Hello fellow veteran! And parent, congrats. So I have watched most of your videos, plus Steve and Dr at York. So not shy about doing research to self advocating. 2 yrs ago shortly after vaccine, felt off, went to ER and it all starts there with PVC's. Short story absolutely has gotten worse. Ultrasound, stress test, ekg, 3 monitors later, 2,000 initially to now 35,000 in 48 hrs. Referred to EP, and ablation scheduled in April. 2 ER visits, last being last week absolutely scared me out of my mind! Woke up 2am, the normal throat construction, blood pressure 164/108, mouth getting dry. Son driving me as I can get to hospital faster, started to feel like I was going to pass out and feeling like I couldn't talk, that I called 911 on the way. I have episodes that last almost 2 hours, SVT, runs, bigeminy and trigeminal. Just no Afib ever. I will try emergenC, as electrolytes drinks didn't go down well. I'm 53, non smoker, maybe glass of wine a month, have a good diet at a good weight. Very active with 2 teenage kids. Blood pressure controlled last 10 yrs with meds. These episodes are down right scary. Trying to keep a positive attitude but a 2am ER visit I can not control. Structurally good. Thought 2 back surgeries were scary, this is way scarier. Thanks for the videos and suggestions. Doing what I can to not freak kids out, thinking ablation for me is last choice. Prayers to everyone that goes thru this.
Thank you so much for sharing, Michelle….definitely scary, glad you weren’t shy about going to ER and even having your son drive you. Ive chatted with many that are hesitant to go to ER and I always urge folks to go if something doesn’t feel right. have you tried magnesium at all? I know that helps many, upping electrolytes definitely is a recommendation from me. What was the blood pressure medication you’ve taken for past 10 years? Metoprolol? I personally will try everything I can before surgery, however, with that said if I had a slightly higher burden rate, physically were uncomfortable or was highly recommended by my EP I would have scheduled an ablation. I think its good you have one scheduled, always can cancel or postpone if PVCs stop or reduce heavily. Ablation is a very safe surgery, my only hope is that the doctors can pinpoint the spot on the heart and zap it so you don’t have to have it done again. Family member of mine has had it done twice for afib with no luck unfortunately, I tell them 3rd time is a charm but at their advanced age they don’t want to go through with it again. All the best to you and will be praying for you! Note: Vaccine seems to be top 3 common triggers, but remember many many people had these even before the vax.
@G Wheel I've been on the metoprolol last 6 months, starting at 25mg now to 100mg. Blood pressure meds Lisinopril and spironolactone. My levels have been adequate except last er trip so magnesium has never been suggested, as I try and trust my Dr's. Thanks for answering, it's a comfortable feeling oddly that you listen. What about passing out??? Have you seen or heard, as I know it can be next symptom. Have you passed out? Trying to avoid this at all cost, especially because of kids. I have been with a cardio Dr for years, on the yearly to watch 2 minimal leaking valves, and both Dr's say that is separate issue, so no pvc's prior. Had a different symptom yesterday, not sure if I heard about this, but like constant pressure pushing from heart out, sensitive to the touch, not with a rhythm just constant. BP and rate still normal but pvc's. I will bring all this up next Wed with cardio Dr. He has placed me on potassium now, my level was 3.3 where within normal is 3.5. Not excited about horsepills so hoping spinach will do. Thanks again G! Hug that cuteness of a babygirl, and wife for allowing time for you to share!!!
5 weeks after my 2nd Pfizer vaccine, I ended up in the emergency room freaking out about my heart. ER doc hooked me up to an EKG for two hours or so and in that time roughly 2-3 PVCs were detected. Referred to cardiologist. He ran EKGs and asked a ton of questions and never attempted a Holter or any other test as he felt that these are super, super mild in me. However he felt that the vaccine caused this and told me that sadly I wasn't the first this was happening too. Before the ER visit and after, I Peloton cycle 3-4 times a week. I do drink 2-3 cups of coffee daily, red wine to occasion and a cigar as well. Some days I feel nothing, and then like today I have maybe 25 an hour and feel out of control (hence looking up PVC videos on here lol). Magnesium does nothing, my largely un-used Metoprolol does nothing, my tiny does of Xanax does nothing, and the omeprazole does nothing, though I do have GERD and wonder if all of this is vagus nerve/gastrocardiac related. I've been stressed the past few days and that has certainly caused a lot more, but I've been working on breathing and meditation. I really enjoy your videos and hope you make more that offer chances for us to comment and learn from one another. All the best mate.
Thanks for your kind words! I know the vaccine has been a cause for ectopics in many people, but like you its usually under a 100 a day and usually only lasts a few weeks. Metoprolol did nothing for me either, did you take it for at least 2 weeks? I believe it takes at least a few days to get its full effect. stomach issues like GERD I have found to be the second most common causes of ectopics (after stress and anxiety). I would focus on your gut health and see if that maybe helps out at all? I’m sure you’ve read how so many people with GERD also experience ectopics. Glad to hear you are working on breathing and meditation, stress certainly wont help with PVCs but its easier said than done to try and relax and not worry about them. All the best to you and thank you for the comment!
My PACs also started after my COVID vaccine. They started happening over a year ago. At some point, I used to have around 200 PACs in 24hrs. After reading a lot about the potential causes, I stopped eating dairy and my PACs improved tremendously. When I get an infection (such as sinus infection) the PACs tend to come back for a while. For the past week, they are back but I don't quite understand why since I am still not eating dairy and I don't have any visible sign of infection. Perhaps it could be my chronic rhinitis that got a bit worse these days. Well ... These ectopic beats and very frustrating. When they happen, they mostly bother at night. I can't sleep. It's like having someone poking me and waking me up.
Hello, New to this as of approx 30-45 days ago. 59 year old male, have been on keto diet for about a month/lost 10 lbs. There is a guy on youtube video says cutting out dairy stopped his PAC's. My Holter monitor showed a scary whopping 16,627 pac's per day, no other events. Normal recent echocardiogram, electrolyte blood test normal //(sodium at bottom number of range, but always is no matter how much salt eat. Per doc have been taking 200 mg Magnesium Glycinate for about 10 days. I take one 50 mg Losartan per day for high BP. Per that guys video I cut out all dairy for about 4 days. I hope its not a fluke, but my pac's seem to have abruptly stopped. and had 16% ectopic !! TRY CUTTUNG OUT DAIRY FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS. maybe its magnesium, but prior to cutting out dairy there was not change with just magnesium glycinate. 2 cents
Wow! I also saw the UA-cam video about the guy that stopped eating dairy. I tried as well and my PACs improved a lot! It's very interesting to hear that it helped you as well.
@@murilotdb Yes so far so good. They’ve stopped. I hope they stay stopped. I was taking magnesium for about a week n half before. But three days after no dairy . Pacs stopped. The guy who made this video. I don’t know if he tried no dairy or not. ALL dairy that is.If he didn’t he should definitely try it.
@@TTheo-cb4jz I was fine for about 5 months since I stopped eating dairy products. But, for the past week, some PACs came back. Not sure why....maybe I have some sort of inflammation/infection recently. I know that whenever I catch some bug the PACs come back for a few days. It happened in the past when I had kidney infection. After the infection got better, the PACs improved.
I know exactly the video! I did cut out dairy and didn’t have any change, was eating a Mediterranean diet for 5 months but no improvement to my PACs, healthier feral tho no doubt! I may give it a go again, I’ll try 7 days of ZERO dairy and see if I have any change. All the best to you and thanks for the comments!
i am glad you are having less! mine get worse when my heart rate gets up. i was walking fast the other day and felt a big boom, then 3-4 others, which scared me to death. you would think i would be used to them by now, but every time it happens i get scared. i have been on a low dose of Zoloft for health anxiety the last few months and it has seemed to keep the panic away, but i still can't shake the sensation of each ectopic i feel. had them on and off for 15 years. i guess i should trust my doctors when they say, "you will die, but not from this. these will not kill you" thank you for the update and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!
Totally know where you are coming from! You’d think we’d not worry about them since we know what they are but each time they are just as scary. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Strange that you mention the 0 sugar gatorade. I find they actually trigger my ectopic beats. I've been living with them around five or six years, but they come and go in storms a few times a year. Absolutely agree on the Emergen-C. I find that eating processed foods or things high in Salt and trigger mine, as well as when I eat too much. I also have GERD though. I'm not huge but I could lose a few pounds to be a bit more athletic. I seem to get them more when my weight goes up. I'm vegan and my cardiologist says I'm one of the healthiest people he's seen lol. I do my best to just ignore them. They happen more often when sitting for me, when my heart rate is down to resting (around 45-50bpm is my resting).
It’s weird how one thing can help one person and be a trigger for others, I laid off the Gatorade a bit…found it didn’t really help much more, bananas and the emergen-c I’ll stick with for now as they’ve been an immense help. We have similar triggers in many ways… GERD I have found to be the 2nd most common trigger after stress/anxiety, glad to hear your overall health is excellent, maybe try and lose a few LBS and you’ll be free of these things forever! All the best to you
i met with a different cardiologist a couple weeks ago and he suggested Natural Rhythm triple calm magnesium. He said it has helped so many people. I just ordered some and thought you might want to look into it. hope you are well!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻, prayers, coming your way for them things to stop completely. I have them to I get runs of them , trigeminy bygimeny, like 26 in a minute, it’s horrible. Scares you more than anything wondering what did I do wrong to make it do this . Always seems like stomach issues, hunger pains in the stomach... Anyway, I just keep trying to push forward .
Yep, I think they call them chest zaps? Had a few maybe a month ago, what I read is they aren’t anything to worry about but scary either way. I will ask my cardiologist when I see him next. I also get random burning spots or weird feeling spots all over my chest but from what I’ve read that’s anxiety related.
I wouldn’t call it a cure but seemed to help me immensely. It’s something to harmless to try for sure if you suffer from PVCs, try it for 2 weeks and see, I’ve heard from others that it’s helped as well.
@@gwheel3502 if yoi dont mind..can you share the product link, i want to buy too.. and have you try that medicine? i read it is help those who are have pVC
Roughly 10K, down to around 500-1K now… I actually had PACs but early on my kardiamobile reader showed them as PVCs until my cardiologist corrected me.
@@eliseplaisier7870 if at rest (sitting or laying down) I definitely feel them. And totally get where you’re coming from, they have the same effect on me and pretty much everyone else I’ve talked to, they create a health anxiety which causes more PVCs/PACs, vicious cycle! Know that you aren’t alone! Have you had all the normal tests done (ekg/echocardiogram etc)?
@gwheel3502 did you try it or you just heard? I saw a whole laundry list which isn't helpful. I'm taking it but I wonder if there are side effects I'm just not realizing. Like I feel no energy right now.. haha
@@juhsstin didn’t try it, I don’t recall the potential side effects that kept me away from using it but I do remember my cardiologist EP saying he’d monitor me pretty closely for like a week but if nothing it was safe to use. As for your low energy I found that side effect with Metoprolol, lowered my energy levels and made me sleepier.
Hello fellow veteran! And parent, congrats. So I have watched most of your videos, plus Steve and Dr at York. So not shy about doing research to self advocating.
2 yrs ago shortly after vaccine, felt off, went to ER and it all starts there with PVC's. Short story absolutely has gotten worse. Ultrasound, stress test, ekg, 3 monitors later, 2,000 initially to now 35,000 in 48 hrs. Referred to EP, and ablation scheduled in April. 2 ER visits, last being last week absolutely scared me out of my mind! Woke up 2am, the normal throat construction, blood pressure 164/108, mouth getting dry. Son driving me as I can get to hospital faster, started to feel like I was going to pass out and feeling like I couldn't talk, that I called 911 on the way. I have episodes that last almost 2 hours, SVT, runs, bigeminy and trigeminal. Just no Afib ever. I will try emergenC, as electrolytes drinks didn't go down well. I'm 53, non smoker, maybe glass of wine a month, have a good diet at a good weight. Very active with 2 teenage kids. Blood pressure controlled last 10 yrs with meds.
These episodes are down right scary. Trying to keep a positive attitude but a 2am ER visit I can not control. Structurally good. Thought 2 back surgeries were scary, this is way scarier.
Thanks for the videos and suggestions. Doing what I can to not freak kids out, thinking ablation for me is last choice. Prayers to everyone that goes thru this.
Thank you so much for sharing, Michelle….definitely scary, glad you weren’t shy about going to ER and even having your son drive you. Ive chatted with many that are hesitant to go to ER and I always urge folks to go if something doesn’t feel right.
have you tried magnesium at all? I know that helps many, upping electrolytes definitely is a recommendation from me.
What was the blood pressure medication you’ve taken for past 10 years? Metoprolol?
I personally will try everything I can before surgery, however, with that said if I had a slightly higher burden rate, physically were uncomfortable or was highly recommended by my EP I would have scheduled an ablation. I think its good you have one scheduled, always can cancel or postpone if PVCs stop or reduce heavily. Ablation is a very safe surgery, my only hope is that the doctors can pinpoint the spot on the heart and zap it so you don’t have to have it done again. Family member of mine has had it done twice for afib with no luck unfortunately, I tell them 3rd time is a charm but at their advanced age they don’t want to go through with it again.
All the best to you and will be praying for you!
Note: Vaccine seems to be top 3 common triggers, but remember many many people had these even before the vax.
@G Wheel I've been on the metoprolol last 6 months, starting at 25mg now to 100mg. Blood pressure meds Lisinopril and spironolactone. My levels have been adequate except last er trip so magnesium has never been suggested, as I try and trust my Dr's.
Thanks for answering, it's a comfortable feeling oddly that you listen.
What about passing out??? Have you seen or heard, as I know it can be next symptom. Have you passed out? Trying to avoid this at all cost, especially because of kids.
I have been with a cardio Dr for years, on the yearly to watch 2 minimal leaking valves, and both Dr's say that is separate issue, so no pvc's prior.
Had a different symptom yesterday, not sure if I heard about this, but like constant pressure pushing from heart out, sensitive to the touch, not with a rhythm just constant. BP and rate still normal but pvc's. I will bring all this up next Wed with cardio Dr. He has placed me on potassium now, my level was 3.3 where within normal is 3.5. Not excited about horsepills so hoping spinach will do.
Thanks again G! Hug that cuteness of a babygirl, and wife for allowing time for you to share!!!
Hi michelle. Have you take a CT to check your heart? Fibrosis also causes PVCs.
5 weeks after my 2nd Pfizer vaccine, I ended up in the emergency room freaking out about my heart. ER doc hooked me up to an EKG for two hours or so and in that time roughly 2-3 PVCs were detected. Referred to cardiologist. He ran EKGs and asked a ton of questions and never attempted a Holter or any other test as he felt that these are super, super mild in me. However he felt that the vaccine caused this and told me that sadly I wasn't the first this was happening too. Before the ER visit and after, I Peloton cycle 3-4 times a week. I do drink 2-3 cups of coffee daily, red wine to occasion and a cigar as well. Some days I feel nothing, and then like today I have maybe 25 an hour and feel out of control (hence looking up PVC videos on here lol). Magnesium does nothing, my largely un-used Metoprolol does nothing, my tiny does of Xanax does nothing, and the omeprazole does nothing, though I do have GERD and wonder if all of this is vagus nerve/gastrocardiac related. I've been stressed the past few days and that has certainly caused a lot more, but I've been working on breathing and meditation. I really enjoy your videos and hope you make more that offer chances for us to comment and learn from one another. All the best mate.
Thanks for your kind words! I know the vaccine has been a cause for ectopics in many people, but like you its usually under a 100 a day and usually only lasts a few weeks.
Metoprolol did nothing for me either, did you take it for at least 2 weeks? I believe it takes at least a few days to get its full effect.
stomach issues like GERD I have found to be the second most common causes of ectopics (after stress and anxiety). I would focus on your gut health and see if that maybe helps out at all? I’m sure you’ve read how so many people with GERD also experience ectopics.
Glad to hear you are working on breathing and meditation, stress certainly wont help with PVCs but its easier said than done to try and relax and not worry about them.
All the best to you and thank you for the comment!
My PACs also started after my COVID vaccine. They started happening over a year ago. At some point, I used to have around 200 PACs in 24hrs. After reading a lot about the potential causes, I stopped eating dairy and my PACs improved tremendously. When I get an infection (such as sinus infection) the PACs tend to come back for a while. For the past week, they are back but I don't quite understand why since I am still not eating dairy and I don't have any visible sign of infection. Perhaps it could be my chronic rhinitis that got a bit worse these days. Well ... These ectopic beats and very frustrating. When they happen, they mostly bother at night. I can't sleep. It's like having someone poking me and waking me up.
Hello, New to this as of approx 30-45 days ago. 59 year old male, have been on keto diet for about a month/lost 10 lbs.
There is a guy on youtube video says cutting out dairy stopped his PAC's.
My Holter monitor showed a scary whopping 16,627 pac's per day, no other events.
Normal recent echocardiogram, electrolyte blood test normal //(sodium at bottom number of range, but always is no matter how much salt eat.
Per doc have been taking 200 mg Magnesium Glycinate for about 10 days.
I take one 50 mg Losartan per day for high BP.
Per that guys video I cut out all dairy for about 4 days. I hope its not a fluke, but my pac's seem to have abruptly stopped. and had 16% ectopic !! TRY CUTTUNG OUT DAIRY FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS.
maybe its magnesium, but prior to cutting out dairy there was not change with just magnesium glycinate.
2 cents
Wow! I also saw the UA-cam video about the guy that stopped eating dairy. I tried as well and my PACs improved a lot! It's very interesting to hear that it helped you as well.
@@murilotdb Yes so far so good. They’ve stopped. I hope they stay stopped. I was taking magnesium for about a week n half before. But three days after no dairy . Pacs stopped. The guy who made this video. I don’t know if he tried no dairy or not. ALL dairy that is.If he didn’t he should definitely try it.
@@TTheo-cb4jz I was fine for about 5 months since I stopped eating dairy products. But, for the past week, some PACs came back. Not sure why....maybe I have some sort of inflammation/infection recently. I know that whenever I catch some bug the PACs come back for a few days. It happened in the past when I had kidney infection. After the infection got better, the PACs improved.
@@murilotdb Sorry to hear that. I hope mine don’t come back. I hate it
I know exactly the video! I did cut out dairy and didn’t have any change, was eating a Mediterranean diet for 5 months but no improvement to my PACs, healthier feral tho no doubt!
I may give it a go again, I’ll try 7 days of ZERO dairy and see if I have any change.
All the best to you and thanks for the comments!
Stay strong, great video…. 👍
i am glad you are having less! mine get worse when my heart rate gets up. i was walking fast the other day and felt a big boom, then 3-4 others, which scared me to death. you would think i would be used to them by now, but every time it happens i get scared. i have been on a low dose of Zoloft for health anxiety the last few months and it has seemed to keep the panic away, but i still can't shake the sensation of each ectopic i feel. had them on and off for 15 years. i guess i should trust my doctors when they say, "you will die, but not from this. these will not kill you" thank you for the update and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!
Totally know where you are coming from! You’d think we’d not worry about them since we know what they are but each time they are just as scary. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Strange that you mention the 0 sugar gatorade. I find they actually trigger my ectopic beats. I've been living with them around five or six years, but they come and go in storms a few times a year. Absolutely agree on the Emergen-C.
I find that eating processed foods or things high in Salt and trigger mine, as well as when I eat too much. I also have GERD though. I'm not huge but I could lose a few pounds to be a bit more athletic. I seem to get them more when my weight goes up.
I'm vegan and my cardiologist says I'm one of the healthiest people he's seen lol.
I do my best to just ignore them. They happen more often when sitting for me, when my heart rate is down to resting (around 45-50bpm is my resting).
It’s weird how one thing can help one person and be a trigger for others, I laid off the Gatorade a bit…found it didn’t really help much more, bananas and the emergen-c I’ll stick with for now as they’ve been an immense help. We have similar triggers in many ways…
GERD I have found to be the 2nd most common trigger after stress/anxiety, glad to hear your overall health is excellent, maybe try and lose a few LBS and you’ll be free of these things forever!
All the best to you
Thanks for the update, stay strong. I’ve just been prescribed propranolol. Haven’t started it yet as worried about the side effects.
🙏🙏Ive heard good things about propranolol, it was never offered to me from my docs but I’ve read it helps with anxiety along with ectopics.
i met with a different cardiologist a couple weeks ago and he suggested Natural Rhythm triple calm magnesium. He said it has helped so many people. I just ordered some and thought you might want to look into it. hope you are well!
Thanks, Page! All the best to you 😄
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻, prayers, coming your way for them things to stop completely. I have them to I get runs of them , trigeminy bygimeny, like 26 in a minute, it’s horrible. Scares you more than anything wondering what did I do wrong to make it do this . Always seems like stomach issues, hunger pains in the stomach...
Anyway, I just keep trying to push forward .
Thank you and same for you, I wonder that exact thing but all we can do is try and stay positive and push forward 🙂
Recently i was diagnosed with light myocardial fibrosis with is the main reason of my pvc..so stressfull situation
Very stressful I am sure, I’m not familiar with that but all the best to you and listen to your docs for sure
@@gwheel3502 seriously, fibrosis is something serious, hopefuly it wont spread more through the myocardial muscle
@@gwheel3502 my advise to everyone is "take a CT scan" if nothing is found they can relax
my qaulity of life hasnt been the same, in 18 months i like traveling but i havent been 4 years covid, and now pvcs pacs any suggestions g wheel?
How long did you take the Emergen-C before seeing results?
Less than a week, I think only 3 days
@@gwheel3502 Nice!
hows your qaulity of life been?
Do you ever get sudden jolts in your chest that takes your breath away ??? And a adrenaline rush after and wired sensation in your chest
Yep, I think they call them chest zaps? Had a few maybe a month ago, what I read is they aren’t anything to worry about but scary either way. I will ask my cardiologist when I see him next. I also get random burning spots or weird feeling spots all over my chest but from what I’ve read that’s anxiety related.
When I get the strong pvc’s I feel like I’m blushing for a second and become soo flushed. It’s soo weird
Is Emergen-c good for cure PVc? and do you hear about medicine which is carvedilol
or propafenone ?
I wouldn’t call it a cure but seemed to help me immensely. It’s something to harmless to try for sure if you suffer from PVCs, try it for 2 weeks and see, I’ve heard from others that it’s helped as well.
@@gwheel3502 if yoi dont mind..can you share the product link, i want to buy too.. and have you try that medicine? i read it is help those who are have pVC
@@taqwatakwa5881 I have not tried either of those medicines
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Hi there, how many pvc pacs did you have daily on average?
Roughly 10K, down to around 500-1K now… I actually had PACs but early on my kardiamobile reader showed them as PVCs until my cardiologist corrected me.
@@gwheel3502 and you also feel them? Pff they are making me so depressed and anxious😞
@@eliseplaisier7870 if at rest (sitting or laying down) I definitely feel them. And totally get where you’re coming from, they have the same effect on me and pretty much everyone else I’ve talked to, they create a health anxiety which causes more PVCs/PACs, vicious cycle!
Know that you aren’t alone! Have you had all the normal tests done (ekg/echocardiogram etc)?
mr wheel ,hw r u?
try Flecainide - ask your electro.
Was an option but lots of possible side effects with Flecainide that I wasn’t willing to deal with at this point.
@gwheel3502 did you try it or you just heard? I saw a whole laundry list which isn't helpful. I'm taking it but I wonder if there are side effects I'm just not realizing. Like I feel no energy right now.. haha
@@juhsstin didn’t try it, I don’t recall the potential side effects that kept me away from using it but I do remember my cardiologist EP saying he’d monitor me pretty closely for like a week but if nothing it was safe to use.
As for your low energy I found that side effect with Metoprolol, lowered my energy levels and made me sleepier.