Re: tachycardia

[Guest guest]

Judy, I do not know if you are chelating because of autism symptoms,

but a friend recently took her son to a DAN! doctor who found most

of his neurotransmitters to by several times higher than the high

end of reference range. Among them were ephedrine, which has an

impact on heartbeat. Perhaps you are having similar issues? I do not

know what, if any, this has with chelation, she is just now

beginning transdermal.

HTH,

Debi

> I have chelated off and on the past year with ALA only. I'm

> experiencing tachycardia (rapid or strong heartbeat). Does anyone

> have suggestions on why or how to deal with it? It's quite severe.

>

> Is this related to the chelation? I experienced a terrible panic

> attack two months ago. I'm used to depression and anxiety, but

this

> was a whole different monster.

>

> Does anyone know the basis of anxiety and excessive worry? It's

awful!

>

> Judy

> Chelating adult

[Guest guest]

> I have chelated off and on the past year with ALA only. I'm

> experiencing tachycardia (rapid or strong heartbeat). Does anyone

> have suggestions on why or how to deal with it? It's quite severe.

I have some suggestions, and I understand that it can be quite

extreme and frightening. I want to make it totally clear that

I would recommend seeking medical advice. (I have not had

tacycarida myself, but had a person close to me who had it

off and on for a long time.) Keep a bag of ice in your freezer.

To calm heart beat, put cold water in a basic or very large

bowl or pot. Add ice. You want the water extremely cold.

Now hold your breath and hold your face under the water.

That is all I remember--- I guess you could exhale while

under, or just hold breath then lift head out. Repeat.

This is uncomfortable, but it will slow heartbeat some.

I think it has something to do with some diving reflex?

I don't know how that relates to the cold.

Obviously I would also consider this to be something to

try to change/address/correct/treat. Hope this sounds

" dumb " because it is so obvious--- but part of how to

deal with it is to PAY ATTENTION and look for more info

in any ways you can.

>

> Is this related to the chelation?

Yes, I think it can be. I think mercury can cause

tachycardia, and chelation involves increasing the mercury

level in your blood. Please use " frequent dose timing " .

Consider lower dose of chelation agent(s).

good wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

> I have chelated off and on the past year with ALA only. I'm

> experiencing tachycardia (rapid or strong heartbeat). Does anyone

> have suggestions on why or how to deal with it? It's quite severe.

>

> Is this related to the chelation? I experienced a terrible panic

> attack two months ago. I'm used to depression and anxiety, but

this

> was a whole different monster.

>

> Does anyone know the basis of anxiety and excessive worry? It's

awful!

>

> Judy

> Chelating adult

Judy,

I have the same problem - STRONG, fast heartbeat and discomfort when

I'm taking a nap. I'm not necessarily anxious, but the tachycardia

is disturbing. I've had milder versions of this when my amalgams were

first removed.

>> Moria wrote::

> Yes, I think it can be. I think mercury can cause

> tachycardia, and chelation involves increasing the mercury

> level in your blood. Please use " frequent dose timing " .

> Consider lower dose of chelation agent(s).

I agree with Moria that is likely distribution into the body (blood).

I think it is indifferent to dosage or frequency (I take the smallest

dose possible for my weight, and doing the 3/4h cycle).

Also, I have day/night inversion (wake up in middle of the night, and

feel

wide awake). I feel the two (tachycardia and day/night inversion) are

related.

I wish I had some direct suggestions for you, but for now I take an

extra dose of Vitamin C, and fluid, which seems to taper my cardiac

condition.

[Guest guest]

> I have chelated off and on the past year with ALA only. I'm

> experiencing tachycardia (rapid or strong heartbeat). Does anyone

> have suggestions on why or how to deal with it? It's quite severe.

>

> Is this related to the chelation? I experienced a terrible panic

> attack two months ago. I'm used to depression and anxiety, but

this

> was a whole different monster.

>

> Does anyone know the basis of anxiety and excessive worry? It's

awful!

>

> Judy

> Chelating adult

Judy,

I have the same problem - STRONG, fast heartbeat and discomfort when

I'm taking a nap. I'm not necessarily anxious, but the tachycardia

is disturbing. I've had milder versions of this when my amalgams were

first removed.

>> Moria wrote::

> Yes, I think it can be. I think mercury can cause

> tachycardia, and chelation involves increasing the mercury

> level in your blood. Please use " frequent dose timing " .

> Consider lower dose of chelation agent(s).

I agree with Moria that is likely distribution into the body (blood).

I think it is indifferent to dosage or frequency (I take the smallest

dose possible for my weight, and doing the 3/4h cycle).

Also, I have day/night inversion (wake up in middle of the night, and

feel

wide awake). I feel the two (tachycardia and day/night inversion) are

related.

I wish I had some direct suggestions for you, but for now I take an

extra dose of Vitamin C, and fluid, which seems to taper my cardiac

condition.

[Guest guest]

Have you tried to use the chelator even more frequently like every 1 or 2 hours?

I don't know anything about tachycardia, but this is what I would try with any

problem with chelation.

Dagmar.

[ ] Re: Tachycardia

> I have chelated off and on the past year with ALA only. I'm

> experiencing tachycardia (rapid or strong heartbeat). Does anyone

> have suggestions on why or how to deal with it? It's quite severe.

>

> Is this related to the chelation? I experienced a terrible panic

> attack two months ago. I'm used to depression and anxiety, but

this

> was a whole different monster.

>

> Does anyone know the basis of anxiety and excessive worry? It's

awful!

>

> Judy

> Chelating adult

Judy,

I have the same problem - STRONG, fast heartbeat and discomfort when

I'm taking a nap. I'm not necessarily anxious, but the tachycardia

is disturbing. I've had milder versions of this when my amalgams were

first removed.

>> Moria wrote::

> Yes, I think it can be. I think mercury can cause

> tachycardia, and chelation involves increasing the mercury

> level in your blood. Please use " frequent dose timing " .

> Consider lower dose of chelation agent(s).

I agree with Moria that is likely distribution into the body (blood).

I think it is indifferent to dosage or frequency (I take the smallest

dose possible for my weight, and doing the 3/4h cycle).

Also, I have day/night inversion (wake up in middle of the night, and

feel

wide awake). I feel the two (tachycardia and day/night inversion) are

related.

I wish I had some direct suggestions for you, but for now I take an

extra dose of Vitamin C, and fluid, which seems to taper my cardiac

condition.

=======================================================

[Guest guest]

> Have you tried to use the chelator even more frequently like every

1 or 2 hours? I don't know anything about tachycardia, but this is

what I would try with any problem with chelation.

>

> Dagmar

Thanks Dagmar.

But (for me), the pounding tachycardia restarts after

chelation (about 1.5 days after end of cycle). During the chelation

cycle, I actually feel pretty good. I'm also trying to supplement

adrenal insufficiency (licorice, adrenal gland extracts,

and, adrenal homeopathy). I will keep the group informed

if this works.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracey,

Since I have been on Gleevec, my heart rate runs between 95-110, and I

have even checked it at 125. Not sure if it is Gleevec or not, but

wasn't like that before.

Amy B.

[Guest guest]

That's interesting Amy. When I check my heart rate, it's usually in

the same range as yours (95-110) but when I had the Holter monitor

it apparently showed fluctuating rates of up to 157! I'd say that's

awfully fast for sitting on the couch, doing nothing. I also had a

stress test on the treadmill and they made me get off after 6 mins

(I hadn't even started running yet) because it got up to 170. Kinda

scary.

Tracey

>

> Hi Tracey,

>

> Since I have been on Gleevec, my heart rate runs between 95-110,

and I

> have even checked it at 125. Not sure if it is Gleevec or not,

but

> wasn't like that before.

>

> Amy B.

>

[Guest guest]

-Hi Tracey, I was dx with a sinus tachycardia last March or April. I

wore a heart monitor for 24 hours and it was determined that was what

was bothering me. I had a racing heart and I felt like it was skipping

beats. On the test it only showed a few skipped beats but my resting

heart rate was always above 100 and sometimes it was up to 150 beats

per minute. I think mine was made worse by exercise, because when I

quit walking fast on my treadmill it went away. I now walk even slower

on the treadmill and that seems to help. When I exercised with the

monitor on my heart rate went up to 180 but the Dr. said that was ok.

Sometimes I can just run up and down the stairs to fast and feel it

coming on. I don't know if it is related to gleevec or not, but I

didn't have it before I was dx.

Shari from Kansas

-- In , " Tracey " <traceyincanada@y...> wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Has anyone been diagnosed with tachycardia (fast heart rate) since

> being on Gleevec?

>

> I have my doubts that Gleevec is causing this because I hate to blame

> everything on Gleevec so I thought I'd ask if anyone else experienced

> it. I never had any problems prior to Gleevec but then again, I

never

> had any problems during the first couple of years on Gleevec either

so

> I wonder why now.

>

> Take care,

> Tracey

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Shari,

That's exactly what I have...a sinus tachycardia and it's

significantly worse when I do anything remotely physical. Forget

exercise, just bending down to tie my shoes or lifting a heavy pot

will get my heart racing. They actually made me get off the treadmill

after just 6 mins when I had a stress test because my heart rate was

dangerously high (170). I hadn't even started to run yet.

I really wonder about the Gleevec, only because I'm young, was very

athletic as a teenager and never had any heart issues before. Also,

no one in my family has any heart issues. Mind you, no one in my

family has any blood cancers either so that doesn't say much

Thanks for your response,

Tracey

[Guest guest]

: None of those meds should have any effect on your heart rate. I am assuming your have had your thyroid checked and don't have a pheo or any wierd adrenal tumors. Carol

tachycardia

Has anyone else experienced problems with tachycardia? Especially when they have not be taking any drugs like Advair or Albuterol or Prednisone that can have this as a side effect? I’ve now added this to my list of problems… I ended up in the hospital about a month ago, my heart rate was 140-150 beats/min (bpm) and my blood pressure was really high. It was weird, simply laying in bed my heart rate would be 110-120 bpm and if I sat up it went higher and simply standing up and walking the short distance to go to the bathroom would make it go to 150 and once 170! They have ruled out a lot of nasty things that can cause this and now we are starting to run out of things. My cardiologist is back to trying to blame my allergy and asthma medicines, specifically Singulair and Allegra. She started off blaming that and therefore I got none of my meds while I was in the hospital! I use Flonase twice a day, I irrigate twice a day, I take 10mg Singulair every night and 120mg Allegra in the morning and 60mg at night. So I did not get any meds one night and one morning, but by that morning, I was already getting stuffed up and had lost my sense of smell! I felt horrible all that day with really bad sinus headache and totally stuffed up nose and all they would give me was Tylenol! Argh. The first thing I did when I got home was irrigate! It felt wonderful. So I want to comment that I was sort of wondering if all this stuff I was doing was really necessary and the answer is yes!!! It took about a week and a half to get my sense of smell back and clear my nose back up. My asthma has also been acting up a bit during all of this though we think that is a) the Singulair doesn’t last 24 hrs and the grass is happily pollinating and I am horribly allergic to grass. Anyway, I am on a pretty high does of Cardizem for the tachycardia, taking it twice a day as once a day wasn’t enough. Heck, twice a day isn’t enough and my heart rate still gets high, up to 130 bpm sometimes, when I am doing nothing more than walking around the house. Unfortunately, beta-blockers are the ideal drug to treat tachycardia but they tend to make asthma worse, so needless to say I am not going there! Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or has had experience with these drugs causing tachycardia, please let me know! I really do not want to go off of them for several weeks and have it not be the problem and totally screw up the progress I have made with my sinuses!!!! I tried dropping my Allegra by 60mg/day and after 2 days of that, my sense of smell is mostly gone again and my eyes are starting to itch. I am taking my normal dose tomorrow to see if it helps clear it up again and if it does, well at this point I think I would rather live with my heart rate being high occasionally and keep my sense of smell! I get waaaay too freaked out when I can’t smell.

Thanks!!!!

K.

PS Sorry this was so long and with no breaks! I tend to type how I talk… J and yes, I really do talk that way sometimes, though usually with fewer periods… J

[Guest guest]

There have been only few reports of tachycardia being associated with Singulair --for example, see http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/medeff/bulletin/carn-bcei_v9n4_e.html .

Allegra-D (with pseudoephedrine) might be more suspect, especially if you are sensitive to decongestants like my Mom is.

Cheers,

Karl W.

tachycardia

Has anyone else experienced problems with tachycardia? Especially when they have not be taking any drugs like Advair or Albuterol or Prednisone that can have this as a side effect? I’ve now added this to my list of problems… I ended up in the hospital about a month ago, my heart rate was 140-150 beats/min (bpm) and my blood pressure was really high. It was weird, simply laying in bed my heart rate would be 110-120 bpm and if I sat up it went higher and simply standing up and walking the short distance to go to the bathroom would make it go to 150 and once 170! They have ruled out a lot of nasty things that can cause this and now we are starting to run out of things. My cardiologist is back to trying to blame my allergy and asthma medicines, specifically Singulair and Allegra. She started off blaming that and therefore I got none of my meds while I was in the hospital! I use Flonase twice a day, I irrigate twice a day, I take 10mg Singulair every night and 120mg Allegra in the morning and 60mg at night.

..

[Guest guest]

I am on the same two (wonderful) drugs. My Dr is trying to get me off them because of a very minor rise in liver enzymes (i.e. they cost too much!) They don't cause any changes in heart rate or blood pressure for me. I doubt singulair is causing this problem, but anti-histimines particularly fenadine (less so fexofenadine) has been known to cause such reactions in a few people. I guess the main question is did your HR and BP come down when they took you off the drugs? You could try switching anti-histimine (though I found allegra to be the best for me, esp no dry mouth). One important thing though is that the HR and BP you are describing are very serious levels which would be likely to cause heart failure or some other serious problem within a couple of years so you must sort it out. I would avoid Beta Blockers as the side effects are appaling. For BP try Losartan 100mg. Though I think these increases are so high you must identify the cause and address it, you shouldn't and may not be able to cover them up in the long term.

Good luck,

Chris

PS I was once sleeping when a firework exploded outside my open window. THe shock was so bad I had tachycardia for at least three months! I don't know if you might have had a similar shock (though I doubt it would account for your exceptionally high HR and BP, but maybe the tachycardia will come down on its own.

And a final thought the drugs you are on esp anti-histimine might interact with caffine, alcohol an othre stimulants to enhance their effect so you might want to eliminate these too.

-----Original Message-----From: samters [mailto:samters ]On Behalf Of KeeferSent: 16 June 2006 02:10samters Subject: tachycardia

Has anyone else experienced problems with tachycardia? Especially when they have not be taking any drugs like Advair or Albuterol or Prednisone that can have this as a side effect? I’ve now added this to my list of problems… I ended up in the hospital about a month ago, my heart rate was 140-150 beats/min (bpm) and my blood pressure was really high. It was weird, simply laying in bed my heart rate would be 110-120 bpm and if I sat up it went higher and simply standing up and walking the short distance to go to the bathroom would make it go to 150 and once 170! They have ruled out a lot of nasty things that can cause this and now we are starting to run out of things. My cardiologist is back to trying to blame my allergy and asthma medicines, specifically Singulair and Allegra. She started off blaming that and therefore I got none of my meds while I was in the hospital! I use Flonase twice a day, I irrigate twice a day, I take 10mg Singulair every night and 120mg Allegra in the morning and 60mg at night. So I did not get any meds one night and one morning, but by that morning, I was already getting stuffed up and had lost my sense of smell! I felt horrible all that day with really bad sinus headache and totally stuffed up nose and all they would give me was Tylenol! Argh. The first thing I did when I got home was irrigate! It felt wonderful. So I want to comment that I was sort of wondering if all this stuff I was doing was really necessary and the answer is yes!!! It took about a week and a half to get my sense of smell back and clear my nose back up. My asthma has also been acting up a bit during all of this though we think that is a) the Singulair doesn’t last 24 hrs and the grass is happily pollinating and I am horribly allergic to grass. Anyway, I am on a pretty high does of Cardizem for the tachycardia, taking it twice a day as once a day wasn’t enough. Heck, twice a day isn’t enough and my heart rate still gets high, up to 130 bpm sometimes, when I am doing nothing more than walking around the house. Unfortunately, beta-blockers are the ideal drug to treat tachycardia but they tend to make asthma worse, so needless to say I am not going there! Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or has had experience with these drugs causing tachycardia, please let me know! I really do not want to go off of them for several weeks and have it not be the problem and totally screw up the progress I have made with my sinuses!!!! I tried dropping my Allegra by 60mg/day and after 2 days of that, my sense of smell is mostly gone again and my eyes are starting to itch. I am taking my normal dose tomorrow to see if it helps clear it up again and if it does, well at this point I think I would rather live with my heart rate being high occasionally and keep my sense of smell! I get waaaay too freaked out when I can’t smell.

Thanks!!!!

K.

PS Sorry this was so long and with no breaks! I tend to type how I talk… J and yes, I really do talk that way sometimes, though usually with fewer periods… J

[Guest guest]

---

The most likely culprits for causing tachycardia are the advair and

the albuterol. You might want to switch from advair to floticasone (

flovent) without the long acting beta mimetic. It is the salmetrol 9?

spelling which is the long acting beta mimetic which would be apt to

raise the heart rate. Albuterol can and some people notice some

increased heart rate with prednisone. The other medications and the

irrigation should not increase the heart rate. As the albuterol is

only a rescue medication, it might be possible to decrease the

frequency.

I had problems with what they used to call paroxysmal

supraventricular tachicardia. This is caused when occasional extra

atrial beats get picked up by an abnormal electrical pathway in the

heart and the heart goes into a sudden rapid rate. I would always

have more problems when I was wheezing. Usually the episodes

responded to simple measures, but finally they lasted long enough to

require emergency room treatment and became more frequent. At that

point I had a procedure which was done by a cardiologist who

specializes in ablation and treatment of arrhytmias. It was not fun

to have done, they found the abnormal pathway and ablated it, I have

not had any episodes since.

As your doctor about this.

In samters , " Keefer " <jkeefer@...> wrote:

>

> Has anyone else experienced problems with tachycardia? Especially

when

> they have not be taking any drugs like Advair or Albuterol or

Prednisone

> that can have this as a side effect? I've now added this to my

list of

> problems. I ended up in the hospital about a month ago, my heart

rate

> was 140-150 beats/min (bpm) and my blood pressure was really high.

It

> was weird, simply laying in bed my heart rate would be 110-120 bpm

and

> if I sat up it went higher and simply standing up and walking the

short

> distance to go to the bathroom would make it go to 150 and once 170!

> They have ruled out a lot of nasty things that can cause this and

now we

> are starting to run out of things. My cardiologist is back to

trying to

> blame my allergy and asthma medicines, specifically Singulair and

> Allegra. She started off blaming that and therefore I got none of

my

> meds while I was in the hospital! I use Flonase twice a day, I

irrigate

> twice a day, I take 10mg Singulair every night and 120mg Allegra in

the

> morning and 60mg at night. So I did not get any meds one night and

one

> morning, but by that morning, I was already getting stuffed up and

had

> lost my sense of smell! I felt horrible all that day with really

bad

> sinus headache and totally stuffed up nose and all they would give

me

> was Tylenol! Argh. The first thing I did when I got home was

irrigate!

> It felt wonderful. So I want to comment that I was sort of

wondering if

> all this stuff I was doing was really necessary and the answer is

yes!!!

> It took about a week and a half to get my sense of smell back and

clear

> my nose back up. My asthma has also been acting up a bit during

all of

> this though we think that is a) the Singulair doesn't last 24 hrs

and

> the grass is happily pollinating and I am horribly allergic to

grass.

> Anyway, I am on a pretty high does of Cardizem for the tachycardia,

> taking it twice a day as once a day wasn't enough. Heck, twice a

day

> isn't enough and my heart rate still gets high, up to 130 bpm

sometimes,

> when I am doing nothing more than walking around the house.

> Unfortunately, beta-blockers are the ideal drug to treat

tachycardia but

> they tend to make asthma worse, so needless to say I am not going

there!

> Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or has had experience with these

drugs

> causing tachycardia, please let me know! I really do not want to

go off

> of them for several weeks and have it not be the problem and totally

> screw up the progress I have made with my sinuses!!!! I tried

dropping

> my Allegra by 60mg/day and after 2 days of that, my sense of smell

is

> mostly gone again and my eyes are starting to itch. I am taking my

> normal dose tomorrow to see if it helps clear it up again and if it

> does, well at this point I think I would rather live with my heart

rate

> being high occasionally and keep my sense of smell! I get waaaay

too

> freaked out when I can't smell.

>

>

>

> Thanks!!!!

>

> K.

>

>

>

> PS Sorry this was so long and with no breaks! I tend to type how I

> talk. :-) and yes, I really do talk that way sometimes, though

usually

> with fewer periods. :-)

>

[Guest guest]

My heart rate dropped but not totally for the ~36 hours I went with

no allergy/asthma meds and I think that is more due to the drugs

they gave me to control the tachycardia. My BP is still running

higher than my normal, I ordered a BP meter so I can monitor it

myself, but at the doctor on Monday it was about 130/85 and my

normal is 120/70!

I have had no caffeine since I was in the hospital, so about a month

now. I normally avoid decongestants as they tend to make me sick

(naseous, dry mouth, fuzzy head). I've not used Albuterol since

April, same with Advair, but I did take some Advair the morning I

went to the hospital because I had been having trouble with wheezing

and I thought I was getting sick again. However, I had already

noticed my heart rate was high well before I took the Advair. I

didn't realize it could cause high heart rate otherwise I don't

think I would have taken it that morning.

I think I am getting to the point where they need to ultrasound my

kidneys to look for contricted arteries or it is simply stress

related and will go away eventually on its own (though I am not sure

I buy that - I have been more stressed before than now and have

never had this reaction but who knows?). Or it is one of the drugs

I am on, which at this point I really don't want to stop taking them!

Thanks for your thoughts,

K.

>

> I am on the same two (wonderful) drugs. My Dr is trying to get me

off them

> because of a very minor rise in liver enzymes (i.e. they cost too

much!)

> They don't cause any changes in heart rate or blood pressure for

me. I doubt

> singulair is causing this problem, but anti-histimines

particularly fenadine

> (less so fexofenadine) has been known to cause such reactions in a

few

> people. I guess the main question is did your HR and BP come down

when they

> took you off the drugs? You could try switching anti-histimine

(though I

> found allegra to be the best for me, esp no dry mouth). One

important thing

> though is that the HR and BP you are describing are very serious

levels

> which would be likely to cause heart failure or some other serious

problem

> within a couple of years so you must sort it out. I would avoid

Beta

> Blockers as the side effects are appaling. For BP try Losartan

100mg. Though

> I think these increases are so high you must identify the cause

and address

> it, you shouldn't and may not be able to cover them up in the long

term.

>

> Good luck,

>

> Chris

>

> PS I was once sleeping when a firework exploded outside my open

window. THe

> shock was so bad I had tachycardia for at least three months! I

don't know

> if you might have had a similar shock (though I doubt it would

account for

> your exceptionally high HR and BP, but maybe the tachycardia will

come down

> on its own.

>

> And a final thought the drugs you are on esp anti-histimine might

interact

> with caffine, alcohol an othre stimulants to enhance their effect

so you

> might want to eliminate these too.

> tachycardia

>

>

>

> Has anyone else experienced problems with tachycardia?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have problems with tachycardia before for a variety of different

reasons that took awhile to figure out, like:

-I was eating a lot of chocolate chip cookies, and that, along with

asthma meds, raised my heartbeat.

-If I'm not getting enough oxygen, my heart will beat faster (did

they check o2sat?)

-When I went to Denver-National Jewish, my heartbeat was constantly

rapid. They advised a cardiologist consult when I returned home, but

my heartbeat returned to normal after a few weeks, so I guess it was

the change in elevation. Just standing up made my heartbeat rise 30-

40 beats per minute.

-When I was taking the combination of Seldane and erythromycin (this

can lead to fatal heart rhythms, I believe, and they took Seldane

(antihistamine) off the market.

-when I have eaten too much of something I'm allergic to. It will

wear off after a while if I don't eat the offending food again.

-When I take Duoneb and Serevent together.

I know how it feels when you heart is going so fast. I was out of

breath, not from asthma, but from feeling like I was running on a

treadmill.

Elaine

[Guest guest]

I was

drinking a ton of caffeine every day, but I don’t think that was the

problem since it has been over a month now with very little caffeine

(basically, a tiny bit in the chocolate of the breakfast bars I eat

occasionally) and I have still had some problems. I was getting enough

oxygen, even when I was at my worst in the hospital my pulse ox was always about

97-99. I also don’t notice my heart rate going up when I’ve

had asthma attacks since then either. I’m scheduled for a renal Doppler

ultrasound next week which will check the blood flow in my kidneys. After

that, I don’t know what they will look at. My blood pressure at

least has come down, I bought a monitor and it came Friday. I’ve

been checking it all weekend and it is averaging about 110/75 instead of the

130/90 it had been.

That is the worst part of it! You get

worn out just sitting around because your heart is essentially exercising for

you! Thanks for sharing your experiences.

K.

Re: tachycardia

Hi ,

I have problems with tachycardia before for a variety of different

reasons that took awhile to figure out, like:

-I was eating a lot of chocolate chip cookies, and that, along with

asthma meds, raised my heartbeat.

-If I'm not getting enough oxygen, my heart will beat faster (did

they check o2sat?)

-When I went to Denver-National Jewish, my heartbeat was constantly

rapid. They advised a cardiologist consult when I returned home, but

my heartbeat returned to normal after a few weeks, so I guess it was

the change in elevation. Just standing up made my heartbeat rise 30-

40 beats per minute.

-When I was taking the combination of Seldane and erythromycin (this

can lead to fatal heart rhythms, I believe, and they took Seldane

(antihistamine) off the market.

-when I have eaten too much of something I'm allergic to. It will

wear off after a while if I don't eat the offending food again.

-When I take Duoneb and Serevent together.

I know how it feels when you heart is going so fast. I was out of

breath, not from asthma, but from feeling like I was running on a

treadmill.

Elaine