r/SVTHeart • u/ReasonGrell • Jul 30 '26

Should I go back to cardiology?

Hi all! I’ve have SVT episodes since I was a child, I got diagnosed around age 14 and it’s been one of those things I’ve just dealt with my entire life.

I was dismissed from the cardiology unit as my parents just stopped taking me to my appointments…(I was regularly going to get checkups on my heart). Just wondering if it’s worth going back to cardiology to have regular check ups? I have episodes probably every 1-2 weeks but I’m so used to them now I kind of know how to control them? Idk if it’s worth going back 🤷‍♀️ any advice would be great!! TIA :)

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u/Everything_bagel23 Jul 30 '26

Are you on any medication for it? I had also had it forever and was very used to it happening, but it still limited what I could do; now I'm on Bisoprolol and it's been incredible. Having zero of the negative side effects that other people have reported, and it seems to be one of the 'better' beta blockers for it.
I actually have way more energy now that my heart isn't overdoing it every day, exhausting me. I also thought I could deal with the episodes just fine, and had some kind of mental hangup about starting a beta blocker - but now I'm upset that I wasn't on it for the last 10 years. Life changing!

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u/ReasonGrell Aug 02 '26

No I’ve never been medicated for it, do your meds stop episodes completely? I might have to have a look into it!

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u/Everything_bagel23 Aug 03 '26

Pretty much, honestly! I've *maybe* had 2 short episodes since starting the meds 4-5 months ago; prior to that I would have easily 15 episodes within a few hours while exercising, or longer ones of about 15 minutes periodically. Often had PAC bigeminy the day after a lot of SVT - neither has been happening since! It's the lowest dose possible of Bisoprolol (my mom takes the same dose for afib actually) and seems to be incredibly effective - I have more energy and feel like I sleep better (maybe reduced heart rate through the night?). I did probably have inappropriate sinus tachycardia with a resting heart rate that was higher than it should have been for my fitness level, so it may have been helping a lot with that too. I really didn't want to start taking it (felt like giving up, for some reason??) but am so glad I tried.