u/rachelkochvt

Hey everyone,
I was hoping someone could possibly put my mind at ease. I have been struggling with PACs and PVCs for close to a decade now. I will have really good stretches where i have very few, and then I’ll have a horrible flare where i get them every few beats for hours.

Recently I have been noticing more sensations of ectopics that run together. Last night I laid down and felt a strong THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD. And then back to normal. It doesn’t exactly feel faster, but feels much more forceful and worrisome. I worry about NSVT although I’ve never been diagnosed with that. I have rare episodes when on a monitor which is very frustrating, so my issues never fully get caught when I’m in a flare.

I have had 3 echos, and at least 5 monitors, probably closer to 6. And all is “normal”. I was a college athlete for hockey and track and never had these issues until after I graduated. I’m assuming the stress of adult life.

I worry daily that I’m just going to drop dead (but I had two friends die at early ages from heart attacks due to underlying conditions).

I am going to therapy, but I just want reassurance that the likelihood of something being terminally wrong with me is small.

I feel like my cardio dismisses me a bit.

32F, active, technically overweight. 11m Postpartum. On lexapro to help (initially helped SO much, not as much now). My dad has Afib and has been in a fib for years. He’s obese and an alcoholic so I don’t think that’s a good family history indicator. I have never been diagnosed with a fib.

Is it really likely that I’m okay? Why do they come and go so suddenly? Are these strings of ectopics harmful?

Hey everyone.
I was doing SO well for about a year, and I was curious if I had beaten my PVCs. However. Seems like I’m in a flare again. I will get them every few beats, it’s terrifying. I have had test after test and everything is “normal”.

Im trying to live my life but it’s been really really hard and scary. I forgot how bad these were…

What seem to be your triggers? What helps you? I take magnesium, liquid IV, and I just took some potassium to see if that would help.

Since drinking liquid IV daily my burden was like 1% with the longest stretch of being flare free that I’ve had. Yet here we are today. Flared up again. I did run this morning. Sometimes after cardio an (hour or so later) I will get a flare up as well.

Hey everyone.

I am a 32F, ex college athlete (track and ice hockey), overweight still since pregnancy 11m PP today, but running, working out, etc.

I have a history of PACs and PACs (I think mostly PVCs), have had numerous monitors, and 3 echos, all comes across normal and fine. I did have hypertension during pregnancy that resulted in induction at 37 weeks, but returned to normal unless anxious or nervous.

I have had PACs and PVCs for probably close to a decade. On the day to day, I feel little to few, which is great. Whenever I have an extended monitor I never get them so my burden is like 1%. However, a few times a year, I’ll have horrible “flares” where I will have frequent PACs or PVCs for hours. Every few beats. Usually when I’m trying to sleep. Sometimes an hour or two after a hard run or playing hockey. Then they disappear again for a few months, sometimes longer, and then another “flare happens”.

Every time I get a flare, I can’t help but feel terrified again, and that something was missed. I did have two friends die from heart attacks (athletes), one in high school, one in college. Anything with my heart scares me because of this (working on it in therapy).

Can someone help me better understand how these aren’t harmful to me? I’m afraid to fall asleep because I’m worried I won’t wake up…

Is it possible my daughter will struggle with the same thing?

Is it actually likely I’m okay? Why do we get these? Will they ever completely go away? Why do I get dismissed with my fears and anxiety’s when I’m having a bad flare?

Electrolytes and anti anxiety meds have helped a lot.

Hey everyone…
I’m reaching out after having a flare up again the last few days after intense anxiety. I’ve had PVCs for probably around 10 years now. Give or take. I’ve had really bad flares and “seasons” one might call it.

As of recent, I haven’t had any bad flares for over a year. I used to get them very badly like every 3rd or 4th beat and it would be like that for HOURS. Usually when trying to fall asleep. I thankfully haven’t had that in over a year.

Anxiety meds, electrolytes, and watching caffeine seems to help. However, whenever I have PACs and PVCs I always worry and wonder, “am I going to die? Am I going to just drop dead some day? Do I have heart failure or something that will lead to it that my doctors missed?”

I have had numerous holtor monitors, 3 echocardiograms, and all appear normal. Naturally whenever I have a monitor on I NEVER have episodes. Usually they say my burden is like 1%. However when it’s in a flare it’s much worse obviously.

Just curious if anyone else has these feelings… how do you manage them? Whenever I google symptoms it basically says I’m dying. Mostly that my PVCs sometimes worsen after exercise, like an hour or hours later.

I hate living like this, I hate feeling afraid, I hate it all. I’m 11 months postpartum and my husband works nights. I’m afraid to go to sleep because I’m scared something will happen to me…

I’m pretty sure my cardiologist thinks I’m insane.

Help.

Hey!
My trusty 311iMax has been weird today for no reason. Usually our air is 0PM2.5 and we kept getting random spikes to 200+ today 3 separate times, for no reason. I would unplug, plug back in, and it would be back to excellent air. Just did a factory reset hoping that fixes something.

Prefilter is clean
Filter has about 20% life left
No obvious issues with sensors in the back.

Anyone else have this issue? Never had it before. Checked our Samsung unit and says air is 99% clean so there isn’t actual air quality issues. (We have the Samsung in the basement, brought it up to see if there was actual air quality issues.

My range over the years is 88-100% I’ve had Apple Watch for a decade or so, forget when this ability came out. Curious on how accurate this is? My doctor isn’t worried but I do get a little nervous.

Oura ring measures my average night blood oxygen 95-96% usually but there have been a few 93/94%

Am I dying lol

Has anyone else had horrible postpartum health anxiety? It hit hard over the last month or so, triggered by an echo I assumed was normal but got results in mychart and did n doctor google. Sent me into a spiral for a weekend because my doc was out of town. Everything was normal.

Now I’m constantly looking at data from wearables, checking blood oxygen because I’ve gotten some low sleep measures of average 93/94% over the last couple days. I’ve also triggered air hunger with my anxiety leading to mild hyperventilating and all that fun stuff.

I workout and run regularly and comfortably 99% of the time unless I’m really getting in my head. Have a doctors appointment next Tuesday, working on stuff i therapy, but I’m exhausted from feeling anxious, like something’s wrong, and sending myself into a spiral.

Anyone else deal with this…? I’m 10m pp so it seems strange that it’s hitting hard now

Hey!
I hate to be worried about this stuff but I am. My 10m old who seems pretty spot on developmentally, ahead physically (early walker etc) randomly started covering her ears the last couple days. Once in the car with the windows down, but was smiling, and two times while eating.

Naturally I go straight to developmental differences or neurodiversity simply because I work with students who have these needs, but they are older.

It doesn’t seem triggered by any sounds, doesn’t do it when the dog barks, but she is about to cut another tooth and has been extra fussy at night.

Has anyone else experienced this? Tried to ask her doctor but he’s out of town.

Hey,
We have an older house that’s been neglected. We decided to put carpet down in the bedrooms over the old hardwood floor. In a decade we will probably refinish them but for now we wanted something cozier especially for our baby.

Anyways. We are also putting down new baseboards. We were going to do it after the install, but im seeing conflicting information online.

What do we do?

Hey!
So I’m trying to talk myself out of another anxiety attack and see if anyone else experiences air hunger? I’ve been dealing with an anxious phase in my life right now, and I’ve noticed pretty regularly the fight or flight tingly feeling in my chest. Basically the feeling of an adrenaline rush, but just existing normally.

I have severe health anxiety, and it makes me worry about everything. I have a funky heart that sometimes has benign ectopic beats, I have had multiple echocardiograms to show that my heart is normal and fine.

Yet any time I get this air hunger it makes me feel like there’s something wrong again. I check my blood oxygen levels and they’re completely normal.

I hate it, I’m nervous, and thinking I might just need more Lexapro. 10 to 15mg.

Does anyone else struggle with this? I remember this happening since I was a kid. I used to say “it feels like my lungs aren’t filling up all the way”.

Am I okay…? Got it during my run today and also had it yesterday, but have been experiencing lots of stress and anxiety lately.

Anyone think they will make a ceramic version of 5? People who have 5, what are your thoughts? I have a 4 in gold currently.

Hey!
Just being silly and venting. But does anyone else have a SUPER picky SO (husband for me) who will NOT eat 99% of what you make? God forbid a vegetable makes it way onto his plate, or a piece of chicken that isn’t a nugget…?

I can’t. Meanwhile 10m old has had 105 foods as of today and hasn’t disliked anything yet (at least not obviously).

Tonight she had dragon fruit, hummus, and a mozzarella and butternut squash quesadilla.

Also, any tips on getting her to drink more water? She’s still at like maybe 2/3 oz a day.

🆘🆘🫠🙄🙄

Hey,
Just checking in to see if it’s okay to stack two wax rings for a toilet? We have lvp over older flooring (possible asbestos) and we had some struggles with the toilet flange being too low. We had 2 failed install attempts (better than wax, and regular wax). My husband had worked maintenance for awhile and installed a few toilets so we thought all was good.

Had a plumber come by and help with the toilet (it is skirted so it makes it harder to line up properly). He did two was rings, I think one jumbo and one regular. This was probably a year ago. All seems fine, should this be okay?

Also. We do not have the toilet bowl siliconed around the base. We use a swiffer mop to mop the floor and don’t spray it near the toilet. We want to be able to see leaks if there are any. I know code technically says silicone or caulk but i get worried there would be a leak and we wouldn’t notice.

Thoughts? Getting anxious about things done in our house because everything lately has just been a nightmare.

Hey!
Ex college athlete (ice hockey and track) and I have had benign (what I was told) PACs and PVCs for about a decade now. I’ll have flares where they are really bad for hours, where it’s every few beats I feel an ectopic beat.

Anyways. I have had 3 echos, numerous monitors, and I still exercise regularly (running mostly now that I’m 10months pp).

I know my HR dips very low when I sleep. Lowest caught on a monitor years ago was 38 (when I was an athlete) and I regularly get high 40s during sleep now. Usually around 45-55.

Just curious if anyone thinks this is concerning? My cardio hasn’t mentioned it. Heart is structurally normal they say, good EF, etc.

Recently I have had much less PAC and PVC activity. But I will rarely get these short bursts of what feels like faster beats or a chain of PVCs for like 10-15 seconds. Scares me but they quickly go away.

Just curious on people’s thoughts with the low HR while sleeping and pac/pvcs. I am 32F and def not a college athlete anymore. Still overweight technically since pregnancy. Need to lose about 20lbs still.

Okay anyone else have weirdly fat and chunky arms now…?/ side boob/ fat armpit kinda deal? Pelvis and lower stayed basically the same, chunky core, but boobs arms, and above the naval has been so stubborn and chunky. I’ve been working out, mostly running with the stroller, slowly losing weight. I have about 18-20 left..

Why does it feel like my boobs are spilling jnto my armpits and arms 😂

Hey!
I’ve been diagnosed with presumed benign pac and PVCs. I have had 3 echos all which appear normal. And multiple holtor monitors which also have shown PACs and PVCs with low burden. Naturally it’s never bad when I wear my monitor…

In the past, I have gone from probably thousands a day (every 3rd or 4th beat) kinda thing for hours or days. However, I have noticed a significant decline with Lexapro and drinking liquid IV each day. I have almost none at the moment. I haven’t had a bad “flare” since becoming pregnant and my daughter is 10 months old.

However, I am having extreme anxiety about my heart right now. My repeat echo final report said all was fine, however the tec measurements were enlarged, but the final report did not. Naturally my doc went on vacation so and the nurse said it wasn’t necessary to have another doc call and report back.

Anyways back on topic. Rarely I will get what feels like multiple PACs or PVCs in a row. Like maybe 3-10 bears at most that feel like strong rapid thuds. I’m assuming PACs or PVCs linked together.

Causes an immense feeling of panic but they quickly go away as fast as they started.

I googled and now I’m so afraid. I’m 32F was a college athlete (hockey) but have also experienced two of my friends one I high school one in college (both athletes) die from heart attacks. It was traumatic and makes me have extreme healthy anxiety.

I still exercise regularly, go for runs, and that all feels good. It usually happens at a time where I have extreme stress or anxiety…

Anyone else? Am I okay….

32F

EDIT: why would my results say I’m hyper dynamic when I am not according to everywhere? Says higher than 70% is hyper dynamic… still nothing from doctors office. Haven’t even viewed my results.

Hey! So I got my echo done today as a follow up. I have a history of benign PACs and PVCs. I am 10 months PP and did have hypertension when pregnant. Which led to early induction at 37 weeks.

I looked at my results in my chart and it said
“Left Ventricle: Left ventricular systolic function was hyperdynamic with an ejection fraction =>65%. The left ventricular estimated ejection fraction by biplane Simpson's method was 66%. • Right Ventricle: Right ventricular systolic function was normal.”

Naturally I googled and started freaking out. I am an ex college athlete (over a decade ago) with low resting HR and normal BP now.

I have had two friends die from heart attacks at young ages so I am very afraid of any abnormal findings.

I have been tired and just assumed it was postpartum stuff. but still running and playing hockey (ice hockey) with no complaints. I have always gotten slightly dizzy when standing up too fast or very dehydrated. My last echo says EF was between 60-65%