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I’m 21 year old and diagnosed with atrial tachycardia
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Some patients don't do well on beta-blockers. Why would he/she not try a calcium channel blocker...or is that clearly not indicated in your understanding? Might be well worth seeking a second opinion.
If the diagnosis is correct (and for that you'd want at least one more opinion, maybe even fresh ECG to ensure it wasn't operator error), then a beta blocker is only going to suppress the rate, and then only when you are in SVT. The rest of the time, one or the other, disorder or drugs, is making you miserable. This is where I would seek a really highly regarded electrophysiologist near to you, maybe one state over, and ask to have that person set fresh eyes on your case; it is entirely possible that you need something more, or better, than what you have going for you now.
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I honestly don’t know I’ve done hours of research just to advocate for myself at appointments, doctors in my area can’t look past the fact that I’m underweight and had depression in early highschool. Even with abnormal test results they give me half anwsers and try prescribing me all sorts of pills to combats my symptoms, I sent in a request to Mayo to see if they could see me because I’m starting to think with everything that happing that I have POTS or EDS or something like it that would easily connect a lot of my symptoms but no one in my area wants todo further testing once they see my back ground of mental health issues and the fact I’m underweight.