Posted by Vincent_QC on March 10, 2012, at 10:14:22
In reply to Re: heart issues » Vincent_QC, posted by papillon2 on March 5, 2012, at 20:20:06
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> Yes, it would be best to ask your doctor first.
>That's what I will do for the Aspirin...
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> What do you mean by "weak heart issues"?
>I mean the constant changing in the blood pressure, getting lower when i'm very anxious OR getting higher for no reason, very slow pulse rate of 50 who jump into the 120 and more even if I do nothing and stay sit, the constant chest pain, the numbness of the left arm and upper back on the left side... things like that... for me it's not usual of a normal heart function...
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> My resting heart rate used to be in the low 70s, now it hangs around 95bpm. Your resting heart rate of 160bpm must have felt horrible!
>When you know that you just take a med and drink coffee at the same time haing a pulse rate of 160 is not horrible, you feel more anxious but you know why you feel like that... but when you have the high heart rate for no reason or the too low heart rate and you know that you don't take meds you affect the heart and you don't eat sugar, drink coffee or soda's or anything who can increase the activity of the heart, now that's horrible...
> It was unstable when I first started Nortriptyline and again after each dose increase. The instability is no longer there, but the tachycardia has remained.
>Hummm ok... normal I guess... if you feel comfortable with the 95 pulse rate it's good then ;-)
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> Do you do much aerobic exercise? Exercise reduces one's resting heart rate and makes the heart rate recover more quickly after exercise.
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> You wouldn't need to do exercise that has you jumping up and down, resulting in blood pressure issues. A daily brisk walk for half an hour or more would do the trick.
>No I don't exercise cause of the malnutrition state... I had intestinal obstructions and 2 surgeries and still have problem to eat normally and have low level of vitamin so no energy, taking my shower is already enough for me to feel tired for the rest of the day...
I had a BAD experience with exercise back in 2009, I think subscribe to a gym bring back panic attacks disorder... It was the first time I was going to a gym and it was too much for me, had to deal with the too much peoples, the noise, all those machine, for someone who is anxious a gym is maybe not a good way to exercise, better to walk for sure... At the gym I was so anxious, always taking my pulse rate bring a very BAD OCD type of anxiety on me, start taking my pulse rate at home all the time and after I buy a blood pressure machine for home and start taking my blood pressure all the time and went to a downward spiral of OCD type of anxiety and focus mainly on my heart since 2009... It's now so increase in my minds that I can take my blood pressure 20 times a day and more or be sit and watch the TV and take my pulse rate without realize that I take it... I had CBT therapy for that problem and I fail to improve... I seem to be stuck with a constant worries about all the pain I feel from my body and the chronic headache, the heart and many other things like that... they call this somatization disorder I think, not sure...
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> Yeah, there's a strong link between dehydration/hyponatremia and postural hypotension, but meds can also have that effect! It's best to sit and stand up really slowly.
>I agree with you.. I feel better when I drink less, weird no? Have less dizziness or heart problems if I drink less... will have increase headache pain and more chest pain and fast heart beat if I drink more... so I don't agree at 100% with my Cardiologist on that... I don't think i'm in a dehydration state...my urine is always clear so it's a sign that I drink enough...
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> Not only that, all this worry will result in your heart rate increasing, etc. regardless of your medication. It is self-fulfilling.
>I know but when you feel so bad everyday and react very badly to all the meds you cannot just start an AD without thinking about the side-effects... by experience I know that for now I react to a low dose of 0.5 mg of Paxil, I can feel it and it's not in my head and it's increasing my anxiety A LOT... I can't imagine taking 10 mg at the same time, will die from it for sure... and trust me, I was used to start all the AD at high dose without any problems in the past but since 2010 I can't... my body react violently to meds...
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