Feeling Really Woozy!

It's bothersome. I gave up an took a half pill about 1:26 pm. My heart was racing too fast to get a reading on the blood pressure monitor after even five tries. I was able to get a reading at 1:52 -- 100/58, pulse, 59. A few minutes later it was 90/49 with a pulse of 57. By 2:12 things were beginning to normalize to 103/52 with a pulse of 60. I'm normally about 120/80 with a pulse of 759 - 80. At the gym when i'm on the stationary bike the pulse ranges from 85 - about 120. When I'm having an episode, my pulse often goes as high as 148-225 -- if I can get a reading at all. That's when I feel dizzy and just want to sit and rest or take the pill if it lasts for more than half an hour. About half an hour after taking the pill the pulse rate comes back near normal, and as you can see, the pressure drops way below normal until I stabilize. It's now three, and I'll take another reading soon.

@JudyEv They sure are, if I can even get a reading.

@bagarad Goodness, what a rigmarole. Your readings are all over the place aren't they?

It's a form of it that my doctor doesn't believe is dangerous. We're getting the monitor to see if we can pin down the cause.

@bagarad oh okay hmm sounds worrysome to me! My dad had to have a procedure done as he couldn’t even sweep the sidewalk or floor without getting dizzy and his heart beating out of controls He’s doing great now though.

@shaggin I'm glad he's doing well. Did he get a pacemaker?

I have called my doctor. H says to take another half pill of my heart medication when this happens and that he doesn't think it's dangerous and that I probably won't pass out. So far I haven't passed out. A couple of times, though, I sure felt like I was about to and I got into bed fast.

@bagarad I hope you'll be okay.

@AmbiePam I think I will be. If not, I can move on to a more beautiful and peaceful place where sin no longer corrupts the body or anything else.

@bagarad This is odd that a cardiologist can give a wrong diagnosis. There are symptoms that help them diagnose. And blood pressure is one of those symptoms. It is likely that there could be added problems but a wrong diagnosis?

My cardiologist said the first cardiologist that diagnosed MVP was wrong and that it's just high blood pressure that's being treated with medication. We are looking into whether there's an added problem now.

I take a baby aspirin,as well as Red Yeast Rice, Niacin, fish oil, and metoprolol. My cardiologist prescribe them all. The problems started before Thanksgiving when the doctors started changing my dosage of thyroid medication and metoprolol. They've been trying to straighten it out since then.

@nanette64 Thyroid was the first thing my primary care physician reduced. Then they said because I had lost a few pounds I didn't need so much heart medication, either. Sometimes I wonder if the wrong name got on the blood test tube at the lab. It was the lab test that made them reduce my thyroid.

@bagarad Yeah, sometimes 1 med will screw up what another one does. Thyroid med for the right dose is critical.

Been there, done that.

@bagarad That's good to know.

@bagarad Take care.

That's mostly what I'm doing. I expect to get a new monitor this week.

So far today, so good, but it may come on at bedtime, as it often does.

I've been to the doctor several times, had the tests, and I get the same advice every time. Once when it happened the cardiologist I saw told me to hold my breath when it happens. It doesn't work.

Yes. The metoprolol is for blood pressure.

I do that.