I've had this since I was 13 (28 now) and I can still remember the first time it happened I was at a disco party and it was awful. My mum took me to the GP after it happened a few more times and they referred me to paeds who discharged me as everything looked ok. It was only a few years ago it was actually picked up and that's because I work closely with a consultant cardiologist who gave me an AliveCor monitor and it was picked up as SVT with beats of over 200 BPM. The consultant referred me to another hospital for catheter ablation but after the pre-op I chickened out and ended up canceling it, the small risk of ending up needing a pace maker also scared me. I was so scared about it as I almost passed out just having the pre-op blood test and had a huge phobia of needles and anxieties about medical interventions.
I now have a 1 year old and since his birth I am so much better with the needle phobia as long as I don't see what's going on. I have had SVT twice this week, both times I have been the only parent around so can't really see to DS while it's happening. I can go weeks/a month without having an episode then I can have 2 in 1 week. I'm considering seeing if I can be re-referred for ablation but I'm still scared and unsure if its worth it as I can go a little while without having anything. It's bloody awful when it does happen though.
Would love to hear others experiences of this and whether the procedure would be worth it.