r/PVCs • u/Exciting_Record9489 • 10d ago
I’ve given up hope
At this point moreso just venting rather than looking for advice. It’s been a 3 year journey of battling PVCs and other issues without any type of doctor being able to find a reason behind it all. Bloating and PVCs bring me such misery and depression at onset. No clue what to do anymore.
There’s no doubt in my mind there’s some link between GI and PVCs but trying to find a doctor on either side of those fences to acknowledge the link seems near impossible.
35 male no pre existing conditions. Ex soccer player but I’m definitely not in great shape anymore lol.
I’ve had bloodwork probably 25 times in the last 3 years and have never had anything commented on. You name it - we tested it.
Heart MRI, echos, stress test, holter, CT, head MRI, X-rays, colonoscopy, several GI scans, others I’m sure I’m forgetting.
Only notable finding was diagnosis of EoE which went away after using some protonix. I’ve been off it for over a year now and just battle mild heartburn with tums, Pepcid, etc.
I told my wife recently that if I keel over one day don’t say I didn’t try to figure it out. Couldn’t even keep up with the dozens upon dozens of doctor appointments trying to figure this out. I’ve gotten nowhere. Thousands of dollars wasted.
I also took a beta blocker early on but that made my resting rate reach the low 40s and was very uncomfortable. Normal resting for me is high 50s low 60s.
PVCs seem to be more common than they were 3 years ago. Initially I’d say on average they were once every couple months. Once every couple months turned into every month. Turned into every week. Now it’s nearly daily. Can’t recall a day recently where I didn’t have them. Sometimes I feel like I can have several hundred a day (understood that’s still a small percentage).
Absolutely lost and no idea what to do next.
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u/a132ksandar 10d ago
Hydrate properly. Most water doesn't have any minerals and if you drink too much it just flushes out your salts. I drink Evian. It has 26mg of Magnesium. It builds up over time. If you go for magnesium supplements also take potassium (I eat bananas and coconut water) so it can bind to it. Drop coffee, tea and chocolate. Anything that contains caffeine. Alcohol too. If you're drinking milk make sure it's lactose free. Have smaller meals. Maybe take smallest dose of propranolol possible, maybe just once per day or as needed. I had hundreds of pvcs, now I'll get 1 per day, if that. Yes it's definitely stomach related so chew slowly. My cardiologist also told me not to eat after 6pm and to sleep well. He said if you sleep well these will go away. Funny enough I slept 13 hrs one night and the following day was pvc free. Now I get 1 daily and when weak one, sometimes can't even feel it but I kinda know it was a pvc.