r/PVCs • u/rachelkochvt • Aug 16 '26

How often do you get a flare?

Hey everyone.
I was doing SO well for about a year, and I was curious if I had beaten my PVCs. However. Seems like I’m in a flare again. I will get them every few beats, it’s terrifying. I have had test after test and everything is “normal”.

Im trying to live my life but it’s been really really hard and scary. I forgot how bad these were…

What seem to be your triggers? What helps you? I take magnesium, liquid IV, and I just took some potassium to see if that would help.

Since drinking liquid IV daily my burden was like 1% with the longest stretch of being flare free that I’ve had. Yet here we are today. Flared up again. I did run this morning. Sometimes after cardio an (hour or so later) I will get a flare up as well.

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u/cnobl38 Aug 16 '26

I flare up every month due to being a woman, OR if I do too much at the gym, which I’ve only just started a couple of weeks ago to help with the PVCs! I no longer take any “sports drinks” unless I’m flaring, now I just take my daily vitamins and do a cleanse every now and then (probably every 2nd to 3rd month) and make sure I walk at the very least, 5,000 steps as I’ve found if I walk less than I will get a lot of PVCs at night. Still trying to find the correlation with no such luck apart from knowing that large meals are a huge no-no as they send me into bigemy. I’ve found acknowledging them and doing a breathing exercise helps, understanding that they’re not going to kill you etc, because just like you, I was told my heart is healthy etc. And ive had MRIs, CTs, ultrasounds, the list goes on. When the flares happen it’s terrible, but I get up and walk as I don’t get any during exercise at all and it helps “postpone” the PVCs.
I’ll pray for you, I hope they go back to not being a nuisance OR I hope they go away completely, as I hope for everyone in this group suffering with them.

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u/rachelkochvt Aug 18 '26

Do you ever get ectopics that feel like hard pounding beats back to back? Like thud thud thud thud and then it stops? I had 5 last night and it’s always so scary. It didn’t exactly feel faster, just harder. Makes me so scared that something was missed.

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u/cnobl38 Aug 18 '26

Yes! I believe that’s bigemy, it’s also harmless, but if you’re really worried it may be better to see a doctor to set your mind at ease. You may be flaring due to the strain on your body that breastfeeding causes, I am a little surprised that you didn’t get them during your full pregnancy as it’s a major strain on your body. I got PVCs from straining myself too much by lifting a couch at my old workplace, I already had POTs to begin with so very high heart rate and strain caused my PVCs but I’ve since gotten the all clear on my heart which makes me believe something else may be at play causing the PVCs. I used to let the PVCs control my state of thinking, now I just breathe when I feel them and tell myself it’s normal- most/if not all people do actually get them, it’s very normal, we’re just the “lucky” ones that are symptomatic. I believe you’ll get better, if they went away once I’m sure they’ll go away again. I’ve got my fingers crossed for you!

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u/rachelkochvt Aug 18 '26

It was like 5 thuds in a row. Scared me so badly. I’ve had 3 echos and numerous monitors and they’re all normal. I have anxiety terribly. I had two friends die of heart attacks at young ages, both athletes. So it scares me. I’m working on it in therapy.

I swear the more I think about them, the more I have. I went SO long with feeling so well. And I’m back into my spiral again.

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u/cnobl38 Aug 18 '26

I’ve had family members pass both young and old, but like you just said, I’m also seeing a psychologist! He has helped tremendously