u/Salt-Combination-758

I had an ablation for wpw (low risk) no longer shows on ekg. Had several holters etc developed pvcs and pacs about a year later. Recent holter over 2 weeks showed 109 pacs over that time 1 pvc. Multiple echos. All show a structurally normal heart however I am still very scared of the pvcs / pacs morphing into vt or something life threatening. My ep shrugs it off but I am curious as to the risk here. Im not sure if im having more pvcs beyond the monitoring. I have myself psyched out about SCD and VT. 32 yo female. Non smoker no hx of high blood pressure etc. Only IST now with the skipped extra beats etc. Currently on flecanide 50mg bid.

I feel like i cannot physically do this anymore. Its ruining my freaking life. I am so scared every single day and have been for the last month. I was diagnosed in 2018 with wpw (very low risk) had an ablation because I was scared to death and my EP just decided it would put me at peace of mind. Well it didnt. I still kept the tachycardia after. Developed pvcs. Ive had 9000000 holders, aside from the ep study , ekgs , 3 electrophysiologist. Everything has been fine. But recently went through a very traumatic loss and my pacs pvcs whatever upticked and now im convinced im going to have SDC or VT and drop dead. I cannot even hardly leave my house. I used to be active didnt care about the tachycardia etc now im nearly bed bound and idk what to even do anymore.

I really need help. ( I have reached out to my mental health Dr.) I am getting on meds. But until then. How can I stop catastrophizing everything. For context I discovered I had wpw back in 2018 had a successful ablation in 2021 and it no longer shows on any monitoring. I've had so many echoes so many EKGs monitors I've been in the ER so many times over cardiac anxiety. I have inappropriate sinus tachycardia, and some PVCs and Pacs. I recently lost my mom suddenly and unexpectedly nothing heart related. But it's thrown me into severe OCD over my health severe cardiac anxiety to the point where I can't even leave my bed. Stress has created a whole plethora of physical symptoms I wore a 3-day monitor because I thought my heart was doing something funky and it showed nothing I went to the ER having sinus tachycardia EKG was fine. But it's gotten so bad I can't even hardly leave my house without panic attacks. I keep thinking I'm going to go into a dangerous arrhythmia I'm going to drop dead from VT or something crazy. I really need some outside help I'm waiting on an appointment with my doctor but until then I need some suggestions. How can I stop myself from thinking I'm going to have a deadly arrhythmia?

I have severe reflux I have an appointment in July for GI. I've never been seen by them before but I've suffered for years with this reflux and stomach issues. For the last two or three weeks ( ive been under severe stress , lost my mom suddenly and traumatically 8 weeks ago) I have been getting this fluttering thumping sensation in the back of my tongue and in my trachea area sometimes in my chest. I am on medication for heart palpitations and I've had heart palpitations for years but this does not feel like heart palpitations to be exact I went to the ER twice thinking I had that going on I was hooked up to the Monitor and not one skipped beat picked up so I don't think it's heart related I was on a monitor while it was going on and was getting an EKG while it was going on. I don't know if it's tracheal related to GERD I don't know.

Is anyone on an anxiety medication besides a beta blocker that actually treats the anxiety in your head and not just the physical aspects of it? I need something really bad for severe anxiety that isn't going to make my IST worse. I have propranolol but it doesn't stop the anxiety from my heart rate and everything else going on in my life. My doctor prescribed Cymbalta but it can raise norepinephrine and God knows I don't need any more of that. Has anybody found anything that works?

I suffer from cardiophobia. Severe debilitating cardiophobia. I had gotten diagnosed with wpw when I was pregnant in 2018 my pathway was extremely weak conducting but my EP did an ablation anyways to give me peace of mind. After that I developed Pacs and inappropriate sinus tachycardia. I've been under extreme stress my mother just passed away 6 weeks ago and expectedly and I've been riddled with anxiety. I felt a strange chest sensation about 2 weeks ago and it has set me off the deep end in a spiral I went to the ER had two EKGs spent several hours there blood work etc all normal. Had an echo and 14 day heart monitor in January February everything looked great I had a couple runs of a high heart rate and 109 total Pacs the whole time no other arrhythmias. I have kept a weird chest sensation ever since the first time I can't tell if it's skipped Beats or if it's literally something like a muscle spasm I genuinely need help in trying to find out how to calm myself down and stop believing that I have developed a deadly arrhythmia or will be developing a deadly arrhythmia. I'm really struggling bad. I am currently on flecanide and propranolol. I've seen two different EPs and I'm going for a third opinion on the 17th I really feel like I'm losing my mind.

I suffer from cardiophobia. Severe debilitating cardiophobia. I had gotten diagnosed with wpw when I was pregnant in 2018 my pathway was extremely weak conducting but my EP did an ablation anyways to give me peace of mind. After that I developed Pacs and inappropriate sinus tachycardia. I've been under extreme stress my mother just passed away 6 weeks ago and expectedly and I've been riddled with anxiety. I felt a strange chest sensation about 2 weeks ago and it has set me off the deep end in a spiral I went to the ER had two EKGs spent several hours there blood work etc all normal. Had an echo and 14 day heart monitor in January February everything looked great I had a couple runs of a high heart rate and 109 total Pacs the whole time no other arrhythmias. I have kept a weird chest sensation ever since the first time I can't tell if it's skipped Beats or if it's literally something like a muscle spasm I genuinely need help in trying to find out how to calm myself down and stop believing that I have developed a deadly arrhythmia or will be developing a deadly arrhythmia. I'm really struggling bad. I am currently on flecanide and propranolol. I've seen two different EPs and I'm going for a third opinion on the 17th I really feel like I'm losing my mind.

I went to the ER today for chest pain and what I thought was heart palpitations. I've had a cough for a couple days and I don't know if I've caused this condition from coughing and stress because I'm extremely tensed up. I'm under a massive amount of stress after losing my mom suddenly a couple weeks ago. I have PVCs and I've had skipped beats plenty in the past. But I started experiencing in the last few days a chest vibrating sensation like bubbles in there when I lay on my side or my stomach my sternum hurts into my back. I had two EKGs at the ER today spent over 5 hours being monitored two troponin levels electrolyte levels everything was fine I have no arrhythmias that showed up in the 5 hours that I was there or anything like that EKGs were fine I had a normal Echo a couple weeks ago I don't know if this is Costochondritis or what. The ER doctor didn't suggest it he didn't really know what it would be we just know that it's obviously not heart related. I was just wondering if anybody else dealt with this.