Can All of You Plz Plz Help ?

[LorrieLee]

I have been bed ridden from an auto accident for 18 yrs. I had an upper endosopy performed one month ago. I was perfectly fine before the procedure. After the procedure I got severe heart pouding and tachycardia and it went on for 5 solid days. We have searched all over the internet. My heart rate was just fine the day before the procedure....but, right after the endoscopy I went home and my heart pounded and raced and never stopped...even when I was asleep. AFter 5 days of 24/7 tachyardia after the procedure ...I was put on a beta blocker. My big question is....has ANYONE ever heard of this or am I the first one in the world to have this kind of reaction aftr an upper endoscopy procedure ? Now I;m trapped on the beta blocker. IF I try to go off ....my heart goes even faster and its made me severely depressed. Its a chemically induced depression caused by the beta blocker . I was just so desperate to get relief from the tachy that went on for 5 days after the upper endoscopy...that I broke down and took the beta blocker. Now....I cannot get off of it...as my heart rate starts to soar again ...even if I try to get off of it slowly. Does anyone know or has heard what could have gone wrong ? We even looked at medical malpractice. These beta blockers have made my life a living hell. If I go off them the tachy comes back really bad. The Upper Endoscopy has ruined my quality of life. Has anyone heard of this happening after an upper endoscopy ? This is NOT an anxiety issue. It was documented in the hospitao. ...but, they are blaming it on anxiety. One day my life was fine and the next day my life is ruined. Can someone out there plz help me ? Is this happening to anyone else. The beta blocikers....I do not tolerate well....I can't concentrate. My cardiologist says to see  a psychiatrist. Something went horribly wrong. Has this happened to anyone >?  

[Caryopteris]

It looks like you could have a case, and obviously doctors wouldn't want you to know that.  Lawyers would.  

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[mammo]

Hi......have you had your thyroid checked.....Hyperthyroidism can cause this.  Also, being dehydrated so make sure you're getting plenty of water, Gatorade, orange juice and eat a banana every day to replenish your electrolytes which when low can affect your heart.  If you haven't researched the side effects of the sedation they used, then do this as well.   Doctors do tend to label everything as anxiety, when they need to rule out all other causes first. I assume since you have a Cardiologist that testing was done, and your heart was found to be okay. Having said this, since you feel better while on the beta-blocker then it may be anxiety. This is normally how anxiety hits us, right out of the blue and it may have just been coincidental that it happened right after your endoscopy.....or you may have had some anxiety about the endoscopy and it went full blown afterwards.  But since your heart acts better on the beta-blocker I would definitely see a psychiatrist to either rule anxiety in or out, just like any other medical condition.