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Hi I am so glad I found this!!! I have a similar story to all of you. I have had heart palpitations since I was 21 and I am now 32. I learned to deal with the skipped beats because eventually they became few and far between. Everything changed when I got pregnant 3 years ago. During pregnancy I bent down and stood up. My heart skipped 3 times and then took off so fast I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t break it and I was so afraid I was dying and worried about my baby girl. After 30 mins my heart paused and reset. IT was back in normal sinus rythem. I went to ER and they didn’t catch it in time so they assumed SVT. Saw a cardio had all the workups done. It’s not a structural problem it’s electrical. I was told probably wouldn’t have it again. Fast Forward 11 months. I have stomach issues, something is wrong there but Dr’s can’t figure that out yet. Bloating, gassy, cramping, etc. Palpitations after eating. Well I was eating 3 slices of pizza which I know will bother me, and then I turned over on my left side. I could feel my food sitting in my throat just not wanting to digest. And then skip skip skip my heart took off again!!! This time my husband helped me and it lasted 5 mins. That was a huge setback for me with my panic and anxiety. I didn’t want to leave the house, always had to have someone with me at all times. They put me on Ativan which I am still on over 2 years later 🙁 not good! They still said it’s probably SVT nothing I can do. I slowly over time started to regain my life back. Still was on ativan and having palpitations but no SVT. Fast Forward again 2 years later to 3 months ago. Again, eating a huge dinner of spaghetti and my stomach was upset. Middle of the night I turn on my left side and skiip skip skip it takes off. I was shocked after 2 years this is happening again!!! My husband rushed me to the firestation behind our house and they called 911. My heart rate was around 240. I couldn’t breathe. That lasted about 30 minutes but my heart was going so fast the paramedics couldn’t see if it was SVT on the monitor. Then all of the sudden it slowed down significantly. But as they drove me to the ER I could feel something wasn’t right. IT was flip flopping and just wouldn’t stop. ONce I was at the ER they said oh you are in Atrial Fibrallation!!!!! I was floored 🙁 They couldn’t get my heart to convert over to NSR with all the medications. I was so uncomfortable. A Fib is the worst feeling 🙁 So they admitted me to the cardiac floor and scheduled a TEE to go down my throat and make sure there wasn’t a clot around my heart, and to shock my heart to convert me back to NSR. well right before they took me to do that, I felt like I was going to pass out for a split second and then the nurse said you are out of A Fib!!! It took 11 hours. I was exhausted, weak, scared and felt like my life was over. I knew now that it was A Fib as well I was never going to get better. So I saw my cardio and an EP dr everyone agrees that it’s most likely SVT that one time went on into an Atrial Fib episode. Which can happen they say. So the EP Dr wants to do a EP study and ablation to see if there is the SVT and get it. He is 99 percent positive I do’nt have A Fib. But in my head I am so confused. I hear horror stories about ablations etc, but then what is my quality of life? I have a 3 year old daughter who I don’t want seeing me live this way. I am scared to be alone and everytime I have skipped beats I panic it’s going into something. I feel lost and don’t know what the right decion is here. I think it is an electrical issue, but everytime it has happened has been after huge meals that make me bloat like I am 9 months prego. Anyway, sorry for the long story. Has anyone ever had an afib episode after SVT?

I found your blog after coming home from the hospital yesterday from an episode, and believing that zapping part of my heart via ablation seems a bit harsh. It is encouraging to see the variety of ideas that you have cultivated regarding SVT.

My first SVT was while I was camping out in the middle of nowhere. Talk about scary stuff. That was about 5 weeks ago. Yesterday was my second ‘episode’. Both times I can feel my heart go from normal to warp speed in a nanosecond. My vision is tunneled and it’s the feeling that I know I’m going to pass out. Thankfully, I haven’t passed out yet.

I am so happy to find your blog! I recently had an SVT and have been researching ways to heal the body.

HI I get the SVT too but I seem to be able to stop them by holding my breath, I havent been formally been told I have them but had a incident in the GP’s surgery last week and she put the monitor on me and it appears to be SVT. Also find it worse on my left side or even if the kids hug me it can set it off, today at work I had them every time I sat down a real pain to deal with especially when you are trying to deal with customers. However, one thing I have found is that when I am on natural progesterone they seem to get a lot better, I did a little experiment about 2 years ago I had a good period with no palpitations and could not figure it out. Then I stopped the progesterone and they came back, I wasn’t sure if it was a fluke so I did it again . And I stopped progesterone in April and my SVT got slightly worse in May and this month it has been really bad – daily short episodes. So I am going to go back onto the natural progesterone and hopefully it will help it again. I also find dairy can make it worse. Hope this helps. God bless Laura

hello all, will I visited my heart doctor and he says I have AVNRT which isn’t life threatening. so he wants to put me on propafenone for one month, but this drug doesn’t sound good after reading side effects, etc. guess i’ll try it and see the outcome, other than that he liked my Qt rhythms he says and my blood pressure looked good. even thinks my condition will subside as the years go by, like in my early 40s which isn’t too far away. its all good news but im learly of taking the prescribed meds after reading what I read online and from reviews of other people. anybody with any insight with this drug??

thanks!

hello all, june 13th of this month is when I experienced my SVT episode and last time I had one was two years ago in the summer time (which I rarely drank water on a daily basis, unlike these days). I had 4 bud lights the night before and when I woke up I had one slice of cold pizza with half a coke, all while I was helping my girl-friend with here air conditioning. I climbed into her attic after that delicious breakfast, tho I wasn’t sweating at all just very casual look-see and as soon as I hopped down I felt like a hiccup of some sort in my adnominal or stomach area which lead to my heart racing up to 230 bpm! I splashed water on my face, it did not help so my girl-friend took me to the local fire station where they helped me and almost gave me adensine, but after four attempts of the “bear down” method it gradually decreased in minutes.

Tomorrow is my follow up with my heart doctor and he’ll probably put me on meds or offer me the cather ablation surgery, which neither I like. Personally I feel I can cure this naturally so I got online and googled ‘curing svt naturally’ then it lend me here to this site. I’m glad I found this cause I know I haven’t been doing good with my overall health, just recently I introduced Green juice with lots of veggies and fruits in it and shed about 20lbs in one month! Been suffering from anxiety again too, which lend me to the green juice and weight lost. I’m a worrier and very cautious of disturbing my SVT so the anxiety is been great these days, so with that said…I’m glad I found this site and wasn’t aware of the “Gluten Free” diet which I will start immediately after my doctor visit to help cure to rid this disorder. I’m missing out on exercing and hiking which I love, I want to go camping this summer with my kids but this dang SVT and anxiety is preventing me, but thanks for this site and I hope to be out there with my kids as soon as I can.

Jarvis

Hello One Year, how are things going to date for you? I was wondering if you did research on this then went on this one year journey or you just did it? Just curious and thanks!

Just want to add that I have been doing a lot of research, and it seems it is important to keep up the potassium levels in the system, as low potassium can trigger arrhythmias. Potassium is depleted by diruetics such as tea and coffee and over the counter versions, another good reason to stick to water. Also, aside from the naturally occurring electrical impulses in the heart myocardium that fire signals for the heart to beat (which don’t work too well with SVT situations), the sympathetic nervous system speeds up the heart rate, while the sympathetic nervous system slows things down. A long period of a high stress levels can put this balancing system out of whack, and the sympathetic nervous system doesn’t get a chance to work properly. So monitoring the stress levels is vital to reducing the incidence of SVT in my opinion. I also found evidence to support the idea that fluctuations in hormones plays a part, one piece of research stated women are more likely to get an SVT while they are menstruating. Hope this helps. 🙂

I just wanted to thank you for sharing your story. I was officially diagnosed with PSVT on May 21, 2012. I had my first ablation on June 5th, 2012. I went on vacation about 3 weeks later and found myself in 2 ERs in one day due to multiple episodes. Upon returning from vacation, I has my 2nd ablation on July 31st. I had one major episode following the second ablation and was put on metoprolol. I went 8 months without any issues (except random flutters/skipped beats). I weaned myself off the metoprolol at the end of May 2013. Its now a month of no meds and today I had 2 SVT episodes. Luckily I was able to stop them on my own (versus before ablation- I could NEVER get them to stop myself. I was a regular at the hospital). I am currently *trying* to get pregnant and I am wondering if I am indeed pregnant and the SVT is acting up with the changes. I guess time will tell. It gives me a sense of relief that I will be able to have children because I was starting to think I wouldn’t be able to with SVT. Glad to know I am not alone. Again, thank you for sharing your story.

Dear Deb,
I’m back to cover a few points I didn’t have time to address. First, thank you for your frank admission that the protocol you’re following may not be the total answer. This will go far in helping others choose the right path to wellness. Second, you’re absolutely correct….I should have said “gluten allergy” rather than the more archaic “wheat allergy” since it appears gluten is the offending allergen. I appreciate any criticisms as I want to put forth the most correct, concise, and clear information possible.
After my last post it dawned on me how I discovered this website. I was researching superior ventricular tachycardia to see if there were any clues to whether it needs to be treated holistically any differently than other forms of arrhythmia. I employed the same methods in the above case, which I incorrectly stated was atrial fib and now recall it was actually SVT. (I’ve had a other arrhythmia cases and got her confused due to a “senior moment” or, as we prefer to call it, an “intellectual interlude”).
I’d like to make one final suggestion to those diagnosed with SVT. I wonder if the time,
effort, and money necessary to capture an actual event via EKG may be better spent
having an HTMA done and following the diet/taking the recommended supplements?
I also feel that the “lower threshold” the Dr. described to you is simply another way of saying your mineral reserves are borderline, and when you have a stressful situation and your body must call up these reserves, the stores of minerals necessary for a regular heartbeat are temporarily depleted, provoking an episode of arrhythmia. (I always look for underlying causes and try to explain the body’s reactions/symptoms in terms of common-sense physiology and then cooperate with it.)
At the conclusion of an excellent two-day seminar on nutrition in 1976, the main speaker closed with a quote from the Journal of the AMA (Aug. 1973, I believe). The editor wrote a column concerning the need for his profession to spend more effort investigating problems from the standpoint of mineral balance and ended with, “Gentlemen, we are at the mercy of the minerals.” It’s been forty years and his admonition is still being ignored.
A final thought—-before you submit to treatments/testing/etc. ask yourelf if the underlying causes are being addressed or if they’re only chasing symptoms. There are many rabbit trails one can go down that may delay recovery and leave you destitute.

Dear Deb,
I’m back to cover a few points I didn’t have time to address. First, thank you for your frank admission that the protocol you’re following may not be the total answer. This will go far in helping others choose the right path to wellness. Second, you’re absolutely correct….I should have said “gluten allergy” rather than the more archaic “wheat allergy” since it appears gluten is the offending allergen. I appreciate any criticisms as I want to put forth the most correct, concise, and clear information possible.
After my last post it dawned on me how I discovered this website. I was researching superior ventricular tachycardia to see if there were any clues to whether it needs to be treated holistically any differently than other forms of arrhythmia. I employed the same methods in the above case, which I incorrectly stated was atrial fib and now recall it was actually SVT. (I’ve had a other arrhythmia cases and got her confused due to a “senior moment” or, as we prefer to call it, an “intellectual interlude”).
I’d like to make one final suggestion to those diagnosed with SVT. I wonder if the time,
effort, and money necessary to capture an actual event via EKG may be better spent
having an HTMA done and following the diet/taking the recommended supplements?
I also feel that the “lower threshold” the Dr. described to you is simply another way of saying your mineral reserves are borderline, and when you have a stressful situation and your body must call up these reserves, the stores of minerals necessary for a regular heartbeat are temporarily depleted, provoking an episode of arrhythmia. (I always look for underlying causes and try to explain the body’s reactions/symptoms in terms of common-sense physiology and then cooperate with it.)
At the conclusion of an excellent two-day seminar on nutrition in 1976, the main speaker closed with a quote from the Journal of the AMA (Aug. 1973, I believe). The editor wrote a column concerning the need for his profession to spend more effort investigating problems from the standpoint of mineral balance and ended with, “Gentlemen, we are at the mercy of the minerals.” It’s been forty years and his admonition is still being ignored.
A final thought—-before you submit to treatments/testing/etc. ask yourelf if the underlying causes are being addressed or if they’re only chasing symptoms. There are many rabbit trails one can go down that may delay recovery and leave you destitute.

I firmly believe that if you give the body what it needs (i.e.; balancing the minerals, for instance) most conditions fade into the sunset.
Although I’ve offered what I believe to be sage advice on how to go about ridding yourself of SVT, I’m amazed to see that most of these posts continue to contain stories about going to various “specialists” for this or that test which will do absolutely nothing to cure the condition.(Definition…”specialist”: One who knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.) If you have a problem concerning nutritional balance why would you see someone who’s had little or no education in the subject and whose profession has pooh-poohed the idea that what we eat has little to do with our ailments? Believe it or not, I’ve helped people get over everything from atrial fib to infertility. A common problem with many these days is frequent urination. Men are led to believe the problem is an enlarged prostate but balance their minerals and presto, the problem disappears. Had an R.N. (teacher of nutrition courses to aspiring nurses ) with “interstitial cystitis” of several years’ duration. She had to urinate every twenty minutes, went in for painful cortisone shots every six months, and traveled by car wearing a diaper so she didn’t have to stop so often. I didn’t know much about the condition but DO know how to interpret what the body is lacking in general. Long story short, she was over her problem in less than six months. My most recent case of atrial fib was a lady who, while driving, had an attack serious enough to pull over and call her husband. He took her to the “best” cardiology hospital in the area and called me for my opinion. I told them that the heart requires certain minerals to beat regularly, and if one or more are lacking or out of balance, arrhythmias result (don’t have to be a genius in this field, do you?!) They saw the wisdom in the advice and checked out a day later with a diagnosis but no treatment. They tried giving her two medications that night but she refused stating, “I’m only here for observation, and I haven’t had time to research these medications”. They brought in the prescribing Dr., who was also unsuccessful in convincing her. Later, the head cardiologist made his rounds, noting aloud “I see that such-and-such medication was ordered for her”. He was told, “Those meds are on hold”. (no mention of refusal by the patient being the reason) His reply was, “Well, that’s probably better because this one could cause complications and could even be fatal.” Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? BTW, it’s been nearly three months and she’s had no further episodes since beginning the “GIVE THE BODY WHAT IT NEEDS AND IT WILL HEAL ITSELF” program. I’ve had many interesting cases, some quite exotic, but the treatment follows a similar path. Sometimes it’s detoxification (try telling your typical M.D. you think your problem is due to accumulated toxins). And BTW, you don’t have to have numerous letters behind your name to be educated. One of the wisest people in the field of natural healing, IMHO, was T.C.Fry. Read his writings and ideas. The initials T.C. stands for Thunder Cloud, as he was a native American. May have had an honorary degree or several but had more common sense and genius than most medical school faculties. I’d like to tell you how an optometrist became interested in holistic healing, but I’m out of time. (forgot to mention that I think your SVT episodes following intestinal upset are due to the diarrhea, which would logically deplete essential minerals such as magnesium, potassium, copper, etc. G.B.

I firmly believe that if you give the body what it needs (i.e.; balancing the minerals, for instance) most conditions fade into the sunset.
Although I’ve offered what I believe to be sage advice on how to go about ridding yourself of SVT, I’m amazed to see that most of these posts continue to contain stories about going to various “specialists” for this or that test which will do absolutely nothing to cure the condition.(Definition…”specialist”: One who knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.) If you have a problem concerning nutritional balance why would you see someone who’s had little or no education in the subject and whose profession has pooh-poohed the idea that what we eat has little to do with our ailments? Believe it or not, I’ve helped people get over everything from atrial fib to infertility. A common problem with many these days is frequent urination. Men are led to believe the problem is an enlarged prostate but balance their minerals and presto, the problem disappears. Had an R.N. (teacher of nutrition courses to aspiring nurses ) with “interstitial cystitis” of several years’ duration. She had to urinate every twenty minutes, went in for painful cortisone shots every six months, and traveled by car wearing a diaper so she didn’t have to stop so often. I didn’t know much about the condition but DO know how to interpret what the body is lacking in general. Long story short, she was over her problem in less than six months. My most recent case of atrial fib was a lady who, while driving, had an attack serious enough to pull over and call her husband. He took her to the “best” cardiology hospital in the area and called me for my opinion. I told them that the heart requires certain minerals to beat regularly, and if one or more are lacking or out of balance, arrhythmias result (don’t have to be a genius in this field, do you?!) They saw the wisdom in the advice and checked out a day later with a diagnosis but no treatment. They tried giving her two medications that night but she refused stating, “I’m only here for observation, and I haven’t had time to research these medications”. They brought in the prescribing Dr., who was also unsuccessful in convincing her. Later, the head cardiologist made his rounds, noting aloud “I see that such-and-such medication was ordered for her”. He was told, “Those meds are on hold”. (no mention of refusal by the patient being the reason) His reply was, “Well, that’s probably better because this one could cause complications and could even be fatal.” Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? BTW, it’s been nearly three months and she’s had no further episodes since beginning the “GIVE THE BODY WHAT IT NEEDS AND IT WILL HEAL ITSELF” program. I’ve had many interesting cases, some quite exotic, but the treatment follows a similar path. Sometimes it’s detoxification (try telling your typical M.D. you think your problem is due to accumulated toxins). And BTW, you don’t have to have numerous letters behind your name to be educated. One of the wisest people in the field of natural healing, IMHO, was T.C.Fry. Read his writings and ideas. The initials T.C. stands for Thunder Cloud, as he was a native American. May have had an honorary degree or several but had more common sense and genius than most medical school faculties. I’d like to tell you how an optometrist became interested in holistic healing, but I’m out of time. (forgot to mention that I think your SVT episodes following intestinal upset are due to the diarrhea, which would logically deplete essential minerals such as magnesium, potassium, copper, etc. G.B.

Well put doctor. One thing I have learned there is a vast and wide universe that each person has which they obtain from their study and experiences. I couldn’t possibly tap into all that you know, and you couldn’t possibly tap into all that I know, even if I don’t have letters behind my name.

This page is not for medical advice it is for sharing what we have experienced. The amount of solutions out there are also vast and wide, and it doesn’t hurt for someone to look into your ideas.

My chiropractor for instance, is an ART specialist, and a functional medicine doctor. He told me to deal with my adrenal fatigue by getting my cholesterol up to a higher level. I took his advice and ended up with my gallbladder removed with four of the largest stones the surgeon had ever seen and my husband ended up, following the same diet, with two emergency stent put in. He has many letters behind his name, and takes many classes, and I chose to follow his advice without doing my own research and paid for it. I am now going the opposite direction and feeling better.

Now, with all of that, my solution of last week, I humbly admit, did not work, and even if you hadn’t pinned me on your last post, I would have reported it here for the benefit of Laura’s readers. We want to help each other out with this unnerving condition. I ended up having an SVT I had the day after my comment to you. The first one in sixth months.

I had no sleep the night before, had a stressful day with my five remaining children at home, and as far as my comment to you, I feel like I am now eating crow.

One thing you are misinformed on is celiacs disease. It is not just an allergy to just wheat, it is an allergy to gluten. Many, many grains have gluten, and several other foods grown next to gluteny grains, like lentils, and split peas have gluten due to cross contamination.

The day before my SVT on Friday, I had been glutened and suffering from diarrhea. This messed with my vagus nerve. I know when my vagus nerve is irritable because I can feel it from my lower abdomen right up through the center of my head.

With this sixth SVT in my life, I have now solidified the triggers, no sleep, being glutened, having diarrhea, and stressed out. The SVT’s despite my desire to get proper nutrition, are random, and I’m learning that I can’t always prevent them, although they are becoming less frequent, but I can learn how to deal with them, which my support team, i.e. cardiologist, family practice doctor, and family are helping me with.

So what if my minerals are not off, and it’s just the gluten causing irritation of the vagus nerve through the stomach causing the trouble? If so, and I think so, than we are off track.

The Urgent Care doctor said that all people are at risk for SVT, but there are some who have a lower threshold for them. This made me realize that there could be tantamount reasons to lower that threshold, not just mineral deficencies, and I need to focus more on learning how to deal with the random nature of these attacks, and get more rest, as well.

I know that stomach upset has always accompanied my attacks, and my efforts to discover vitamin or mineral imbalances may never change the fact that I must not get glutened.

I understand what you say that going over the limit on magnesium could happen even when your only taking 320 mg. of magnesium, if your magnesium is very high but Carolyn Dean, M.S. says that is very rare. Carolyn Dean, M.D. has written a book called the Magnesium Miracle says that you can also test your magnesium with a blood test that test the level in your red blood cells, not just serum. I have wanted to get that test, but it’s too expensive. Celiacs have a lot medical bills, not only related to SVT. She also helps you to know who to tell if you shouldn’t take it, and when it’s not indicated. And there are symptoms that tell you if you have enough magnesium in your system.

Celiacs is not caused by just a wheat allergy. It’s caused by an autoimmune disorder that causes leaky gut syndrome and when the gluten molecule from one of the many sources, gets past the blood-brain barrier, it causes all kinds of neurological problems, including problems with the vagus nerve which controls the stomach and the heart, which is why, I’m thinking, after last Friday, I’m having SVT.

A mineral deficiency may or may not play into that, but I know, for myself, that the days I forget my magnesium, I have more trouble with the heart rhythm. This page is not for medical advice, its for sharing what works and what doesn’t for individuals who are dealing with the same things.

What drew you to this page and learning about SVT’s anyway? I find that even the medical personnel, except the doctors really even know what an SVT is. I’m intrigued on what got you started on considering the topic.

On the Internet we can find whatever we advice we want, for and against which is always intriguing to me.

Laura’s sharing has helped me a lot, just knowing another person who suffers and what is working for her is a huge help. Her posting what she has learned has helped me a lot.

Well put doctor. One thing I have learned there is a vast and wide universe that each person has which they obtain from their study and experiences. I couldn’t possibly tap into all that you know, and you couldn’t possibly tap into all that I know, even if I don’t have letters behind my name.

This page is not for medical advice it is for sharing what we have experienced. The amount of solutions out there are also vast and wide, and it doesn’t hurt for someone to look into your ideas.

My chiropractor for instance, is an ART specialist, and a functional medicine doctor. He told me to deal with my adrenal fatigue by getting my cholesterol up to a higher level. I took his advice and ended up with my gallbladder removed with four of the largest stones the surgeon had ever seen and my husband ended up, following the same diet, with two emergency stent put in. He has many letters behind his name, and takes many classes, and I chose to follow his advice without doing my own research and paid for it. I am now going the opposite direction and feeling better.

Now, with all of that, my solution of last week, I humbly admit, did not work, and even if you hadn’t pinned me on your last post, I would have reported it here for the benefit of Laura’s readers. We want to help each other out with this unnerving condition. I ended up having an SVT I had the day after my comment to you. The first one in sixth months.

I had no sleep the night before, had a stressful day with my five remaining children at home, and as far as my comment to you, I feel like I am now eating crow.

One thing you are misinformed on is celiacs disease. It is not just an allergy to just wheat, it is an allergy to gluten. Many, many grains have gluten, and several other foods grown next to gluteny grains, like lentils, and split peas have gluten due to cross contamination.

The day before my SVT on Friday, I had been glutened and suffering from diarrhea. This messed with my vagus nerve. I know when my vagus nerve is irritable because I can feel it from my lower abdomen right up through the center of my head.

With this sixth SVT in my life, I have now solidified the triggers, no sleep, being glutened, having diarrhea, and stressed out. The SVT’s despite my desire to get proper nutrition, are random, and I’m learning that I can’t always prevent them, although they are becoming less frequent, but I can learn how to deal with them, which my support team, i.e. cardiologist, family practice doctor, and family are helping me with.

So what if my minerals are not off, and it’s just the gluten causing irritation of the vagus nerve through the stomach causing the trouble? If so, and I think so, than we are off track.

The Urgent Care doctor said that all people are at risk for SVT, but there are some who have a lower threshold for them. This made me realize that there could be tantamount reasons to lower that threshold, not just mineral deficencies, and I need to focus more on learning how to deal with the random nature of these attacks, and get more rest, as well.

I know that stomach upset has always accompanied my attacks, and my efforts to discover vitamin or mineral imbalances may never change the fact that I must not get glutened.

I understand what you say that going over the limit on magnesium could happen even when your only taking 320 mg. of magnesium, if your magnesium is very high but Carolyn Dean, M.S. says that is very rare. Carolyn Dean, M.D. has written a book called the Magnesium Miracle says that you can also test your magnesium with a blood test that test the level in your red blood cells, not just serum. I have wanted to get that test, but it’s too expensive. Celiacs have a lot medical bills, not only related to SVT. She also helps you to know who to tell if you shouldn’t take it, and when it’s not indicated. And there are symptoms that tell you if you have enough magnesium in your system.

Celiacs is not caused by just a wheat allergy. It’s caused by an autoimmune disorder that causes leaky gut syndrome and when the gluten molecule from one of the many sources, gets past the blood-brain barrier, it causes all kinds of neurological problems, including problems with the vagus nerve which controls the stomach and the heart, which is why, I’m thinking, after last Friday, I’m having SVT.

A mineral deficiency may or may not play into that, but I know, for myself, that the days I forget my magnesium, I have more trouble with the heart rhythm. This page is not for medical advice, its for sharing what works and what doesn’t for individuals who are dealing with the same things.

What drew you to this page and learning about SVT’s anyway? I find that even the medical personnel, except the doctors really even know what an SVT is. I’m intrigued on what got you started on considering the topic.

On the Internet we can find whatever we advice we want, for and against which is always intriguing to me.

Laura’s sharing has helped me a lot, just knowing another person who suffers and what is working for her is a huge help. Her posting what she has learned has helped me a lot.

Thank you for doing this blog! I am suffering from svt and so far they have been unable to catch one on an ecg/ekg. I have a stress test tomorrow. Echo was all normal. I hate having these episodes so it helps to know I am not alone! Thank you!

Thank you for doing this blog! I am suffering from svt and so far they have been unable to catch one on an ecg/ekg. I have a stress test tomorrow. Echo was all normal. I hate having these episodes so it helps to know I am not alone! Thank you!

I agree with much of what you have said Dr. Blagoue, but if others who are reading this blog are like me, they have already done what you suggest. My holistic doctor diagnosed me with adrenal fatigue, wanted to throw a bunch of expensive herbs at me and wanted me to increase my fat intake.

Instead I did the opposite, went on a low-fat plant based diet, and made sure I was drinking plenty of liquids. Fatigue disappeared, anxiety, disappeared, and the ability to sleep returned.

My healing came from listening to my body, researching the right amounts of minerals that we should take, making spreadsheets of what I am eating, and what the RDA and UL amounts of each vitamin should be, analyzing those amounts against what I am actually taking in, dealing with the damage done by my celiacs disease, and much, much prayer, and listening to inspiration.

According to the Linus Pauling Institute supplementing with 320 mg. of magnesium for women is harmless, so I started to make sure I took that much everyday, the glycinate type, and made sure, through food, not supplements, to get my RDA of potassium, especially through drinking low sodium V8 juice, and eating bananas and potatoes everyday. Problem solved. SVT’s have not haunted me in six months, and PVC’s are way down.

I agree with much of what you have said Dr. Blagoue, but if others who are reading this blog are like me, they have already done what you suggest. My holistic doctor diagnosed me with adrenal fatigue, wanted to throw a bunch of expensive herbs at me and wanted me to increase my fat intake.

Instead I did the opposite, went on a low-fat plant based diet, and made sure I was drinking plenty of liquids. Fatigue disappeared, anxiety, disappeared, and the ability to sleep returned.

My healing came from listening to my body, researching the right amounts of minerals that we should take, making spreadsheets of what I am eating, and what the RDA and UL amounts of each vitamin should be, analyzing those amounts against what I am actually taking in, dealing with the damage done by my celiacs disease, and much, much prayer, and listening to inspiration.

According to the Linus Pauling Institute supplementing with 320 mg. of magnesium for women is harmless, so I started to make sure I took that much everyday, the glycinate type, and made sure, through food, not supplements, to get my RDA of potassium, especially through drinking low sodium V8 juice, and eating bananas and potatoes everyday. Problem solved. SVT’s have not haunted me in six months, and PVC’s are way down.

Hi Ashley I feel things more at nite too.I feel better but I am on medication and one of them is lorazepam.I don’t like drugs and I scared to stop because of the withdrawel .Right now I am only getting 4-5 hors sleep but I feel its because of the meds.Has anyone started meds then stopped and everything went ok?

I have other arrhythmias at night that I notice when I lie down, worse on my left side, but so far no SVT in bed. I’m currently wearing a cardiac event monitor and have managed to record two “good” sessions of weird arrhythmias. I think they happen more than this, but it is easier to notice them when I’m in bed. Don’t think you are alone on this.

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a recent post from my other blog…Heal SVT naturally

Nice blog! You can run, but you cannot hide. Covering up inner thoughts and feelings with alcohol, cigarettes, or medications is a cop-out way of dealing with a true life. An individual should meet, greet, and embrace his or her inner thoughts. Make friends with all fears and anger, and cordially invite them to the party called life in togetherness, peace and compassion.

I am 56 and what I believe to be in good health.I am a vegitarian into nutrision and excersise regualry.It has been around 6 wks that things in my life changed.I woke about 3 in the morning feeling very anxious and could not go back to sleep so aroun 5:30 I got up and started to do lots of house work to try and get rid of the anxious feelig.I have never exsperianced anxity.Well this went on for a few day but now I was not sleeping at all and I could my heart beat very strong through out this .I was becoming exausted so went to Dr. and he did an ekg and said he thinks I may have svt.So he sent my results to a cardiac Dr.He also put me on metorprolol and lorazepam to sleep and relax.I never do drugs just natural things.I had lots more test and I do have svt and an other irregular rythm.They are not sure if the svt is causing it or what.So they said my options were stay on medication or also abulation.Well I read about abulation and I really feel my svt is not that bad.I have only exsrianced it this past month where I knew it was there.Well now that I am on medication I wander if maybe I would be ok with out it.I still don’t sleep much at nite 4-5 hours so I am still taking the lorazepam.I feel fine during the day but nite is a bit different.Has anyone been on meds then stopped and everything wwas ok after that?I am also concerned of the side effects of stopping.I would love any input out there Thanks.

Hi, thank you so much for this post. I definitely feel for you and I completely understand the whole “letting SVTs rule your life” comments. They are terrifying and I too suffer from them although I have never been diagnosed specifically with them. Every time I am given a monitor to wear I don’t seem to have them- they are so random. You can garuntee though that a few days later after not having the monitor, I have an episode. I am so frustrated because of this. The drs I have seen all agree that it certainly sounds like an SVT episode. I too usually get them when I bend down and then stand up quickly, if I eat too much of certain types of food. I feel like I’m not living atm. Can’t eat this, can’t exercise too much, can’t have a drink! Just incase it triggers an episode. I am 31 and am very healthy and exercise- or have done very regularly. I have 3 children and my newest addition is 1 year old. I had these same episodes after having my last two children 10 years ago. This is when they all began. They then went away randomly after my 8 year old was about 2 years old. I have just started having them again and they are back with a bite! A couple of months ago I had my first one in a long time that scared the hell out of me. More worried as my little girl was home with me and I was scared something may happen and shes be left alone.They came to me along with my menstrual cycle again as I had been breastfeeding. Then this morning I had an episode that only lasted a few seconds while cuddling my little one this morning. They are horrible and I really feel for anyone who suffers or has suffered from them. I am now pregnant again and wanting to enjoy my last pregnancy but I live in fear everyday that I will have an episode. I have found the only thing to work for me is sipping icy water when I have these, it has worked successfully 9/10 for me.
Again thanks for sharing and I will be looking into what I can do for my heart,mind and body to eliminate these horrible things. God bless you all and good luck x

This is very helpful. I knew that sugar was a trigger for me and my doctor swore to me up and down that sugar was not a trigger. I went over board on the sugar last night and so far I have had 3 SVT attacks! Thank you for sharing.

I agree that sticking to a diet is so important! Also, I would love to know if anyone has used acupuncture to help prevent SVT from occurring?
Thanks.

Points well made! The mind is a major factor in controlling SVT’s. Keep focusing on peaceful thoughts and less what the Media has to offer. Listen to inspirational songs such as this survivor’s song(in this case SVT’s) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw5pk5wuANY God bless all!

Thanks for sharing your story. I too went over a year without an attack and did end up in the hospital (via ambulance) with an attack. GUILTY……I had given into my sugar cravings prior to the attack. I did maintain no alcohol, artifical sweetner, chocolate and low on the gluten….I do however have an issue with unresolved anger and the weather does get to me…. I just started a heart rehab program as a prevention solution..,.not easy to get into. Thanks for the reminder regarding water….