Hi! I know all about pvc's. I have been having them bad the last couple of weeks. I was in the er wed. After I had my liver surgery I had them constantly for a month. Have you had anything traumatic happen to you? Mine finally got better after my surgery recovery, but now they have started back. I go to my dr at Emory tomorrow, so I hope I get answers. I was born with two small holes in my heart and had them repaired in 06, so they are saying my heart is fine also. I know what you mean they will drive you crazy. At times I feel like I am just going to pass on out. I'm am getting afraid to do anything. I have been on atenolol for a long time. I also take Cal & Mag. Do you have anxiety? I think my reg dr thinks its that, but they haven't convinced me.They did tell me alot of healthy hearts people have them and they don't even notice it! I don't know how. I hope this helps some. Deb

They just came out of the blue, apart from alot of stress, I am blaming that but they dont really know.I know they are very common,and no one seems to know why they get them.
Do they affect your head,I know what you mean about thinking you are going to pass out,the heart specialist said that wouldnt happen but if you feel like that, that doesnt really help.Mine are worse when I lie down, I hardly got any sleep last night and I dont want to increase the beta blockers, I get this sort of whooshing in my head!!
I suppose if you get them very irregularly maybe you dont notice,but every 3 or 4 beats is a bit much!!
Thanks for replying.

Hi Bonny,

I do know what you're talking about and how scary they can be. I just finished wearing a halter monitor for 24hrs to see what's causing mine. I too take a beta blocker and don't like how it makes me feel but if it calms my heart then I guess so be it. :) I hope they get this figured out because I know how it can wear on you and make like miserable.

Take care and big hugs
Renee

I know exactly where you are coming from and that is the reason i got on here today to see if anyone was having them as regularly as i did..i got them last night every 2 or 3 beats for a minute or so...scared me to death...ive been taking atenolol for years and it helps but im like you i really dont like taking it...it makes me really tired..and yes it affects my head too..i also have anxiety and panic disorder and take xanax for that...helps sometimes but sometimes not...hope yours get better..i have dont the holter test but havent had any other test...the docs just say that its because of stress and that im overweight..also my father had them too so i dont know if its hereditary or what...good luck

I have had pvc's for about a week and they freaked me out at first. Had an ECG at the ER and did the holter monitor for a day. My Dr said only good option was a beta blocker if they continue to bother me. I said no thanks. I researched PVC's and came across this article.
www.afibbers.org/conference/session49.pdf
I read it and went to a 24 hour pharmacy to get taurine and L-arginine, but only found L-arginine. I took 500 miligrams. I was very skeptical but desperate. I was not getting much sleep because my pvc's were so frequent, and I felt like my heart was going to stop any minute, but 40 minutes later my PVC's were less noticable. I couldn't believe it.The next day I bought taurine and eased my way into the articles protocall and now My pvc's are almost completely gone. From what I have researched Taurine has almost no side effects and L-arginine has some but none that worried me too much. Read this article or do a google for "taurine cures pvc's". Research these amino acids and try it out if you want your life back.