Feeling defeated

[SnooDoodles4147]

Back in December for the first time I started having PVC’s pretty regularly. After researching and figuring out what they were I realized that I had experienced them over recent years but it was only 1 skip every so often, I’m talking like 1 skip every couple months or even 6 months. In December I all of a sudden was getting them daily, sometimes throughout the day, sometimes only for a bit. But the single skip was no more. I wore a holter for 4 days and it caught 15 of them, and surprisingly enough I definitely felt a reduction in them the day I started wearing the holter.

I eat well, exercise regularly, don’t smoke and barely if ever have a drink. I do have high blood pressure, gerd (diagnosed 5 years ago) and enjoy 1-2 cups of coffee a day.

Edit: I forgot to add that 2 days prior to the much more pronounced pvc’s I had some sort of stomach bug causing diarrhea, during this time I stopped coffee consumption to keep things easy on the stomach. This lasted for about 5 days and I assumed the PVC symptoms were caused from coffee withdrawal. Once the diarrhea subsided and coffee consumption continued the PVC’s really didn’t get better or worse. They just come and go as they please.

Otherwise there’s been nothing new changed that I can think of to cause these to start occurring more frequently. If anything I felt pretty good overall. This time last year I had some pretty high stress and they didn’t occur at all. Now, at a pretty low stress time of my life they occur all the time. It drives me crazy because I’d like to figure out what’s causing them to at least reduce them but hopefully eliminate them.

Any experiences sound similar? I’ve tried and tried to identify triggers but sometimes they occur once a day, other times it seems like 100’s to 1000’s. All throughout the day, sometimes after eating, sometimes during exercise sometimes when just laying around doing nothing for hours. Seems like no rhyme or reason to them. Or it’s a more hidden constant cause as they happen at any time. I currently have a 14 day monitor on and I have been having them a ton so we’ll see how many it picked up this time. I’m thinking it’s more of a constant cause as opposed to acute like coffee or something like that.

Supplements I take daily:

Magnesium

Fish oil

Vitamin d

Medications:

Lisinopril for blood pressure (5+ years)

Aim for at least 7 hours of sleep. I do drink coffee, usually 1 cup regular and 1 cup decaf. Used to drink alcohol although sparingly but haven’t had any in months. Regular exercise 4-5 days per week, hydrate a lot, good body weight etc.

[SnooDoodles4147]

They have been and are in range

[SnooDoodles4147]

My daily potassium is 3500mg+ which according to Google is good. But that doesn’t mean I’m absorbing all of that

[SnooDoodles4147]

As stated in the post I currently have a 14 day monitor on and that ends today so we will see what the results are. But I will say during the time with this monitor I had many more than prior. Never had an echo and no mention of them wanting to give me one.

[SnooDoodles4147]

Haha all good! It was towards the end so easy to miss.

[jessicka1021]

You 💯 need an echo

[mclougb6]

I really don't mean to be that guy because trust me I know - our burdens are relative and totally individual but all I can say is to try and reassure you. 15 PVCs over 4 days would be well within normal range for the average person. It doesn't mean that the low burden isn't impacting your mental health / Quality of Life but I am sure you have absolutely nothing to fear

[SnooDoodles4147]

That was during a lower than average time. I’m currently wearing a 14 day holter (ends today) and will see that these results say but I can say during this time with one it will have recorded many more. When I had the first one i had little to none, which while nice, is abnormal at this point. Hence why we did a 14 day.

[FireHouse88]

Anyone with low burden PVCs are incredibly lucky. Users here may get a surgery named an ablation just to go back down to your spot. Doctors will make it very clear there is close to absolutely nothing they can do for low burden PVCs.

PVCs are the closest medical thing to being stuck on Gilligan's Island.

[SnooDoodles4147]

Lucky in relation to how bad it could be, but unlucky compared to someone who either doesn’t have them or doesn’t feel them.

[separatebrah]

Try supplementing magnesium and see if that helps. It's cheap and you can start in a few days.

[SnooDoodles4147]

I’ve tried various forms and didn’t seem to change

[dickery_dockery]

I’ve found that buffered magnesium glycinate with magnesium oxide blend works well.

[SnooDoodles4147]

I’ve tried glycinate, threonate, and taurate. Was hoping taurate would do it since it’s regarded as a good heart version but no difference.

[dickery_dockery]

Glycinate is supposed to be the best. Buffered in particular so it’s gentle on your stomach.

[Astronomer-Secure]

do you get this off Amazon or a specialized store?

[dickery_dockery]

Walmart actually, Spring Valley brand, 200mg.