It is hard to say what is wrong with your heart rate during the sleep without ECG recording. You need to wear a holter monitor to see what exactly is going on with your heart rhythm during the sleep.

I have the same thing happen from time to time. not a nighty or even monthly event. When the PVCs do occure it will last for about a week then go away. When I have them they are random but rarely back to back to back. The sensation is as if my heart missed a beat. As they continue to go on they are accompanied with pain on each PVC. Not a sharp pain more dull or blunt and my whole heart area feels like a BIG pound.

I talked with my doctor about this and wore the holter for 24 hrs. Of corse the PVCs dont happen when you want them to. Meaning the machine picked up nothing. Not even one. It was determined I am fine and have nothing to worry about. Also contact my doctor as soon as they start up again to try another test. So as for me, I don't know why they happen. Unfortunatly the VA is not quick enough to resond when that week attack starts. So by the time the holter is ordered I am 2 weeks since first attack and they are done. For now I just live with it. May be a bad choice but VA does not want to look further into it.

-Del

I have been having frequent pvc's while sleeping, which I had never had before until about 2 months ago. Although I have had pvc's prior to this for 14 years, I seldom had them at rest. I had a holter 1 year ago which was normal, but the symptoms were not that frequent then. Do these increased pvc's in the last 2 months indicate a serious situation, or is it just stress?

I have not had the problem for a long time. In reply to Daddyj. The docs must be right . PVCs are not really anything to worry about unless they happen back to back to back. If you have on then a few minutes go by before another there is nothing to worry about. Although if they do happen every few minutes they do hurt. Its still a mystery to me why they where happening like they where when I first posted this.

I am just offereing reassurance that you are most likely OK. But always for a secure sense of comfort, if you feel they may be a problem to you go see a doc. I am not one and a doctor would give you a much better diagnosis than I can. I am stateing stuff based on my personal experiances.

-Del