Pacemaker Club: can fear or adrenaline or the heart disease cause you this

can fear or adrenaline or the heart disease cause you this

by cadaverock
2017-01-04 18:23:47
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long story short i had a low battery of pacemaker , i went on this long water-slide it was faster then what i expect it . so when i landed on the water it was deep like a 12 feet pool i felt that i touch the bottom of pool a tiny bit. when i went back up out of water heading to pool stairs to get out, i was feeling weak i got scare i barelly got out of pool ,when i did i felt very light headed to the point where my vision was getting foggy i my pulse was fast but i felt extremelly weak very weak i lay down on a chair my familly call ambulance and they said my pressure was a little high but nothing major. i was in another country at the time ,this has never happen in my life any idea from anyone here i would apreciate so much please!

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i had a pacemaker for 10 years type-2 block. i have lots of arythmias taking cartia! my heart is usually always fast but dr says am ok. i just wonder what is .

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Scared to death ?

by IAN MC - 2017-01-04 18:52:15

Regrettably a very severe adrenaline rush can actually kill you.

If the sinus and AV nodes are overwhelmed by adrenaline the heart can go into abnormal rhythms.

If it's not your lucky day you can drop dead. Maybe dying on a water slide would be a good way to go , but on the whole it is probably best to avoid high-adrenaline situations if you have certain heart conditions. The term " scared to death " is based on fact

A couple of years ago I went on quite an exciting roller-coaster ride in a theme park in Hong Kong and experienced just the sort of symptoms which you described . Afterwards I read the warning notices for people with cardiac conditions.

But it would be a sad world if we're not willing to live a little dangerously !

Ian

Panic Attack

by Sarbear - 2017-01-12 16:37:28

I've had similar experiences in the past. I've had the occasional panic attack that made me respond the same way, and actually used to be one of the things that triggered my vesovegal problems (which is why I'm paced). Might be worth it to have a doctor do some sort of stress test/tilt table test to see if they can figure out whats going on.