Shock by ICD

HI all,
Did anyone of u experience a shock given by ICD device to control your tachycardia. If yes can u share the experience and the symptoms
Thanks.

3 Comments

ICD

by dad4dds - 2015-10-24 06:10:49

i could feel my heart race. then got light headed and felt like I was going to faint. then shock. Fllt groggy for a minute then back to normal.

Shocked 2x about a month ago

by herbsgunshop - 2015-11-22 03:11:42

Normal day, came in from messing with a sprinkler in the yard and sat down at my desk. Felt a brief syncope when I bent over to my left then BANG. Felt like a cannon went off in my chest. Walked out to the living room, loosened my clothing after sitting down then BANG it happened again. Ambulance ride to the local hosp. Turned out my MG and K were just a bit low. Also had a small breakfast and skipped lunch. Local cardio. put me on bisoprolol to give my heart a bit of a break as well as a Mg supplement. Gosh, don't ever want to get shocked again! However, given what can happen if it don't fire off I guess it's a necessary evil.

Thumped

by Turkey75 - 2016-05-06 07:05:51

Yes I experancied my first thump about 3 months ago. I had been painting and up and down a ladder in the house all day. Had not eaten much but had drank plenty of water. I went to take a shower and when I got out I started to feel light headed and as if I was going to pass out when I had 3 thumps to my inner left breast. Totally caught me off guard but did it again. I called my doctor the following Monday and the machine read out my incident and the tech thought it was so awesome that it did what it was suppose to. I was also happy it did but I am a little stressed know bc I have some flutters and wonder if it will do it again. But my doctor says everything looks great. Good luck

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