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I Have Tachycardia

Crazy Heart Rate

By: 1sweetloralei
Written on March 21st, 2011
My heart rate started going crazy 4 years ago this May along with when all of my other symptoms started.  At the time I didn't realize my heart rate was skyrocketing until I started checking it with a monitor or got it checked by a doctor.  I have been wearing a heart rate monitor watch for the past year or so in order to keep an eye on it.  I am currently on 120 mg of Cardizem to slow down my heart rate.  My doctor says it actually puts a cap on it so it doesn't get too high.  Even though I am on this medication my heart rate can go up to 150 or a little higher just walking around the house or going up the stairs.  My resting heart rate is high too.  My heart will climb and stay high the longer I am on my feet because I am Orthostatic Intolerant.  It didn't used to be this way.  I can tell when it is high because I get  really dizzy, anxious, shaky, lightheaded, feel like I am going to pass out, more exhausted, and weak.  Most of the time I have to take breaks while I am vacuuming to avoid possibly passing out which I definitely don't want to do while home alone with my kids.  I am hoping my new doctors will have better ways of coping with this.
By: 1sweetloralei
Age: 36-40 , Female
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  • 1sweetloralei
    1sweetloralei

    Sorry you are going through that. Have you ever been checked for any neurological disorders that can cause tachycardia? I ask because mine is caused by Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. I have never felt the other symptom you described. Good luck!

    Mar 30, 2011
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  • mmac1
    mmac1

    I have just been diagnosed with tachycardia, even though it has kept me disabled for years.

    Not one single doctor I've had ever said anything to me except: Are you nervous about your visit today? I wondered why they kept asking that...now I know.

    Your symptoms are the very same as mine.

    My resting pulse, after a 1/2 hour of lying down quietly is between 114 to 127.



    I do have a symptom I am wondering about. If I have been sitting to eat, any sitting...when I start to walk, I lose the ability to move my legs and I have to wait a few seconds for my muscles to get blood flow before I can continue.

    Have you ever had this happen? There is an unpleasant sensation when this happens.

    Thanks

    Mar 30, 2011
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