Svt and medication

The calcium channel and beta-blockers all reduce cardiac output. The idea is to put the heart into a mild sedated state so that each beat is less forceful (so it's often prescribed for 'incipient hypertension'), but those beats also come less frequently, so a slightly slower heart. More of the drug each dose, the more the effect.

Some people don't seem to mind the drug and notice no real impediment. I felt some. I told my cardiologist that I thought some of my mojo was missing, but he immediately denied it and said I can't blame metoprolol for what I suspected was the new 'me.' Now, having read zillions of posts here and there about people's reactions to the blockers, I am convinced it's a real effect. And apparently, so are you.

You are always in the driver's seat here. If you feel awful on any medication, you have the choice to stop. However, to stay on the good side of any experts on whom you rely for treatment, you should explain carefully to them why you have elected to cease adhering to their considered professional opinion. They mad offer a remedy of an alternative that works for you...which would presumably lessen your awful anxiety. And, of course, you must then live with what follows....still your choice.

@gloaming hi I’ve since gone on the original dose as I was having terrible flutters and racing heart that wakes me of a night and sends me into fight or flight.. the anxiety is off the scale which fills my body with adrenaline last night I was up for hours and I couldn’t calm myself down.. so I’m hoping this will help get me back on track and hopefully my ablation will be soon.. it’s mad because having an svt episode is easier then dealing with constant flutters and racing heart as it can stay with you whereas svt goes as quick as it comes.. this diagnosis has effected my life terribly x

@kate26 I feel for you. A heart that acts up, especially if we know it's happening, can be so debilitating. Imagine the bliss of those who swear they have no sensation at all and only found out when their annual physical took place.

But, Kate....think about that last sentence. Read it again for the 'meta'. There is never an emergency in a doctor's office when he lifts and eyebrow and says, 'Your pulse is erratic.' I mean, yeah, it's a shock, but until then it was business as usual. My point is that these common arrhythmias don't kill people. They can make us miserable until we get the condition managed well, sure. But you won't die from them. So, your energy should be put into figuring out who will help you best, and how that person will do it. For me, it was an ablation...well, two actually...the first one didn't completely close off gaps in the lesions they made to stop the rogue signals from causing my left atrium to beat chaotically. Second one worked so well that I am three weeks away from a third anniversary of that bliss we all crave. It can happen for you as well, but in the right hands. Someone who has done zillions of ablations who has a really good record of success. Ideally someone who ablates complex cases because those gals have the learning and experience to map the heart well to find all those rogue foci. I think you're still waiting for yours? Won't be long. Look forward to that. Yearn for it, Imagine the day and it taking place. Honestly, I put myself in that boat and when it ground up on shore, I leapt out and shouted 'Thank GOOOOOODDDD!' Couldn't come soon enough.