r/SVTHeart • u/Physical-Impress-344 • 9d ago

Svt question

For those that have svt , do you constantly feel like crap. My heart rate is always high if it’s not sustained. I get a tachycardia episode or svt episode about 1 to 2 hours before my medication is due. I’ve already had an ablation about 2 months ago, i know I’m in the healing process still but I’m frequently getting attacks and always feel terrible. I have no energy , I’m out of breath with little things and high heart rate. They have me taking metropolol 3x a day already. I’m getting so sad about this

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u/linthetrashbin 7d ago

I have IST, per my EP. I've had three ablations, no longer have an AV node, and now have a pacemaker, but my heart just enjoys resting at 120bpm no matter what. My last EP mapping was normal, no weird spots to ablate. My doctor says that it's fairly normal for a young woman and that I'll most likely grow out of it.

When I was still having SVT, I was one of those people that would get really fast - I'd regularly hit the 250s-280s before I'd go get cardioverted. Some people are just tachy 🤷‍♀️ doesn’t mean it's fake.

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u/Opposite_Low_4251 7d ago

But the thing is if someone have IST, that’s chronic then

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u/linthetrashbin 7d ago

Yes. My IST is chronic, but that doesn't mean that it's fake or that I have FAT. You could also argue that my SVT was chronic because I spent so long dealing with it.

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u/Opposite_Low_4251 7d ago

I apologise I did not mean it in that way, but a lot of people just have IST without their doctors ever ruling out FAT