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Hi all,

I've been diagnosed with PAC's in early 2000, but I was aware of

them about 5 years before. I've had ekg's and echo's done but they

didn't show anything until I wore a halter monitor. I'm worried that

I have something more than PAC's though. I've been experiencing more

episodes at least a few times daily. It's especially bothersome when

I'm being intimate with my significant other. I just turned 36, so I

feel like I'm too young to be having this stuff going on. My doctor

put me on Betablockers and aspirin. But the betablockers made it so

that I could not function. So, he said that he would prescribe

calcium blockers, but I ended up not getting them. I haven't taken

any meds for quite a while. I'm a mother of twin 2 year olds, so I

need to be able to function at least for their sakes. Anyway, here's

what's been going on (on a daily basis) for the last month or so and

it seems to be getting worse.

Symtoms:

Extremely tired

Nausea

Pressure on center and left side of chest

Weird tingly sensation on face (especially left side), left side of

neck and left shoulder

Some pain (feels like it's on the upper part of my heart), left jaw,

back of neck and shoulder. Not severe, just slight but noticeable.

Very dehydrated

Having to urinate a lot. I can't even drink one sip of water at

night before going to bed, or I'll be up in an hour to go to the

bathroom.

Heart feeling like it's beating funny. (PAC's, & feels like it's not

pumping enough blood into my body)

Shortness of breath

Weak feeling

The feeling of hands and other parts of body swelling.

The feeling of blood pressure going up. (face getting hot, etc).

Also, when I get upset about something, my heart rate rises

significantly, starts jumping around like crazy, I start getting

nauseous, and feel like I'm going to pass out.

Any opinions, advice or whatever would be great! I know I need to

see my doctor or another one. But I feel like because of my age,

and being female that I'm not going to get the proper attention

and/or treatment. I'm so sick of this and I would like to find a

doctor that would care enough to get me as many tests or whatever to

finally find out whats going on and fix it.

Thank you for listening.

Carolyn