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Having Anxiety Disorder And PVC. Is Anxiety The Reason For PVC?
I started having panic attacks early this year and from there on, it progressed to an anxiety disorder. My anxiety had effected my mental state and I started having "what if" thoughts. I remeber playing football with extreme anxiety and that is when I had my first experience with PVCs. Since then, I have health anxiety. These PVCs frightened me so much to the point where at I began to have cardiac arrest thoughts. This is a bit frustrating because I hear and have read that most PVCs are not life threatening and also, I come from a family without heart problems and lenghty life spans. I only experience these PVCs when I scare my mind with negative thoughts. I live everyday now fearing that i would have a cardiac arrest. I just want to know if my PVCs where brought about by my anxiety.
Sat, 23 Nov 2013
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Anxiety can worsen or cause PVCs in some person, so it may be contributing to your symptoms.
There are other causes of PVC such as : thyroid disease, smoking,alcohol, side effect of medication, electrolyte disturbance, heart disease, electrolyte disturbance.
If the anxiety is affecting your quality of life, you should consider visiting a psychiatrist or psychologist. You would likely benefit from counselling and the use of medication.
The medication may not have to be used for the long term.
I hope this helps
Anxiety can worsen or cause PVCs in some person, so it may be contributing to your symptoms.
There are other causes of PVC such as : thyroid disease, smoking,alcohol, side effect of medication, electrolyte disturbance, heart disease, electrolyte disturbance.
If the anxiety is affecting your quality of life, you should consider visiting a psychiatrist or psychologist. You would likely benefit from counselling and the use of medication.
The medication may not have to be used for the long term.
I hope this helps
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