londonchris
28-04-11, 14:06
Hi all,
As a sufferer from PVCs (benign Ventricular Ectopic Beats) I wondered if anyone knew why theirs come on and whether you know of any triggers?
Mine seem to come on far more when I'm tired or have indigestion. This is near enough every day :doh:
In terms of caffeine etc - to be honest it seems to make no difference. I've tried decaff tea and I drink it now but to be honest I've had cokes before and its made no difference at all to the frequency or timing.
I don't get enough sleep, that's for sure. But one week when I went to bed early every night, I didn't have an ectopic all week.
In addition, exercise seems to sort them out - although when one does happen during exercise it feels more scary as your heart is beating harder anyway!! :scared15:
To be honest, as I work full time my evenings are too precious to sleep away so I don't keep the sleep patterns up. Whilst I've been regularly exercising the ectopics seem to have reduced but I'm still too anxious to go full flow cardio workout on the running machines :mad:
Anyone else got any tips or thoughts? :shrug: :yesyes:
As a sufferer from PVCs (benign Ventricular Ectopic Beats) I wondered if anyone knew why theirs come on and whether you know of any triggers?
Mine seem to come on far more when I'm tired or have indigestion. This is near enough every day :doh:
In terms of caffeine etc - to be honest it seems to make no difference. I've tried decaff tea and I drink it now but to be honest I've had cokes before and its made no difference at all to the frequency or timing.
I don't get enough sleep, that's for sure. But one week when I went to bed early every night, I didn't have an ectopic all week.
In addition, exercise seems to sort them out - although when one does happen during exercise it feels more scary as your heart is beating harder anyway!! :scared15:
To be honest, as I work full time my evenings are too precious to sleep away so I don't keep the sleep patterns up. Whilst I've been regularly exercising the ectopics seem to have reduced but I'm still too anxious to go full flow cardio workout on the running machines :mad:
Anyone else got any tips or thoughts? :shrug: :yesyes: