Re: endo and heart rate
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Dec 31 13:57:03 2008
Gigi,
You said your husband is a physician, right....and he always chalks your
physical complaints up to "anxiety"!?? And you let him get away with
that!??! Does he explain why he (and other physicians) do this? I find
it infruriating that doctors do this! Does he do the same for males,
assume all their physical complaints are caused by anxiety!?
At Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Gigi wrote:
>
>I have stage 4 Endo and had a bout of tachycardia and elevated blood
>pressure about 3 yrs ago. It happened in the middle of the night--woke
>up with a HR of 160 and b/p of 180/100. It was the scariest experience!
>My husb called 911 but only because I begged him to--he is a physician
>and always chalks my physical complaints up to "anxiety". I was taken
>the ER and given the entire cardiac workup and admitted for 23 hrs. I
>was given a beta-blocker and valium and my HR was still around 100 while
>sleeping! I was sent home on a heart monitor and given a cardiology
>consult. I had a couple of episodes while on the monitor but proved
>nothing. The only things that I contribute this weird fast HR to are
>taking depo-provera and/or my endo. I will say that I am an anxious
>person now. I don't take depo-provera anymore but am still on the very
>low dose beta-blocker and paxil. I am much better.
>I do believe that endo can affect the body in many ways. My endo
>manifests in severe pain during my menstrual cycle (1st couple of days)
>and pain around my liver, chest pain always, and achiness all over. I
>believe that my endo is definitely in my chest wall and any MD that I
>have seen thinks I am absolutely crazy. I also experience a weird
>skipping of heart beats right before my period and during the 1st 2 days
>or so and then it disappears. It freaks me out! Because it happens
>every month and nothing happens, I guess it's ok. I would bet my life
>that endo causes this weird cardiac skipping and fast HR.
>
>At Thu, 18 Dec 2008, annie wrote:
>>
>>my heartrate is normally about 87-90 at rest, during work it gets up to
>>105.
>>At Thu, 18 Dec 2008, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>can i ask what's considered fast for you?
>>>
>>>also, if you're nervous, have thyroid or anxiety issues, that would be
>>>something to look at
>>>
>>>of course, endo can also do that to you!
>>>
>>>At Wed, 17 Dec 2008, anonymous wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I know that I have a fast resting heart rate - and docs don't know why.
>>>>I attribute it to endo - but I tend to do that for everything. Could be
>>>>- but I'm not sure.
>>>>
>>>>At Wed, 17 Dec 2008, anonymous wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>i think the inflammation of the endo causes the body to respond
>>>>>
>>>>>At Wed, 17 Dec 2008, kathryn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't know, but FOR YEARS, I got (and still get) a rapid heartbeat a
>>>>>>few days before my pd. (above 100) and LOW, low b/p. It makes it
>>>>>>difficult to stand, walk or do anything and I get soooo tired. When pd.
>>>>>>is about 2 days old, everything starts returning to normal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think my body just flips out when there's any kind of hormonal change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At Wed, 17 Dec 2008, annie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>is endometriosis in any way related to fast heartbeat?
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