P.S. Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re: Amiodarone dose)

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Me too, like Guy, passed out (when standing)or nearly fainted (when

sitting)every time before I was zapped and in either (both?) case I

didn't feel them. My heart raced at nearly 400 bps at the most, so I

didn't have time to sit down if I didn't sit already. I just felt the

dizziness coming and then faded away pretty quick. Well, for one zap I

had a pounding in my ears right before it happened. Waking up was for

the worse, not at least when it happened in the hospital with the

nurse shaking me and shouting " Are you awake?, are you awake? " More

" pleasant " to wake up at home alone without anyone interrupting, LoL

(Please overlook my bad English)

Janne in Norway

>

> i forgot to ask. In the bit of time before you passed out and then

the ICD

> provided its gentle " therapy, " I asked if you felt panicked in the

normal

> sense, and as if you were fainting from panic. Is this how it feel

is you

> die because you don't have an ICD? So the death is pretty painless,

I guess?

> I'm not saying anything positive for death, I'm just saying it sound

like

> you just feel panicked for a second then you pass out and fall down

and then

> you're gone. Thanks.

> fel did befdafainnomral aked is that gentla

> Guy: unfelt shocks and ATP (was Re: Re:

Amiodarone dose)

>

>

> Guy,

>

> The shocks you describe where you seem to be saying that you fainted

before

> the shock occurred, what did that feel like? Were you scared or

panicked for

> a time before you passed out? Did you feel your heart racing the way we

> would if we were just normal and we were having a panic attack?

Thanks you.

>

> second, I forget what is ATP. I went to te gloassry in ZAP FAQ, and

it's not

> listed there. what is it. Somethng xxx pacing?

>

> Thanks,

>

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> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Guy Scardina " <guys101@...>

>

> ,

> Believe it or not, I have never felt a shock. During the first year

> after I got my ICD I had two or three shocks but my heart rate was so

> high that I passed out before the shock. I remember one shock

> happened when I was taking out the trash. I had enough warning to sit

> down on the kitchen floor and the next thing I remember was laying on

> the floor half in a daze, wondering if I was dead or alive. Another

> happened while I was walking and also had enough warning to sit

> before I passed out. While sitting on the curb after I regained

> consciousness a guy in a Corvette stopped and asked if I needed help.

> It was nice of him to give me a ride even though it was only a couple

> blocks to my home.

> The shock that I received last summer was during the night and I was

> asleep. I woke up after it happened and realized that something had

> just occured but was not certain what it was until my next

> interrogation.

> I think somebody already explained what ATP means. I usually feel

> them and hope they do not escalate into a shock.

>