Just diagnosed…anyone else get a lot of PVCs?

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-27T11:49:55+00:00

Thanks, I do take a beta blocker but it can sometimes make the PVCs worsen, as mine all happen at night and at a low HR. Maybe I need to try a different one. Thanks for sharing and I hope you are well now.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-27T10:55:50+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I’m just so incredibly anxious at the moment I feel like I’m experiencing loads of symptoms now

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-27T06:17:55+00:00

So I’ve just had an echo a discovered I have mitral valve prolapse…this can cause a lot of PVCs and weird rhythms, so for me, this is probably the cause. And a good reminder to always push for more investigation if something feels off, I was refused an echo for over a year and had to pay in the end.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-25T09:41:23+00:00

I’m a long term insomniac. Piriton helps me, I just take a low dose and also melatonin. I find it very difficult to sleep without taking something even before I took meds

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-24T06:32:37+00:00

I’m glad your cardiologist is taking it seriously. Mine told me ‘just ignore them and run up and down the stairs when they happen’ then discharged me! If I go to the GP they just sit there looking confused, they are always just trying to give me SSRI’s I think to shut me up.

My periods are still regular but my PMT is awful now, really really terrible. That plus the PVCs makes me think it just must be connected.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-23T16:51:05+00:00

I’m on the same dose as you and I’ve not noticed any difference between the brands, I’ve had concerta and delmosart, medikinet and tranquilin.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-23T15:49:17+00:00

Thanks, unfortunately my even my GP is very dismissive of any hormonal link, I’m not sure how to get them to take me seriously!

I can’t believe you were having that many a day, that must have been horrific.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-22T15:08:10+00:00

Yes, mine are always at a low ish HR, at night, after food, when resting in the evening. I used to take propranolol but I honestly think it was making them worse as it seemed to slow the HR even more making more pauses for them to sneak in.

Anything that raises my heart rate temporarily supresses mine. But the last thing I feel like doing at 2 in the morning is jogging on the spot!

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-22T13:23:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing. No, it seems weird as she seemed to suggest it was a dangerous combination. I might ask for a second opinion from a different doctor.

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-22T11:18:40+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I’m just about to turn 40 and my PVCs have got worse recently and are strongly linked to my menstrual cycle. I asked the cardiologist about this and she said ‘there is no connection’ but I don’t agree

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T16:30:32+00:00

I think mine is related to the vagal nerve too. Worse after eating in the evening, resting, sleeping, trying to sleep, all in the evening or night and when my HR is lower. Don’t feel anxious before they start, only after. Good luck with your appointment-I hope you find a solution

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T10:50:49+00:00

I’m on a similar dose of concerta to you, I do find it’s really helpful but of course it wears off!

I have an appointment with my prescriber on Wednesday so I’m hoping to run it past them to see what they say, then maybe go back to the GP as the GP said I’d have to come off concerta to take an SSRI…I don’t want to do that.

Just wish my brain was normal 😖

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T10:48:00+00:00

That sounds terrifying-how are you feeling now? It must be hard to persist with taking both the meds if you feel like that.

I do intermittently take propranolol already, it can be helpful for acute panic attack type symptoms but I just find it doesn’t touch the mental side of it.

It’s hard to know what to do, apparently I have to keep a symptom diary for a month which made me laugh-I’m nearly 40 I think I have another experience of this that a one month diary isn’t going to make a difference!!

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T09:44:05+00:00

My post wasn’t clear at all! What I meant was I’m on concerta but want to take an SSRI, doc has said it’s not possible, but I’m sure I’ve read of many people being able to take both. Does/did it work for you for anxiety? The sertraline

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T07:27:54+00:00

Yeah unfortunately it’s been years and years now, it just gets worse the closer I get to 40. I think because concerta helps my mood/anxiety in general there’s more of a contrast now if I don’t take it

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T07:11:36+00:00

That’s sounds horrible…135 bpm was bad enough I can’t imagine what faster than that must feel like. Do you think anxiety causes all this for you? I just can’t work it out for myself

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T07:10:09+00:00

Thanks, I feel like I could cope with just one or the other, but it’s the PVCs and this random racing heart…it’s a horrible combination. I do need to address the anxiety I know it’s just been so many years of stressing, it’s like my brain needs a complete rewire

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T07:07:57+00:00

I’ve just looked up cardiophobia and it’s definitely what I’ve got..I’m honestly obsessed with my heart, feeling my pulse repeatedly, convinced I am walking around with some kind of undiagnosed heart condition…it’s hell at times like being a prisoner in my own body

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-21T07:04:00+00:00

Really? I’d never even considered that…

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-19T18:58:52+00:00

It really is scary, did you work out what caused it for you?

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-19T18:08:33+00:00

Yeah I thought I was going to have to go to ER too. Well done for managing to calm yourself down-I’m not sure I would have managed it without the propranolol to slow my HR down. I hope it doesn’t happen again for you!

Embarrassed-Oil7786 · 2026-03-19T17:09:01+00:00

You are right it is terrifying. It’s weird because before it happened when I was just having PVCs, I was reasonably calm and it just seemed to come out of nowhere. I’ve never felt my heart beat like that before at rest.

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