Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 When you get these palpitations, have you checked your BG? How is your insulin dosing determined? Is it a " set " dose, set by the doctor? Or is the Humalog based on carbs eaten at your last meal? Vicki, LADA type 1 diagnosed 1997, UL and Humalog insulin and lotsa testing, no complications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 > >When I get these palpitations it does not hurt, but it >does take my breath for a moment. Doesn't matter if >I'm sitting, standing or laying down, they come >whenever and wherever. Why oh why is this happening >to me? Can anyone help? >Thanks for listening, >Kay Hi Kay, I have had problems with Palpitations in the past. It got so bad one night, that I had to go to the hospital. This particular night, they started and wouldn't let up. After about an hour, I was starting to get chest pain and was getting weak. At the ER, they tried two different drugs to try get the sinus rhythm back to normal. Nothing worked. They finally admitted me in order to try another drug which had to be administered over a 10 minute period - a little bit each minute or so for 10 minutes. This drug has a risk of causing a heart attack, so they had to have paddles standing by just in case. Anyway, it worked. The palpitations stopped and I'm still alive ) By this time, the palpitations had been going, constantly, for almost 18 hours. I was worn out! I have had numerous other episodes of palpitations, but not quite as severe as this one was. No doc has ever able to tell me why I get them so much. I've had this problem since my early 20's - I'm now 50. Interesting thing is, since I started low carbing last year, I have not had any " episodes " at all! Coincidence? I'm not sure. It's just been an interesting development. I'm not willing to increase my carb intake again to see if they come back, so for now, it's just a possibility. For whatever reason they stopped, I'm SO grateful. The docs always have told me they're not dangerous. However, when they get bad, I feel like I could pass out at any moment. Since they can come on suddenly, what happens if you're driving a car or doing something else requiring intense focus or concentration? Also, found out during that hospital stay that when palpitations go on like that, continuously, for 24 hours or more, you run the risk of blood pooling in the atrial chambers of your heart and forming blood clots. When the sinus rhythm finally does normalize again, these clots can be " shot out " of the heart as emboli and cause major problems, up to and including death! So much for not being dangerous!!! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 kay stock wrote: >Can anyone give me an idea of why this is happening to >me? > I get some heart stuff going on too. It could be you have mitral valve prolapse, which I understand is not much to worry about. It could be thyroid meds. It could be a low blood glucose. I have been thinking on all these things to see what is going on with mine. I had palpitations at age 18 from high thyroid doses. I am suspecting some low blood sugar for me perhaps, now. Since I found my meter is 20 points higher than the ????average meter. Perhaps it is hypoglycemia. I have told the Dr. She has no clue. She said to come in while it is happening. Yeah, if I am dressed and the office is open and it is still going on in the 1/2 hour or so to get there. I heard in the past palpatations are not too much to worry about. But only what I heard. They are scary. Sometimes I wonder if mine will beat the next time. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Kay this is something I dread but has not been happening for me. You said that your BGs are fine - but what are they before the palpitations? Not just the moment before but over the past few days or weeks - the build up of advanced glycosylation end products builds up over time (and can be reduced when glucose levels in the blood are reduced) What I'm suggesting is that for you they may be too high. Since you have diabetes an obvious thought has to be that blood vessels are being compromised. had a big scare and now ensures that his BGs are lower - and has had no more palpitations. So maybe you need to try to get your BGs down and also increase your exercise level. The papers I've read indicate that we have less insulin resistance the more we exercise - and that this is also associated with less plaque in the blood vessels etc so I'd be testing myself out. Seeing if lowering my glycemic intake and getting my 2 hour PP blood glucose down as well as reducing my fasting BG down actually makes a difference and stops the palpitations. And I'd also be increasing my exercise level and seeing if that also makes a difference. One other thing I would be doing is learning and practicing relaxation techniques - to lower my blood pressure and pulse rate. There are plenty of strategies for this. In the 70s we used progressive muscle relaxation, and soon moved on to biofeedback, yoga, self hypnosis, music and a host of other strategies. Doing some form of meditation or relaxation is part of my everyday life but when I am in a difficult situation - stressed or whatever - I just have to switch my mind to " calm " and my body responds - pulse rate slows, breathing, BP goes down, finger tip temperature increases etc. I also visualize my body being healed. So - I see any potential breast cancer cells being overpowered by my immune system, I see the tiny blood vessels of my eyes having strong walls, etc etc. I know this works - I've been helping others develop their capacity for visualizing healing since 1982 and of course have have applied it to myself. So Kay I urge you to find someone to help you develop these skills. Bea kay stock wrote > Vicki, My insulin dosing is 2 units for 15 carbs and > I take 20 launtus units in the evening. My bg's are > fine even when this happens. I just don't think it > has to do with having bg's too high or too low at the > time, they just happen whenever they want. Any more > advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 > > >Interesting thing is, since I started low carbing last year, I have not had >any " episodes " at all! Coincidence? I'm not sure. It's just been an >interesting development. I'm not willing to increase my carb intake again >to see if they come back, so for now, it's just a possibility. > I have just the opposite result of low carbs. I get the heart acting strangely when my carbs are very low. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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