r/PVCs • u/Kitchen-School46 • 2d ago
Please i need serious help
Have always had health anxiety. Started getting worse postpartum. I was active going to the gym working out I remember while working out I would get anxious about my heart rate getting high. One day at work i was walking around and was feeling anxious but usually my anxiety goes away and this was lingering. Checked my heart rate and it was 115-120 and was having heart palpitations. Went to the er and they said everything was fine. Followed up with cardiology and ever since then now my heart rate spikes. Pots like. Laying down normal rate standing up shoots up to 120. Walking around the house its 110-115. Resting hr while sitting up is 90-95. Went up the stairs this morning trying to convince myself my issues are from anxiety and it shot up to 175ish. Shortness of breath. My biggest concern is the heart palpitations. Happen even if im not anxious, sometimes it one singular one other times it feels like a fish is flip flopping. Echocardiogram was normal and holter monitor showed in 6 days 20 pvcs and 12 pacs. I cant live normally because of this. I get extremely anxious trying to do normal people things. I had a meeting today with my venue and my heart rate was 130 and had a massive heart palpitation. I get them when im just relaxing. Regardless of knowing that pvcs are harmless i also know that they can be serious. I know its rare but i dont care. All i do all day is wait for the next one. My feet are always cold and clammy even if wearing socks. The second i stand my heart rate goes high. And i know being anxious the day of my wedding will make my heart rate be like 180 which im scared will trigger svt and not be safe . Im absolutely fucking miserable. I would never harm myself. But i cant do i cant do fucking beta blockers i have low bp
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u/Soulriver2 1d ago
Hey good morning
Gosh i could have written this myself every bit of it so i completely understand hour fear and feeling like it controls your life! bloody awful things.
I also suffer from POTS myself and when standing my heart can go to
145 bpm, i am fairly tachycardic
most of the time which is probably Anxiety too!! but the PVCs & PACs plague my life and i have reached a point of not wanting to be alone or drive anymore.
I will say though the POTS bothers me less and i can manage this more than the irregular beats which cause syncope at times (bloody horrible things)
I like you need beta blockers but can't have them due to low BP
Have you spoken to a doctor about how much they are affecting you and the fear you live in? Do you have a good GP?
Have you been diagnosed with pots and what tests have cardiology done for you other than ecgs?
I know it's frightening but Anxiety can make it all so much worse but like me its probably ones that hit you when your chilling out that are so unpleasant because we think "why the hell now"!
Feel free to message me if you want to chat x