Posted by Laura in Oregon on April 06, 2004 at 23:53:22:
In Reply to: Re: Newbie - Considering Ablation for PVCs - Need input posted by Glenn Camp on April 06, 2004 at 16:54:10:
Thanks you guys for giving me the insight I needed to this problem. Most websites only list lightheaded as a symptom. One website listed fatigue, which covers a lot of territory. My daughter says when have a run of PVCs "it makes you feel like you're on crack" and since I don't know what that is like, I had to search. So between what everyone has said, they make you feel a lot of anxiety, wound up, can be hard to sleep, etc. followed by a hard crash afterwards; tired, foggy brained, grumpy etc. I get pretty severe muscle stiffness and soreness too. In fact, at times it can be hard to sleep thru the night because it feels like I can't breathe correctly. Very strange. And they did get worse after I took only half of the Cardizem, which is a calcium channel blocker. It's like a dang roller coaster ride. I can't wait to get the ablation. There are days when the thought of the procedure scares the heck out of me, but when I think of how long this has been bothering me and I never really knew exactly what it was... we're talking YEARS! To go on like this would be kinda crazy. WhooHooo!!! I can't wait... :-)
Thanks again for sharing your experiences.
Laura