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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Mar 4 4:26pm | Replies (14)

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@jewlez I read your experience, and I am going to share mine, mainly because I was kind of in the same boat that you were in in some regards and hopefully what I share will be helpful and can send you in a good direction. I know for every person, they have a different Health path, and sometimes a different direction on how they want to accomplish it, but ultimately all want an answer as to what is causing the medical issues. I have found this for him to be incredibly helpful for many of my health issues, not necessarily to go in the same direction as others, but to see what others did to help themselves with whatever path they took. I did not have any family history of heart issues. I myself did not have heart issues up until three years ago. Randomly I started having heart palpitations that felt like I was going to have a heart attack. At that at that point, I was assigned a cardiologist and interventional cardiologist I had to go through the stress test where a monitor see where I was at. Before this had all happened. I was immediately taken off my Synthroid and estrogen. When this happened, I did not make the connection. I did not make the connection until later. I was found to be having heart arrhythmias and palpitations. I was never put back on the estrogen or Synthroid and after a year, in the middle of the night I would start having SVTs. My SVTs would last 20 seconds of the heart beating over 200 beats per minute. This scared me to death. Imagine you are sleeping and you are in a calm sense of space and then your heart starts doing something very erratic. My cardiologist said it was normal. When your heart starts doing that it’s because something is wrong in the body and it is not normal. I get very frustrated by physicians or medical providers who say this is normal it’s not normal. There is a reason why your heart is doing it. I then randomly started emailing top cardiologists in the country. I got a response back from Albert Jung of NY Langone, saying it was not normal get a second opinion. So I started to try and get a second opinion, and my own cardiologist would not give me a second opinion, and this was in the same clinic seeing a different doctor they just dismissed me. I decided to pursue the answers on my own, mainly because I wanted to understand why this was happening. I had no history and it did not make sense, but I knew that there was a reason for why it was happening. I am not a doctor, but in the research that I’ve read, SVT’s or like misfiring of electrical activity in the heart. When speaking to different people about the situation, I would ask what would cause something like this randomly. I would get medication’s could cause this, stress stressed to the heart could cause this, a state of fear could cause this. So I did a lot of research and I have not totally answered the question but I think that I’m on the right path to answering it. I believe mine is caused by my thyroid issue. The physicians and doctors that I was seen were not connecting the dots. For me after doing the research the thyroid if it is not dosed properly or if you’re taken off medication abruptly, it can result in this. I also found that I was just given a T4 for over eight years for my thyroid. The thyroid needs more than just T4. I actually think that once I can see an endocrinologist and peace the puzzle pieces together I will find that this may be why I’m having these heart arrhythmias and SVTs. I would look at specific areas in your life if you have any other medical conditions or you’re on any kind of prescription, see if that is maybe what is causing it or what could cause it. A lot of of these conditions near other conditions and sometimes it’s very difficult to connect the dots. It takes time and research and pouring through medical journals like I have. I remember just feeling completely exhausted all the time like you talk about, and being stressed out from regular life and it’s problems. I wanted answers desperately, and I got frustrated with doctors just saying that it was normal when it’s not normal. For me, I started journaling down everything that I was experiencing, and when I started experiencing it. For me, I am going to try and get into an endocrinologist and have the entire lab work done to make sure that I can get the answers to these questions, because I simply was not getting the answers from the doctors anymore. They were not seeing me or they just pushed me away and said it was normal. I didn’t feel normal. I don’t know if your insurance will allow you to speak to one of the Mayo Clinic doctors but I know that is an option mine unfortunately didn’t. And I honestly don’t know what they charge. You would have to ask them if you decide to go that route. I tried to go that route, but that was not an option for me because of the insurance so I am opting to go through an endocrinologist and have my blood test done extensively, and see what they say. For me I believe mine is the thyroid. I say that because all the issues started when I was abruptly taken off of the thyroid medication and the estrogen. I know the thyroid and the parathyroid are regulators of everything in your body. The nice thing about this form as you can ask a lot of questions moderators will even chime in to direct you in a manner that is very helpful to find answers to your questions. I wanted to find answers to the root of the cause rather than just have medication’s thrown at me for symptoms, that way in hopes of alleviating the issue. I hope that you find all the answers to your questions, as I understand, it is so frustrating and overwhelming. I think you’re in the right place for asking questions and getting help and talking to others that have gone through similar circumstances as you and I wish you the best.

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Yes, it is absolutely disgusting that docs tell you that something is normal, and you know it is not true.

You mentioned stopping thyroid meds abruptly. I know for a fact and personal experience that if you want to get off them, you MUST WEAN yourself off them. Many years ago, I was taking homeopathic thyroid meds in pill form and I decided to throw them literally out the car window.

Little by little for months, my hair started falling out. It got worse and worse and everytime I ran my fingers through it, I would get many hairs, and a pillow full every night. One guy told me, don't worry, it happened to a friend and they lost ALL their hair, but it grew back. Another told me, I didn't have enough faith. So I told God, if I am doing something to cause this I want to know TODAY!

I felt like He told me to go to the health food store and I did. I was scanning a book on the shelf, and I was reminded that after my divorce, I had not been eating veggies like I did when married and they contain Vitamin A needed for skin and hair. So I bought some Vitamin A and went immediately to the store and bought some veggies.

While I was standing in the checkout line, a magazine in front of me said in BIG LETTERS - Hair loss can be caused by low thyroid. I remembered that months ago, I had stopped taking the thyroid meds cold turkey. It was Sunday so first thing Monday I went to the doc and told her what had happened and she gave me the homeopathic meds. In 3 DAYS, I could run my fingers through my hair and NOT ONE HAIR would come out. Later on, I weaned myself off of them and no problem. Took a little sliver off the pill every day until no more. This happened when in my 30's.

Right now, I am 76. I am having an issue with a protruding stomach which is not normal for about 4 years. I recently started honeopathic thyroid meds by the drop. He told me 4 drops 4 times a day. I started with just 1 drop a day 4 times to see if a problem. I am up to 3 drops and so far okay. The first time in my 30's, I was having heart palpitations from the meds which is why I stopped. I am taking this time because according to blood tests, normal should be 0 to 3 and mine is 5,4. They higher the number is, the slower your thyroid is and mine very slow. He said it is possible, my inflamation could be from thyroid. We will see. I have no pain and am 121 lbs 5 ft 5 inches.