Newly Diagnosed with SVT and prescribed Metoprolol
Hi,
I have been having SVT symptoms for the past year and a half. Landed me in the ER twice . Doctors could't find anything wrong after stress test and assumed what I was experiencing were panic attacks. The bouts have become longer and more frequent, and occur when I am not stressed. For example, in bed reading. I finally got a heart monitor and they were able to catch the episodes and they diagnosed SVT yesterday. My PCP prescribed me Metoprolol to take daily (25mg) and referred me to a cardiologist. I am a bit nervous to start the Metoprolol, because I don't have SVT episodes every day and am worried about the side effects of Metoprolol, especially since I haven't been to see an actual cardiologist yet.
My question is how frequent were your SVT episodes before you started taking a beta blocker? Did you have them once a day, multiple times a day, etc? For me, mine are usually once a week (if that). Usually two or so a month. When I do have them, they are 30 to 40 mins, and on the heart monitor my BPM got up to 261. So it's quite scary when it happens. I wasn't sure if I should be trying other things before going on a beta blocker and before seeing an actual cardiologist and wanted to get your experience.