super high heart rate and fainting
laynerich15
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Hello all.
So I know this might not be the place to get medical advice but no harm in trying.
Pretty simple question that doctors can’t seem to answer, I am a somewhat healthy 33 year old, but over the last few years I have been having constant chest pains on my left hand side (stick with me this becomes about working out I swear). Have had my heart and lungs tested and everything seems to come back ok.
Now for why I am here, I keep passing out during my workouts and my heart rate goes through the roof (191bpm). Then light headed and down I go. I have always been a runner so for this to happen seems weird to say the least. I thought I was ok(chest pains lessening but seem controllable with diet) then this happened again this morning. Now I was doing a very brisk walk at 6.8kph for 50mins. Weird part of this morning is once I realized it was happening I jumped of the tread mill and my heart rate dropped back to 92bpm in about 30 seconds.
Any help would be well appreciated.
So I know this might not be the place to get medical advice but no harm in trying.
Pretty simple question that doctors can’t seem to answer, I am a somewhat healthy 33 year old, but over the last few years I have been having constant chest pains on my left hand side (stick with me this becomes about working out I swear). Have had my heart and lungs tested and everything seems to come back ok.
Now for why I am here, I keep passing out during my workouts and my heart rate goes through the roof (191bpm). Then light headed and down I go. I have always been a runner so for this to happen seems weird to say the least. I thought I was ok(chest pains lessening but seem controllable with diet) then this happened again this morning. Now I was doing a very brisk walk at 6.8kph for 50mins. Weird part of this morning is once I realized it was happening I jumped of the tread mill and my heart rate dropped back to 92bpm in about 30 seconds.
Any help would be well appreciated.
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If you're diet is accurate the fact that you're only eating 700 calories per day could be the problem.0
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If you're diet is accurate the fact that you're only eating 700 calories per day could be the problem.
yeah damn buddy, eat some food!0 -
Yep it is correct.
Only problem is this was happening for the last few years and only been dieting for a few months. The epic reduced diet has helped my chest pain in general.0 -
If you're diet is accurate the fact that you're only eating 700 calories per day could be the problem.
yeah damn buddy, eat some food!
Thought I was in the twilight zone when I read 777 calories three days in a row.0 -
Sorry, to clarify it comes on like chest pains then heart rate rise and faint. Not a lack of nutrition feeling dizzy.0
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If you're diet is accurate the fact that you're only eating 700 calories per day could be the problem.
This. I looked back through your diary for the last month and you're definitely not eating enough if the diary is accurate.0 -
Sorry, to clarify it comes on like chest pains then heart rate rise and faint. Not a lack of nutrition feeling dizzy.
Uhm what?? Start eating more and go see a doctor - or start planning your funeral.... Really - how much more warning do you need???0 -
Go back to your doctor and take an accurate log of what you are eating/ drinking and your exercise from before the diet and after the diet and explain the difference in the chest pains with the dietary change. If s/he still can't help, find another doctor. Then find another one after that if you have to. There is obviously some sort of medical problem going on (which, yes, may be related to how much you are eating, but a doctor should be able to tell you that also) and you need to be your own advocate. If you have something like this happening, it sounds like it could be very serious. Don't just take the "we can't find anything" <shrug>. Have you seen any specialists? If not, I would definitely be pushing your primary care doctor to refer you. On some kinds of insurance, you don't even need a referral. You can just call up and make an appointment yourself.0
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Eat more.0
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Sorry, to clarify it comes on like chest pains then heart rate rise and faint. Not a lack of nutrition feeling dizzy.
You are either playing dumb or really REALLY ill-informed.
You do realize heart disease and arrhythmias are complications of severe calorie restriction right?0 -
Sorry, to clarify it comes on like chest pains then heart rate rise and faint. Not a lack of nutrition feeling dizzy.
Uhm what?? Start eating more and go see a doctor - or start planning your funeral.... Really - how much more warning do you need???
I thank you for your concern, but 4 months ago I was 180lbs (now 151) and couldn't go 30 mins without feeling faint (chest pains were always bad. I can see what you are all saying bad need to eat more etc.. But this is an ongoing thing that started after huge weight gain.0 -
700 calories? And you workout? Sorry man, but there's a reason why people who eat like this and over exercise die of heart complications. Your view of how to lose fat and get fit are skewed.
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Sorry, to clarify it comes on like chest pains then heart rate rise and faint. Not a lack of nutrition feeling dizzy.
Uhm what?? Start eating more and go see a doctor - or start planning your funeral.... Really - how much more warning do you need???
I thank you for your concern, but 4 months ago I was 180lbs (now 151) and couldn't go 30 mins without feeling faint (chest pains were always bad. I can see what you are all saying bad need to eat more etc.. But this is an ongoing thing that started after huge weight gain.
Okay...so you were having heart issues BEFORE and now think it's a good idea to eat 700 cals a day and run?0 -
Go back to your doctor and take an accurate log of what you are eating/ drinking and your exercise from before the diet and after the diet and explain the difference in the chest pains with the dietary change. If s/he still can't help, find another doctor. Then find another one after that if you have to. There is obviously some sort of medical problem going on (which, yes, may be related to how much you are eating, but a doctor should be able to tell you that also) and you need to be your own advocate. If you have something like this happening, it sounds like it could be very serious. Don't just take the "we can't find anything" <shrug>. Have you seen any specialists? If not, I would definitely be pushing your primary care doctor to refer you. On some kinds of insurance, you don't even need a referral. You can just call up and make an appointment yourself.
This is a good response, I have had heart stress test, ultra sounds of my heart and lungs, xrays and what feels like 5000000 blood tests.
AGAIN this started while eating a extreme amount of calories and stress due you quitting smoking a few years ago. sorry don't want to get caught up on what I am eating now0 -
I'm not a doctor, but since the problem seems to occur while you are exercising, it might be prudent for your doctor to give you an exercise stress test. They would hook you up to monitoring and put you on a treadmill. This way they can watch what your heart does when you exercise. It does no good to do an EKG while you are resting because the problem does not occur while you are in a resting state. The symptoms that you describe: chest pain, tachycardia, and fainting are serious and your doctor needs to find the cause before you have a life-threatening episode.0
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You don't want to include your current eating habits in the discussion when they could contribute to the heart issues? OK. Let us know when you're ready to deal with it and not play this act like you're worried about your health while ignoring a very unhealthy diet because it is inconvenient or uncomfortable for you.0
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You don't want to include your current eating habits in the discussion when they could contribute to the heart issues? OK. Let us know when you're ready to deal with it and not play this act like you're worried about your health while ignoring a very unhealthy diet because it is inconvenient or uncomfortable for you.
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700 calories? And you workout? Sorry man, but there's a reason why people who eat like this and over exercise die of heart complications. Your view of how to lose fat and get fit are skewed.
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It was a plan to try get rid of the body fat that caused it in the first place. with 6 months of tests and no results it seemed like it was worth a try. now this is not a long term plan0 -
You don't want to include your current eating habits in the discussion when they could contribute to the heart issues? OK. Let us know when you're ready to deal with it and not play this act like you're worried about your health while ignoring a very unhealthy diet because it is inconvenient or uncomfortable for you.
I would be more than happy to include my current diet if it had cause the issues in the first place. It was a matter of try make a drastic chance to see if it helped the result.0 -
700 calories? And you workout? Sorry man, but there's a reason why people who eat like this and over exercise die of heart complications. Your view of how to lose fat and get fit are skewed.
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It was a plan to try get rid of the body fat that caused it in the first place. with 6 months of tests and no results it seemed like it was worth a try. now this is not a long term plan
It's not a short term plan either. Not one that's worth anything...0 -
Please people I am not stupid and understand my current diet is not healthy. but after not getting any answers on my chest pains I needed to try something to get the weight off another 10lbs and back to normal eating.
Now back to the issue at hand.0 -
700 calories? And you workout? Sorry man, but there's a reason why people who eat like this and over exercise die of heart complications. Your view of how to lose fat and get fit are skewed.
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It was a plan to try get rid of the body fat that caused it in the first place. with 6 months of tests and no results it seemed like it was worth a try. now this is not a long term plan
So you self diagnosed that it was "body fat that caused it in the first place" and made a conscious decision to partake in an admittedly unhealthy diet that could exacerbate the coronary issues?0 -
700 calories? And you workout? Sorry man, but there's a reason why people who eat like this and over exercise die of heart complications. Your view of how to lose fat and get fit are skewed.
A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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It was a plan to try get rid of the body fat that caused it in the first place. with 6 months of tests and no results it seemed like it was worth a try. now this is not a long term plan
So you self diagnosed that it was "body fat that caused it in the first place" and made a conscious decision to partake in an admittedly unhealthy diet that could exacerbate the coronary issues?
Yeah ok it sounds pretty bad when you put it that way.
But I guess the answer would be yes. after being told my heart is ok and ignoring that my heart rate was rising that high I needed to do something. as per my original post, I was always very fit (Could always run and not that its good was very skinny). the only thing that had really changed when this started was a lot of weight gain.0 -
Seek help!!! ASAP!!!! 700 calories for a man is NEVER a good ideal!!!! :grumble:0
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Oh and was working pretty well until this morning. resting chest pains had gone down by at least 70% and hadn't had a heart rate issue on the treadmill for a while. today I simply went from 6.5kph(last few weeks heart rate sat on 123bpm) to 6.8kph and heart rate went nuts.0
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google a condition called ......A-FIB.....
i have that and am dealing with it...i take a script med called Flecainide
it just comes on me from time to time....
it feels like a drum is beating in my upper chest ...right at my throat....
my heart beat goes over 200 beats a min and lasts from 3 to 4 mins up to 15 mins...some times more...
i just sit still and take some deep breaths.... i cant put a cause to it...it will happen at different times and when im doing different things....
i slept good last night adn got up to take the dog out and walked to the front door and it hit me.....
i take my blood pressure and pulse when it happens...always...my pulse goes crazy, my blood pressure always goes down....
time to go to doctor....that dang heart could easily explode if you are not careful....
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Do you have anxiety or have you ever had panic attacks before? Maybe you have an exercise induced anxiety? Or possibly exercise induced asthma that keeps you from breathing properly while you're working out? Since it only seems to happen when you're working out and for the rest of the day you're fine.0
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Definitely go to a different doctor. Sometimes people have to go to several different doctors before one of them can figure it out!! Sadly doctors are just people too lol
Are you taking any supplements? I think a lot of pro-weight loss/pro-muscle building supplements have caffeine or other stimulants in them!0 -
Have you considered exercise induced tachycardia? I have Tachycardia and done various heart ultrasounds, EKGs and heart monitors and all they confirm is that my heart rate is too fast but it is otherwise completely healthy. You may not need something to be structurally wrong to have an arrhythmia. When I exercise I use a heart rate monitor and it isn't rare at all to be doing high-medium exertion and have my HR be 180-190. You should have it looked into because it can be fatal.0
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RN here...a few thoughts:
Start by eating more calories and cutting out the exercise. Walk if you must exercises.
Call your doctor back, see a different doctor, or go to the ER next time it happens. Get a referral for a cardiologist (heart doctor). Chest pain has been ongoing...seen a cardiologist? Had an exercise stress test? EKG's are just snapshots of what your heart is doing AT THAT MOMENT. Exercise Stress Tests - you get on a treadmill and exercise while they watch your heart - fail it and they have a few options - usually an IV med to stress your heart and/or a heart cath. Since you're fit enough that you shouldn't fail the Exercise Stress Test, I'm guessing they'd want a heart cath. Dude, you got SOMETHING going on with your heart.
Again, eat something...'normal' people might not get sick from cutting calories that severely BRIEFLY, but YOU have some underlying problem. NO ONE should be passing out or feeling fainthearted, and NO ONE can sustain a heart rate above 160 - eventually something is going to give.
(and this doesn't sound like Afib to me. A fib is more irregular than what he is experiencing).0
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