Re: bad heart palpitations-

[Guest guest]

Gotta jump in here. I too had/have rapid heart beat with FORCEFUL beats.

I've recently been diagnosed with Insulin Resistance. Since changing my diet

and beginning to exercise for a few minutes each day I've noticed an

improvement.

Interesting to note also is that I have also noticed that the heart racing

and forceful beats happens whenever I eat wrong foods, too much at one

sitting and thus my blood sugar is too high.

While tachycardia was a chief complaint of mine with my Graves, I do believe

that these residual, annoying rapid, forceful beats are blood sugar related

for ME.

There is much info on the web about Graves causing some insulin resistance.

I'm too lazy to pull the articles up right now, but I posted them on

Mediboard and a I'm sure a google search will pull them up.

Food for thought....

Doris

[Guest guest]

You sound just like me ....I have periods of racing and/or pounding heart

every day...usually after eating anything with carbohydrates...cereal, cookie,

bread...and when I check my BP at those times, it is elevated too. I sometimes

think I will just have to live with it as well.

Ruthie

Help - bad heart palpitations

Hi. I've recently had a really bad episode that started last Wed. I

forgot my meds for 24 hours and it somehow kick started my GD. I was

previously taking PTU at 50mg 2x a day and was feeling great. Then

after last Wed I had very bad heart surges and very irregular

heartbeat, like it would skip a beat and then " whoosh " really hard to

make up for the lost beat. My doc put me on PTU 3x a day at 100 mg

and a beta blocker (metoprolol) at 50mg once a day. After 2 days the

beta blocker still wasn't fully controlling the heart palpitations so

I'm on the met once every 12 hours. However today, its still seems

to happen even though its only been 4 hours since my last dose. What

in the world is going on? Has anyone experienced this before? Is

this a thyroid storm? The palpitations don't last for hours they

just sort of happen sporadically but when they happen they're usually

preceded by " hot flashes " and stomach upset. I have no idea what is

going on with my body and why it is not responding well to the meds.

Has this ever happened to anyone else? I don't know if I have

soemthing else wrong with me besides the GD. I'm starting to wonder.

- Rosemarie

[Guest guest]

Ruthie, have you tried not eating wheat to see if you feel better? Gluten

sensitivity is pretty common with Graves....

Pam B.

http://www.webmosaics.com/thyroid/

[Guest guest]

Thanks Pam....yes, I've heard about the gluten sensitivity and would like to

give it a try...eliminating wheat that is. I just haven't made a point of doing

it yet. Do you have a sample day's menu you could share just to get some ideas??

Thanks,

Ruthie

Re: bad heart palpitations-

Ruthie, have you tried not eating wheat to see if you feel better? Gluten

sensitivity is pretty common with Graves....

Pam B.

http://www.webmosaics.com/thyroid/

[Guest guest]

Hi Ruthie, lets see.. here are some ideas, we are probably all a little

different in what we can eat, like I can't do corn or tomatoes or citrus,

and if I could, I would have more ideas, like maybe a taco salad, or corn

and bean tacos, stuff like that:

Breakfast:

fruit and yogurt smoothie or,

fruit and yogurt on wheat free cereal, or

veggie omelet, maybe some wheat free toast

Snack:

nuts or hardboiled egg

Lunch:

salad with meat or egg on it for protein or

some sort of sandwich on wheat free bread or

leftovers from last nights dinner or

soup (have to watch out for gluten in soups thoug) and rice crackers

Snack:

fruit smoothie if I didn't have one for breakfast or

veggies and hummus for dip or

apple or pear with nut butter for dip

Dinner:

Meat/fish/poultry, rice/potatoes, veggies & salad

wheat free pasta and salad

stir-fry veggies and meat with rice

Sometimes I make wheat free cookies or snack bars... I haven't gotten up the

energy or bravery to make bread yet... There are some great cookbooks out -

The Gluten Free Gourmet has a few and hers are the ones I like the best.

Hope this helps,

Pam B.

Re: bad heart palpitations-

> Thanks Pam....yes, I've heard about the gluten sensitivity and would like

to give it a try...eliminating wheat that is. I just haven't made a point of

doing it yet. Do you have a sample day's menu you could share just to get

some ideas??

> Thanks,

> Ruthie

[Guest guest]

Pam,

Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this post about food! This is an

are where I really need help! I don't know if I have a gluten sensitivity

or not, but Im addicted to carbs and sugar and love getting ideas for

healthier snacks!

Kristi

Re: bad heart palpitations-

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> > Thanks Pam....yes, I've heard about the gluten sensitivity and would

like

> to give it a try...eliminating wheat that is. I just haven't made a point

of

> doing it yet. Do you have a sample day's menu you could share just to get

> some ideas??

> > Thanks,

> > Ruthie

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