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My friend had a reaction like that after taking something (antidepressants) once. Not sure what it was though.

Glad younarecfeeling better. You can post Toni's on forum page. There s an "add topic" button

I think its your own panic about taking the Zoloft that gave you the nightmare, not the medicine itself. It takes weeks for the zoloft to really kick in so you just have to ride the waves until then. Then once you get balanced out on the zoloft you can cut back on the xanax. I haven't taken one in 3 months but I still have them just in case. They are a huge help.

Glad you are having a better day! Remember the good days when you do get hit with a bad one. It makes it so much easier to get through

Thanks for the response DaniRae I'm still here didn't die lol.Feeling much better today and I have only had to take 3 xanax over the past two and a half days so I'm pretty happy about that!
My doc started my dose of zoloft at 25 mg . Must of had the nightmares due to stress or something? I hope your dad is doing well. It's nice to hear that someone has gone through what I am going through and made it ...well not nice to hear but comforting. Thanks again

My father is on Metroprolol, I watched the nurses give him the med for his blood pressure. within minutes his BP dropped, his HR dropped and his PVCs dropped to about 1 per minute instead of the 12 he was having. They didn't care about the PVCs though, they were only giving him the Metroprolol for the Blood Pressure.

Zoloft would not give you nightmares like that after taking it one time.... unless you maybe started with a large dose. Did you doc give you a slow start up? I started on like 15 mgs, for 3 days then went to 25 mgs for 5 days then 50 mgs. Your panic makes you feel side effects that isn't from the meds but from your own mind. Trust me, I know. I was scared to take anything. But I got to such a hard place with my panic that I was willing to do anything to make it better, side effects and all.

Remember PVCs come in waves. You can have days with very few then a time of having them back to back. you are still totally ok Its just our funky beats. We really have an advantage here, we have heart work ups and are ok, not many people our ages have that. Think of how many people out there need heart work ups and have things wrong that are undiagnosed until it is too late. We already know our hearts are strong and good to go

And my cardiologist put me on beta blockers (metoprolol) but after reading about beta blockers I am scared to death to take them I haven't touched them at all! Any advice from someone who has taken them would be greatly appreciated

Oh and yes my real name is silent lol . My parents were weirdo hippies from San Francisco ...this site is kinda hard to navigate from my phone so I'm not sure how to post threads..

UHG!! Haven't been on in a couple days. Thank you all for the support ! I'm having such a bad day. My son and I took the dog for a walk and I have been feeling really good lately ...got home and started having really bad pvcs ....I feel so shaken right now ...considering going to e.r .....I keep feeling like this is the real one this is what its all lead up to I'm going to go into cardiac arrest any second ........I'm so trying to keep it together ...I guess if I was going to die I would have by no? And if I was in super bad shape I wouldn't be able to type ......lol just in the past few minutes its taken me to write I allready feel better ...Kelly I know what you mean by not wishing this on your worst enemy! Danirae my doc gave me script for zoloft last week and I took it once before bed I woke up I'm middle of night from nightmares and was really shaky...have you ever had any thing like that before? ......FU**********K!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WHAT HAS BECOME OF MY LIFE !!!!!! Sorry for that
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...I use to feel like such a strong person....now I'm scared to that today will be my last day with my wife and kids ...I'm only 34 years old ..my son is 15 and my daughters are 6 and 7 years old don't know what to do right now... my wife is sitting next to me as I type .....its strange, she soo supportive...oh and my doc gave .5 mg. Of zanax ..really don't want to take it been kinda taking a lot lately (4 a day) only suppose to take between 2 and 3 ....scared to take zoloft after the nightmares .....I totally need to see a psychologist I'm friken loosing my mind here ....some days I totally think I have this beat ...and then it comes back full force when I least expect it ...sorry for rambling like this the more I type the more it takes my mind off focusing on the pvcs ...gonna take the zanax can't hold out any more ...I feel like I'm am slowly starting a vicious cycle I will never get out of I don't want to have to rely on pills to feel better

Hi everyone!


So glad to see you all here You are sooo not alone. Most of us have some sort of funky heart beat along with a form of anxiety / OCD etc. We have to or else we would have just accepted what the docs said and moved on with our lives.

A little about my story, I started with panic attacks when I was 19 years old. Was put on Zoloft which saved my life. I was in a constant state of panic and it was the worse feeling in the world. Well about a year ago I would have a few days of 50 or so "hard palps." so after the 3rd round in a few months I went to a cardio. He set up a 30 day monitor and said he truely felt I was having very normal heart activity. Well after 3 weeks I went to see an EP. During this time my panic came full circle. I was a mess. My docs up'd my Zoloft and gave me Xanax. I missed so much work, I kept my kids home from school and I had to go stay with my mother.

One of the biggest symptoms of my panic is my neck and face would get very flushed, hot and tingly.... My Psychologist told me that is a big sign of panic because it's the adrenaline rushing up into our systems. So... Kinda explains that.

But I got the tests and received the same answers. It's benign, we are fine and to have a good life.

I emailed another cardio about a 2nd opinion and his response was "PVCs in a normal heart hold no significance nor do not pose any threat, but if you would still like an evaluation, feel free to make an appointment." so bascially.... I am fine but if I wanna waste my money feel free lol.

I am in a much better place now. I still have spikes of panic but I am also a bit of a hypochondriac. It's something I have accepted and am coming to terms with. I have it pretty well under control but I catch myself doing crazy things at times lol. Just who I am.

Really glad you found us here, we are a very open group, here for support, reassurance and a bit of tough love if needed

Hi, I'm new here too. You are telling my story! except I'm a female! I noticed mine 7 years ago and at first they didn't freak me out at all. I didn't even see a doc for months. Even after I saw the doc. she said they weren't gonna hurt me and that was good enough for me. I went on about my life, I had another baby. A year after my son was born I felt one and in brought me into a panic. I have been dealing with anxiety ever sense then (a little over 3 years). It has been about 2 months that they are really making me obsess about my heart. I feel like my body is shutting down. I am so weak and tired from the anxiety. I have 3 kids and I think everyday "what if this is my last day with them". I panic more than ever now. I don't even get them a lot. Somedays I might feel 10 and others I might just feel one. This site is great though, even though I wouldn't wish these on my worst enemy it's good to know I'm not alone and your not either.

One of the best books I have ever read on Panic is called
"From Panic to Power" I have PVCs every day about 800. I can feel every single one of them and it is so hard not to panic especially when I am out working. I just want to run home to my safety net. I refuse to let these take over my life. What has help me the most is prayer, exercise. This helps with the PVCs and the panic. Hang in there. My prayers are with you. You will be fine, this too shall pass.

I think we have all been where you are now. It does get better. I went to doctor after doctor until I finally started to believe there was nothing wrong with me. Once you really believe it, then you will start to deal with these much better. I still have moments where they get me, and I freak out, but I am no longer worrying about them every day. Read all these posts, most people have been dealing with them for years. We all have heard the exact same information from our doctors. Someday you will believe it and you begin to feel better.

Wow! thank you all for the support! It is so nice to be able to relate people who are going through the same thing I am going through. It is hard to tell other people what is going on in my life (including friends and family) I have told some people and they just don't understand. They tell me things like "can't you just ignore it" lol no I can't it doesn't work like that ..even the Docs say best thing to is just ignore them ...only if it were that easy ..anyways thank you all for the warm welcome I feel very comfortable here

I'm Hello and welcome! So sorry you are dealing with all of this. I know itsso scary. As you read before from me - I am struggling bad with it as well. Have been since getting them in July. I had an occasional couple here and there over the last couple years. But in July I started having them constantly for hours. I see a therapist and she thinksnitsnall stress related. I did suffer for several years with a thyroid disease which I'm cured of now, but it was very stressful and then just some other family life issues in the beginning of this year. I have had them so bad and gone to ERor urgent care only to have them completely stop while being there. stress? Seems so. But I have yet learned how to deal or manage and it has taken a huge toll on my life. I'm depressed, do nothing at all but sit all day (used to be very active) and avoid things I used to do - even working. My children and husband I'm sure suffer from my behavior and I cry a lot! So anyways I can't be much help other than offer support! I hope you find that here!!

If I wasnt so tired I would give you a better reponse tonight. But for the meantime...I have written a lot about this stuff over the years...here are some things I have blogged about...maybe you can relate I will get better....as hard as that is to believe.

You can just go HERE and pick from the drop down of the Anxiety, Panic and Other Mental...

LOL, well, I had one of my famous "runs" tonight, you know, the kind where it feels like a hundred butterflies are fluttering, I was so upset, I did not have that feeling even once while wearing the monitor, and, that was the main reason I wanted it, I wanted to find out what they were. Now, I am sort of scared again, oh well, so be it, maybe I should have asked for a 30 day one. LOL.

thats awesome to hear susie, just keep in this frame of mind and you will be back to normal, keep going for walks, do stuff you like and when a pvc comes on keep focused on what you were doing and not your pulse and you will be fine. glad to hear your happy

and a good book for you would be Hope and Help for your nerves by claire weeks, its done wonders for so many people in this community and can probably help you, as the book says fighting the pvcs is bad, just creates more adrenaline which in turn creates more pvcs, and you being scared to sleep / sleep deprevation increases pvcs, if anything i would rather die in my sleep instead of a painful heart attack i could feel, just stop thinking your dying untill you are actually on your death bed, then by all means think away, but alot of the pvcs are fueled by anxiety.

well man if you need any help we are all here for you, so dont hesitate to ask questions

Thanks Katie and Chaoticdopey...yea Deadmau5 lol that pic was taken a couple years ago in better times before these pvc's had consumed my life

dito on what katie said, and it looks like we have a techno fan, lol with your avatar picture of Deadmau5