Postpartum symptoms???

[Jill5]

Since I have given birth to my son, who is now 4 months old, I have been experiencing some of the strangest things! None of this started until after I stopped breast feeding. Migraines that make me feel dizzy and nauseous, especially around my period. Palpitatations. Sometimes I will wake up after being asleep for 30 minutes with my heart pounding out of my chest, covered in sweat. Most of the time I have bradycardia. My heart rate is between 45-55. B/p fluctuates w my anxiety level, which is very high bc I'm so worried about myself! Prescribed Xanax for anxiety and it does help. Periodic chest pain. Seen cardiologist about palps and the periodic sinus tach. I wore event monitor for 1month. He concludes everything is normal. I had an echo during my pregnancy and it was normal so he hasn't done another. I have tightness in my chest along with shortness of breath, pain in my left arm... Still he says I am fine. My EKG showed incomplete right bundle branch block which he said was of no real concern and was common. I have weird sensations. Sometimes I will get cold and have chill bumps. No one else will be cold. I will feel very weak all over. Its like a wave that just comes over me! My heart will race sometimes, makes me shake and feel jittery, then makes feel like I need to have a BM. After BM I am fine. I have also experienced tingling sensations in my upper extremities and head. Haven't felt that in awhile, so maybe it is going away. Cardiologist prescribed me bystolic 5 mg to take for the episodes of sinus tach. I cannot take it daily bc my resting heart rate is so low. I took it for 2 days and my heart rate hasnt been above 50. But when i am at the doc its like 70! I guess bc im nervous? So now im keeping a daily journal to show him att next appointment. My primary doc has checked my hormones, she also checked something else to make sure this is not autonomic. Not sure what that lab would be...? She checked my pituitary gland and thyroid. Also checked me for pheocrycytoma. Everything keeps coming back normal!!! How can this be? Blaming it all on postpartum anxiety. I had an emergency c-section and a pretty traumatic experience, but all this cannot be just from anxiety?! I will be having a CT of my head bc of the migraines Monday. She is only doing it for my peace of mind. She assures me I am physically fine. Do I just need to accept it? I'm so frustrated. Any advice is welcomed and much needed!!!!

[Red_Star]

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From Best Magnesium Citrate website article "How to Fix Heart Palpitations or Irregular Heart Beat"....

"It has been found that 4 out of 5 people in the US (or 80%) are deficient in magnesium. If you are experiencing 2 or 3 of the following symptoms, you probably are one of them.

- heart palpitations, heart arrythmias
- chest tightness
- urinary spasms
- constipation
- menstrual cramps, premenstrual irritability
- difficulty swallowing, a feeling of a lump in the throat
- insomnia
- light sensitivity, loud noise sensitivity
- high blood pressure
- numbness, tingling, zips, zaps and other vibratory sensations
- being uptight or prone to temper
- muscle twitches, soreness, cramps, spasms, tension, tightness
- back aches, neck pain
- headaches, migraines
- jaw joint problems
- needing to sigh a lot, unable to take a deep breath
- hiccups
- leg spasms, charlie horses, restless leg syndrome
- anxiety, panic attacks
- hyperactivity
- angina"

[Jill5]

Thank you!

[Live2BFree]

I am no doctor, but I have had four children, one c-sec and twins vaginally after the c-sec. It is normal to feel anxiety when you have a new child and your schedule has shifted, and after four months, it has to have shifted again. I can't say all this could be postpartum. Migraines are fairly normal, especially if you have had headaches before, simply because of blood loss, which could also be causing the chills and racing heart. You might want to see if you have iron-deficiency anemia which has been known to cause symptoms you have mentioned. If this is your first child, you could be experiencing panic attacks because of concerns regarding your perceived health, your child or your future. Without knowing your living situation, this is all I can recommend, but if you have doubts, always get a second opinion. It won't hurt anyone and you can feel more confident if more than one person gives feedback. As for a CT scan, I had one. Waste of time for migraines. MRI's pick up more detail of the brain. Just a suggestion.