PAC's

• by Thumper88
• 2014-12-19 09:12:13
• General Posting
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Hey everyone,

My situation is very complex, but I'm desperate for some feedback about what has been happening the last few days. Two days ago, I started having an influx of what I knew were PAC's. I've had them many times, as well as PVC's, but this is all new. I didn't think anyone could survive PAC storms like this. It is bizarre. First came a couple, then a few. Now, I have been having what I can only describe as "clusters." It feels like my heart is convulsing inside my chest for minutes straight. When I feel my pulse at the carotid, there are huge pauses, over and over and over. It doesn't seem like my heart is retaining any kind of sinus rhythm. It's just a bunch of disorganized fluttering. For literally minutes straight. I did not think my pacer could let things get this spaced and erratic. There are huge pauses. I thought it's job was keeping things organized and not allowing these kinds of gaps. The other night, there were so many, so close together, with so much fluttering without a break, that I went into the ER. I was terrified. The EKG read many PAC's. They also interrogated me and called my EP. Even right now as I'm typing, I'm getting a constant quivering in my chest. How long can this go on? At the ER, the nurse tried to tell me I was having runs of PVC's along with PAC's. The doc came in and told me I was just feeling my pacemaker pacing. He also admitted that he was not knowledgeable enough about it and immediately paged my EP. I didn't end up seeing him until later in the morning at his office. They did nothing for me at the ER. So my EP did the interrogation and also watched in real time, since the activity was still going on. He said immediately that he saw the PAC's and that I was probably having thousands over the last couple of days. Just PAC's. He said my interrogation showed no significant arrhythmias. He also said a lot of them were "non-conducted." I have noticed that when I'm feeling my pulse, even when I'm getting the fluttering and flip flopping of the heart, not all of them actually cause a skip that I can feel. What I'm feeling in my chest doesn't always reflect what I'm getting from my pulse. The best way I can describe it is that it feels like there are "half PAC's" over and over and over. Are these the "non-conducted" ones? Is it possible that this can disappear as quickly as it came? It actually went away for 12 hours and then came back with a vengeance and I almost called 911. My EP put me on Multaq, but acted like this was acceptable. Should I expect to eventually pass out? Why does it feel like my heart is being squeezed in fast motion from the inside? It feels like PAC's coming in double time. I would greatly appreciate any input. I have never been so scared in my life.