Palpitations after exercise or eating

von_valentine

I get this arrhythmia only if I eat after any exercise. Even 3 hours later.
I’ve seen 10 doctors and not one will help me, starting to feel like a curse. Yes I’ve seen cardios and they just want to do ablations and they have extremely low success rates and make things worse half the time.
I really just want to be able to eat and exercise in the same day. I can’t starve if I exercise. And I can’t not exercise forever. Sometimes even just going to the grocery store is enough to set it off.

Someone please help me. It all started after pregnancy 3 years ago. I don’t want to accept my heart is just damaged.

Please do not tell me take magnesium. Seems to be a cure all these days. I do take it anyways. I’ve tried every type. My RBC level is even high. It’s not potassium either. These aren’t normal palpitations, it’s an arrhythmia stemming from the heart not being strong enough for exercise + eating together. I have no idea what to do to fix it. Even the cardio says ablation probably won’t work.

I quit breastfeeding 3 months ago so the hormone theory is pretty much out the window.
Another theory is sodium because it seems to not happen so much with sugar. Even 200 mg would do it.

This does not happen if I sit at home all day I could eat an entire pizza and be fine.
It gets better if I lay down and relax but comes right back if I sit up. So I have to lay down for 1-2 hours to be able to sit up again.
I am losing my MIND trying to figure this out.
I am overweight and I wonder if that could be why too. Help....

von_valentine

Bump

MarcyMavin

Sounds like the doctors do want to help you, they suggested an ablation. Don’t know why you think they don’t work, but I know a few people who’ve had them and are doing fine, back to exercising. Best of luck.

amy19355

I guess the idea of ablation is a little scary. If only one doctor had recommended it to treat your problem, maybe it would seem to make sense to shop around for alternative ideas.

But you are telling us that ten (10) doctors have all had the same suggested treatment.

My suggestion is for you to do additional research into the ablation treatment plan to learn more about the pros versus the cons of the different approaches to the procedure.

good luck.

girlwithcurls2

OP, do you have headaches? I just read this in last week's paper...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/magazine/why-did-the-young-mother-have-searing-head-pain-and-a-racing-heart.html

LyndaBSS

MarcyMavin wrote: »

Sounds like the doctors do want to help you, they suggested an ablation. Don’t know why you think they don’t work, but I know a few people who’ve had them and are doing fine, back to exercising. Best of luck.

I’ve had an ablation due to having SVT’s all the time. It’s outpatient surgery. Aside from being a little tired, there’s no real recovery time needed. Plus, it cleared up my issue. What are you afraid of?

jwoolman5

Long shot - But is there anything that you eat or eat more of specifically after exercise? Allergies/intolerances can do some weird stuff.