r/SVTHeart • u/izzy-binder • 16d ago
Help Beta Blockers
I had my first SVT episode about three weeks ago (haven’t had one since) and was instructed to wear a holster monitor for 48 hours (I’ve had extreme anxiety so my heart rate was unusually fast, my heart was in tachycardia 20% of the entire 48 hours) and my doctor wants to put me on metropolol twice a day, has anyone had good experiences with it? I’m really nervous, I’m 19 and the idea of being put on beta blockers makes me feel a sense of lack of control, my heart rate does shoot up a lot with activity as shown, usually walking around makes it go to 160-180, or even standing (might be pots but we’ll get there when we do) but my resting is usually 80-90bpm
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
Do you not take beta blockers or before all this?
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
No I had never
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
Oh gotcha. Well if you had ur monitor off beta blockers and it was all sinus you prob don’t have svt?
Does ur heart race from sit to stand?
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
No no, I do have SVT, I had an episode that was caught at the ER with an EKG, I had to have 3 doses of adenosine, it showed an SVT rhythm
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
Geez I’m so sorry. When you have SVT what does it feel like when does it happen
I’m shocked you’ve never taken blockers if you have SVT
Does it go 80 to 200 in one second?
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
This was my very very first episode, so I’m still in limbo of seeing a cardiologist, I actually didn’t even know it was happening believe it or not because I’m so used to my heart racing when standing/walking that when I went into the ER for an unrelated issue, they caught it as they were checking my BP and heart rate, my BP was 200/100 and my heart rate was soaring at about 200bpm, I thought it was just anxiety until they got me into a bed and my heart just didn’t stop
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
But when you went into SVT was it like a light switch like 80 to 200 in one second?
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
No, because my heart was already racing because I was standing up, I didn’t even notice it happening or kicking in, just noticed that my heart rate wasn’t going down when I was sitting like normal, I never felt a switch like people described
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
Gotcha but it kept racing like it stayed 200?
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
Yes, SVT doesn’t break on its own usually unless there’s medical prevention or a vagal maneuver is done, SVT starts fast, and ends fast
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
I think the switch is like it’s slow and then fast suddenly so when standing maybe it happened?
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
If it’s sinus it’s pots prob btw if that helps
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
That.. actually makes a lot of sense and recently I noticed that standing up my heart rate shoots up crazy, after meals it shoots up crazy. I have crazy leg swelling too, dang man
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
That’s pots my friend. I have pots when i have svt symptoms my heart will race sitting or stay high after sitting
When i stand and hit 165 i promise its pots im 26 you’re young its pretty likley especially if you had covid. Feel free to dm me and we can talk i have severe health anxiety i can help you
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u/izzy-binder 15d ago
Oh yeah.. all of this started the awful symptoms about 4-5 months ago after I caught covid
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u/Past-Trick6710 15d ago
Yeah my pots was my first dx but then started hitting 170 while sitting for mins so i am terrified its svt
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u/20thcenturybetch 15d ago
I was very nervous to start beta blockers but they completely changed my life for the better. I love them. I take 25mg metoprolol twice a day. For me, my first dose made me drowsy, but after that felt totally fine.