Eps Catheter Ablation – Depression-Phobias-Anxiety-Panic Attack Circle...

Between 2009 to 2011;  I stroke by  3 tachycardia which was stopped with doctors interventions at the emergencies. Last one was very terrible, as I said in my earlier post "Tachycardia - Panic Attack" 

I dont know how I write this post , when I remember that time I really scare ...

That day , I had several palpitations , then at night I had tachycardia .My husband and I went to emergency . My tachycardia type was SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) and

my heart rate was at 160.. Emergency doctor applied medication , but then unfortunately my heart rate jumped up to 240 ... then they forwarded me to a bigger hospital  via ambulance. At that hospital doctors succeded to return my heart to normal beat rates in 3 hours . Yees "3 hours" ... That hospital’s cardiologist told us that , there was a second path in my heart,  when the blood bypass these paths the tachycardia became inevitable , this could be solved with EPS Catheter Ablation...

Then we found a rhythm specialist and showed my ecg results . He gave information about the second path and told that : "these paths (tissues) are normally  ruptured from the main path while heart is forming in placenta. But sometimes they dont rupture and stay in the heart. With EPS (electrophysiological study) , we shall identify the arrythm type of SVT and then apply catheter ablation. We shall appy Radio Frequency (RF) to these secondary paths ,burn the paths to turn them into cartilage. Once they turned into cartilage , blood shall not bypass it" Scary right ? Anyway we accepted operation.

And operation day arrived... I went to hospital , (you should be hungry). Assistants of the doctor prepared me , and took me to EPS Laboratory. 

Putting catheters  into my groin ,  doctors reached to heart  and generated tachycardias, after these tachycardias , approximately  5 min later , my own Tachycardia started. Doctor identified the Tachycardia type,  then he ordered Electrical Engineer to give RF . Then they started to burn these additional paths ..

Operation took 2 hours , normally it lasts 1 hour or less, but they found several paths in my heart and spent too much effort to eliminate tachycardias 

If you ask "Does it hurt?" I can say easily  "Not too much" 

After operation , there are 1 month, 3 month and 1 year controls. Thanks God, My operation was successful and I havent had any SVT attack since 2011..By the way my doctor doesnt give me permission for pregnancy for 1 year.

After this successful operation , my mood was so bad that I went into a depression.

This depression worsened day by day and hence, more Phobias and overdose anxiety and more PANIC ATTACK entered into my life.

My cardiologist told me that Panic Attack patients , after operation , are recovered from not only Tachycardia but also Panic Attack.In my case the situation was different ..

Thanksfully , I got rid of these Tacyhcardias , but Phobias and Panic Attacks were still with me stealing all of my life standards... 

When I look at past, I regret not to going to psychologist at that time, I mean "depression" time..I guess if I started to therapies at that time I would not become phobic , anxious , panic that much.

If you have tachycardias I recommend you go to cardiologist specialized in heart ryhtm issues..There are several methods to eliminate those tachycardias.Even for Atrial Fibrillation AF , they apply this catheter ablation technique ( but not burning  ,  freezing) as my doc said.

The most important issue is to find the right doctor at the right time....