Weird heart symptom... Very afraid about this !

sorry to hear you have heart issues. I've had some pains in the past few years in the heart area...and It always is a worry when it happens. It's hard to distinguish if it's the heart...or just the muscles in the surrounding area.
I also have rib pain on my left side. It's almost gone now.

I also take Hawthorn. Do you know if that brand you take is a good one? The one I take is Woodland Essence (it's a tincture).
I also take CoQ10. It also supports the heart.

Did you have an EKG to check out your heart already?

What is your treatment?

It could be bartonella....it affects the heart and blood vessels.

If your doctor already has you on hawthorn, take what you were told. I see you’re on propranolol. Isn’t that some kind of heart medication? Don’t overdo the hawthorn.

Hawthorn is an adaptogen. It can help regulate the heart. It’s not known for specific symptom relief. Have a cardiologist do a thorough evaluation of your heart. Describe what symptoms you experience with it. Let them check it out.

Lyme can affect the heart organ itself, but many of us experience symptoms with the heart or chest that are not caused by the heart organ.

When my symptoms first started, I had racing, pounding heart; rapid heartbeat at rest over 120 bpm; heart rate would increase if I moved or changed positions in bed. This went on for weeks. EKG, echocardiogram, blood tests were all normal. Also felt like my heart was beating out of sync and skipping beats. When all this was going on, it made me feel weak and tired.

In the years following, I would have episodes of feeling my heart skip and then flutter like palpitations. I had mitral valve regurge before I knew I was sick. No other heart defects were ever found. These episodes came and went randomly over many years. They increased in frequency until they came and stayed for months and left for shorter periods of time. When I would feel the effects of it, it would make me feel tired, like I needed to lay down. I would put my fingers on my neck to feel my pulse and would feel the skip in beats and go “Oh, it’s doing it again.”

The cardiologist said he could give me a medicine to help that symptom but said it would make me feel tired. I declined as that was the problem it already caused.

After getting away from mold, learning I had Lyme, and starting Buhner’s protocols for bartonella and Lyme, those episodes pretty much stopped. That’s been in the last 3 years.

Before knowing I had Lyme, I also had pains in the center of the chest on both sides a few times. Went back to the cardiologist. Everything checked out fine.

A lot of my heart symptoms were likely from autonomic nervous system dysfunction. The chest pains were probably from bartonella.

Does your cardiologist know you have Lyme? Does he understand what effects Lyme and bartonella can cause on the heart?

Post Edited (WalkingbyFaith) : 10/26/2019 6:10:19 AM (GMT-6)

Sadly can't stop propranolol fast bcs It's a mixture with alprazolam and sulpiride but I lower my dose since some months I'm rlly at a minimal dose right now !

Yess ! A dull feeling !! It IS a dull feeling that stays and makes me unwell no other heart issues during the day but sometimes I seem that the dull feeling is like releasing itself or like having a little crisis with the dull feeling. Not really tight, not pain, not sharp, normal heart beat but it seems like a low feeling, like it's fatigued also, slow ? But Heartbeat is ok ! No issues with that. When I did the magnesium IV I think I felt almost the exact same feeling from my heart on my left side brain.. I'm not really SURE about that ! Not sure at all maybe I was just a bit exhausted and felt something strange.

I do have histmamine intolerance.. might try to take levoceterizine again... Maybe I got MCAS Idk...

i had painful chest pain over my heart during the beginning of lyme so its probably in my heart too

ill keep fasting for 90 days to kill lyme i have a thread started

I looked up the possible side effects of the drugs you mentioned, as I know someone on propranalol with your symptoms, and I took propranalol myself for only one day for the same reason. The three ingredients in your combination drug - propranolol, alprazolam, and sulpiride - all can cause slow heart rate and low blood pressure. Some can heighten sensations, cause depersonalization and anxiety, and cause a feeling of tightness in the chest. Do you definitely need all three drugs? Can you take them individually so you can manage the dosages differently to see if it helps you? Did the chest discomfort begin while you were taking these medications?

I get costochondritis pains on the left side of my chest, toward the center. Sometimes it feels like an electric shock, but other times it's just dull and unpleasant. Structural adjustments can help, like changing the ways that I sit and sleep, and doing certain stretches. Some people are helped by physical therapy, chiropractic, or craniosacral therapy (I do craniosacral therapy, which has been very helpful).

I have other heart symptoms that go with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; have you been evaluated for that? Sometimes people feel like their hearts aren't working right, heart rate jumps when standing, palpitations, chest pain, and lots of other things. It's worth looking into, as treatment sometimes is straightforward.

For peace of mind, I own a portable EKG device, a blood pressure cuff, and a pulse oximeter. That $150 trio has kept me from having to go to the emergency room when I have heart symptoms many times!

Good luck. I know how unsettling this can be.