I'm closer to Normal than I've been in +4 years, my Mind & Body are almost back to what it was before all this, & although physically I'm not 100%, I have to keep reminding myself: 'I'm 87 years old, 87 year old Machines don't generally hold-up as well as they did when They Were New! After 87 years machines begin to show Wear & Tear! (Again me To Me:) "It Is What It Is, Count Your Blessings!"

Hope my story sheds a little light on what you're dealing with. Wishing You The Best Of Health as you deal with this.