Tachybrady?

Hey guys I went to the doctor Friday and as you know I just had an external pacemaker placed and it was to help with my bradycardia .. But now the pm shows I have over 40 epsoides of extremely fast heart beats .. 196 with me just sitting down .. He now says I have tachybrady syndrome .. He said its extremely rare that being 22 and having this so now i not only need the pacemaker but being put on a beta blocker..so I'm just wondering if anyone has any information or anyone can relate to me .. Thankyou as always for reading and responding hope to hear from you guys soon.

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tachycardia fast heart rate

by ladybug2 - 2012-07-15 04:07:01

Has any of you ever felt Dizzy and short of breath all the time before you got regulated , with everything when you stand up and move and your heart gose faster and takes your breath away and makes you dizzy and real tired , he has a pm for slow heart rate and he is on beta channel blokers for high heart rate But things are only working a little bit there trying diffrent meds right now , Can some one respone to this thank you ...

Hi

by Loopy Lou - 2012-07-15 06:07:03

Don is right.....

Before my PM I had a rate of 30bpm. And then I had the PM implanted and for some crazy reason I had Tachy episodes of 200bpm only for seconds but here and there so they put me on Beta Blockers... and it really helped.... So hang in there... xxxx

Fast hb and slow hb

by Jax - 2012-07-15 10:07:25

Yes-- I have both. I have a pm for sss and also a fast hb (the call my fast hb afib). I am on beta blockers as well and they help somewhat to keep the fast hb under control. I have been taking BB for many yrs now. I don't seem to have any side effects from it. The pm is great ....keeps my heart in normal sinus rhythm.
I would get dizzy and sometimes pass out. Can't live like that.

There are lots who can relate to tachybrady

by donr - 2012-07-15 12:07:53

They will show up tomorrow, probably.

I can relate to the PM/Beta Blockers part. Not a big deal when you adapt to it. The Beta blocker is to kill the Tachy & induce artificial Brady & the PM is to bring you up to a functional HR.

Good luck to you on the whole procedure.

Don

Not helpful, but sympathetic

by Joleen228 - 2012-07-16 12:07:26

Hey Ladybug2, I am new, don't have a PM but found this site because the Dr threw out that word (PM) the other day. I can totally relate to those feelings. I get dizzy, not a roller-coaster feeling but more like low blood sugar dizzy (which is not the problem, I've been checked for diabetes), and short of breath. Can't hardly do anything without getting exhausted, but not sure what is side effects from teh beta blocker. I've been on them since January and just haven't felt any better. The worst is when I feel like Thumper (you know, the rabbit friend from the Disney movie Bambi) is beating on my chest with his foot. All I can do is cough and hope the Drs are right that I'm not going to have a heart attack. J

Sons 29 yrs sob

by ladybug2 - 2012-07-17 01:07:14

thank you joleen228 , yes you guys are to young for all of this , My Son has had a pm put in about 8weeks ago , for slow heart rate when he sleeps he also has sleep apnea , he also has a fast pounding heat rate and off and on all day long he has shortness of breath and it makes him real dizzy and real tired this all has been going on since jan of this year he is also getting real depressed because he feels like his life has been taking from him , he is now seeing a E P cardio doc they have him on two beta blockers and one is a channel blocker , the Ep has started him on a stronger med this has been going on way to long with no real answers my whole family is suffering we have been to many many doc Er dept , three cardio doc's and this now is the the secound E P doc the shotness of breath and feeling like he is going to pass out scares me don't no what to do ????

BP?

by Joleen228 - 2012-07-17 05:07:43

Do they monitor his BP closely?? I've never had BP problems, but for some reason when all of this started, my drugs started interacting with each other in unexpected ways. Drugs that don't mess with BP started to lower my BP. I went from a typical 120/80 to sometimes 60/90 or lower. I couldn't do anything. Just keep calling and calling. Don't worry about "pestering" them, their job is to help your son and if you need to be his advocate, do it. I need to take some of my own advice at the moment, but I don't want to hear what they are going to say. Going through a bit of denial at the moment, so we are going to pretend I am no the proverbial pot calling the kettle black. ;) It took weeks before they figured out why I couldn't stand up. That was part of the reason they figured out my HR was high. Joleen

Sons 29 yrs sob

by ladybug2 - 2012-07-19 03:07:19

thanks Joleen , that is what is wrong with my Son he feels good when he gets up from lets say sleeping and when he gets up h/r gose up high makes him sob and dizzy and real tired , we sent the night in the ER agin ran some more test on him everything came back fine , So we left there and went by his new ep doc and he did another trragation on his pm and set his resting heart rate from 50 to 40 and changed his beta blocker to something eles with a higher dose to help with the pvc , he said on his ekg the hospt was seeing lots of pvc arrithmas he said it was his pm doing that so they lowerd it so will give the new meds some time and see after the adjustment will see what happens ..... so very frustrated this has been going on what seems like for ever I hope and pray for the best for everyone on this foarm

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