Scout Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I am wondering how common this is? I get — and increasingly — irregular heartbeats, but it seems to only be when I am either sitting, or getting into bed and lying down. Sometimes, it happens when I sit down to eat, after I have had a few mouthfuls. I've had several times recently, where I will have a succession of 3 to 5 PVCS (they may be PACs, but they feel lower down, so I am assuming PVCs), and then my heart will race very fast, for a while after, almost as if to reset itself. It always feels so intense when it happens, this sudden, violent thumping in my chest, and then, slowly gets back to normal. Curious how common this is? It can be quite startling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklass44 Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I’ve had numerous holter and event monitors and they always show PVCs and PACs, I’ve had them for as long as I can remember - probably one of my first symptoms actually. Palpitations are normal in healthy people too, it just seems that we get them more frequently. Lucky us... The majority of mine also seem to come at rest ie when I’m sitting or laying down. I know the “resetting” tachycardia feeling well too, however my HR is much more controlled with meds now. Have you found anything that helps relieve the frequency of your palpitations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 When I first started with POTS I had the PVC's really bad as well as the tachycardia. Numerous halters and an implanted loop recorder showed just PVC's. My specialist says they are extremely common in POTS - almost a necessity. He explained to me that they are due to the ANS becoming overactive, essentially an alarm system for us to know we have to stop and rest. Mine are almost completely gone with medication, BB being one of the most helpful. I take Carvelidol, which out of 3 BB's I tried is the only one that stopped them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayAtHomeMom Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 I assume PVCs and PACs are types of heart palpitations. My doctors have never said anything about them except I have "pauses". My metoperlol keeps them away mostly. Occasionally I have heart palpitations but it just means I am overdue for my Beta Blocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Yes I have bouts of this from time to time. It is very unsettling I agree. Sometimes fluids and salt helps but sometimes nothing seems to, for me. After a few days or a week, I won't notice as many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristaKupcake Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 14 hours ago, Scout said: I am wondering how common this is? I get — and increasingly — irregular heartbeats, but it seems to only be when I am either sitting, or getting into bed and lying down. Sometimes, it happens when I sit down to eat, after I have had a few mouthfuls. I've had several times recently, where I will have a succession of 3 to 5 PVCS (they may be PACs, but they feel lower down, so I am assuming PVCs), and then my heart will race very fast, for a while after, almost as if to reset itself. It always feels so intense when it happens, this sudden, violent thumping in my chest, and then, slowly gets back to normal. Curious how common this is? It can be quite startling. I’ve had heart palpitations for years. With my POTS symptoms I started being tested though cardiology. I didn’t realize what kind of palpitations they were - I have PVC’s apparently. I’ve had 2 episodes today already that I was aware of - but my 24 hour monitor showed I had upwards of 20 + PVC’s a day. Cardiology is not concerned about this though. I seem to have them more and more frequently as I age. I feel my heart ‘flip’ in my chest, stop beating, I stop breathing for a second or two and then it starts beating rapidly and then normalizes after that. Aside from the brief breathlessness it never really others me. Sometimes when it ‘flips’ it can be a harder ‘thunk’ in my chest than other days so it varies in how I feel them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristaKupcake Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 16 hours ago, FileTrekker said: I'd be pretty chuffed with only 20 PVCs a day, I have nearly 3,000 a day! I think anything under 20,000 and the doctors generally don't consider it significant at all, indeed they just see it as normal. 3,000 PVC’s! Holy cow. I didn’t know that was possible! No wonder they weren’t concerned about mine 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristaKupcake Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 5 hours ago, FileTrekker said: Haha, yeah, but given the average human being has (at least) 86,400 beats a day, often over 140,000 beats per day, even 3,000 in one day is only 3.4% of all heartbeats. So not very significant. In your case only 0.02% of your heart beats are ectopic, so you're laughing, lol. They're reaaaaaaaaaly annoying though. Love the science! That is amazing. Totally agree - they are very annoying! Especially when they literally take your breath away 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 I have these sometimes. It turns out that I have Incomplete Right Bundle Branch Block, which is a normal variant and can cause them. They turned out to be harmless (but annoying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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