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Posted 2/25/2011 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
For the past couple days I've been having some problems with my heart/chest. I was admitted to the ER and after 6 hours an ekg, chest xray, urinalisis, and bloodwork I was sent home with "We don't know what's wrong with you, we are calling it a pulled chest muscle and heartburn." I know this isn't heartburn, I have a hiatel hernia, acid reflux and ibs, I know what heartburn feels like. I would believe it was just a pulled muscle if my heart didn't keep racing. I went to my pcp and they don't know what it is either and now I have to go to a cardiologist. I'm kind of worried that no one has an answer for me, and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I'm also on savella for my fibro and I know that a side effect can be elevated heart rate, but they haven't said they may think its that. My symptoms are a squeezing feeling in my chest, heart racing with beats getting up to 130 bpm, dizzy feel like I'm gonna faint, shoulder pain and overall weakness. Any info or ideas would be much appreciated.
Posted 2/25/2011 1:45 AM (GMT 0)
I would be interested in the responses here.......I kid you not I was just googling chest pain, mine only hurts when I move a certain way or stretch, I'm assuming it's muscle pain.  I do have the racing heart but I have anxiety and a heart problem.
Posted 2/25/2011 2:04 AM (GMT 0)
I took Savella for a short period of time. It helped my fibro...a lot! BUT, it made my heart race and my bp spike. It was a dangerous drug for me, but everyone responds differently to medication.
Posted 2/25/2011 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
I keep leaning more towards the savella causing it, but idk. I don't have a previous heart problem, or anxiety. I will keep you guys updated with this, but I guess they are a little worried and its not just a pulled muscle, cause he checked it and it didn't seem pulled to him. He said there's no damage, but I'm worried I'm going to pass out at work tomorrow but the doctor said I can go in. I can't just stop taking savella so I hope they figure it out soon.
Posted 2/25/2011 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
I didn't have a heart problem either, according to heart docs who did all sorts of tests including nuclear stress test. Then I had a heart attack.

My problem was cardioesophageal reflex, aka linked angina, which brought on a coronary vasospasm. You can google those words and find all sorts of scientific studies and explanations to see if it fits.

My heart problem, tachycardia, chest pain, was caused by specific food triggers. I could always count on it to happen after meals, particularly breakfast of cold cereal. I was finally able to pinpoint my triggers as certain foods with the help of my allergist. On googling, all my foods happen to have sulfite.
Posted 2/25/2011 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
Alcie, that is one scary side effecy of food allergies!!!  It is almost unbelievable (I believe you!) that food can lead to triggers and then end up with a heart attack. 

Scary, scary!!! smhair

Akasya, I can't answer your question but good luck and I hope you get it figured out.

Posted 2/25/2011 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Alasya, Im with Denise hope you get this figured out soon. I have the opposite problem most of the time my heart beat is slow like down in the 40's and 50's. We are a strange lot us fibromites.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
Posted 2/25/2011 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
wow, sorry to hear that! I came on here to find out about chest pain too! Last night I was nervous because my chest felt weird and like someone was pressing on it. It started after I was sitting at a comput er and drinking a green smoothie... not sure if that is even related. I wasn't light headed though and I took my heart rate and it was only 70bmp. i was hoping it wasn't a heart problem but I didn't wnat to go to the ER. I just went to bed early and now i feel okay. Don't a lot of fibromites have that chest condition called chrostoconditis? (I probably totally butchered that). I am not sure how to tell if I have that though.
Posted 2/25/2011 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
My heart races off and on all the time. This is do to my thyroid being messed up right now.
Also due to a low Vit D.
Just wanted to put it out there.
I'm going to an Endo and Rhym right now to try to figure out what's going on but they can't do anything
much more until the thyroid levels out.
I know the next new Dr with be for the heart. lol I just keep adding Drs to my phone numbers.
Only had 1 in there for years. lol
Posted 2/25/2011 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
I experience Costochondritis some times and have been to the er with it. I was told even if I think it is chest wall pain, go in anyway. It is hard to tell the difference. I first experienced it when pregnant with my dtr over 24 yrs ago. I would lay and cry with it. My mom experieince it when she was pregnant with me. Keep looking for an answer.
Posted 2/25/2011 6:57 PM (GMT 0)
I'm with Shirley... my heart rate is too low. Used to be 60's and then recently has dropped to 40's - 50's. I now have bradycardia (too low heart rate) and they just don't know why. I find that when I'm in a terrible flare my heart acts up. I have to go through all the cardiac testing each time.

This past time besides diagnosing the low HR they also found PVCs (premature heart beats). They can sometimes treat those with beta blockers, but I can't take those because it lowers my HR and it can't afford to go lower. The cardiologist wasn't too concerned. The structure looks great and my heart shows no signs of weakening.

I am to see her again in a year and redo the tests. I will probably have that routine for the rest of my life but it makes me feel better to know that I can ignore the pain that comes from costochondritis because my heart is being looked at often.

It seems a lot that Drs tell us we don't know what's wrong with you. I truly believe that more often then not our Fibro causes very crazy things to happen in our body, whether it be our nervous systems being out of wack or our bodies response to immense pain, but whatever it is I know I have stumped MANY Drs. It just reminds us that medicine isn't an exact science.

I hope you get the answers you're looking for soon and find relief. I have learned to be grateful for the "we don't know what's wrong with you - therefore you must be fine" answer :)
Posted 2/25/2011 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
Akasya,

I agree with Frankey - I don't mind at all when my doctor says, "We don't know how the human body works.  We're just guessing," because I know he believes I am going through what I say I am.   That's all we can really ask of them - that they're honest and do the best they can.  

I've had episodes of tachycardia for many years, sometimes over 150.  In fact, I spent the night in the hospital last September, getting checked out and having a nuclear stress test - shocked - don't even get me started on that one!!!  Alcie, you had one and it didn't even catch your problem - unbelievable.  All that radiation and money, and what good did it do??  Sorry, I just feel strongly about this. 

Anyway, a couple of months ago they finally caught my elevated heartrate on an EKG (125 at the time) and apparently, it's "sinus tachycardia," which is benign. (At least, if it stops itself and doesn't happen too often, it's benign.)  But it IS scary, and exhausting.  I hope yours goes away, never to return!

Debbie

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