Wonder what I should do now?

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My heart's been really bad for 3 days. Bad palps and up to 130 pulse. I had

just raised my T3. I don't think that is it. I think it's because my system

is still screwed, all I have to do is get stressed. But I finally got to a

clinic and got it checked out and it's atrial fibrillation. Finally my dr

believes I have this problem. Whew.

Well, my dr is not too sharp about thyroid in the first place and he said

" See? I told you that too much thyroid can cause this! " . And I said " so can

too little " . Well.... But all he can see is the heart and possible blood

clot. Geez, this has been going on for 27 years! There are reasons it gets

set off. I told him I was not taking any Armour, that I was taking T3 and

he still doesn't know what it is. He wanted me on a blood pressure med,

which I am on already. Propranolol. But my BP was 104/80. When I got home,

it was 84/60. He had called in a prescription that would slow my heart, but

the druggist said it would lower my BP and cause dizziness! I don't need

any more of that. He gave me a cardiologist to call, but what I need is a

good doctor. Maybe the cardiologist will know more than the GP. He wanted

me on Coumadin. No way. Not just because there *might* be something.

Coumadin is a big headache.

I am not a happy camper. I cannot walk or even raise my arms when it's like

this because I'm not getting enough blood moving.

I don't know whether to drop the T3 and go back to Armour, or what?

Janis Whitcomb, Auburn, WA

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