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i've had these dang things for 15 years and have always excersized anyway. my heart always feels better when it's in good shape. exercise is THE miracle drug for everything. might not cure it but can go a long ways in helping.

Hi Neil - It's really pretty minimal. I think so much of it is the mental anguish and buildup to the exercise that it affects how your heart performs when under the duress of exercise.

And I've been in such a good mental place for so long that the skips are minimal and when they happen they don't slow me down a bit. My bad right knee slows me down way more than my heart does. And I'll have the occasional short burst of PAT, and my heart might even get up to 220-240 - but it pops right back down in a second or two, and away we go.

The organ to conquer is not the heart. It's the brain. And if you need it, use drugs when you wage war against your brain.

Hey there Jeff I just wanted to drop you a quick line to see how your exercise plan is going. When iheard from you last you were tkrowimg yourself in to much training. Looking at your posted pics it's worked a treat well done! (I think you look particularly well in the bikini pic ha ha kidding) I just wondered really how the beats were going during the exercise ? How you were coping if they played up ? What kind or exercises are you doing ? And if you had had any big thuds during exercise? Regards Neil

iv just read yr how i got rid of my PVCs u sure had loads didnt you seems like u had them bad.. i have them bad 2day i woke with them bt im due my monthly cyle in 2 days it must of been terrible to have as many as that in a day, mines been missing every other 5th beat on and off all day i wish there was a cure but us guys have to live with them

Hi Greylady38 -

I'd done a little digging on the web yesterday and didn't get a chance to post it up, but here's what I recall: dosage for atenolol is typically 50-100mg per day, but there were indications to double that dose when a more immediate effect was needed.

If your doctor is a cardiologist and you're given the choice of deciding who knows more about your heart and what you need, your cardiologist or your pharmacist, I'd choose the cardiologist every time. Hope that helps.

iv been on atenolol for 6 years now but 2 of those years iv been on 100mg a day witch i think is max doseage. because in the last 10 months this attacks have come back with a venage and norm last bout a week, on- off every day. iv been taken an xtra tab in those days so im on 200mg thru the attacks witch normaly regulates it to near normal, my doc didnt seem to understand wen i said bout the flutters ect coz never having them himself he prob wldnt and said cut down smoking drinking ect i do neither anyway. so he said its save to take 2 aday but the pharmcy quired it and said it was unsafe 4 me to take 200mg a day now im worried wld u no the safe dosage or do i need to go back to my cardiologist

Hi Amanda -

Yeah, I'm feeling less overwhelmed by this site, and am finding a balance between this one and all the other things in my usual day. Haven't forgotten about writing about you. I will.

Thanks for checking in.

Hey Jeff, just wanted to check in and see how you are doing. I know you needed a break there for awhile. Hope all is well.. -Amanda