| JohnFinNYUser Since: Feb 2011Posts: 1 | My PVC's started 6 weeks ago, just like you right out of the blue. One morning I woke up with several a minute, right before Thanksgiving (a stressful family weekend). After freaking out about them (like any normal person will do), I got checked out by my PP, and once told I was o.k, they went away (or so I thought). Fast forward to right before x-mas (another stressful holiday), they came back and haven't left yet. This is when I really felt I needed to do something, so for the whole holiday week I went to a Cardiologist and did what most do (EKC, sono, halter, Stress test, blood) everything was normal. I'm now on atenolol 50mg/day. Doesn't seem to help, but I have stayed on it to give it a chance, and side effects for me are not that bad. To answer your questions, I would get a thorough check up from cardio to ensure you have no underlying heart condition. That being said, I think with me this is definitely stress related. I think it took me years to build up my body to start having PVCs, so it is only natural that there won't be a quick fix (especially if this is stress related). To cover all fronts however, I take dailys supplements (CA, MG, P, K) and CoQ10 and fish oil. I am a runner, and find great relief fromt the PVcs when I run (sometimes I dont have any for 4-5 hrs post run). II chalk this up to the simple fact that since my heart is beating fast when I run, it doesn't have time between beats to have skips. I also seem to see a correlation between people our age (I'm 37) and running with PVCs. Very anectodal evidence, but just my observation. I continue to exercise, as the last thing I want to do is not strengthen myheart and vascular system . BTW- I read everthing online about PVCs (which caused me to have more PVCs, and don't recommend it). However, the majority of the literature does not support that claim of alot of PVCs/day = damage to heart. Get checked out, reduce your triggers (alcohol, caffeine,etc) and see what happens. I think stress is king with me, and I working on changing the way I do things in my life. Hope it will eventually kick in. |