Heart Rate

[whokai]

I have discovered i have quite a fast pulse, while resting it is around 100. I'am currently taking the medication Akamin for my acne and i believe it may be the problem although i went off the pills for a month and nothing changed. if any more info is needed please just ask. i am really worried about this. i also get really bad dizzy spells after working and moving around lots. i can also get very shaky mostly right after i take my pills.

thanks in advance :) sebastian

[Jerry_NJ]

I don't know anything about the drug Akamin, but if you find a relationship between when you take the drug and the fast HR, it sounds like it is not a good drug for you to take.  On the other hand, a resting HR of 100 isn't particularly high, just on the verge of what is called Tachycardia, but some people have a resting HR twice that number, and they have a problem, you are sort all right if the condition doesn't last a long time, say several months.

You mention other symptoms, dizzy and shaky, and that too may be due to the mediation you are taking, what side effects are listed for it?  A HR of 100 should not, I believe, be related to dizziness or shaky feelings.  Dizziness may come from a too slow/low HR, but I think not from one a little high.