i keep having heart palpitations. are energy drinks to blame?
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MaggieGirl135 wrote: »@trulyhealy I have read some of your past posts, but do not recall if you have mentioned a past ED. I may be wrong, but I do believe you have shared some disordered thinking regarding food and/or body image. People with past or current ED’s sometimes have heart damage due to behaviors associated with those ED’s. Also, keep in mind that you are paying doctors for their work; this is part of their job. And like an earlier poster stated, they have heard everything already. Potential momentary embarrassment pales in significance if there is a bigger problem to be treated.
Actually @truelyhealy once shared with us that she is autistic. She often asks the community for help and we do our best. She may have also had an ED. That I don't recall. If anyone in the community has some experience with either, it would be nice to step in and help out. I would like to see her get the help and serenity she's looking for.5 -
snowflake954 wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »Always worth having palpitations checked out by a doctor rather than speculating as to possible causes.
I’ve only suffered them once in my life, thankfully, and it turned out to be due to an untreated strep throat infection that had migrated to the tissue of my heart. Potentially serious but very easily fixed with a course of antibiotics.
Get it looked at!
what if i phone the doctors and they’re like well obviously monsters are to blame and then look at me like i’m dumb. it’s not all the time it happens for example it was at night about 8-10 hours after drinking the monster and today it happened pretty much as soon as i started drinking it
Healy--I know things can make you anxious and you've said that you love these drinks. However, if you think that they're causing these palpitations (which can be scary) why don't you try eliminating them for a whole week? If you have no palpitations, then they are the culprit. At that point you will have to ask your doctor what to do. If the palpitations are dangerous, you may have to find a new drink. Good luck dear. I hope you figure it out.
Yes, this is the right cause of action. Healy, please do try to stay away from those drinks for 1-2 weeks and see what happens. Drinking them and then palpitations occur isn't proof as palpitations can also be caused by expecting them to happen. Thus don't drink them for 1-2 weeks and just see what happens.
Btw, while really annoying they don't cause any actual problems if you are otherwise healthy. Thus just try to ignore them.2 -
trulyhealy wrote: »i’m not sure if it’s my current high sugar diet or the energy drinks. i know monsters are bad for you but i love them so much and i drink about 5 a week maybe less sometimes
do you think it’s the energy drinks that causing it? i don’t drink coffee so it’s not like i have loads of caffeine (also will 5 lobsters a week reduce my life expectancy?)
High sugar diet and copious amounts of *kitten* monster drinks? Yep, that will be why your heart is complaining. Give it break and treat it better. But I’m guessing you know this already ...5 -
trulyhealy wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Redordeadhead wrote: »Do you mean up to 5 energy drinks a week, or should it have said per day? If it's really per week then you're drinking less than 1 per day, I highly doubt it's that.
Question not asked how much other caffeine is the OP consuming while drinking the energy drinks. If I had to bet, I'd say it's not the only source and the total intake may be causing the issues.
the only caffeine i consume is monster u less there’s caffeine in other things i don’t know about. is there caffeine in zero calorie fizzy drinks?
Coffee, tea, and most fizzy drinks have caffeine unless they specifically say they don't. Caffeine has been added to many "energy" preparations. If you are in the USA, the caffeine content is on the nutritional label that is on it. It's good to get in the habit of reading labels.3 -
trulyhealy wrote: »BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »Always worth having palpitations checked out by a doctor rather than speculating as to possible causes.
I’ve only suffered them once in my life, thankfully, and it turned out to be due to an untreated strep throat infection that had migrated to the tissue of my heart. Potentially serious but very easily fixed with a course of antibiotics.
Get it looked at!
what if i phone the doctors and they’re like well obviously monsters are to blame and then look at me like i’m dumb. it’s not all the time it happens for example it was at night about 8-10 hours after drinking the monster and today it happened pretty much as soon as i started drinking it
My daughter got nothing but concern for a genuine problem and good advice from the Doctor. It's not uncommon and entirely reasonable to discuss with your Doctor. Don't imagine an outcome, just pick up the phone.
If for some reason you distrust your GP then dial the NHS non-emergency number 111 or go via 111.nhs.uk - I've used the service and it's been really good.
Good advice... Op do this ... could be some underlying problem & if not, you can work from there
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Many people get palpitations from energy drinks. If you’re already a stressed person, stay away from them.4
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I just wanted to reiterate what I said earlier, that in the vast majority of cases palpitations are not a medical problem. I am restating this because palpitations feel really weird and bad, and can lead to panic, which leads to more palpitations, which leads to more panic, and then what started as just chugging too many caffeinated energy drinks can evolve into something which feels very wrong, when it is in fact not usually a huge issue.
Of course, palpitations should be discussed with a doctor, and I bet most doctors have had the palps discussion with patients hundreds or thousands of times. Anything that feels odd in the chest should be discussed with a doctor.
But OP, odds are extremely high that you are simply having a reaction to something. Caffeine, stress, caffeine AND stress, whatever.
One other point. Only speaking for myself, but my palpitations are tied to specific things (caffeine, stress, alcohol, reflux) but not on a clear timeline. If I have three drinks and get some stressful news, the palpitations can start immediately, or there can be nothing at all and then they show up 3 days later, at a time when I am completely relaxed and alcohol/caffeine free. They can take 5 seconds to dissipate, or they can come and go for weeks after a trigger. Eventually, when I remove ALL triggers (such as caffeine), after a few weeks they will be completely gone. But sometimes it does take weeks for them to run their course.
My EKGs and everything else are completely normal. This has all been checked out by doctors, and it's just idiopathic, harmless stuff. Some people just have palpitations. Sometimes it isn't that simple, but often it is. So talk to a doc, don't get freaked out, and most importantly by orders of magnitude, stop drinking anything with caffeine for a while. Like 100 % no caffeine. It is not that hard.
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MaggieGirl135 wrote: »@trulyhealy I have read some of your past posts, but do not recall if you have mentioned a past ED. I may be wrong, but I do believe you have shared some disordered thinking regarding food and/or body image. People with past or current ED’s sometimes have heart damage due to behaviors associated with those ED’s. Also, keep in mind that you are paying doctors for their work; this is part of their job. And like an earlier poster stated, they have heard everything already. Potential momentary embarrassment pales in significance if there is a bigger problem to be treated.
i don’t have an ed i’m just greedy and don’t under eat it starve myself i think the last time i kinda underate was a year ago when i was eating 1,300 cals max and doing 2 hours of exercise bc of lockdown but i can’t do that now it i tried so it’s not that
but then also i think it could just be the sugar. i had a mcflurry the other day and noticed the heart thing happening as it was eating it :01 -
Velvetpixels wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »i’m not sure if it’s my current high sugar diet or the energy drinks. i know monsters are bad for you but i love them so much and i drink about 5 a week maybe less sometimes
do you think it’s the energy drinks that causing it? i don’t drink coffee so it’s not like i have loads of caffeine (also will 5 lobsters a week reduce my life expectancy?)
High sugar diet and copious amounts of *kitten* monster drinks? Yep, that will be why your heart is complaining. Give it break and treat it better. But I’m guessing you know this already ...
yeah sadly i know this it just sucks bc i love monsters. if i could i would cut out all junk food and fast food but i just can’t do it. i would LOVE to not like chocolate or unhealthy food. i think the main issue is “detoxing” your body from it like i didn’t have take out for 3 weeks and then didnt crave it1 -
trulyhealy wrote: »i meant monsters not lobsters
LOL, thanks for the typo laugh. I had been wondering how you not only could obtain lobster every day, but also how it fit into your budget!
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southkonahi wrote: »LOL, thanks for the typo laugh. I had been wondering how you not only could obtain lobster every day, but also how it fit into your budget!
Lobsters by themselves are pretty low Cal, so they fit in most "budgets"!
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Not financial budgets they don't !!1
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That’s not really you fake acct?0
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southkonahi wrote: »trulyhealy wrote: »i meant monsters not lobsters
LOL, thanks for the typo laugh. I had been wondering how you not only could obtain lobster every day, but also how it fit into your budget!
Be a lobster fisherman or know one
Now that my OH's nephew has a job captaining a lobster boat south of us, and lives north of us, I am expecting regular lobster deliveries as he commutes.5 -
paperpudding wrote: »Not financial budgets they don't !!
This is a calorie counting web-site and cucumbers and lobsters fit in any budget including the ubiquitous (and often incorrectly chosen) 1200s
Mmmm..... lobster cucumber salad
I'm supportive (per popular request), not judging, so the relative cost of making porridge from scratch vs eating take outs and deliveries, vs eating lobsters, drinking monsters, or consuming plain coffee or tea doesn't enter into my discourse!!!
Of course if you boil your own pasta, make your own sauce, and choose your own toppings you WILL have better visibility as to what you're consuming. And would be able to make decisions with more/better quality information.
But that's where you get to decide how much effort you're both able and willing to invest at any particular point of time.
And sometimes food and weight has to take a back-seat to dealing with more fundamental issues that may be driving one's choices.1 -
This is a calorie counting web-site and cucumbers and lobsters fit in any budget including the ubiquitous (and often incorrectly chosen) 1200s
Yes I know that.
My post was just a flippant comment - the thread wasnt even about lobsters ,that was just a typo by OP.
Nobody was really trying to fit lobsters into any budget, calorie or financial2 -
I haven’t read the responses. Caffeine could absolutely have an effect. As can low levels of magnesium. Not that I’m diagnosing. I just know it helped me. Good luck.0
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paperpudding wrote: »
Yes I know that.This is a calorie counting web-site and cucumbers and lobsters fit in any budget including the ubiquitous (and often incorrectly chosen) 1200s
My post was just a flippant comment - the thread wasnt even about lobsters ,that was just a typo by OP.
Nobody was really trying to fit lobsters into any budget, calorie or financial
Let's do a search of me mentioning cucumbers anywhere other than in a thread associated with the well known cucumber aficionado @paperpudding
That's right!
I'm definitely adding cucumber lobster salad to my menu! (shrimp would be a viable financial option if there is a lack of lobster trapping relatives!)
And not drinking any regular monsters! And I would still probably take iced coffee, black, or coke zero before going for even a diet monster!
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