Supraventricular tachycardia

I read somewhere that the heart is entirely powered by ketones (sorry, I can't cite the source), so looking into the Ketogenic Diet could indeed be beneficial. I suffered from Premature ventricular contractions (over 3000 per day, confirmed by a cardiologist) for over one year and by avoiding carbohydrates in my diet, I could entirely -- 100.0% -- cure myself from this condition. When asking the cardiologist for a cure, he said, don't bother, it's normal, just don't stress out -- unbelievable!

What is your diet in respect to carbohydrates?
 
My carbohidrates are only- lettuce(abundantly though, but my salad swims in tallow, believe me), rooibos tea and herbs, and that's all!
No other vegetables, no fruits, no sweteners, not even stevia or xylitol! I truly am very strict with this!
But, when i was working in a hotel, i ate too much protein, prepared on soy oil, as i found out later( meat and fish were very low in fat, but only that, not even salad) 'cause that was the best i coul pick of the proposed meals, i would sometimes even wash the sauce or didn't eat it, nevertheless, there wasn't any visible signs of gluten it those sauces. I even lost about 14 pounds in a month on low fat, high protein agony- and suffered very well at nights from sickness and so then. :mad:

No one told me yet, what do you think about electrophysiological procedure?
 
Hello, just to say, i was successfully operated and my heart works properly and calmly now.
Under local anesthesia, through the groin are introduced electro catheters from the left through the artery, and on the right in artery and vein.
They went through the veins to the heart, artificially provoked tachycardia, recorded the location, wich was in the first atrium, and radiofrequency energy applied during which was achieved complete cessation of retrograde implementation.
In my case it was about
atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia, SVT occurring circulating impulse in the atrium and accessory pathways. Cardiologists did their job very well.
It was somewhat stressful and painful, but a piece of cake(meat :)) in opposition to all pain i've used to due those attacks.
Not bad, at all!
Thanks for reading.
 
I was looking for posts to do with pacemakers but finally came across this old post which was more appropriate for my situation.

Most of my life I have experienced palpitations/skipped beats/thumps and even no pulse on occasion but it has never scared me. In my early thirties and early forties I was fitted with a halter monitor for 24 hours to track the situation but nothing significant was noted. Guess it's like going to the dentist with a toothache and when you get there it stops :lol:.It actually usually coincided with some stressful situations at the time and a possibly weakened immune system.

Being aware of all that and my several past months of crap I have had to deal with, the heart situation resurfaced. This time, however, I finally called an ambulance after my heart persistently thumped for 20 minutes so that my chest movement was obvious through my nightgown. There was no pain, just a little exhaustion like running would bring on and very slight light-headedness .

When the medics came and connected me to their little contraption my heart continued to beat up to 270 and after about 15 minutes (an hour since it first began) they gave me a shot of Adenosine 6 mg. They explained that it would very briefly stop my heart and then allow it to reset its pace. It worked and I was ok ever since other than the usual occasional flutters I get anyway.

So, everyone has left my house now, mum is in a good nursing home under dementia care and I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that I am no longer employable due to my back and wrist injury. The latter was hard to accept and a kick to my worthiness scale, but it is what it is. And now I get diagnosed, after a few visits to my doctor and cardiologist, with SVT. They are really pushing for an ablation and possibly/probably (depending on the results they get from frequency readings during the op) a pacemaker. That did not go down well with me.

I discussed with my doctor alternate means of handling the problem via vagus nerve stimulation, magnesium, vitamin D, omega 3 and iodine for starters to attempt to retrain the rhythm and pace of the heart. He was so quick to dismiss it all that in my mind, I was really disappointed at his reaction and was beginning to think red flags. I rarely see a doctor because I have yet to meet one I can trust to be open minded and not devoted to the plaque on his wall announcing his qualification.

Point blank he basically said, no, none of that is going to work it's broken and this is the only way to fix it. He even added that stimulating the vagus nerve would make it worse. I nearly walked out of his office but kept my cool, thanked him and said I would see him soon after my pre-op ultrasound to hear more on the actual condition.

I will go for the ultra sound to expand on my knowledge of the situation but I sense a huge NO to the operation from my perspective. Whether or not a pacemaker is installed, and I suspect it is someone's financial interest to do so, I am just not keen on functioning on battery and chip power.

Having said all that, I'm wandering if anyone has any experience with or professional advice on the situation with this type of surgery, especially pacemakers. All feedback is most welcome.
 
stellar said:
Having said all that, I'm wandering if anyone has any experience with or professional advice on the situation with this type of surgery, especially pacemakers. All feedback is most welcome.

It is something you can consider down the road if the alternative measures fail. It is a "nuts and bolts" thing and it works pretty well for some people. Some dread going through another episode that they rather have several ablations. But if you can get this under control with alternative measures, that would be ideal.

Read these threads for more info:

Heart problems - advice appreciated
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,16924.msg147948.html#msg147948

A problem with my heart? I went to emergency
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,41008.0.html
 
Gaby said:
stellar said:
Having said all that, I'm wandering if anyone has any experience with or professional advice on the situation with this type of surgery, especially pacemakers. All feedback is most welcome.

It is something you can consider down the road if the alternative measures fail. It is a "nuts and bolts" thing and it works pretty well for some people. Some dread going through another episode that they rather have several ablations. But if you can get this under control with alternative measures, that would be ideal.

Read these threads for more info:

Heart problems - advice appreciated
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,16924.msg147948.html#msg147948

A problem with my heart? I went to emergency
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,41008.0.html
Thank you for those links, they were helpful. I have all the supplements ready, just waiting on the magnesium and omega 3 which should arrive today or tomorrow. My FIR sauna is about to be put into action again and it's finally time to take care of me for a change.

Definitely agree with Louise Hay's interpretation of the problem and holding things in and hardening the heart. Time to loosen up and live in the now. Really tired of other's self-inflicted dramas. I've also just booked a four day houseboat getaway for the 22nd Nov. Only taking a couple of books, supplements and binoculars.

IF the alternatives don't make a difference, though I suspect they will, I'll think about the ablation, just not NOW. Thanks again.
 
My husband (62), after taking lisinopril for 2 years for high blood pressure, post alcohol detox, began experiencing SVT this past summer. Started with short occasional episodes and then in late August on a Saturday morning was having multiple episodes where his BP would drop and heart rate would double. Took him to ER and he was diagnosed with SVT. During an episode after being hooked to an ECG, the Dr had him try the vagal maneuver, which brought him out of the arrhythmia. They gave him metaprolol IV, kept him overnight for observation because the drug dropped his BP to 90's/50's with no further SVT episodes and was sent home next day with script for metaprolol. He went in for stress test and consult with cardiologist. He passed the stress test, heart was given clean bill, no cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, etc. Just this misfiring. Cardiologist recommended the ablation, saying it was 95% successful, a stretch we found after researching it, more like 65%. If it doesn't work, then he's looking at a pacemaker. (He asked them to run a Magnesium level, and it was within range. Serum calcium was slightly elevated according to July bloodwork)

About a week after ER/hospital stay and taking metaprolol, he started experiencing symptoms of SVT again, dizziness/weakness, brain fog, peripheral eye flashes, feeling of stuffiness in ears. He decided to stop taking the metaprolol, since he felt it wasn't helping lower BP and may be contributing to SVT. After two months of being off all BP medication, he has been free of SVT! We had agreed if he were to do this, he should be diligent about taking some supplements to help manage high BP- cayenne and apple cider vinegar, magnesium glycinate, beets (in many forms) - as well as practicing the vagal maneuver/meditating and/or using acupressure points if/when episodes start. He wanted to see an acupuncturist, too, since this method had shown same success rate of resolving SVT as ablation. It made sense, since SVT is an electrical problem affecting the heart.

We learned some interesting theories about his SVT from the acupuncturist after the consult. We told her about his 10 year drug/alcohol addiction prior to 9/11/15, and how we were both struggling to move past it emotionally, me mostly. He was going to SMART(Self Management and Recovery Training) meetings regularly and was feeling very confident with his sobriety. She suggested hugging more and having more heart to heart discussions about issues we were stuck on. For me, it was trusting and overcoming reflexes that developed over those 10 years which kind of built a icy wall around my heart. After contemplating what she said, I felt partially responsible for his SVT because I was stubbornly holding on to a lot of garbage and his heart may have been sensing it.(?) We knew this in a sense already, but to have a professional acupuncturist intuitively sense it and spell it out to both of us set us on a heart healing course.

She brought up an interesting theory regarding husband's fall from the top of a 6' step ladder onto a concrete floor, landing on his right wrist and racking his shoulder. She said that it may be possible that an impact like that could have "dislocated" the heart just enough to cause a pinch in electrical pathways and proceeded to tell us a story of herself having heart pain issues after a side -impact car crash. As a last resort, she went to a chiropractor who developed a technique, albeit painful and uncomfortable, to move heart back into correct location. It resolved her issues, and may be something to consider for someone who may have an impact injury in their history. Not sure if this impact theory was pertinent to husband's issue, since his fall was prior to his drug/alcohol recovery and long before SVT issue began, but we would have tried this had his SVT issue persisted.

I'm nearly 100% convinced the blood pressure medication was contributory to his SVT, since it began within the two years of starting it and ended about a week after discontinuing it. Restoring our heart to heart communication, so to speak, may have helped as well, even if it's just making our marriage stronger by restoring trust, respect and understanding.

Some other history/FYI: Husband and I started the iodine protocol and associated supplements about the time he started recovery; we take regular superfoods including gelatin and beet powder (both high in glycine), spirulina and alfalfa (as per C's recommendation), magnesium glycinate (more glycine), EFA's and MCT oil.

For awhile, both of us were waking up with muscle cramps (we have physically demanding jobs... and a husky mix that needs looooong walks, runs) despite taking Mag-Gly. We decided to try calcium glycinate before bedtime and found that it really helps with the nighttime cramps that would make me leap out of bed in agony, and probably keeps our Ca:Mg ratio closer to the ideal 2:1.

Anyway, husband feeling great physically, few strange intermittent/fleeting issues(solar flare/cosmic radiation affect?), but no SVT!

Wanted to share his experience with others having SVT or arrhythmia issues because the actual causes seem to be somewhat evasive and varied, and the "cure" similarly so. We started with non-invasive remedies and therapies but were prepared to consider ablation if all else failed.
 
Hi Skyfarmr, really happy to read about your choice of alternative therapy.

I guess we all have underlying causes for those SVT situations whether physical or emotional or both. I don't think it will be a quick fix but it certainly would feel more comfortable than slice and dice with batteries included, or not :lol:. In my case I sense that it was a lot of heartache and sad emotion going in and no, or little, releasing so there had to be a short somewhere, right?

Anyway, I wish you and your hubby the best in your journey to recovery through research and knowledge. Truly glad you shared your experience. :hug2:
 
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