So, I am 24 years old. I have always been told I have panic disorder etc and then finally I found a doctor (a woman) who wanted to do further tests and sent me to a cardiologist! My tests came back normal and then they had me do a treadmill stress test. Within 10 minutes they found I have SVT. I saw an electrophysiologist and he recommended an ablation. I did that. (Not terrible but super scary!) Anyway, that was in August. My main episodes of SVT have gone away since BUT i do get 'lighter' SVT episodes and still get palpitations a lot. For the past 4 nights or so I have had these palpitation/flutter episodes that actually scare me. I have a doc appt on the 20th and he said (i emailed him) that i may need another ablation. I really dont want to. Know that i have been through it i just dont want to again. It's not awful, but it is kind of scary. The palp episodes are not an arrythmia either so I wonder what it is he would ablate? Hmmm... All i know is i really hate this. I want a normal heart, which I am sure we all want. I have a feeling the next step is to put me back on an event monitor and go from there. YUCK!!! They are huge and have long wires and i like cute clothes hahahaha!!!

I just wanted to vent to people who understand. I dont think people who are close to me understand. My bf says "That happend to me before." Yeah, try almost everyday, and I am sure if it was as bad as mine you would speak up about it and see a doctor.

I read someone else's post about how everyone has palps and only some people are paranoid to feel it and although I agree that everyone may get them, i think We on this board notice it because it is more severe and it happens way more often to us.

Feel free to wb if you want, I would love to talk. Let me know if ypu have any questions rearding my symptoms or an ablation too.

hey my story is pretty similar to yours, I'm a 21 and i have thoasands of pvc;s a day they didnt start until after i had an ablation for PSVT back in 2002. my bf also thinks i need to ignore what my body does but these pvc;s make it feel like my body is screaming something is wrong.... i could live with them alot easier if i didnt believe something done during the ablation caused them. I havent had svt since my ablation THANK GOD but i have so many pvc;s they are saying another ablation will help me but im doubtful, im at the point where i almost regret my first ablation so im going to hold off on anymore for now.
i wish i could chat more with you since our situations are identicle but healthboards wont let us put contact info :(
Kim

hello. i share the same kind of story. i am not quite as young at 34 years old, but i developed svt after i gave birth to my daughter, had an ablation which got rid of the svt but now i have pvc's. i never had an issue with pvc's until after the ablation. my ep (electrophysiologist) said i probably had them before and i just didnt notice but i seriously feel like i would have noticed. i tried toprol for the pvc's which did nothing but make me feel like a zombie. i take nothing for them now. i talked to my ep about doing another ablation but he said the success rate is really low so i do not at all want to go thru the same thing for it not to work. plus all i hear is that they are not harmful, at all. i have such a hard time believing that, but i suppose its true. i wonder how many other people have trouble with pvc's after an ablation for pvc's? anyway thanks for letting me share its nice to know there are other people out there with the same issues.

i was told by one of my cardio's that it's possible ablations damage :confused: nerves in our heart causing the pvc;s. i'm 100 percent sure i never had a pvc before the ablation....honestly i wouldnt let anyone i cared about go through with an ablation i think there is still so much more to learn about the procedure. they did a study to find out if it caused nerve damage and it didnt come up with enough proof that it did....it just makes me wonder, maybe for some of us it does. i know my quality of life has gone down since my abaltion and i have been searching for answers but havent gotten any for 4 yrs.
kim

Hi everyone
I am due to have an ablation for svt in a couple of months:eek:
I was diagnosed 5 months ago with svt. The weirdest thing is that the pvcs started the day i was diagnosed with svt, perhaps the fear and stress triggered them??

Kim5202: My EP told me that after the ablation procedure i should expect an increase in pvcs for upto 6 months, i think your pvcs will dissapear eventually.
Can i ask, how often did you have svt attacks?

You should tell you bf that he's and ******* and it is not normal for a heart to behave in that way.

I had an ablation in 1999 for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). For six months I had palpitations every time I ate. I intermittently had palpitations for almost eight months; they were said to be premature ventricular contractions (PVC). They finally stopped. The only time I had them was if I had a lot of caffeine.

In January of this year, 2007, I had an ablation for atrial flutter. My cardio doc told me that the two issues were entirely unrelated. I have had intermittent palpitations now for these four months. Caffeine will certainly do it, as will certain blood pressure medications, such as diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers. A beta blocker does not cause them, but I resist taking them as I don't like the side effects which I have experienced; reduced energy, an apparent tendency to gain weight, and reduced libido and poorer erections. I also just.. have them.... for no apparent reason. Just like the first time I had an ablation, during that post-phase.

I admit to frustrations on the palpitation thing. My hope and belief is that they will finally go away as they did the first time.

The palpitations I now have are determined to be premature atrial contractions (PAC) and that they are harmless. I am told I can take a med for that, but I don't want more meds. Also, I read that there is the chance of proarrhythmia, an arrhythmia caused by the med, if you take them.

I know that they won't hurt or kill me, but I admit that they are distracting. Palpitations can certainly prevent erections just by the emotional distraction.