Tachycardia?

kacarter1017

Tachycardia is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Things like dehydration, fever, fear, anxiety, and yes, side effects from medications are all potential causes.

I would never try to diagnose you via a computer, but here are a few questions for you:

1. Are you drinking enough?

2. Have you called your pharmacist to see if your medication has tachycardia as a side effect?

3. Have you had a virus or illness lately?

4. Are you symptomatic (dizzy, fatigued, feeling palpitations) with this faster heart rate?

5. What was your heart rate before? Is this your baseline? Normal heart rates are 60-100. The true definition of tachycardia is a sustained heart rate over 100.

If you are symptomatic you need to be seen, even if that means an emergency room visit. If you're not, then make an appointment with your physician.

kacarter1017

Wow, I have Ventricular Tacychardia. I was born with Tetratology of Fallot and have had it repaired a couple times.

I actually had a V-Tach on Valentines Day ( Funny isn't it?) while working out at the gym. Long story short...my heart rate was over 200bmp for about 4 hours. I had to get an ICD put in my chest since I have a heart condition already. They set it up so that if my heart rate got up to 186 the defribilator would go into effect and correct the arythmia problem.

They feel that I should be able to lead my normal lifestyle and workout like I was. My exercise tolerance has never been normal, but I still do what I can and rest when I need too.

I caution that this is VERY different from what she is experiencing. With TOF, arrythmias are common. In someone with a structurally normal heart, tachycardia comes from the upper part of the heart, whereas yours comes from the bottom.

sarah307

Tachycardia is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Things like dehydration, fever, fear, anxiety, and yes, side effects from medications are all potential causes.

I would never try to diagnose you via a computer, but here are a few questions for you:

1. Are you drinking enough?

2. Have you called your pharmacist to see if your medication has tachycardia as a side effect?

3. Have you had a virus or illness lately?

4. Are you symptomatic (dizzy, fatigued, feeling palpitations) with this faster heart rate?

5. What was your heart rate before? Is this your baseline? Normal heart rates are 60-100. The true definition of tachycardia is a sustained heart rate over 100.

If you are symptomatic you need to be seen, even if that means an emergency room visit. If you're not, then make an appointment with your physician.

1. Yes, I drink over 8 glasses of water a day - I have always been a heavy water drinker.

2. Yes, I went to the Pharmacy and talked to the Pharmacist. She said it was definitely a side effect of Vyvanse (which I already knew this). But she said it shouldn't be anything to worry about and to wait until my Psychiatrist on Tues. (btw, this is the first time i have talked to this pharmacist so I tried to tell her as much as my hx as possible)

3. Nope, not been sick in over 6 months.

4. When I work out really hard or feel a lot of anxiety (I know i'm not having a panic attack, because i've had that before)... I can feel my heart beating hard in my chest. My radial pulse is faint so I have been taking it manually with my carotid artery. When i stand up, I black out.. a lot of the time. because I have low blood sugar. I have passed out because of my hypoglycemia before. Definitely not fatigued, hyper. I am dizzy whenever I black out when standing up. (which i have done for a lot of my life)

5. My baseline heart rate before was always low/normal. 60-70 bpm. but that was several years ago that I knew those numbers. (about 2 years ago before taking all these meds) I understand tachycardia is HR over 100. My is CONSTANTLY over 100. Ever since I have noticed this.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

fidgekitty

If your radial pulse is so weak you're having a really hard time feeling it, it sounds like your BP is dropping (you need a systolic of about 100 or more to feel a radial pulse), it sounds like you're have some vasodilation/syncope episodes when you stand up suddenly, which could also be a sign of hypoglycemia (when we have an altered mental status patient with a rapid HR but no obvious symptoms of stroke/trauma/ect, we usually think hypoglycemia as one of the causes). Maybe some diet changes would be good? More protien and fats?

sarah307

If your radial pulse is so weak you're having a really hard time feeling it, it sounds like your BP is dropping (you need a systolic of about 100 or more to feel a radial pulse), it sounds like you're have some vasodilation/syncope episodes when you stand up suddenly, which could also be a sign of hypoglycemia (when we have an altered mental status patient with a rapid HR but no obvious symptoms of stroke/trauma/ect, we usually think hypoglycemia as one of the causes). Maybe some diet changes would be good? More protien and fats?

thanks. funny you say more proteins and fats because I have been trying SO HARD to get lots of proteins in these past few months

sarah307

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachycardia

if people are interested in more information.