SLOW HEART RATE VS ARYTHMIAS?

[ISTHATAONE]

I HAVE HAD SKIPPED BEATS FOR YEARS . WAS TOLD IT WAS PVCS.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS RELATED TO EXCESS CALCIUM DUE TO A PARATHYROID TUMOR, BUT REMOVING IT  DIDN'T DO THE TRICK. HAD A THYROIDECTOMY AT THE SAME TIME. FELT TERRIBLE FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT UNTIL THEY GOT ME ON ARMOUR  THYROID. TURNS OUT I WAS ALLERGIC TO THE SYNTHETIC STUFF.

NOW 3 YEARS LATER, I AM CONSTANTLY SKIPPING BEATS AND I ALSO USUALLY HAVE A VERY SLOW HEART RATE. (30'S TO 50'S MUCH OF THE TIME).

I DON'T KNOW IF THE SLOW RATE IS DUE TO ALL THE SKIPPED BEATS, OR WHETHER THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

I HAD A PNEUMONIA A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AFTER A TRIP TO MEXICO ( SWINE FLU?) AND HAVE HAD A ROUGH TIME GETTING ANY ENERGY BACK AT ALL. ONE OF THE ANTIBIOTICS THEY GAVE ME WAS CIPRO, WHICH I HAVE READ CAN INTERFERE WITH SYNTHROID ABSORPTION, MAYBE ALSO ARMOUR?

THE REALLY SLOW HEART RATE WAS FIRST NOTICED DURING A FOLLOW UP FOR THE PNEUMONIA, ALTHO IT HAS NEVER BEEN FAST, AND DIDN'T SEEM TO INCREASE WHEN I EXERCISED.

I HAD BEEN ON LOPRESSOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR  THE ARRYTHMIAS , BUT THE DOCS TOOK ME OFF IT  ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND STARTED ME ON CARDIZEM. THAT MADE ME FEEL EVEN MORE AWFUL SO THEY STOPPED IT AFTER 2 DAYS AND TOLD ME TO STAY OFF THE LOPRESSOR AS WELL.

NOW I AM WAITING FOR THE FOLLOW UP APPT WITH THE CARDIOLOGIST, BUT FEEL PRETTY AWFUL MUCH OF THE TIME, LIGHTHEADED AND EXHAUSTED.

ALSO MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS  ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES WITH WIDE MARGINS  (90 PTS) BETWEEN DIASTOLIC AND SYSTOLIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

IN GENERAL,  I AM PRETTY MUCH NON FUNCTIONING.( MY HOUSE IS A HEALTH HAZARD AND I DON'T SEEM TO QUALIFY FOR HOMEMAKER SERVICES! I TRY TO WORK PART TIME  FROM HOME, BUT AM TOO OUT OF IT TO EVEN BE EFFECTIVE ON THE PHONE.)

ANY WORDS OF WISDOM?

[stutterheart]

Why are you so exhuasted? is it from the heart thing or an unknown cause?
Def see your doc. Could be sick sinus or any other condition that limits your ejection fraction but those are only guesses. tests needed.

[Vegann]

Dear Isthataone, I am not a cardiologist but I guess that you may have sick sinus syndrome. Please talk to highly qualified cardiologist. Depending on the progression of the disease, the doctors usually determine what treatment to go with ranging from atropine to pace-makers to overcome the slow beat of heart. Do you feel any kind of instant stops or pauses while you are awake. I would recommend that you put an 24 or 48 hour holter monitor to assess pvcs or any potential sinus blocks. All the best, Vegan