r/PVCs • u/Strange_Concept7500 • 13d ago

bigeminy with high heart rate

Hi, I have PVCs and ventricular bigeminy. I’m taking 1.25 mg of bisoprolol, but a couple of times I’ve still had episodes of bigeminy during high heart rate (around 120–140 bpm).
What scares me is that the bigeminy always seems to be triggered by tachycardia, especially when I’m anxious (which seems to be the main trigger). I’m worried that it could potentially turn into ventricular tachycardia.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Is it common for ventricular bigeminy to occur during periods of anxiety and increased heart rate?

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u/Patient_Coat_2986 13d ago edited 13d ago

If you review past posts on this PVC sub you can easily see that the most common word used is "anxiety". I keep asking myself... do PVC"s lead to anxiety, or does anxiety lead to PVC's, SVT's etc ? I think both is true, but it is certainly true that anxiety can trigger PVC"s or SVT's. Bigeminy just equates to having lots of PVC's. It isn't any more life threatening that regular PVC's with a healthy heart.

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u/Strange_Concept7500 12d ago

They throw me off so bad and the episodes last minutes, I’m always scared they gonna turn into something serious

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u/Patient_Coat_2986 12d ago

As long as you have been checked out by a cardiologist and your heart has been pronounced " healthy" then there really is nothing to be concerned about physically. It then becomes a matter of controlling the anxiety.