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SVT or Anxiety
by LittleMissBeatz, Nov 28, 2008 02:51PM
I am 24 years old and I was diagnosed with SVT in May of 2007, I was then put on cardizem 120mg, the "episodes" then stopped but only for a while. After another occurence happend they upped my meds to 180mg because of my age and they didn't want my bloodpressure to drop too low and cause other problems. I had one spell where I actually passed completely out and found myself lying on the floor with my front door open *YIKES*!! So back in April of this year I went through with the catheter ablation and ofcourse with my luck the doctors could not trigger my SVT with any of the meds they used. Sooooo they thought it would be a good idea to take me off of my meds. Well recently I had an "episode" which is basically hot sweats, dizziness, blackouts, a really gittery feeling like my insides are shaking, after the "episode" calms down I usually have really bad back pains and really bad cold chills. If I sit down quick enough then the "episode eases away. I am currently 5 months pregnant. Could teh baby be putting too much strain on my body, is my SVT back, or could it be anxiety attacks of some sort?? I need some help please this is starting to get really scary especially being pregnant and all. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone could give me...
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Congrats on your pregnancy!
Hormonal changes are thought to play an important role in the development of arrhythmias during pregnancy.
Estrogens increase the excitability and the frequency of action potentials in susceptible tissues such as uterine muscle fiber. The blood levels and the metabolism of catecholamines do not change significantly during pregnancy.
However, studies have shown that estrogens increase the number of a-adrenergic receptors and adrenergic sensitivity in susceptible tissues
You mentioned that you had an EP study but Dr's could not provoke any SVT. Unfortunately, this can happen to people. The problem is that unless they can provoke the SVT during the study, they cannot preform an ablation procedure to cure you.
I think that you should make an appt. with your Dr to discuss your options. I can certainly understand your fear, now being pregnant.
Good luck and keep us posted with any updates:)
I don't understand why he would make a comment stating that this is "uncommon" in someone your age. SVT can happen at any point, reports show episodes occuring as early as infancy.
I think you are right. Maybe it's time to get a new Dr to take a look at what's going on with you. Have you ever been given an event monitor to try and capture the episodes?
We're supposed to have trust in the Dr's taking care of us. When we loose that trust then it's time to move on. I hope that you are successful in finding a trustworthy Dr. outside of the practice of you current MD. :)