looking for others with same problems for support

[nhplease]

hi im 53 with acute cronic congestive heart failure. my echocardiogram showed dilated cardiomyopathy with ejection fraction of 10% and biatrial enlargement and elevated creatine after cardiac catherization the aortic pressure was 110/77 with a mean of 93 left ventricular pressure was 110/26 descending irregularity these were not flow limiting the  left circumflex coronary artery had minimal irregularities and relatively disease free and a nondominant vessel. conclusion nonobstructive coronary artery disease  markedly elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.recommendation is medical therapy for heart failure  only symptoms were shortness of breath at night  before going to er. now on aspirin,lisinopril,carvedilol,bumetanide. its been three weeks and i have less energy now than when i went to er. any info would be very appreciated.  thanks nhplease

[nhplease]

hi i was wondering how your doing now and what meds they have you on now my ef did go from 10to20 in sep 2015 i was changed from bumetinide to spironolactone in oct currently taking 25mg of spironolactone 12.5 carvedilol twice a day 10mg lisinopril once a day and 81 mg coated aspirin my left venticle has shrink some but not much they want me to get icd implanted any info would be very helpful thank you

[tacolino]

HiThere. Its understandable that people get so scared and paranoid when they hear they have heart failure. Its a wide ranging term,but people think its the beginning o fthe end. It takes a while to come to terms with it. You are probably suffering sideeffects from the meds, which have you wrecked. It will get a bit better. The meds are good for bringing the failure under control. They wont cure it, but will help in improving life. They usually want you to get out walking if you can tolerate it? Your effort tolerance may be limited with an ef of 10%. This may well improve over the next few months with the meds. I am in a similar position, am 51 male, 80kg, no history and got short of breadth, mad hypertension and ef 15%. that was 15 months ago. Things have stabilised and my  ef gone up a good lot. So just try to keep calm if you can,it will get better

[Ger57]

Please note that there is a Congestive Heart Failure Community besides this Heart Disease Community.
You may expect more responders there.