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Wildly fluctuating O2 levels

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Hey Nmac, hope you are as well as you can be today, I have a Mitochondrial Myopathy and M.A.D.D., and know that any of my muscles whether skeletal or organs can be affected, my problem is my heart rate being high, even with meds, and just sitting I am at 100 BPM which is okay as it used to go up to between 140 and 150, so I get E.C.H.O.'s every one or two years to keep an eye on that heart muscle as it can't be a good thing for it to be so high all the time. But I too worry as to O2 and I hope you get to the bottom of this as it must be awful to deal with (and tiring which is already a challenge for Mito patients, but if your blood isn't being oxygenated enough I expect that can lead the body to become very sluggish, I may be wrong, but it sounds very tiring). So I hope you find out soon what is causing this problem and you can get the help you need for this, my O2 levels do get lower when I am ill but not to the depth you and others are dealing with, sending you hope.

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Wow! This is interesting because I also deal with my heartrate getting super high, but oddly I go between bradycardia and tachycardia. Dr put me on beta blocker to see if it helps and so far my HR hasn't gotten abo e 117, but now Im dropping to 43. Just had another echo recently and wor holter monitor again prior to meds. During the times that I pushed the buttons it showed tachycardia with artifact, but I know its not artifact...its whatever is happening to my heart when I get these weird arrhythmia. Im finally being referred to neurologist and have an appointment in October. Hoping that the puzzle can find ally be put together. Im so tired....High HR feels like I've run a marathon, slow HR just makes me want to sleep. I desperately just want to feel good again and live life to the fullest. It has really been affecting my mental health at this point. Tired of Doctors saying "sorry, there's no cure and nothing more we can do".