Hi all,

I’m an otherwise healthy 27 year old guy but recently in the past few months I’ve been getting PVCs (verified by ECG) way more frequently then I used to. I used to get only 1 that I’d notice every other day or less now I get around 50 a day. What really makes me nervous that I can’t get past is that they happen usually while I’m up and walking around and can dependably go away or reduce in frequency if I lay down. I always heard they should go away with exercise so it makes me think there’s some sinister cause to them. This of course has made me not want to do any kind of physical activity and when it’s really bad I have trouble just staying calm while walking and only want to sit around all day in fear that one of these times I’m going to drop dead from one. I’m always expecting and waiting for the next one to happen. I just don’t know what to do. It’s effecting my job and quality of life drastically.

I’ve had an echocardiogram, cardiac troponin, chest x-ray, chest ct with contrast all came back perfectly normal with no indication of heart disease. I do have a congenital heart rhythm anomaly called right bundle branch block and left posterior fascicular block so basically RBBB and half of left. It was determined it’s benign and runs in my family something I was born with. But this just adds to my anxiety that maybe it is some heart disease they misdiagnosed.

I also this weekend just got done with a 24h holter monitor that I turn in Monday so my anxiety is in overdrive with that hoping they see the PVCs are benign. I of course made the mistake of googling PVCs and found two things that have me worried like “R” on “T” phenomenon where the pvc lands on a T wave which isn’t benign and multi focal PVCs which come from random areas of the heart instead of one which I’m also worried it could be. This holter will tell me that at least. But I’ve been to the ER and they’ve seen the PVCs and never mentioned anything so maybe that means they were benign.

I just need some reassurance and maybe some tips on coping? I can’t get past worrying each time I get one it’s the end . Anyway thank you all for taking the time to read this PVCs are rough :/.