I had a chest x-ray, 24 hour holter monitor and an echo of my heart. It call came back normal except sinus tachycardia, which the cardiologist said is anxiety. However I do not feel that is what is causing it as I am not nervous 24/7. I am a male, age 33, 5'11 and 146 lbs. I am an 12 year smoker and in the process of quitting I am down to 7 cigarettes a day.
If my heart rate is 71 and I smoke a cigarette my heart goes to 110 and then will hang around 95 for 5 hour after I smoke. Standing up my heart rate is 120-140 a minute. My blood pressure is not low when I stand. Sitting my pressure is about 110/70 and standing it is about 110/92. My heart racing like that after I smoked never happened before and started after I took a single dose of paxil 10 mg. (I only took the one dose. I am not currently on any medication). 4 hours after I took the paxil I fainted. About 6 hours after I fainted my heart went to 140 and stayed between 120-140 for 2 months.
When I eat many foods now my heart will race and I get an anxiety and breathless feeling. If the food contains no fat it does not happen. If the food does have fat my heart rate will go to about 100-106 and I will feel breathless and an anxiety feeling. My heart will do this for about an hour before it goes back down.
When my hands are at my sides they turn a purplish color, more so on my right hand. I have been to the ER 3 times when this first started on March 4th. I saw a cardiologist and 2 doctors. When I get out of the shower my heart is about 150 and very mild exercise 2mph on a treadmill for 5 mins will bring it to 160. I have had no energy at all and have hardly exercised in almost 5 months. I literally lay in bed most the time and can hardly eat any food. I am just not hungry anymore.
My thyroid has been checked and I was checked for anemia, both were normal as were my electrolytes. My liver enzymes were normal as was an ultrasound of my gallbladder. I do not drink alcohol. I do not drink any caffeine.