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Hi,
I was finally diagnosed accurately by a cardiologist (I hope). I have had approx. 8 episodes. The last one pretty bad. But, finally diagnosed. I have a bad thyroid which can trigger and the endocrinologist told me I have “thyroid storms” until a different endocrinologist told me that you cannot resolve on your own w/out medical treatment. Anyways, other things trigger as well such as being sick and taking decongestants, super hot baths and showers in combination with being sick, poison ivy (first time) w/ cortizon shot, red wine etc. I have been diagnosed with dehydration, panic attacks, over stressed blah blah. Never have caught the full attack on an EKG just elevated heart rate coming down at 180. I am so glad that I know what is going on because I thought the last episode might kill me. With SVT, I believe it is manageable so I am making life choices such as reducing coffee, zero alcohol, yoga etc. wish me luck. It is scary when you do not know what the hell is going on so feel better just knowing. I hope the SVT is accurate since they have never caught it in route to the emergency room because I am usually resolved by the time I get there. Oh symptoms, thump of heart, super super rapid heartbeat, turn purple, hot, arms (especially) and legs go numb, cannot get up, vomit, almost pass out, anxiety like omg I am having a heart attack… then resolves in time. Afterwards, I feel like I have been run over by a truck (i.e. chills afterwords and super tired). I really do not want anymore and fear getting old and having one. Know what I mean?

I stumbled across your blog lookingfor help for SVT. Your blog motivated me to change my diet almost completely. Result? From pretty much an episode A DAY to nothing in a MONTH except fora few flutters here and there. I was ADDICTED to coffee, sugar, salt, etc… and now no coffee at all (beenjust over a week) and light on teh salt and sugar). I am also waking up to a smoothie instead of caffeine (homemade with blueberries, kale, banana, etc) and the SVT? It’s not hitting me like it did!

Thank you for your awesome advice, blogging, etc. Your blog motivated me and while I’m suffering a bit (from junk food and only once daily eating to three meals a day and healthy food) it’s worth it!

I was wondering if anyone has looked at a connection between foods high in tyramine (i.e. dried meat & fish, aged cheese, fermented foods) and svt? I was reading information online and have been thinking about it in relation to my own diet. Thanks. Annette

I was wondering if anyone has looked at a connection between foods high in tyramine (i.e. dried meat & fish, aged cheese, fermented foods) and svt? I was reading information online and have been thinking about it in relation to my own diet. Thanks. Annette

Just wanted to share my own experience and knowledge. Not only am I a medical professional(paramedic and med student who worked for quite some time in an EP/cardiac cath lab), but I’ve also dealt with a type of SVT called AVNRT since I was a child. So. Brief education time.
Why does SVT happen? Basically, as you said, its an electrical issue. Your heart has a normal electrical pathway which stimulates the heart to beat. Normally this impulse initiates in your SA node in your right atrium, quickly jumps to your left atrium, pauses for a second at the heart’s septum at the AV node, then continues down the bundle of His(on the sides of the ventricles) and then into your Purkenje fibers which are inside the ventricles. The heart rests for a second and then it starts over again.There are multiple types of tachycardia and it all depends on where in the heart the impulse is originating. The most innocent of these is sinus tachycardia and is basically just your SA node firing too rapidly. This normally isn’t any higher than 140 or 150. Ventricular tachycardia(vtach) is the most deadly and is tachycardia originating from the ventricles and can be well above 200 beats a minute. SVT or supra(above)ventricular tachycardia is by definition tachycardia that originates above the ventricles but is not from the SA node. Patients with SVT have naturally developed accessory pathways(there isn’t really a reason why other than it appears to have a genetic component-in my case, both of my parents had AVNRT as well). This means that instead of a normal node like the SA node or the bundle of his pacing the heart too fast, some other heart cells have just decided to go rouge and build their own extra pathway. This essentially causes your heart, when triggered, to ‘short circuit’. For people with AVRNT(AV nodal reentry tachycardia), the impulse starts as normal in the SA, travels to the left atrium and when it hits the AV node, it essentially bounces back into the atrium triggering it to contract AGAIN and makes the impulse back and back and back against the AV noded without completing the enter circuit. There can be MULTIPLE extra pathways(I’ve had 4) however usually one is dominant.
Is SVT dangerous? ….sometimes. Usually it is not. When your heart rate gets VERY high, the heart isn’t able to properly fill in between contractions and you may end up passing out because your blood pressure drops and your brain doesn’t get the oxygen it needs to function. Also, hypothetically, if you’re in poor health, this lack of oxygen could trigger a heart attack(so all episodes of SVT with chest pain should be examined ASAP) In general tho, symptoms like this are fairly self limiting and, most SVTs are pretty innocent(WPW is another story and ALL SVT patients need to be evaluated to make sure they don’t have WPW as it is highly associated with young sudden cardiac death) and just insanely uncomfortable and embarrassing.
What triggers SVT? There is no generalized answer to this. For most people, their heart continues along its normal pathway until something ‘jumps’ the circuit. In the course of our normal lives we occasionally have what are called premature beats-either premature atrial contractions(PACs) or premature ventricular contractions(PVCs) which is when a rouge cardiac cell(all cardiac cells have the ABILITY to pace-they just normally don’t) fires out of nowhere and the area of the heart-either atrium or ventricle freaks out and randomly contracts out of order. This may very well be what the poster was referring to as feeling as though she may be on the ‘verge’ of SVT. If a PAC/PVC hits during the relative refractory period(when the heart is resting after a full electrical cycle), it irritates the heart muscle that is trying to recover itself for another beat, essentially the heart says ‘forget this’ and the extra pathway/s kick in.
These premature beats can be triggered by stress, anxiety, caffeine, certain foods, the mere process of just EATING food, drinking cold water, sudden changes in posture, being tired, ect. Some medications such as albuterol(for asthma patients) also trigger episodes.
There are many lifestyle changes to prevent episodes of SVT. I advise patients to keep a diary of what they were doing directly before episodes develop. Many patients need to give up caffeine containing food(including chocolate) and just generally be very aware of their body. For example-if I work an overnight EMS shift and we are very busy-I know that I HAVE to take it easy the next day because my heart muscle is just more irritable without sleep.
When you have an episode, you can try to resolve it yourself by triggering your vagus nerve, which is responsible for slowing down your heart rate. You can do this by bearing down like you have to go to the bathroom, sticking your head in a bucket of cold water/putting ice on your face(seriously lol), forcing yourself to gag, coughing vigorously, ect. If vagal maneuvers do not break the SVT, you may require emergency medication such as adenosine which basically make your heart stop for a microsecond in the hopes that it will just go back to normal. As the poster mentioned, this medications aren’t pleasant, but they do work in most cases.
Ultimately, I was on Cardizem briefly as a preventative medication and found side effects to be intolerable. Both of my parents have had ablations for their SVT and so when I was 18, I made the choice to go ahead and do an EP study. EP or electrophysiology studies are where, either under general anesthesia, or under light conscious sedation, the interventional cardiologist creates a virtual 3D map of your heart’s electrical pathways. They do this through passing very small catheters through your femoral arteries, as well as arteries in your neck and wrist. This is virtually identical to what occurs when someone has a heart attack and goes for angioplasty. They then they attempt to trigger an episode through either medications such as epi or through external pacing. This sounds scary, but honestly its pretty safe. If something WERE to go wrong, you’re literally in the best place in the world to have it immediately fixed and they only have to see a minute or so of the SVT before they immediately terminate it. At that point(and you’ll have decided with your doctor beforehand), they have the option of ablating the extra pathway. When they do this, they take either high radiofrequency or cryo(cold) therapy to destroy/cauterize individual cells along your extra pathway. You may have symptoms for a month or so post procedure as it is not effective until the tissue scars. In general, cold therapy is less effective than radiofreqency but moderately safer. The procedure is pretty safe, however as the poster mentioned-if your accessory pathway is extremely close to one of your normal nodes such as your SA or AV node, there is a danger of the physician accidentally ablating the node and you requiring an emergency pacemaker. This is insanely rare tho and would have to be a pretty major screw up as the node consists of multiple cells and the doctor literally goes along cell by cell. The procedure can be pretty long-both of mine were in excess of 6 hours. My father was able to go home the day of, however both my mother and I spent the night in the short term cardiac interventional unit. The worst part of recovery is that, like when you have angioplasty, you have to lay flat for hours after the procedure to ensure adequate clots have formed in your femoral arteries. Its also rather embarrassing as someone has to come and check on your insertion sites every 10 minutes for 4 or 5 hours. Recovery took about a week to just get my energy back and get over soreness. I have four very small almost invisible scars in my groin. I had small scars on my neck and wrist, however these have vanished.
I had 2 ablations and am looking at a 3rd EP study in the near future however this is because I develop new pathways constantly. This is not typical of most people and for most people ablations have success rates in the high 90s. I cannot CANNOT encourage readers enough tho-if you’re having very frequent episodes of SVT and its interfering with your life, ablations are not something to be frightened of. I agree-the concept sounds terrifying but its really very safe and I can’t even begin to tell you how my quality of life improved(going from someone who was constantly in the ER, unable to work, unable to attend school, constantly passing out), to a busy paramedic/full time study. I preferred ablations to medication because of medication side effects and reluctance to be on medicine for the rest of my life, however for mild cases medicine can be very successful.
So. Yes, there are many things you can do ‘naturally and in terms of lifestyle and many people learn to live with their condition but ultimately, you cannot prevent your heart from developing new electrical circuitry. I apologize for the long post, but from reading some of your comments, it appears as though no emergency room doctor/cardiologist has really taken the time to explain all of this and as both a medical provider and a patient, I want to encourage you guys that it really is ok to seek treatment and if you don’t feel as though your doctor has explained things in a way that makes you feel calm and makes you understand-its okay to shop around for doctors as well 🙂

I read this and cryed . This is me a 32 year old mum of 3 . everywhere I go I dread what might happen . Will I have one today will I not . Why’s it happing to me , will I pass out what will happen to my children if I do . It rules my life .

Hi everyone. I’m also glad I found a forum like this to learn more about svt and share my symptoms and experience as well. I’m 29 and my first attack happened around 7 years ago while doing weights at the gym. I do not remember well but I believe I beared down to lift a weight. In that moment I felt a strong beat, some seconds of no beats at all, and then the racing heart. I was really scared that I left the gym and had to sat down outside. I tried to calm down and breath slowly for 10-15 minutes and the attack ended. I was really exhausted because of the previous exercise plus the attack. I went to Dr and he told me it was svt. He explained to me several ways to stop the attack to avoid medicines. Over the years, I had many episodes, around 1-3 a month, and they could be more frequent or intense if I’m stressed or too tired. Since the first episode, I have learned to stop them right away. The only maneuver that works for me is to inhale deeply, hold it for few seconds, and bear down towards your knees. You must be sitting down to allow more pressure into the abdomen and chest.

The attack can happen at anytime, however, based on my attacks during the years, I learned there also some triggers as well. Sugar, alcohol, stress, and lack of sleep are my enemies of svt.

I do exercise non-stop since I was 15 years around 3-4 times a week doing mostly cardio now. I have had attacks several times while running and those usually takes longer to reset with the maneuver (around 5 minutes). The heart is already beating fast enough when running that the attack seems stronger and with some mild shortness of breath.

Nutrition is really important as well. I noticed a higher chance of an attack if the previous day I have not eaten some meat protein. Also, you may try to increase potassium intake with banannas and yogurt. It reduces the chance of an attack as well since it balances electrolytes in the body.

Hope this helps

I recently was on an 11 hour night flight. I had been very stressed about flying as had had a few svt episodes over the 2 weeks before the flight. 4 hours in to the flight, I had an svt. I was flying alone so just explained to the air steward what was happening. I was taken to an area with a little bit more space and lay down. I was given ice wrapped in a towel which I placed on my neck and a couple of bottles of water. The guy was absolutely brilliant. I was in a panic but he calmed me right down and got me to focus on my breathing which slowed my heart rate. After 5 more minutes it had stopped completely. He really made me feel at ease. Air stewards have been trained to deal with all sorts of emergency’s. Don’t be afraid to ask for a bit of help, it really helped me to feel less stressed. I ran the London marathon this year and found the training really helped with my svt, it nearly stopped completely. The more exercise I do the less I have svt. Yoga especially has been a big help with fitness, stress and my breathing. I hope svt doesn’t stop anyone from travelling. Its not pleasant having it on a flight but I feel a lot less stressed about it now I have had that experience.

Hi Annie,

My episodes sound similar to yours and I’ve been to ER twice now with beats over 220bpm. I knew since age 11 that I have very mild mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation but didn’t know about SVT until recent years.I learnt I have SVT after the first episode to last more than 5 minutes occurred about 3yrs ago at age 37. It went for 45 minutes at 220bpm and ended after 3 attempts of Adenosine in ER. I was tired for 2 days after and my heart felt sore for about 2 months. I suspect either asthma inhaler (I don’t suffer asthma just used it before swimming due to feeling a bit congested) or added MSG contributed to the severity so I avoid both now.

I find regular 30 minute walks and swims the best exercise to keep my heart happy. Also deliberate and deep breathing exercises help.

I am now in the late stages of my first pregnancy only to learn pregnancy is a risk factor for episodes – great! A few weeks ago I had an attack and went to ER. It was 240bpm for 35 minutes and I managed to resolve it by holding a very large breath and puffing out my chest, just seconds before the adenosine was going in. The ECG showed SVT followed by Afib after reverting so I will be seeing my cardiologist for a check up after having the baby. I was tired for two days after but my heart did not hurt this time. I’ve now quit caffeine totally but have always naturally avoided too much caffeine and added sugar and artificial sweeteners thankfully by the sounds.

In pregnancy I’m also finding my heart rate jumps 50bpm just going from lying down to a standing position so I have self prescribed partial bed rest for these last four weeks while my blood volume and heart rate are so increased by pregnancy.

I hope everyone finds their balance to keep their heart happy and keep the worry at bay.

Kristi in Australia

Hi Annie,

My episodes sound similar to yours and I’ve been to ER twice now with beats over 220bpm. I knew since age 11 that I have very mild mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation but didn’t know about SVT until recent years.I learnt I have SVT after the first episode to last more than 5 minutes occurred about 3yrs ago at age 37. It went for 45 minutes at 220bpm and ended after 3 attempts of Adenosine in ER. I was tired for 2 days after and my heart felt sore for about 2 months. I suspect either asthma inhaler (I don’t suffer asthma just used it before swimming due to feeling a bit congested) or added MSG contributed to the severity so I avoid both now.

I find regular 30 minute walks and swims the best exercise to keep my heart happy. Also deliberate and deep breathing exercises help.

I am now in the late stages of my first pregnancy only to learn pregnancy is a risk factor for episodes – great! A few weeks ago I had an attack and went to ER. It was 240bpm for 35 minutes and I managed to resolve it by holding a very large breath and puffing out my chest, just seconds before the adenosine was going in. The ECG showed SVT followed by Afib after reverting so I will be seeing my cardiologist for a check up after having the baby. I was tired for two days after but my heart did not hurt this time. I’ve now quit caffeine totally but have always naturally avoided too much caffeine and added sugar and artificial sweeteners thankfully by the sounds.

In pregnancy I’m also finding my heart rate jumps 50bpm just going from lying down to a standing position so I have self prescribed partial bed rest for these last four weeks while my blood volume and heart rate are so increased by pregnancy.

I hope everyone finds their balance to keep their heart happy and keep the worry at bay.

Kristi in Australia

I don’t know if I have SVT, but I know I have anxiety pretty damn bad.. and panic attacks.. I don’t get skipped beats often anymore.. just occasionally.. than again everyone gets those.. and my panic attacks/heart racing was becoming less frequent till recently.. Now i been getting them as I am trying to go to sleep.. or it wakes me up .. What i feel is odd, and i can’t figure out if SVT works this way or not..

I first feel a nervous tension sort of.. very hard to explain. Sometimes I feel like its a battle and if i think right or calm myself .. than my heart doesn’t take off.. but sometimes i can’t beat it and i get really hot and start sweating and feel a nervous tension with sometimes a butterly feeling. LIke the type you get from nerves.. right when that happens and i lose control over the situation.. my heart starts speeding up very quickly into this mode where my heart is just racing and even …I feel the worst just prior to the heart going crazy.. like I got shot with adrenaline.. than once the heart starts beating fast.. maybe a learned response.. I automatically usually feel a sense of calm and than the heart racing stops.. Im not sure it stops abruptly but it starts to cool back down into a more regular beat. Sometimes these episodes usually last a few seconds.. to a couple of mins.. I did have a real bad one the other night.. felt that panic feeling hot flashes sweating.. but it didn’t stop as fast as usual which probably made me more nervous.. and than it got worse.. and got even faster.. and i started sweating even more profusely and feeling nervous and dread and horrified…. So not to feel my pulse i start banging my chest and trying to calm down… I took some xanax.. and than it slowed down.. again not sure it just STOPS on a dime.. its not like its super fast than bang and its normal. Its more of a quick deceleration.. When ur nervous time moves slowly.. so realistically Maybe it wasn’t even more like 5 to 10 mins TOPS… I know i have major anxiety issues and fear about my heart.. I used to get a lot of skipped beats and was scared of those.. NOw im worried about this heart racing its ruining my life.. I thought i had a handle on it.. it stopped happening for while and when it did.. Id just calm down somehow real fast and they wouldn’t last long.. or i was able to fight the beginning stages of it and didn’t go into the super fast race.. Sometimes I am convinced they were panic or anxiety attacks,, and other times i am not too sure.. I just know they don’t seem to happen like people are saying.. or at least I am not aware of it.. and i truly think i feel every skipped beat i ever get.. i am very in tune to what my heart does at every second of every day… I don’t get a skipped beat and than BAM .. Than a skipped beat or flutter than BAM its over… I get more of this intense feeling of tension and start sweating and feel anxious BEFORE the heart starts to take off… Judging from what I am saying… if you had to guess or put money on it.. do you think I am having panic attacks. or could this be SVT.

Sorry for this long post.. i am just desperate.. I been laying in bed reading about this shit ALL day long. like a sicko.

My life has been completely ruined from anxiety since 2009.. I can’t tell if what I am experiencing is only anxiety or more.. Usually my attacks happen like this.. I could even be sleeping, and I will wake up feeling tense and not right.. almost like like butterfly in my gut… and i feel like I am now in a battle.. and sometimes I get out of it ok.. Ill feel dread, and start sweating like crazy and feel an inner tension.. than my heart starts to speed up very quickly and go into a mode where its like racing at a steady beat.. I guess my main question for you guys with SVT… can you always feel it coming? Do you break out into a hot sweat and nervousness before SVT happens, or does it just happen on a dime.. In other words.. with SVT.. does it happen so quick that you dont’ even have time to get nervous over it “first”. Does it go BAM .. your into SVT than the anxiety and worry comes after.? I always feel it when it comes on.. i start feeling hot.. out of breath.. nervous tension and than bam it hits.. Does that sound more like a panic attack or an SVT attack.. I really would appreciate feedback from you guys.. I am desperate

Regards
Paul

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Wow! Thanks so much for all this info. I can’t wait to read more… I believe that prescription meds and surgery is not mandatory and am looking at SVT from a holistic perspective as well- I believe it is because our diets are deficient in trace minerals, and stress depletes them even more, as with adrenal issues, and energy imbalance. All the best in healing naturally! To all of us livin with SVT stay strong, remember your body is designed for health.

Wow! Thanks so much for all this info. I can’t wait to read more… I believe that prescription meds and surgery is not mandatory and am looking at SVT from a holistic perspective as well- I believe it is because our diets are deficient in trace minerals, and stress depletes them even more, as with adrenal issues, and energy imbalance. All the best in healing naturally! To all of us livin with SVT stay strong, remember your body is designed for health.

I’m so happy to have found this blog! I’ve had PVCs PACs and such for over 20 years (I’m 58 now) and PSVT for the last 10. Even though I know they’re not life threatening they still wreck my nerves! I currently take Metoprolol 25 bid and have also been in the health field my entire life. My cardiologist wants me to get an ablation but I’d like to avoid that if possible. I’m going to try your method and see if it helps. Adopting a healthier lifestyle certainly can’t hurt. Believe it or not my last two episodes happened after I had eaten Mexican food, I wonder if that was a trigger?

Really great post. Thank you.

Thanks for all the good advice. I’m now on a low gluten diet and drinking plenty of water. It does make a big difference. Not only have I not had an SVT episode since July, people tell me I look a lot better. Not as tired looking.

Laura,
Did you ever start psychotherapy when the new “normal” started or feeling “off” and the agoraphobia about flying and leaving your house?
Just curious with the history of panic attacks. Thanks , great website

Hi there mine happend 21 july this year I must say I think its all the same that we go through your really not on your own I still fear it everyday keep your chin up its natural to feel this way xx

It’s 4:40am and I have woken up again at the same time since having my first svt 2 days ago, I have never been so scared in all my life I honestly thought I was going to die I couldn’t slow my heart down for about 10 minutes then all of a sudden it returned to normal like it never happened, but it did and although it’s only been 2 days I’m not the same girl anymore, I can’t sleep, move or do anything without thinking it’s going to strike me again and take my life, it’s turned me into an anxious mess my chest is so tight and I’m breathless because I’ve stressed myself out so much over it, please can anyone help to ease my mind?

That’s adenosine sorry. In case anyone wants to know my last episode was from 17.11 until 18.42 when I was injected with the drug.

Hi all, I was just diagnosed today with SVT after two years of test after test after test.

I had a massive “spaz out” as I call it while visiting my sister in the labour ward after being rushed in after she had some kind of seizure during an ultrasound at out local clinic. Talk about “right place, right time” if you get passed me being the first man to be wheeled out of the maternity ward on a trolley it is actually the first time I EVER had one recorded.. even with all the telemetry, ECG’s and Echo’s.

I thought it was down to seeing my sister like that but I was assured that stress and anxiety don’t push your pulse to 246 and that it was just time for another episode. I did have palpitations earlier that day but it was when my mouth dried up and then began watering and my body temp shot up followed by my hearing fading out and feeling wobbly on my feet then the thump hit followed by the weird sickly erratic heartbeat and then the pain. I get loud ringing in my left ear and my vision goes black followed by extreme weakness and a “waiting to collapse” feeling. I have collapsed four times before and have had about thirty or so episodes over two years. I was “fixed” for lack of a better word with a good old shot of adrenosine (my first one).

Wow nice timing erratic heartbeat.. happening right now 🙁

At least I know now what it is and I do feel a bit more at ease but can anyone tell me can I go back to training…? I used to run a lot and was an active kickboxer but I was sadly asked to pack it all in until the doctors figured out what was wrong with me.

Any answers would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Thank you for sharing your story. You have no idea how helpful it is to me in this very moment.

Peace and love,
Raquel

Hi first of all is your blog still active? How are you? Have you found any great New info? I’ve bee, suffering with SVT since the middle of my pregnancy with my now one year I had multiple EKGs which never caught the episode, I had a heart ultrasound as well. Which looked great. So I can relate to having a clear heart but still issues. I finally convinced my doctor to give me a holster because we want to get pregnant again but was afraid my heart wasn’t healthy enough. And they just called me this afternoon and said the holster showed SVT. They want me to start magnesium and I’m also waiting to hear back about food allergy testing. We are thinking of going paleo to see if that helps. I want to feel healthy enough to have another baby. And while I don’t want to take it lightly I’d like to avoid meds or surgery and since at this point my doctor isn’t recommending it either that’s good. Anyway I found your blog and would love to hear how you are now!

Hi Laura,
Last time I wrote, I mentioned that I was considering an ablation. I took all your advice and started drinking lots of water and going gluten free. In the meantime, the electrophysiologist postponed my appointment not once but twice. I took this as a sign not to go down this road. I’m so glad I opted not to have the ablation. I’m feeling great. I hardly ever get palpitations anymore and when I do get a flutter, I go straight for a big glass of water. I’ve even went back to yoga classes! I’ve only had one episode in the past month and I was able to break it on my own. I am so grateful that I found your website when I did. I was actually looking for information on ablations when I stumbled upon your website. Funny how the universe works:-). Thank you so much for all your valuable information!!
Sandy

Hi Laura,
Last time I wrote, I mentioned that I was considering an ablation. I took all your advice and started drinking lots of water and going gluten free. In the meantime, the electrophysiologist postponed my appointment not once but twice. I took this as a sign not to go down this road. I’m so glad I opted not to have the ablation. I’m feeling great. I hardly ever get palpitations anymore and when I do get a flutter, I go straight for a big glass of water. I’ve even went back to yoga classes! I’ve only had one episode in the past month and I was able to break it on my own. I am so grateful that I found your website when I did. I was actually looking for information on ablations when I stumbled upon your website. Funny how the universe works:-). Thank you so much for all your valuable information!!
Sandy

Hi,
Thanks for your blog. I had my first official PSVT 3 nights ago. Heartbeat over 240 beats a minute for 30 minutes, it reverted not long after I was in the ambulance.
I’ve been under enormous stress for ages and was in the middle of packing boxes( we had to move the day after) when it happened. I’ve thought I’ve had anxiety but perhaps it’s this?

I was wondering how long people were fatigued after an episode? I’m still feeling tired. And does anyone else feel a tightness and heaviness in their upper chest?

I will definitely keep a journal. Thank you:)

Hi,
Thanks for your blog. I had my first official PSVT 3 nights ago. Heartbeat over 240 beats a minute for 30 minutes, it reverted not long after I was in the ambulance.
I’ve been under enormous stress for ages and was in the middle of packing boxes( we had to move the day after) when it happened. I’ve thought I’ve had anxiety but perhaps it’s this?

I was wondering how long people were fatigued after an episode? I’m still feeling tired. And does anyone else feel a tightness and heaviness in their upper chest?

I will definitely keep a journal. Thank you:)

Hello,

I was reading your very informative website, thank you. I do have one question for you, you mention taking Green Vibrance. In looking at the ingredient list I came upon green tea extract. I was told by my cardiologist to avoid this ingredient and as can increase the heart rate. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.