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About 5 years ago at my wife's request I went and saw a cardiologist. They did EKG's and a bunch of other stuff and made me wear a monitor around for a month to record the events. At that point what they told me was they could do the surgery but it was more dangerous than the condition. I have always been able to stop it on my own. Sometimes it takes hours (which really sucks and pretty much ruins the day) but through a combination of holding my breath and movements designed to make my blood pressure spike I can get my heart to "reset"
They seem to be more common now than when I was younger. It seems like when I was in my teens/20's I could go months between them. Now its not uncommon for me to have one a week or more.
Seems to me the surgery they talked about used a laser to sever electrical pathways causing the short circuit?
One of the events I got recorded on their monitor I was over 250 BPM for about a half hour, while resting of course. When I have those severe episodes you can actually see the veins in my arms and neck pulsing and my chest basically just vibrates. I get this weird metallic taste in my mouth and often the world gets pretty squirmy & fuzzy, but I have yet to black out.
Weird. I get those same tastes in my mouth also.