I turned in my monitor a bit early, it was driving me crazy! Anyway, my doctor called this afternoon and said it got recorded and it's SVT. Immediately I was upset. He couldn't understand why in the world I would be upset and not thrilled that it wasn't something serious. I told him I felt defective, that I was hoping it was just in my mind or tachycardia. Well, hello! It is tachycardia, it's the most benign form of tachycardia because it's at the upper part of the heart. He said my heart is in excellent condition and it's just a little fuse that turns itself on and off once in awhile. He told me that i was very lucky because most people don't get anything on record. And that many heart problems are over-looked because they're not captured on tape. SO......I suppose I'm relieved and I can let it go - for now!!

That's great news from a diagnosis perspective. Not so good for having to live with SVT.

Please tell me what your symptoms are again? I get my racey heart in my sleep, I wake up and it's doing a million beats per minute - I could hear my heart in my ear. My episodes last 3-4 minutes tops.

Hi Gia~

I just got off the phone with the Cardiac Nurse, she schedule an appt. for me to follow-up with the Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist. I asked her why this is such good news. Now I understand. There are different types of tachycardia, some take place in the upper chambers, some in the lowers chambers of the heart. If it takes place in the upper part, that's great news. It's completely benign, just an annoyance some times. If it's ventrical tachycardia, not good. That can damage the heart, and usually the person that has it can't get their rythm back on track. The event monitor can show them where if it's in the upper or lower part.
My symptoms usually came on when I was feeling a hotflash, too much caffeine and then exercising, or anxiety, though really anything can bring it on. It felt that my heart was racing extremely fast, and it felt as though it was coming from a different place. It feels differently then when I'm exercising and it gets going. Then after a few seconds or a couple of minutes, all of the sudden it's back on track my itself, almost like it re-adjusts itself and beats normally. So it's not palpitations or skipping heartbeats, it's a very rapid heartbeat. That's why they wanted me to where it so long, so they can see exactly what's going on.
I hope that helps Gia.

Well, this just gets better! So I decided to fly to L.A. to see an Electrophysiologist specialist at UCLA. I thought if I even consider medication or an emblation, I'm going to get one more opinion (and that of another specialist in the field). He looked at my tapes, talked to me for 40 minutes, and came to the conclusion that there is only a slight hint of SVT. That everything else looks like sinus tach from eithor anxiety, stress, caffeine, or hormonal changes. I said, "that's it, I'm done with this!". No meds, no surgery, just going on living life without constant fears. He said they're harmless, just take deep breaths when it happens or bare down, they go away.
I'm back in Nor Cal, and came to the conclusion that palps or a racing heart is NOT any big deal. If a doctor gives you the okay, then it's okay! It's the anxiety that accompanies it that freaks me out, but I'm so bored of this subject that I'm not even getting anxious anymore. I'm tired of second-guessing the doctors, I'm tired of thinking I'll the the one exception to the rule, I'm tired of it all.
Palps are NO big deal!
Okay, I'm done, for now............
K~

So happy for you!!!! Wonder if your Dr could rec. someone here in Zürich for me!!!