Feel it when they pace my lower ventricle

I am new here and just received my pacemaker on April 28, 2015. My question is this, when the check and pace my heart, I can feel it when they shock my lower ventricle. I do not feel it when they shock the upper atrium. I also get a funny sensation in my chest and I start to get dizzy and/or lightheaded when this happens. The tech said they have the pacemaker set at 5 volts. Is this typical to feel only when they pace the lower lead and is 5 volts high? Thanks for your help...

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by Tracey_E - 2015-05-06 02:05:50

You'll get all sorts of weird feelings when they are checking it! As long as it feels normal again (as in, you can't feel it) before you leave, it's all good. It will get easier because they won't be messing with as much going forward. I don't get sick or lightheaded, most of the time the worst part feels like when an elevator comes to a stop.

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by Tracey_E - 2015-05-06 08:05:15

You just feel it when they check it, or all the time? We all feel it when they check it. They turn it up, they turn it down, generally put it through its paces. It feels odd. Day to day pacing, it's rare but not unheard of to feel pacing. They always start it high. Once your heart has had a chance to get used to pacing and the leads have settled in some, generally at 4-6 weeks after implant, they turn it down.

Feel it when they pace my lower ventricle

by Shocked - 2015-05-06 10:05:34

I only feel it when he paced my heart. He looked at me and said "wow, people usually don't feel it, maybe I had the waves set too close" or something like that. He did something else, I don't know what, then asked me if I felt it now and I said no. I don't feel nothing. He said ok. So I guess pacing the heart has something to do with helping the leads get embedded? It just scared me, I felt my heart getting shocked and me getting a little lightheaded. Something definitely hard to get used to.

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