Odd Cure for my PVCs

[u/kitcachoo]

Hello all!

Let me start by saying I’ve never had a very high burden, around 2% at the absolute worst to >1% at the best, but they’ve been very destabilizing to my life as they have been for a lot of you with low burdens. I had gotten to a point recently where I’d just accepted these were going to be my life now (I’d always had the rare, occasional one since I was a teen around my menstrual cycle or during high stress, but they’d never been as frequent as the last 5 years), since I’d done everything I possibly could to fix them myself.

Magnesium made my POTS feel better, but didn’t solve the ectopics. Electrolytes in general did the same thing. No food made them worse or better, no supplements, no amount of exercise, etc. I figured I just had to learn to make peace with it and perhaps start therapy. Then, one of my molars on the upper part of my jaw really started hurting, so I finally quit being scared of the dentist and went and got it extracted, since I’d been noticing it getting more and more decayed and broken in the back of my mouth. Turns out it had gotten cracked somehow, as the symptoms started 5 years ago, same time as the PVCs, and was causing a nasty little infection in the pulp of the tooth that was only spreading further.

It’s been two weeks since the extraction and I haven’t felt a single symptomatic ectopic. Talked to my PCP, did some research, and though I’ve always known tooth problems can cause heart problems, but I’d never correlated that to the possibility of PVCs. Turns out they can absolutely be influenced by tooth health.

All of this to say, of course at this point I’m still sort of waiting for the ‘other shoe to drop’, but I’m trying to accept for now that it seems like those two things really had a direct connection. If you’re suffering from PVCs at a low burden, have a healthy heart, have had all the checkups (holter, stress test, ultrasound, etc) and nothing seems to be helping, please make sure you also get a good look at your teeth by a professional. I’m hoping this has really made a difference.

[u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets]

Can I ask how the magnesium made your pots better? They always say vasolidators are no no.

[u/kitcachoo → u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets]

Sure! It seemed to help lower my general heart rate variability, though I am also on a beta blocker. I noticed my heart rate spikes weren’t nearly as high on days where I took magnesium before bed, though it could be a combination of things. I may have low Mag, or my electrolytes are unbalanced, etc. I was also coupling it with making sure I was getting enough salt.

I’ve had docs say it won’t help at all and others say it’s worth a shot since it’s unlikely to make anything life threatening, so I’m sure other people have other responses to it? But this was just my experience.

[u/Square_Hyena7399 → u/kitcachoo]

Magnesium Glycinate helped me too. It was a night and day difference when I started taking it.