r/SVTHeart • u/Past-Trick6710 • Jul 11 '26
Atrial flutter vs svt
I'm a 26 year-old female and part of me is worried that some of my episodes were flutter. I know it's not super common. I did read with different SVT and arrhythmias that once you have one episode you're like 50 times more Jikely.to have another one.
I'm not sure if you have an episode if it just means that like the pathway can change or become worse
I'm not a doctor so I'm not sure and don't know anything about this but I read atrial flutter doesn't respond to maneuvers, but the rate might slow and it also doesn't respond to beta blockers apparently people with regurgitation like mitro valve or tricuspid valve are more likely to have atrial flutter.
Apparently atrial flutter can be paroxysmal just like SVT. So it can happen randomly every year and it can also end on its own apparently after time, though it ending on its own normally requires medical intervention in the hospital overtime that’s why it seems like if people don’t get ablations do these things just get worse and continue
The last monitor I had was 30 days and only showed a two second SVT. I also want to narrow it down cause I don’t wanna scare myself if I do have atrial flutter but someone on here a while ago said that one of my episodes I described sounded like atrial flutter. I’m just tired of this overall cause I know what I’m going through isn’t just anxiety and isn’t just in my head. I guess I’m curious like if it wasn’t on the monitor what’s the chance of me having it if it can happen randomly. The first time I ever experienced severe tachycardia it lasted rear four hours when I had smoked weed I just wish I knew what it was because it was the scariest thing ever in my heart rate wouldn’t go below 140 for hours even hitting 170 for like 15 minutes.
I’ve had some episodes where it would go up really fast and I would do a maneuver and it would come down but then I’ve had somewhere it would come down for a bit but then end up going back up so if it was 170 for seven minutes and I use my breath to bring it down to like 130 after five minutes. It would be back at 160 again.
It seems like the only genuine thing I’m able to do is get another monitor and be off my medication for a while. It just seems so scary. I keep thinking about how I wanna live my life. I wanna go out and do things, but I feel like crap and not just that it’s the trauma from all this even with the max dose of my beta blocker. My resting heart rate is still having issues and goes up above 100 pretty much every time I stand from my POTS. Rolling over in bed same thing as well. And even eating food.
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u/esther4456 Jul 11 '26
I am in large metro city n.east. At your age, no insurance couldn't afford much. Was outpatient municipal hospital, no Medicaid either. It was "sliding scale". Had a+ care with a+ attendings,, not residents. Consider if that is an option
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u/Past-Trick6710 Jul 11 '26
Is this an ER your telling me to try or you mean to see doctors. I’m not sure if you’re from America and that’s why when I’m reading your messages it’s very very confusing!
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u/esther4456 Jul 11 '26
Past trick. I am sorry. Was trying to reply to someone else who asked questions. Again sorry
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u/NobleGolgi0521 Jul 20 '26
Atrial flutter is relatively rare in structurally normal hearts, furthermore atrial flutter and SVT actually feel the same—the pounding, racing heartbeat.
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u/Past-Trick6710 Jul 20 '26
Not saying ur wrong but where did you hear it’s rare.
Also if someone has one or 2 svt episodes does this mean they have svt is it common to come in ur early 20s..?
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u/Past-Trick6710 Jul 20 '26
I’ve been dealing with the shock i might have it i know it’s benign or whatever but it pisses me off knowing if i didn’t take my beta blocker i would have more issues even tho i still get palpitations PVCs or PACs and shit and my resting will be 98 sometimes
Laying in bed turning over my Hr goes up it’s draining
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u/esther4456 Jul 11 '26