Wantinglifeback
01-04-17, 21:23
I am 5 months postpartum. I've always been a slightly anxious person. I'm a 29 year old female. I'm slightly overweight.
3 weeks ago I started having palpitations and my heart was racing. The next day I woke up with an upper respiratory infection. I went to the dr. He could hear an irregular heartbeat. He did and ecg and it was normal. Then he listened to my heart again and said he could no longer hear the irregular beat. He sent me for an echo. He said the echo was OK and I should follow up with cardiologist to try and figure out what caused the palpitations. I was still feeling them during activity. This started my obsessive checking of my blood pressure and pulse.
Last week i had a night where my heart was racing. The next day I woke up with the stomach flu. Of course my heart raced the whole 2 days I was sick.
Now for the past few days I have been feeling sorta lightheaded or like I'm in a fog. My resting heart rate has dropped from 70-80 to 50-60 and it goes down close to 45 when I lay down. So now I'm obsessively checking my pulse. I've also had some weakness in my arms and legs. I feel like I'm living in a daze or dream. My husband said I just seem "glazed over". I have a feeling of pressure behind my right eye and my vision is slightly blurred in that eye now. I've also had a lump in my throat feeling and a lower than normal body temperature.
I made an appointment for Monday to talk to my ob about possible postpartum anxiety. And my cardiologist appointment is in 2 weeks.
I'm really worried. My low heart rate is keeping me awake at night.
3 weeks ago I started having palpitations and my heart was racing. The next day I woke up with an upper respiratory infection. I went to the dr. He could hear an irregular heartbeat. He did and ecg and it was normal. Then he listened to my heart again and said he could no longer hear the irregular beat. He sent me for an echo. He said the echo was OK and I should follow up with cardiologist to try and figure out what caused the palpitations. I was still feeling them during activity. This started my obsessive checking of my blood pressure and pulse.
Last week i had a night where my heart was racing. The next day I woke up with the stomach flu. Of course my heart raced the whole 2 days I was sick.
Now for the past few days I have been feeling sorta lightheaded or like I'm in a fog. My resting heart rate has dropped from 70-80 to 50-60 and it goes down close to 45 when I lay down. So now I'm obsessively checking my pulse. I've also had some weakness in my arms and legs. I feel like I'm living in a daze or dream. My husband said I just seem "glazed over". I have a feeling of pressure behind my right eye and my vision is slightly blurred in that eye now. I've also had a lump in my throat feeling and a lower than normal body temperature.
I made an appointment for Monday to talk to my ob about possible postpartum anxiety. And my cardiologist appointment is in 2 weeks.
I'm really worried. My low heart rate is keeping me awake at night.