Geez, anyway I started to have PVC's last week, just one at 1st then a day later a couple more. I tried to shake them off but you lnow how it is. Then Tuesday morning I woke up and had like 10 of them in a row and that scared me. It also scared me that I've only had these when I have had a panic attack and these were all by themselves. So I started thinking (which we all know is bad) that maybe it was happening because of something other than my anxiety, so I quick went to the Dr and they said if I was having them right there I'd have to go to the Er. So off I went in the wheel chair. The doc I saw was super nice and explained to me a little more than what I knew about pvc's and did some tests (glucose,thyroid,cholesteral and some other) and everything was good or normal. So I had a follow up with a doctor and my therapist yesterday and the doc said well, lets put you on a 48 hour heart monitor just to rule out anything serious and this was a new doc and she was great and I felt really good with her and my blood pressure was excellent, so I was in pretty good shape. It felt good to cry to the therapist about how scared I was and then I went to work for a couple hours and felt good. After I got home last nght from work, I had a couple pvc's and I tried to shake them off but they threw me into a panic attack, but I wasn't sure if it was a panic attack, so I called the ER, and after my heart rate started to go down then I decided to drive myself in to make sure everything was okay. And another really nice doctor saw me and explained to me even more about pvc's and that a lot of people have them from all sorts of things and in most cases they are not harmful. I finally had a couple when I was hooked up, which they've never been able to catch them before, and they weren't concerned about them hardly at all. I had more as I tried to go to sleep last night, but I put in the relaxation cd and eventually dozed off. So, I've realized some things this morning. First is that I haven't been taking very good care of myself. My diet has slipped and I've been slacking on sleep, I also have been pushing myself too hard with some new work and have had too many expectations about it, I've also been slacking on keeping in tune with the program and all my learnt material. So, with all of that, plus not focussing on my coping skills, whammo- panic attack. So, I started journaling again and am going through the program again and you know, I feel that I'm gonna be okay. With all the heart stuff happening, I felt this doom like I was going to die or that I was dying, but- THAT'S just not the truth or rational! I have to keep telling myself that all the doctor's day I'm in great health and that they don't see anything wrong with my heart. I also need to get better connected with my faith, and trust in the Lord. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent and any encouraging thoughts or prayers would be appreciated. I just keep telling myself, it's a bump in the road, I'm way better off now than I was 6 months ago and that I can over come this! Thanks!went to the ER twice in 4 days
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Talk about a bad week! Geez, anyway I started to have PVC's last week, just one at 1st then a day later a couple more. I tried to shake them off but you lnow how it is. Then Tuesday morning I woke up and had like 10 of them in a row and that scared me. It also scared me that I've only had these when I have had a panic attack and these were all by themselves. So I started thinking (which we all know is bad) that maybe it was happening because of something other than my anxiety, so I quick went to the Dr and they said if I was having them right there I'd have to go to the Er. So off I went in the wheel chair. The doc I saw was super nice and explained to me a little more than what I knew about pvc's and did some tests (glucose,thyroid,cholesteral and some other) and everything was good or normal. So I had a follow up with a doctor and my therapist yesterday and the doc said well, lets put you on a 48 hour heart monitor just to rule out anything serious and this was a new doc and she was great and I felt really good with her and my blood pressure was excellent, so I was in pretty good shape. It felt good to cry to the therapist about how scared I was and then I went to work for a couple hours and felt good. After I got home last nght from work, I had a couple pvc's and I tried to shake them off but they threw me into a panic attack, but I wasn't sure if it was a panic attack, so I called the ER, and after my heart rate started to go down then I decided to drive myself in to make sure everything was okay. And another really nice doctor saw me and explained to me even more about pvc's and that a lot of people have them from all sorts of things and in most cases they are not harmful. I finally had a couple when I was hooked up, which they've never been able to catch them before, and they weren't concerned about them hardly at all. I had more as I tried to go to sleep last night, but I put in the relaxation cd and eventually dozed off. So, I've realized some things this morning. First is that I haven't been taking very good care of myself. My diet has slipped and I've been slacking on sleep, I also have been pushing myself too hard with some new work and have had too many expectations about it, I've also been slacking on keeping in tune with the program and all my learnt material. So, with all of that, plus not focussing on my coping skills, whammo- panic attack. So, I started journaling again and am going through the program again and you know, I feel that I'm gonna be okay. With all the heart stuff happening, I felt this doom like I was going to die or that I was dying, but- THAT'S just not the truth or rational! I have to keep telling myself that all the doctor's day I'm in great health and that they don't see anything wrong with my heart. I also need to get better connected with my faith, and trust in the Lord. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent and any encouraging thoughts or prayers would be appreciated. I just keep telling myself, it's a bump in the road, I'm way better off now than I was 6 months ago and that I can over come this! Thanks!
Geez, anyway I started to have PVC's last week, just one at 1st then a day later a couple more. I tried to shake them off but you lnow how it is. Then Tuesday morning I woke up and had like 10 of them in a row and that scared me. It also scared me that I've only had these when I have had a panic attack and these were all by themselves. So I started thinking (which we all know is bad) that maybe it was happening because of something other than my anxiety, so I quick went to the Dr and they said if I was having them right there I'd have to go to the Er. So off I went in the wheel chair. The doc I saw was super nice and explained to me a little more than what I knew about pvc's and did some tests (glucose,thyroid,cholesteral and some other) and everything was good or normal. So I had a follow up with a doctor and my therapist yesterday and the doc said well, lets put you on a 48 hour heart monitor just to rule out anything serious and this was a new doc and she was great and I felt really good with her and my blood pressure was excellent, so I was in pretty good shape. It felt good to cry to the therapist about how scared I was and then I went to work for a couple hours and felt good. After I got home last nght from work, I had a couple pvc's and I tried to shake them off but they threw me into a panic attack, but I wasn't sure if it was a panic attack, so I called the ER, and after my heart rate started to go down then I decided to drive myself in to make sure everything was okay. And another really nice doctor saw me and explained to me even more about pvc's and that a lot of people have them from all sorts of things and in most cases they are not harmful. I finally had a couple when I was hooked up, which they've never been able to catch them before, and they weren't concerned about them hardly at all. I had more as I tried to go to sleep last night, but I put in the relaxation cd and eventually dozed off. So, I've realized some things this morning. First is that I haven't been taking very good care of myself. My diet has slipped and I've been slacking on sleep, I also have been pushing myself too hard with some new work and have had too many expectations about it, I've also been slacking on keeping in tune with the program and all my learnt material. So, with all of that, plus not focussing on my coping skills, whammo- panic attack. So, I started journaling again and am going through the program again and you know, I feel that I'm gonna be okay. With all the heart stuff happening, I felt this doom like I was going to die or that I was dying, but- THAT'S just not the truth or rational! I have to keep telling myself that all the doctor's day I'm in great health and that they don't see anything wrong with my heart. I also need to get better connected with my faith, and trust in the Lord. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent and any encouraging thoughts or prayers would be appreciated. I just keep telling myself, it's a bump in the road, I'm way better off now than I was 6 months ago and that I can over come this! Thanks!-
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I remember your story from the other day and I am the one who replied that I hated my job and had PVC's and got a heart monitor put on by the ER and finally quit my job. What I wanted to say today is that you reminded me of something. I was into drinking caffeine those days and I was drinking some things I didn't even know had caffeine in them until I investigated. My diet WAS bad...too much sugar, too much caffeine, and my job was a night job too, so my sleep was messed up. I was on Paxil too at that time. By the way, I too had PVC's outside of panic attacks. Just wanted to share that with you.