Any advice/experiences re tachycardia?

I have been in a similar situation when I went into fast AF which was thought to have been brought on by a hip operation a week or so beforehand. I was taken into coronary care to be sorted out. After that, and still, I have had bouts of SVT, which is a very fast heartbeat, and I use the ploys you have outlined to make it stop. It is much worse on lying down.

I am told that it is not of concern if it is not frequent or continuous. It seems to be common in older people. I believe that it is also more common in those with gastric problems. I have learned to live with it and do not worry about it - in fact my OH worries more about it than I do! And the GP has been very clear that if I go into AF again I should seek help.

If you have only had those two episodes and the GP is not concerned then it might be best to wait and see, but get back to him/her if it happens a lot. I do however understand how very disconcerting it is. If it is really bad then 111 is an option - my GP said if it was very bad I should get an ambulance simply so the paramedics could do an ECG and get a clear indication of what is happening. Mind you, it would probably had settled down by the time they got there!

Another useful ploy is to cough - that does it for me sometimes.

Watch and wait seems to be the thing.

Thanks for your post Luckygirl. You must be a very calm person as you seem to be very much in control of the AV episodes. I think that was part of my problem-loss of control and being unable to do anything about it. Now that I have steps I can take any future episode may not heave me as such a quivering wreck! If the fates are kind to me then hopefully there won't be any recurrence! I'm still a bit jangly two weeks after the event but this will pass-I hope! Good luck in dealing with your issues

D'oh....leave not heave.

Hello Katek it must be very frightening for you. I have odd bouts as I have a Mitral valve that's problematic but have been told just to leave well alone and keep calm so I juts sit down and have a rest - no-one but me knows its happening.

This happened to me many many years ago it was quite frightening at the time but went to the hospital and after a check up was fine never happened since luckily ....