Lilolil
13-08-07, 20:38
Hi
I am 46 and started suffering with Ectopic Heartbeats last year.
They started while i was on holiday in Luxembourg, i was taken to hospital where all sorts of tests were run and they diagnosed me and gave me some Beta Blockers to calm my heart down. They didn't really help, they just made me very tired.
Once home i was sent to see a cardiologist who ran all the same tests, again everything came back normal....apart from the ectopics that is. He put me a different Beta Blocker but they made me feel ill so i stopped them.
I am due to go back to see the cardiologist and wondered if it worth trying another tablet as i am told that they 'cure' ectopics they just calm the heart down, so i feel that i am taking medication for nothing IYSWIM.
I was absolutley terrified when they first happened and was convinced that i was going to die. Over the past year i have worked out some things that make them worse and am trying to make adjustments to my life, not always practical.
I seem to have some quiet days and then other days i seem to get them all the time. I wish they would just go away but it seems unlikely. I know they say that they are harmless and most days i cope very well with them, but these last 3 days have really got me down.
I don't really want to take Beta blockers again and wondered if anyone has had any success with alternative medicines.
Thanks for listening
I am 46 and started suffering with Ectopic Heartbeats last year.
They started while i was on holiday in Luxembourg, i was taken to hospital where all sorts of tests were run and they diagnosed me and gave me some Beta Blockers to calm my heart down. They didn't really help, they just made me very tired.
Once home i was sent to see a cardiologist who ran all the same tests, again everything came back normal....apart from the ectopics that is. He put me a different Beta Blocker but they made me feel ill so i stopped them.
I am due to go back to see the cardiologist and wondered if it worth trying another tablet as i am told that they 'cure' ectopics they just calm the heart down, so i feel that i am taking medication for nothing IYSWIM.
I was absolutley terrified when they first happened and was convinced that i was going to die. Over the past year i have worked out some things that make them worse and am trying to make adjustments to my life, not always practical.
I seem to have some quiet days and then other days i seem to get them all the time. I wish they would just go away but it seems unlikely. I know they say that they are harmless and most days i cope very well with them, but these last 3 days have really got me down.
I don't really want to take Beta blockers again and wondered if anyone has had any success with alternative medicines.
Thanks for listening