I'm just wondering, for those of you out there with PVC's, heart skips, fast beats, etc, if you have noticed a trend in their patterns? For instance, do they occur more during the winter/summer? Lack of exercise, intake of caffeine? What triggers them, how often do you have them and what seems to make them go away, or at least lessen?

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Sugar, dehydration and caffeine are my surest triggers. When I avoid them I have almost no palpitations. I'd say sugar is the worst culprit.

Cut it out for a week and see if it helps.

things that cause them for me: anxiousness, excitement, standing up and laying back down in morning

things that make them go away: #1 by far is exercise (both immediately and long term), and xanax.

Heat causes alot of mine along with anxiety and stress. Caffine is the biggest trigger though. I have not had anything with caffine in it in about 5 years.

I"ve never really thought about the sugar aspect. It will kill me to give up chocolate, but I'm going to do it. Perhaps I'll just switch to dark...:D Anxiousness certainly affects me too.
Do you notice how often you have them when they are manifesting?

I find episodes of "skipped beats" correlate with periods of very low blood pressure and very slow heart rate.
A gallon of coffee in one day can make my rhythm more than a bit jittery...but 1/2 gallon, my NORMAL, is okay.

I gave up coffee and beer and i still get em. The only thing that seems to help is when i exercise everyday. I have had them my whole life and they havent harmed me yet. If you get and EKG or Echo done and they say your fine just take that and run with it. I use to think relaxing and laying around would help em and i was wrong. Mine get worse when i lay around thinking about em. Anxiety can cause or be heigthned by them. I getting back to ignoring them again. I only have bad bouts with them when im anxious. So just tell yourself your gonna be fine and believe it. I remember getting 5 or 6 real fast beats in a row then a stop then a normal rythym. It would scare me but it just didn't bother me when i was younger. I would go play basketball or whatever right after having em.

Wow,

I was wondering if maybe my inactivity periods were causing me to have SVTs and it sounds like it may be true from what I have hear through these posts. I was getting on the treadmill every other day for 4 weeks and then stopped the week before T-giving and whammo, had an 200 bpm episode last Monday. An atenonol and xanax and 40 minutes and it went down. If walking daily will keep them away then I will get back into the practice. Much better than having SVTs that is for sure.

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Lyl

The inactivity thing is certainly a trigger for me. If I exercise regularly and keep the caffeine low, I don't have them. My doctor once told me when I was first diagnosed that getting up and walking can actually make them go away. I took that literally and now whenever they start I try to get active, even if it's only walking around for a while. I have a treadmill too, and it gets lots of use.