Originally Posted by
Deepseathree
Various heart worries. Need help on how to move further and if I should pursue more tests.
Around last November I had an heart echocardiogram, stress test, and a 30 day event monitor. The tests were due to me having an increased amount of palpitations out of no where. Stress test showed PVCs near peak exercise. Event monitor showed a no sustained run of ventricular tachycardia for a total of 5 beats. Echocardiogram was normal.
About three weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night with an excessive heart rate. Sustained beats of around 167 for maybe 5-10 minutes. Three nights after that same thing up to 165. The following night up to 131.
I was prescribed the Toporol xl. I haven’t had an episode, but I also started using my cpap. I was borderline though on the sleep study to where I could need one, or not.
My questions are could that much change with my heart to start causing problems? What could be the night issue? I’ve been having random left sided back pain and chest pain. Though I don’t think that’s related but could it be? The only big change I’ve had in my life is I quit my Prozac. Cold turkey. I was only on 10mg. I stopped that maybe one or two months ago.
I should also add that I was seen in the ER last Saturday for one of the fast HR episodes. Of course it wasn’t happening there. But they monitored me and did blood tests to which everything was fine.