I have always had a faster than normal heart rate. Just sitting around reading a book, my normal heart rate is between 90-96 (and it doesn’t have to be an exciting book!) Right now it is 108.
Several years back (7-8) I became alarmed because my heart started beating even faster, and I was having chest pains and dizzy spells. One night I woke up, checked my heart rate, and it was over 140 bpm. . . a little scary! I ended up having all kinds of tests. They couldn’t find anything wrong, just that my heart beat too fast, so I was put on some medicine and sent home.
Recently I have been having a recurring of the super-fast heart rate, not being able to sleep because of “hearing” my heart in my head. . . it’s like a pounding headache, only without the headache. . . and dizzy spells. Sometimes my legs feel like they just don’t want to carry me around, also.
So that, combined with the fact that my medicine is prescribed by the year and the year is almost up, meant I had to contact the doctor.
Now, I spend a LOT of time driving kids around to classes and appointments. (If I am homeschooling, why am I always in my car?) And I happen to know that is it NOT easy to get an appointment with my doctor. Often it’s not easy to even talk to someone, as the line is often busy. And usually when we call we get the physician’s assistant, who I LIKE, but this time I really wanted to see the doctor. I looked at the calendar before I called, and started what could best be described as a “rant” about how on earth am I going to be able to fit an appointment for me in, I feel terrible, the day is just starting and I want to go back to bed, etc., etc. My dear hubby gave me a hug.
Then I called, and. . .got to talk to someone right away, who told me the doctor JUST had a cancellation for. . . TOMORROW. This interferes with taking Fatso to his beloved Physics class, but since Prince Charming is home (due to not yet having a job) and the class is 5 minutes away, Prince Charming can take him without using up too much of his job-searching time. (And BTW, Prince Charming is working so hard at finding a new job that I recently told him I saw more of him when he had a job. . .)
Anyway, once again God has shown that He is taking care of me. I am sorry, Lord, that I forget that sometimes. . .
Well, I stayed home from church tonight because I’ve been feeling dizzy, and I didn’t think I could handle the noise level. I’m going to post this and go to bed. If you feel like sending out a prayer for me, I would appreciate it. I am anticipating that the doctor will tell me to get rid of some of the stress in my life, but I REFUSE to give up my kids. . . LOL.
7 comments:
Praying for some answers and praising God for that timely cancellation . . .
Oh, I am glad for you, that this got figured out so soon! Proving once again that you are eleven times smarter than I am, since I would've gone for months saying, "Oh, it's nothing- probably just age creeping up on me"!
PTL
I was raised in the country outside the town of Otisville which is NE of Flint, MI. I left there after graduating from high school and entering the Army. All my siblings still live in the area where I was raised.
Grumps
I just happened on your blog.
I have tachacardyia (probably spelled wrong).
Do you get a feeling like there is alump in your throat when this happens? I do.
I have had to go to the hospital for the rapid heart beat but testing all showed nothing.
It has happened 3 times in 10 years. Not alot but scary when it does happen.
I hope that the dr can help you.
O, and I liked your "about me" info. Esp the part about teenagers.
Linda
Everything you describe suggests symptoms of a panic attack, or an anxiety attack. This used to happen to me on occasion, and it would usually come out of the blue, but was related to something I was anxious about. Does your heart seem to skip beats, and do you have a lump in your throat, as one comment below asked? Of course, see the doctor, but I had identical symptoms (rapid heartrate which was very "loud", difficulty getting a breath, lump in throat, heart skipping beats). It doesn't happen very often now, but at least when it does I know what it is!! God's blessings to you!
I should have updated before. . . I don't get a lump in my throat, and my heart beat is not irregular, it is just fast and hard. We discovered that my pharmacy switched my medicine (that I've been on for 6 weeks) from sustained-release to non-sustained release (without telling me!), and that is why I was having the problem. The problem wasn't out of the blue, it was constant. . . Now that we've got the medicine issue straightened out, I am fine!
Okay, must have been in a hurry. . . I've been on the medicine for 6 + years. They switched it 2 1/2 months ago to the non-sustained release.
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