I am 23 years old with advanced cardiovascular syncope. I have had hypertention and fainting spells since age 6 and have now learned that I am in the early stages of cardiac desease. I am losing circulation in my right arm and leg, along with short term memory loss and a list of other generic symptoms that would take all day to type out.

My family is cursed with cardiac desease and I am curious if this is the cause for it, I am the youngest to have been diagnosed, but I have two brothers both over age 40 who have CD but have never fainted in their life.

3 Months ago I couldn't stand or sit more then 10 minutes without fainting, and now I am losing circulation in my legs after taking Topral XL and Zestril for the faining.

Durring my childhood I repeatedly complained to doctors about migranes, fainting, concentration problems, nausea, fatique, depression, nose bleeds, and more... After hearing " there is nothing wrong with you" for almost 20 years I finially hear that I have an incurable desease that could have been treated from the start :dizzy:

Can we say Quack?

Anyway enough rambaling, just needed to get it all off my chest.

no never heard that term
I have heard them call it pulmary or something that sounds like that

right now they are more worried about the fact that my heart rate drops after acceralting

I have an implanted reveal, to record the heart rate in case I do have a stroke or accedent

Yes I have been checked for other things, and I have done research on my own. concidering how long the problem has had to progress, and the number of symptoms I have it all fits in with the diagnoses. I have even had an mri to determine if I had any damage to my brain from lack of oxygen.

a better explanation is my heart has muscel spasams basicly, the worst problem is its doing more fequently over time. I am on zestril , topral xl and lexapro to help with the effects but according to all the specialists I have seen there isn't any way to "cure" it , has to run its course but we can slow it down a little " modify" it so it isn't as painfull.

A pacemaker wouldn't help because I don't have an electrical problem, its in the muscle tissue itself. 20 years of haveing a hyperactive heart has litterly worn it out.

everyone in my family with health problems has the exact same heart condition, and now we know whats causing it.
Glad we finialy found it because I have a 2 year old daughter and a 2 month old son.