heart racing, nausea, fever, extreme exhaustion

Weird day -
Felt a little nausea running errands to pick up Rx (ran out of the diflucan 2 days ago and pharmacy is being difficult)...

and then I got home, had a little lunch (leftover from dinner: quinoa, brown rice, sweet potato, cucumber, scallions, nut cheese). and then 30 min later... POW - was hit with this weird episode of - heart racing, nausea, fever, extreme exhaustion. <ETA: and muscle spasms when i laid down.> Nearly passed out for about an hour. Got up and took the diflucan thinking my body might be going through withdrawal (? have no idea if that even makes sense). Still weak and nauseous and face still hot but heart palpitations have calmed down some.

Is this from the lyme/babesia? I don't remember experiencing this before. I haven't had the stomach flu or a cold in over 10 yrs. I've been told it's because my immune system is so weak it doesn't recognize bugs anymore...

What in the world is this? :(

-p

Post Edited (Pirouette) : 5/19/2014 7:07:06 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks Margaret -

Right now my pulse is a weak 60. I generally have low BP. And even though my face, head, neck feel hot my temp is 97 (if my thermometer is working). I'm feeling cold everywhere else.

-p

Everything you described is the sort of thing that happens to me when I try to do too much, except for the fever part, although at times I get really hot or really chilled. I am not on antibiotics so can't speak from that angle. I have Lyme and Babesia though.

Louise74 -
My LLMD didn't think I had Bartonella so she didn't test me for it. But over the past week I have come across more than one symptom that might suggest I should be tested.

Summersun -
My adrenals and I don't always get along and I often get knocked out after activity. But this was immediate and a little different in how sudden I was impacted. Won't rule it out, though.

Healing98 -
I hadn't thought of hypoglycemia. I used to get reactions before I started my strict diet but haven't in months. This was a little different and I don't remember the racing heart like it was this time but it might have been it. My appetite returned about an hr ago and all I wanted was crispy hash browns, which I haven't eaten in a year... so you might be on to something and I would rather it be that than something going on with my heart. I wonder what brought it on.

-p

Your vitals are more or less normal, so going to the ER won't help. I have had almost exactly the same symptoms, and although my heart rate is really high sometimes, my temp. is almost always normal.

I think POTs is a good guess. You also need to think about your thyroid and adrenals, so get those checked.

I never did figure out why I get so nauseous sometimes. I have anti-nausea suppositories, and even those don't always help.

Margaret