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I’m 21 year old and diagnosed with atrial tachycardia

Posted by jaclynlorentz @jaclynlorentz, 3 days ago

Hi I’m just been trying to find the right doctor for awhile now about two years ago I started feeling ill, had bad stomach pain that would leave me in tears unable to move and other stuff, doctors not listening to me nor running anything but blood test. I’m Eve starting to have issues with my nerves. My most recent doctor had me wear a heart monitor after me pushing for it and turns out I have atrial tachycardia and I have also had issues associated with that. Instead of answering my questions she’s just trying to prescribe me 50mg of beta blockers which seems excessive to me and will not refer me to a specialist. Beta blockers concern me because yes my heart rate needs to be slowed but my lowest heart rate recorded was 36 and also normally showed that it did like to dip into the higher 30s. I’ve also lost weight from not feeling good for so long and all of these doctors are just trying to treat me for eating disorders when all I’m trying todo is feel better. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

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gloaming | @gloaming | 2 days ago
In reply to @leara484 "Hi, I only have one question: you said you have atrial tachycardia, what was your highest..." + (show)
@leara484

Hi,
I only have one question: you said you have atrial tachycardia, what was your highest heart rate? Atrial tachycardia, really isn't much of a big deal, run down the street to catch a bus and you have atrial tachycardia. If you actually are having heart rates in the 30s, that's a problem and it surprises me greatly that, number one the doctor would have prescribed medication that would slow your heart rate down even more and number two that you don't have a pacemaker. Having worked as an EKG Supervisor, that REALLY shocks me.

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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tachycardia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355127#:~:text=In%20tachycardia%2C%20an%20irregular%20electrical%20signal%2C%20called%20an,a%20heart%20rate%20over%20100%20beats%20a%20minute.
Arial tachycardia is NOT the same as a fast heart rate where the entire heart speeds up in order to allow the person to meet a requirement. Atrial tachycardia is where only the atria are beating quickly, while the ventricles continue to respond to the normal signals descending down the Bundle of His and thence to the impulse moving along the two bundle branches. What you are describing, atria beating quickly to exercise, would normally be accompanied by a commensurate rise in ventricular speed. Clearly our OP is not experiencing this, and that is why the formal diagnosis is 'atrial tachycardia', and not just tachycardia.

IOW, this is an arrhythmia. People running to meet a bus don't normally fall into an arrhythmic rate. If they do, it's a pathology, not normal.

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jaclynlorentz | @jaclynlorentz | 2 days ago
In reply to @leara484 "Hi, I only have one question: you said you have atrial tachycardia, what was your highest..." + (show)
@leara484

Hi,
I only have one question: you said you have atrial tachycardia, what was your highest heart rate? Atrial tachycardia, really isn't much of a big deal, run down the street to catch a bus and you have atrial tachycardia. If you actually are having heart rates in the 30s, that's a problem and it surprises me greatly that, number one the doctor would have prescribed medication that would slow your heart rate down even more and number two that you don't have a pacemaker. Having worked as an EKG Supervisor, that REALLY shocks me.

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My highest heart rate recorded was 163 bpm, any time my heart rate increased or I would get light headed or black out for a couple seconds was all just from me standing up from a sitting position.

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woodside | @woodside | 1 day ago

Hi, Eve - you wrote ... "all of these doctors are just trying to treat me for eating disorders...." so my suggestion is address/resolve that issue. And I found data that might help you - link below.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eating-disorders/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353609

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