12th July 2006
Andreanna,
Do your docs have you on a beta-blocker on a daily basis? I have panic attacks, but I also have tachycardia that is sometimes totally unrelated, and I spent a few nights in the hospital for that, too. I'm 31 now and my heart rate, even when very high for me, only gets to about 140-150 during these episodes (of course it can go faster when I'm exercising!). When the tachycardia episodes started, I was about 19 and it easily shot up near 200. I was not medicated for it, as the rhythm was normal, just super fast. Was your heart not beating in a normal rhythm, since they gave you that shot? I know mine has beat like 185 in the ER, but it was normal "sinus tachycardia" (the kind we all get when our heart speeds up from everyday life) so they didn't even think about giving me any meds. Did they give you any diagnosis for your tachycardia, or did they just relate it to the anxiety? Over the past decade, I've had a holter monitor, an event monitor, about 15 EKGs, blood tests, echocardiogram, and a stress test, plus continuous cardiac monitoring in the hospital for a few days. So I guess my heart is ok, it just beats fast (and it feels skippy sometimes, which they say is normal). I am taking a beta-blocker (metoprolol) that works well, I used to take atenolol, another beta-blocker, but it made my heartbeat too slow and my blood pressure a little too low.
Do your docs have you on a beta-blocker on a daily basis? I have panic attacks, but I also have tachycardia that is sometimes totally unrelated, and I spent a few nights in the hospital for that, too. I'm 31 now and my heart rate, even when very high for me, only gets to about 140-150 during these episodes (of course it can go faster when I'm exercising!). When the tachycardia episodes started, I was about 19 and it easily shot up near 200. I was not medicated for it, as the rhythm was normal, just super fast. Was your heart not beating in a normal rhythm, since they gave you that shot? I know mine has beat like 185 in the ER, but it was normal "sinus tachycardia" (the kind we all get when our heart speeds up from everyday life) so they didn't even think about giving me any meds. Did they give you any diagnosis for your tachycardia, or did they just relate it to the anxiety? Over the past decade, I've had a holter monitor, an event monitor, about 15 EKGs, blood tests, echocardiogram, and a stress test, plus continuous cardiac monitoring in the hospital for a few days. So I guess my heart is ok, it just beats fast (and it feels skippy sometimes, which they say is normal). I am taking a beta-blocker (metoprolol) that works well, I used to take atenolol, another beta-blocker, but it made my heartbeat too slow and my blood pressure a little too low.