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Racing heart, head pressure, sound distorting...

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thurain
thurain

Brief medical history (thought this may help rule things out): chronic fatigue, anemia, major depression, GAD. Bad neck.

Recent symptoms/story: For a while now my heart rate has been quite elevated, even on resting. It is rarely under 100 bpm, tonight it is sitting at 115 beats/minute. Whenever I stand up, my heart starts to really thump and pound to the point it's uncomfortable. It sometimes skips as well. My blood pressure has always stayed the textbook 120/80, so until now I haven't been too concerned.

The past week I have spent a bit of time on the computer, which I think may be half the problem, yet I have only rarely experienced this in the past but now it has been a constant thing for the past week or so. When I stand up, there is a huge pressure in the back of the head. My heart begins thumping really fast and hard, and my hearing is distorted, which is quite frightening. It's like a pulsating whooshing in my ears.

Tonight I took my BP, which is usually perfect, but it was sitting at 100/60. This happened approx. 5 minutes after standing and is a very low reading for me.

I admit I do not exercise nearly enough as I should. However I find exercise extremely painful, my heart gets so fast and thumping and I get faint so it kind of scares me to exercise. Now I'm getting way too unfit and this can only contribute to the problem sad

Could the elevated heart rate and low blood pressure be related? Anyone experienced these symptoms?

 

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  • gpgp
    gpgp thurain

    Posted

    Have you had your thyroid function checked?

    what meds are you on for GAD/depression?

    • thurain
      thurain gpgp

      Posted

      Hi gpgp, I have not had my thyroids checked. As far as I'm aware I don't have symptoms of hyper or hypothyroidism though I haven't looked at other possible thyroid problems. The closest thing I can find online is POTS but it could be any number of things I know.

      Also my medication does have these things listed as side effects, I'm on Pristiq and Mirtazapine however it seems like a pretty extreme side effect if it is one?

    • gpgp
      gpgp thurain

      Posted

      Yes. I just looked at the side effects of Pristiq. Could be the culprit couldn't it.  May be worth seeing your clinician and see what they say about the symptoms you are getting.
    • thurain
      thurain gpgp

      Posted

      Interesting, thanks for your response. Hopefully it is just the medication, it certainly could be as the heart rate problems started around the same time I started taking it and it seems to worsen if I mess around with the pills, like accidentally forget to take one. I'll see my GP about it I wouldn't mind trying a different medication as it causes me other problems too.
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