[CMoore416]

I wish there was some sort of explanation to why they occur when they do. I just can't seem to understand my PVCs. On the weekends I do ok. Weekdays not so well. But today is Monday and kids and hubby home so like a weekend and wham here they are. I had 2 good days and now back. I keep trying to say it's stress subconsciously but damn go away already!!! I hate you PVCs and I don't want you ruining my days anymore. I can't seem to beat this fear!!!

[dr461]

Originally Posted by CMoore416

I wish there was some sort of explanation to why they occur when they do. I just can't seem to understand my PVCs. On the weekends I do ok. Weekdays not so well. But today is Monday and kids and hubby home so like a weekend and wham here they are. I had 2 good days and now back. I keep trying to say it's stress subconsciously but damn go away already!!! I hate you PVCs and I don't want you ruining my days anymore. I can't seem to beat this fear!!!

Adrenaline. You can't predict nor control the amount of adrenaline you pump into your bloodstream. The more you think of it, the more the "flight or flight" reflex kicks in, and that causes the adrenal glands to do their thing, producing more adrenaline. Cat chasing tail syndrome.

[CMoore416]

I don't want to chase my tail anymore...

[Susie]

Yeah, that old fear, adrenalin, fear cycle. It is hard to break, especially when you are so afraid after having some of the darn things.

[CMoore416]

It's so frustrating! I can lay in bed until 930 and have nothing. I get up for a short bit and they start. I just dont get it. I hate it. I really just want or day where it's gone. I struggle so badly in my head trying to understand this and accept it and ignore it and to say calm. I'm tired of battling it or even dealing with it. It's just so tiring.....

[Jeff]

Well, maybe you can look at it this way?

What do you know? You said you know that it's usually worse on weekdays, not as bad on the weekends. So whatever you have tends to take weekends off.

I don't know of too many deadly diseases that do that. Do you?

So what else can you infer from this kernel of knowledge? That the PVCs seem to be tied the days of the week. Duh, right? Well work with me here. So, something is different between the weekends and weekdays (your anomalous Monday notwithstanding). It could be diet. It could be sleep patterns. It could be anxiety about the week. It could be stress over marriage/family/work/money.

Your heart doesn't know what day of the week it is.

But your head does.

So it would seem that the problem is there, not your heart.

Treat your head.

[jkfrench]

It is hard. I understand. I had about an hour of PVC's while shopping today. It is very hard to not focus on them. The trick is to just learn how to accept them. I just tell myself that I not going to get scared, or start feeling my pulse or start thinking about all the "what ifs" because if I do, they will just last longer. I will be feeding them. I don't want them to last longer so I just feel them and go on. Nothing worse is going to happen and they go away much faster if you let it pass as calmly as you can. One day you will wake up and your thought process will change. You will just simply be sick of worrying about them. You will get there!

[Jeff]

Yep - exactly what Jodie said.

Have you been watching American Horror Story at all? PVCs are like the ghosts - if you say "Go away!" and truly ignore them, they'll go away.

[CMoore416]

I used to have them only on weekends and I thought it was anxiety due to being nervous about my kids in soccer games. Then I started having them on weekdays and now it's been every single day! Now there is no rhyme or reason and now they last longer! It's maddening. I'm feeling very down today and haven't had any until I started carrying some boxes to the car and then that got my HR up and thus brings on PVCs. That's why I'm afraid to exercise at all because it brings them on. So I'm extremely out if shape and I used to exercise daily. I wish I could yell them to go away.....mine are being stubborn. I know it's my head.....but I can't seem to fix my head!

[Jeff]

What are you trying?