u/Icy-Illustrator-2711

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Sorry to add another one of these questions 😓

Hello, sincerely want some help from those that have lived through it. I’ll be as short but through as I can

So, basically for the last maybe 12-16 years if I’m recalling correctly I’ve felt flutters it used to be for a couple of seconds etc being young I would just punch myself in the chest when it happened,didn’t think much of it. August of last year 2025 now at 32 I started getting this weird feeling in my chest like a pressure on my heart and palpitations was like that for a miserable 2 weeks or so. I drive a lot and at one point I had to call an ambulance and pull over they said It was just tachycardia went to MD after that they said acid reflux gave me omeprazole. My garmin gave me like 2 high heart rate notices I was like wtf but I didn’t feel the need to go to the ER December of 2025 just walking up stairs on the phone heart rate goes to like 140 per my watch rush to hospital thinking I’m having a heart attack I feel faint and light headed cold hands. They gave me I believe Diltiazem twice didn’t get me to normal until they gave me metoprolol. First they said it was afib but after discharge electro said it was SVT I was there overnight with an ecg monitor, had an echo they said everything was normal otherwise. Had a couple of palpitations since then here and there some scarier than others. Using a Kardia I’ve mostly caught a bunch of other stuff like supraventricular ectopy , premature ventricular contractions, wide QRS and only 1 reading of AFIB in hindsight those palpitations I felt 10-16 years ago feel more like the wide qrs readings I’ve had. I go weeks where I feel normal I can work out and feel awesome heart rate sits at 50-65 resting and weeks where my heart rate is higher resting Hr will be 75-85 and when doing basic things like walking gets me to 100-110 where as on my good weeks I would run 10 miles sometimes and my heart rate sits at 130-140. When I run on my bad weeks sometimes I hit 180s. Heart rate also goes up after meals some times. My concern is, could this be anxiety ( I don’t feel overly anxious except now with my health) some sort of hiatal hernia stimulating my vagus never. Or since I have been officially diagnosed with SVT should I just get the ablation i haven’t gone for a second opinion also. Just want to see if someone can relate. I have an appointment 6 months from now and I don’t know if I should just get this done.

Sorry for the hideous layout and punctuation. I’m on my cellphone. I appreciate your time if you’ve read this and hope you’re doing well.

***forgot to add have not been to the ER since and have had no other attacks since

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