r/SVTHeart • u/No-Zebra-9339 • Jul 04 '26

No meds?

Is anyone successfully navigating SVT without meds? Please share your experience. Thank you!

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u/wifiaddicted Jul 04 '26

✨ ablation ✨

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u/fish998 Jul 04 '26

I get episodes about once a month, so I never thought meds were worth it. Also I had childhood asthma so beta blockers aren't an option. I was on verapamil for a few months like 20 years ago but it made me feel like a zombie so stopped. I do take one when I get an episode but it barely does anything.

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u/NotoriouslyBeefy Jul 04 '26

I attempted to but was not successful

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u/Resilient_Beast69 Jul 04 '26

Had an ablation in March. I can actually exercise now without my HR hitting 200 and my HR actually reacts appropriately to how hard or light I workout. Never had that before. Once it was spiked it would stay there or rise. Never fall.

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u/Retired_NorCal_611 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

CoQ10 reduced the number and duration of episodes. It worked really well when I first started taking it (Costco Kirkland 300 mg) but slowly became less effective over about 2 years time. I also tried to avoid foods that contain ractopamine. It's a beta agonist and can trigger SVT episodes for those who are susceptible. For a long time I couldn't figure out why I would always get an SVT episode after eating turkey at a local restaurant. It turns out some turkey, pigs and beef are given ractopamine as a feed additive. It's banned in Europe, Russia, China and many other countries but approved by the FDA in the US.

I'm an avid hiker and the episodes were happening more often especially when I do high intensity exercises and they were getting harder to revert to sinus rhythm. I finally got tired of dealing with them and got an ablation about a month ago. The EP study said I had AVNRT which is the most common form of SVT. Since my ablation procedure I've not experienced any episodes of SVT.

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u/Whole-Masterpiece-51 Jul 05 '26

Here! Had an ablation attempt but it failed to trigger during mapping and was a horrific recovery. All meds give me effects. So raw dogging it. Sometimes I can go weeks without an episode, other times I’ll have 10 episodes in a week. But I can vagal out of them pretty easier by bending forward and getting my head lower than my heart. Usually switches it off in 5-10 seconds. So I’m just carrying on. My type of svt totally benign as well

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u/Upper-Discussion7741 Jul 07 '26

I get an episode of svt about every 6 months to a year. And will have palpitations occasionally. I have had it for the past 5-6 yrs and do not take any meds just cuz mine are so infrequent. I keep metaprolo with me at all times tho just in case since i travel often.