Looking for advice for troublesome arrhythmia

[Vw17bb]

Hello, I have recently been diagnosed with 2 different arrhythmia. I have Atrial Tachycardia & Accelerated Ideoventricular rhythm, my consultant started me on bisoprolol 2.5mg 7 weeks ago & these arrhythmias have increased in frequency.

This week I had an awful experience where I had this sudden thud in my heart, lost my vision & felt like I was going to pass out, this was totally different to the palpitations I presented with originally, my body then started shaking I could not keep a limb still so my family rang an ambulance. The hospital seem to think the shaking was from an adrenaline surge to get my heart back into a normal rhythm. I am now waiting to go back & see my cardiologist for another 5 day holter monitoring. They have reduced my beta blocker to 1.25mg to see if that improves my symptoms as think maybe my pulse had become too slow (around 50) & my heart was trying to go extra beats. This was a very scary experience & wondered if anyone had any advice or thoughts that could help. I’m a 50 year old woman with no other health problems, I actually thought my Gp would say it was the menopause & not an actual heart problem.

[Kellyjelly]

Hi, that sounds like a scary experience. Have you been taking beta blockers for a while on a higher dose? I was put on Bisoprolol in December after a stay in hospital with atrial fibrillation and flutter (paroxysmal) I was on 1.25mg and I only managed to take it for 14 days when I had to stop because it was making me feel so ill. I felt like I had a heavy weight on my chest, I had loads of palpitations and couldn’t even walk up my drive without feeling faint. Do you feel any better on the lower dose? I hope they get to the bottom of it with the monitor.

[Hidden in reply to Kellyjelly]

I was put on Bisoprolol 1.25 after an Svt attack,I get ectopics and Bisoprolol made it much worse, also it dropped my heart and blood pressure too low. I felt like a walking zombie afraid to go too far, I don,t take it now. I,m having ongoing tests because I refused ablation for the moment.

[Hidden]

The thing is, when something happens it can be very scary but it can turn to your advantage and move you forwards. Doctors can sit up and take notice and do something about it and we learn ourselves from the experience. It may feel less bad if it happens again.

And is arrhythmia really a heart problem? Lots of us may have perfectly normal hearts but suffer from very annoying quirks in the heart's electrical system. An electrophysiologist is the expert rather than a run-of-the-mill cardiologist.

[alseja]

Hello

I had the same feelings when my menopause started. It was really bad. Symptoms as you said. I am 59 now and it is better. Diagnose is PVC and I take beta blocker named Nebilet. Dr prescribed it 2x per day but I take it only once in the morning. I take every day Mg and it really helps. Good luck.