SVT or Panic Attacks

[lbwell700]

Hi so I had an ablation about a little under a month ago and everything has been fine. Recovery was a pain but I am finally feeling less of the after effects. However, I have had a few instances where my heart would start beating fast and I could usually call someone or grab ice and calm it. But I can’t tell if these are SVT attacks or panic attacks. I never had an SVT attack before the ablation except the one attack that put me in the hospital. So if anyone could share their experience with SVT: could you calm it down quickly. Could you feel it coming on? Because this last one I woke up in the middle of the night feeling off then my heart started to beat quickly so I went and got ice, put it on my chest, and put my head between my knees and then it went away.

Thanks any feedback would be helpful!

[CDreamer]

Trouble is that high HR is a symptom of high anxiety so it is often really difficult to say and the only way to really know if there is anything unusual happening is to take an ECG/EKG and have an Electrophysiologist interpret the results.

Do you possess a Kardia? In occasions like this it can be very useful as you can then send the trace to your doctor and have a record over time of any changes.

If ice calms you, then in my opinion and not medically trained, I would suggest it could be postural and a Vagas nerve reaction to laying prone.

Hopefully it will be a one off during recovery time, 4 weeks is still fairly early in the recovery process as I found it was a good 9 months before my resting HR settled and all the lumps and bumps ceased.

Best wishes CD

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[BobD Volunteer]

You say recovery was a pain. Sorry you haven't reciovered yet! Three to six months is how long it takes for full receovery so please don't stress yet. Plenty of time.