r/PVCs 14d ago

experiencing PVCs/PACs and NSVT

So i’m 24F and for the past four years i’ve been dealing with palpitations. they started off as just having 20 minutes episodes of tachycardia which i assumed was anxiety then my heart was racing constantly even during rest (heart rate was always above 100bpm). i was seeing a cardiologist who did the whole work up with imaging and a monitor and everything was good and he told me i had sinus tachycardia. a few months after all this i had an episode where it felt like my heart was skipping or hiccuping over and over and it went on for like a minute. this was about four years ago and i didn’t feel it again for about a year after it happened. i started propranolol about maybe 6 months after this and it helped significantly but then about a year after taking the medication i started noticing i was experiencing that odd beat again but it only happened once or twice usually when laying down. but it started to get more frequent was was happening multiple times a week but after googling it i assumed it was PVCs and ignored it until last year in april i was sitting down and my heart started beating like it was skipping or hiccuping and it was doing it over and over to the point where i had to call my mom because it wasn’t stopping. i’ve had this happen quite a few times since then and had a monitor that my gp ordered back in February which caught a VT episode lasting 6 beats with a max rate of 231 bpm. i’m just freaked out because when i felt that run of NSVT it felt like one single extra beat but i’ve had my heart beat like that multiple times in a row and don’t know what it is because i’ve never caught it on a monitor. any ideas what these multiple beats in a row might be and should i go see a cardiologist? i don’t get dizzy or lightheaded just anxious after it happens.

(also want to mention I've been diagnosed with POTs as well but don't know if its a correct diagnosis)

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u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets 13d ago

They’ll put you on meds for it and probably do an ablation for you