Why does xanax help my skips

[viperron]

I have suffered skips for amost 45 years and the only thing that has got me thru it is a small amount of xanax . Why would this help so much?  PS they still drive me zonkers.

[Kiwi1953]

gave me a giggle, imagining your being afraid of standing up... ;D
But I think you're right in suggesting that it is possible to actually be 'addicted' to adrenaline - from what I understand, the people who really love extreme sports are, in some way, addicted to the adrenaline they feel when they're jumping out of aeroplanes or off 200-ft cliffs or whatever.  Don 't know if that's actually the case, but it was an interesting theory.

S

[mum2four]

I go tachy every time I stand up. If anxiety was the cause that would mean I was scared of standing lol

[Nurse2b1982]

Couple things here: chronic Anxiety can cause a chronic release of excessive adrenaline/catecholines(like epinephrine,etc) and also cause an increase in cortisol(aka the stress hormone). I am sure you know that all of these can cause an increase in HR. I can get my Hr to 180 even on a beta blocker if I'm panicing. I even went into tachy after a stressful test in April. Adrenaline can be released anytime your stressed/anxoius. I do beleive that maybe your OCD/anxiety may make your palps/tachy worse at times. I know my anxiety makes my PVCs horrible....they recorded 300 in ONE hour one day when I was crying/anxious. This was because my PVCs were acting up and I was stressing about the numbers and amount as well as the symptoms. Also, I found that my anxiety can make me more "sick" feeling than the PVCs and if I get both in combo...then Im a wreck! I am currently workingon my anxiety issues because I beleive this has everything to do with my problems. The less I worry= the less the PVCs bother me:) So in conclusion, I think you are doing the right thing by getting therapy for your OCD/anxiety, Im sure the OCD provokes anxiety when you can't do your rituals and the anxiety in turn makes the heart race. My heart doctor told me that my heart could go 200 for an hour and would not explode:) As long as the tachy comes down within the amount of time the doctors alot and as long as it's sinus rhythm, I was told not to worry:) Hope this helps:) Have a good day!!!

[Nurse2b1982]

Thanks! I worked hard for it...lol. That is my newest goal is to one day be able to say that I have lived through these things and be able to help others through my experience. I am hoping to be a cardio or Psych nurse:) as I have experience with Anxiety and PVCs.
Have a good day as well!
Candice

[mum2four]

Well done on the study and the A.

I have wondered if a body can be addicted to it's own release of adrenalin. Do I sound strange lol. I wonder this because When I get really anxious and panic my heart rate and my other symptoms get better for while. It like my body needs or enjoys adrenalin lol. It took my Dr a while to accept me saying that I thought my anxiety was making it harder catch the tachycardia. It was a another dr that said he wanted me to go have an ECG right now when I was taking my sick 5y to see if needed meds. I also was not feeling 100% so I thought since my Dr was not working that day I'd see the same Dr's as my son at my old clinic.just incase I was getting what my son had. But when the Dr saw me wearing 2 watch I had to explain one was a pulse watch and that lead to me saying and I'm tachy right now and explaining stuff. He did like what I was saying nor that my heart rate had not come down it was still 145 when I got in the Dr but by the time I had the ECG about 20 min later it was lower at about 120 but still high enough to finally get a ECG to catch the tachy HR. It was really LUCK I feel. My Dr still cant explain it but even after 3 days in hospital it took till the 3rd for the tachy to start to really show its true self. I hate hospital never been admitted for anything but to have my kids. Then I a baby with me to distract me and rock another OCD compulsion.

Anyway just kind curious about addiction to adrenalin. I just seem to have backwards reactions lol.

[Kiwi1953]

congrats on the A! ;D
And thanks for your postings - having some medical community folks in here too gives great perspective, especially when they have goofy hearts too!

have a great day,

Sunny