Heart Fluttering/Unconsciousness

Welcome to you,

I am sorry to hear of your troubles. You are very young an I can only say to you, to try and remain positive. Stay in touch with your doctors
and try to take the meds they recommend. I take Lopressor and have done so for years, and I can tell you that beta blockers help with calming the heart, and making it work less hard, it is used in conjunction with others meds for blood pressure CAD, but when the anxiety or any numbers of things trigger my wild palpitations, the only thing that helps for me is walking or a mild anti anxiety agent.

I wish I could help more. But keep doing what your doctors advise.

best to you

Hi there. Thanks for responding. So good to find useful help and guidance through all this mess. As to your question about what kind of seizures in the brain I have experienced; they were supposedly small focal seizures and I'm not sure if they are related to the two strokes.

Yes I have had sleep apnea and it's a c-pap. I had a sleep test done overnight about two months ago and I haven't talked to my sleep doctor about the results yet. But he showed me how to change the air pressure and they said I am most comfortable at level 10, I believe but I have noticed that i have strong heart palpitations in the morning and they continue through the day. So, I changed the air pressure to 14 and I feel slightly less pounding and pressure in chest. What do you mean by there are more passive things they do to help keep the airway open?

Addressing the heart palpitations; the frequency of them are disturbing and uncontrollable. I would have to say in the thousands. Daily. There may be triggers but from what I'm experiencing they happen almost non-stop. My mind can't stay alert and I loose track of everything going on around me. It feels like intense adrenaline rushing through my body. I drink water all day and stay away from sugar most of the day.

I have brought up the lump to my primary care physician and as it's not visible, it is causing daily and chronic pain in my left neck. I was told by a previous physician that it could be a lymph node. And it's normal but it doesn't feel normal at all. I have had an mri of my brain but I'm not sure if they are looking for the right thing. Am I even getting the right test done to match my level of concern I have for it?

I attribute the shaking in my body to the heart pounding and it feels like I'm about to pop like a water balloon. It feels so sensitive and tense. Speaking of diltiazem, I have been taking it for about a week and just today I went on break and I felt like my chest muscles weren't twitching and heartbeat wasn't as loud and I felt less nervous and jumpy. But as soon as I went back to work it went away.

I don't know how long medications usually take to get thoroughly into my system but I was seeing a cardiologist for my problems and he referred me to an electrophysiologist instead who specializes in tachycardia. But I can't remember feeling a difference between verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, which is what I was previously taking and metoprolol.

Maybe it has just been a long time since I took metoprolol and I can't remember. Or maybe the numerous meds I was taking were messing with other things. I know my testosterone levels were low when I was taking various meds though. Should I switch to a different beta blocker? Which one is best in your opinion. Thanks for all your help. God Bless You!!!!!!!

Post Edited (bilbo65) : 10/11/2014 11:46:36 PM (GMT-6)

Hi I'm currently taking diltiazem prescribed by my electrophysiologist. Before taking diltiazem all i could feel and hear was pounding heart. It really is rare that i feel good but ive only been on the medicine a week. The medicine doesnt seem to last long enough.There is still a faint heart pounding but a huge improvement. But the intensity of the pounding comes back when I eat or drink something that stirs me up like sugar and caffeine. That's understandable though. I'm also feeling a cold sensation in my chest mid-day. I forgot to tell you the exact time and dosage I'm taking diltiazem. It's one pill in the morning and it's 120 mg. I feel like I have more speed at work. As far as moving around goes. But i can't concentrate on difficult tasks. Because I used to be so worn down by the obnoxious heart pounding. But I was wondering if there was a better medicine out there that already has the good effects of diltiazem. Maybe a higher dosage of diltiazem? Before diltiazem I was breathing hard and couldn't focus on anything. Imagine my stress. But I see hope with diltiazem. Right now I feel relaxed and a little shaky in the chest.I'm not breathing hard and gasping for air. But I could feel more at ease. Any suggestions? Thanks and God Bless You!!!!

Post Edited (bilbo65) : 10/14/2014 3:01:53 PM (GMT-6)