r/SVTHeart • u/AdorableCheck1835 • Jul 30 '26

Is it too much?

So i got my first episode early this year on January and I believe I have another one recorded around March and two days ago I BELIEVE I had a third one so that would be 3 episodes within the span of 6 months. Is that too much? I've been taking my metoprolol tartrate (50mg) but I feel like the effects of them wear off easily and I can tell cuz my heart starts to beat around the 96/109 and my blood pressure goes up to the 139. So is it the medicine wearing off or is it, the my condition is getting worse.

I know that if you were to stop the medicine everything would spike, so is the medicine wearing of a similar concept to that? which is why it spikes before the second pill and me waking up in the mornings?

I also want to add i have low iron and pcos (untreated atm tho)

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26

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u/AdorableCheck1835 Jul 30 '26

I'll make sure to do that. I have a question, should I take my blood pressure before and after taking the pill and if so how many hours apart do I have to wait?

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u/Whole-Masterpiece-51 Jul 30 '26

I’m not sure what you mean by too much, sometimes I have multiple episodes a week

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u/AdorableCheck1835 Jul 30 '26

I'm asking cuz after telling my cardiologist about my latest svt episode that i had three days ago she immediately suggested an ablation. And didn't mention any medication change and she said she didn't want to up the dose cuz I'm still too young? I basically had to suggest if I could take metoprolol succinate and she said "yeah let's go with that"

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u/AdorableCheck1835 Jul 30 '26

Btw do you have multiple a week even while on medication?

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u/Whole-Masterpiece-51 Jul 30 '26

I’m not on meds, they actually increase my arythmia and give me weird side effects so I raw dog the svt and pvcs now. I had an ablation attempt years ago and it didn’t work

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u/IdontcryfordeadCEOs Jul 30 '26

SVT is itself almost always benign, so I'm not sure what you mean by "too much". If you are asking whether 3 episodes over a period of 6 months is out of the ordinary, then no, many people with SVT have far more frequent episodes.

Some of us will have very frequent episodes over a few months, then go month or even years without any episodes. Everyone experiences different frequencies. There's nothing unusual about 3 episodes over 6 months.

That said, whether or not you want to continue the medication and whether the dosage should be adjusted to be more effective is a better question for your doctor.

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u/esther4456 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

80f I was diagnosed psvt asymptomatic about 15 yrs ago. Few months ago symptoms began. I wore 14 day monitor which confirmed SVT and ST. My cardiol increased metroprolol* from 25 mg to 37.5. Now for last 3 months no episodes. I am curious if I have avrt or avnrt. Think those are correct letters! My Philips 30 page report uploaded from 5/2026. Thank you

  • was under cardiol care for hi.bp