feeling weird

received pcmkr/defib two days ago. Have some pain in incision area and arm. very hard to sleep as I can hear my heartbeat in my lower right side. I also feel jittery and a lot of anxiety. weirdest thing is I feel emotional! I laugh very easily and feel like crying for virtually no reason. did they make me into a woman in menopause? ( no offense to women in menopause) Just wondering if that is normal. my Heart was around 30 to 35 went i went to doctor. Now when I lay down to sleep I feel like I just drank a pot of coffee. Long post I know but I'm kinda new here.

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We all react differently

by Theknotguy - 2016-01-16 06:01:50

We all react differently to medical stress. Some of your reaction could be due to the anesthetic used for the implant. The jittery feeling could be due to the higher voltage they sometimes use at first to get your heart accustomed to the pacemaker. So your reaction is "normal", or at least normal for you.

I had a lot more trauma than most before getting my pacemaker so I went through a period of crying jags and emotional reactions. It settled down after a while.

Since they had the voltage higher on my pacemaker for about the first 90 days I had a real hard time sleeping. Was in an adrenaline high due to the trauma too and that didn't help either. After they reduced the voltage I started sleeping real good.

I hope everything else goes well for you. Hang in there.

Heartbeat

by Sheppey - 2016-01-16 10:01:03

So sorry to read of the difficulties you are experiencing . I too, endured a Nocturnal HR of 30 bpm (at times).
I had SSS and had forgotten what a regular heartbeat felt or sounded like?
I was so elated and reassured to hear a regular pulse once again. I was so disappointed when I went into persistent fast A/F again recently.. The medication has now, once again, reduced the fast rate . This certainly is an emotional roller coaster ride.... this A/F?
Hope you are feeling more settled soon?

felt weird too

by HeartBlockBaby - 2016-01-22 11:01:35

I had a complete heart block, with heart rate 35-40bpm at rest and lived with that just fine without treatment for 29 years. I got a pacemaker one year ago because my hotter monitor showed my heart rate was dropping to 20 at night. I may be unusual because I felt fine with the low heart rate before the pacemaker and SO much worse afterword. (You don't say how long you had lived with a low heart rate.) Seems my body had made adaptations to the low heart rate for so many years that it literally took 6 months to get used to the faster "normal" heart rate with the pacemaker. Hope you feel better sooner than later!

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