Tachycardia

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Well I have finally started to do some research on this subject now

as it is starting to scare me and I am wondering if it has anything

to do with the little 'spells' or whatever it is that I am having.

Just a reminder lately I have been getting these little spells where

it is hard to breathe, really shallow breathing, i get really hot

and sweaty, lightheaded and really tired.

Well ever since the first one I have been watching my blood pressure

and pulse rate. My mom owns a blood pressure reader that does pulse

as well. Well I have been checking it almost daily and the lowest

it has been is 110 and the highest it has been is 138. Even if I

have been doing absolutely nothing and lying down with the cuff on

for like half an hour then check it, it is still well above 100. I

have done reading and found out that the normal range is 80 - 100

and anything above is considered tachycardia. These are the

symptoms I have gotten off of webmd.

* A racing or fluttering feeling in the chest (palpitations).

I dont know if I have experienced palpitations but there are a few

times when I can really feel my pulse and it feels like my whole

body is beating. Or a headache where I can kind of count my heart

beats.

* Chest discomfort (pressure, tightness, pain).

I do get chest pains quite often but they are always on the right

side of my chest, not the heart side. It feels almost like a

stabbing pain and I cant take a deep breathe for a while. They do

settle down and go away within 5 minutes though.

* Lightheadedness/dizziness.

* Fainting (syncope).

* Shortness of breath.

* Sweating.

* Tiredness (fatigue).

Defiatley have all of these lately except the actual fainting.

Especially when it feels like a 'spell' is happening but they do

happen at other times and I am ALWAYS tired lately!

* Tightness in the throat.

Dont think I have had this except I have noticed at some points if I

really feel 'yucky' (Dont know how else to describe it) it is harder

to swallow pills. Dont know if that counts or even desribes

tightness in throat or not but just thought I would mention it.

Right now the thought of yet another specialist (still trying to

figure out my wrist problems, have to go to the dentist tomorrow for

a referal to a specialist plus my GP appointments) definitly doesnt

sound to fun. But it is really scareing me that I could now have

heart issues on top of all this!! My grandma died from a heart

attack / cardiac arrest, and my dad has had a heard attack and has

angina. I just dont know if my pulse rate isnt high in the dr's

office or if the new nurse (who I think must be someone on co-op

from the local college) is only looking at blood pressure and not

pulse rate.

So should I get this checked out sooner or later? I will be at my

GP's with my mom (he seems to take me more seriously if I am with a

parent even though I am 22!) sometime next week to get my wrist MRI

results so should I bring it up then? What do I do if he thinks it

isnt a problem? I am worried about it and would like to get it

looked at but neither of my parents view it as anything abnormal

either! So I just dont know what I will do if I dont get him to

persue it

Stacey