Slow Resting Heart Rate at 19?

[JayRhodes]

Hi guys,

I'm a bit worried.

I am 19 years of age (male) weighing around 11.5 Stones and standing 5.5 feet tall approximately.

I always seem to be very conscious about my heart rate recently. It seems to be around 45 - 60bpm resting. It's started to be like this very recently and never happened before.

I do get feelings of dizziness and I panic about it regularly, as well as feeling sicky.

Sometimes I get a slight numbness down my left arm, or pins and needles in my left hand.

I've had every test known to man in the past and I was diagnosed with chronic anxiety in 2010 including the following tests:

ECGs
24 Hour ECGs
Brain MRIs
Neck MRIs
Physiotherapy
Full Blood Tests
Chest Xrays
Heart Ultrasound
Neck Xrays
CBT Counselling
Tests for Diabetes

All have come back completely normal.

I don't exercise much so I wonder why my heart rate is that slow? Is this within normal range? and if not, what could be causing it?

I'm currently taking Ditropan for excessive sweating, I take a 5mg tablet twice daily, and I also take Betahistine 8mg Tablets 3 times daily for Dizziness.

I'm very concerned and I think my Anxiety is getting worse. I keep worrying and thinking I'm going to die. It feels like my heart sometimes skips beats and its really terrifying.

I try to tell myself I'm young and its very unlikely to be anything serious but nothing appears to help.

I keep thinking the doctors have missed something and I find myself unable to stop worrying. The problem feels so serious and worrying, and especially when I get the numbness down my left side accompanied by the dizziness.

Any help would be great guys.

[TheLightSeeker]

Rosekay, my apologies, I got mixed up somehow.
It sounds that I was "picking " on you and honestly, I had no intention
to do so.
Anxiety is a possibility, however, the Ditropan raises a red flag and a relatively easy one to correct  hopefully by simple elimination, in light of the potential serious side effects, for the "inconvenience " of excessive sweating, a natural process that should not be blocked, but rather investigated further , so the root cause can be verified and proper measures can taken to NORMALIZE it, if deemed necessary.

Sounds that you are doing well and I wish you continued health and wellness.

Best wishes.
Niko

[Rosekay]

The OP says he has skipped beats, which is why I told him what I know about mine.  You can be a fit person without being an athlete or  exercising.  He sounds very anxious, as I have been in the past, so I have certainly been in the same boat as he is.

[TheLightSeeker]

Rose, you must have missed some of the posters information.

Jay's BMI is indicative of being a little overweight, definitely not an athlete, as he "stated himself :"I don't exercise much so I wonder why my heart rate is that slow"
Also skipped beats are common indeed, however, should be investigated thoroughly, as it could be something serious, even if they may be harmless most of the time.
In Jay's case, he did not mentioned skipped beats anyway!

The long term effects of what your doctors are calling benign are not known.
It is mostly due to an electrical deficiency, caused by a number of possible things, among which the most common ones are cellular mitochondial impairment (energy deficit) insufficient cellular voltage which in turn is dependant on proper PH levels for repair and optimum performance. Mineral deficiencies and imbalanced mineral ratios need to be checked also. Look into Dr. Tennant's wonderful work on the subject of Energetic Medicine for more details.

Are you also perhaps on a  acetylcholine blocker? As this is associated with low heart beat, as a side effect.

Love & Light
Niko

[Rosekay]

Jay, it's normal for very fit people, athletes etc to have a low heart beat.  The skipped beats are so common and are harmless (after you've been cleared by your GP) - I bet you won't believe me though, I know it's taken me literally years to get to the point of believing that my ectopics really are harmless  I've read so much and been to different doctors, and the answer is always the same - benign.  Mind you, it still feels horrible, especially when you get a lot of them.  

Best wishes, Rose

[TheLightSeeker]

Hi Jay.

Ditropan blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
This will probably slow down your heart rate and more.
Just google acetylcholine and find out what are the functions of this neurotransmitter.
You need to balance your magnesium and calcium levels for optimum heart rate regulation. Please have these levels tested both serum and tissue,
as Ditrophan may alter calcium levels in your body.
Did you discuss with your doctor the risk/benefit
assessment? For excessive sweating?
Another side effect of Ditropan is dizziness! for which you're taking Betahistine.  Isn't the medical system great?

My suggestion is to get another health practitioner who is more holistic minded and to treat your body as a whole, instead of just prescribing meds for symptoms. But that's my opinion only and that is what I would do.

Regarding your anxiety you need to do :
1. a Neurotransmitter Assessment
(no proper tests for this are available to the patient as the testing is for pharmaceutical testing for psych and anti-depressant drug R&D
Follow the money,lol!
2. a complete nutritional/vitamin and mineral panel for deficiencies.
3. a complete hormonal panel
4. a saliva test for candida on your own. Look it up on YouTube.
5. Dr. Coca's Pulse Test for allergies, intolerance or sensitivities to anything ingested. Free download. Very interesting read, as it explains many conditions and their connection to the intake of substances/food/drink our bodies treat as offensive.
Too bad this is not an established medical protocol. But you may do it on your own and it might explain things that no doctor and no other test may be able to explain.

If the results from #1-#5 do not reveal anything significant, then you may have to look at other forms of therapy that go deeper than CBT.

Let me know either way and I can then make some suggestions.

Note that this is not intended as a replacement for medical advice.

Best wishes.
Love & Light
Niko