Sinus tachy HR but took blocker????

[Gracey888]

Not quite sure what’s going on today. My Gastro recommended splitting my 40mg dose in half of verapamil to see if I could tolerate the side effects better. I split the pill in half and took 20 mg this morning. All morning and my heart has been around 107 -110. It’s making me feel quite panicky and my chest is tight (& short of breath). Normally my tacky heart doesn’t always stay tachy and only ever normally goes to 93/94 BPM. my parents reckon it’s panic disorder my daughter reckons there’s something not quite right mechanically. I have a history of SVT and have had paramedics out this week twice already. Sent to hospital yesterday by which time my SVT has righted itself. I am getting terrible stomach and diaphragm spasms though. All observations good, X-ray ok apart from constipation!

[Palpman]

I had panic attacks for 4 years and was treated for anxiety.

A cardiologist then diagnosed me with SVT. Apparently my heart would suddenly start beating very fast and I could feel this in my chest and my chest felt tight.

This strange feeling made me panic hence the diagnosis of panic attacks and not SVT.

The type of SVT I have is AVNRT where the signal gets to the AV node and makes a re-entry back to the Atriums. This would cause the doubling of my normal HB.

My cardiologist put me on Flecainide that has stopped this problem. Not the ectopics though.

Hang in there pal.

[Gracey888 in reply to Palpman]

Thanks, it’s quite unnerving dealing with all this. Which makes my anxiety higher which in turn affects my HR.

I was dx with paroxysmal SVT 3 weeks ago. Had them years, but never got picked up before on a monitor. Although that one 3 weeks ago was the worst one I’d experienced.

Flecainide is my next med in line if I don’t agree with verapamil. This is the 3rd change. My body doesn’t seem to like the meds at all. I’ve been recommended to have an ablation, but don’t think my body is ready for it yet. I’ve not been well for weeks with various things. Possibly all stemming from may be the virus, but we don’t know. I’ve been a mess.

I’m too anxious to look up your type and the ectopics.