Magik
13-07-08, 17:43
Well, I went to the ER on Wednesday night, with shortness of breath, severe weakness, tingly hands and face, swollen ankles, and Palpatations. I couldn't catch my breath for anything. So they hooked me up to a monitor, did an E.K.G. Gave me some kind of breathing therapy. Said my potassium was really low. A 2.8.
Let me go home because it finally stopped after like, 3-4 hours.
Next night, around the same time, it happened again. I was given a potassium supplement, and it went back up to 4. Which is good. But things happened again, just not as severe as before. They gave me a Catscan with Iodine dye to check for blockages. Found nothing. Said my heart and lungs seemed fine. Kept me overnight. Gave me a treadmill Stress test in the morning. Again, I didn't do well, didn't get very far into the test, before I lost it. Which lead to crying severly. They gave me a heart monitor to take home to record my days events. But being as I hadn't slept for two days, that's pretty much all I did.
Doctor suggested Panick attacks, and I'm not sure if this might be the case or not, I have been studying up on them and it does seem as if just being here is helping a tad bit. Least with my breathing. Just strange how it seems to happen the same time. I've been avoiding it by falling asleep before then. Which isn't healthy for me. Any ideas if this might really be? I have an appointment tomorrow, what do you think my odds are, if I asked, that he could give me like a trail amount of some kind of nerve medication, to see if it will stop this from happening?
Let me go home because it finally stopped after like, 3-4 hours.
Next night, around the same time, it happened again. I was given a potassium supplement, and it went back up to 4. Which is good. But things happened again, just not as severe as before. They gave me a Catscan with Iodine dye to check for blockages. Found nothing. Said my heart and lungs seemed fine. Kept me overnight. Gave me a treadmill Stress test in the morning. Again, I didn't do well, didn't get very far into the test, before I lost it. Which lead to crying severly. They gave me a heart monitor to take home to record my days events. But being as I hadn't slept for two days, that's pretty much all I did.
Doctor suggested Panick attacks, and I'm not sure if this might be the case or not, I have been studying up on them and it does seem as if just being here is helping a tad bit. Least with my breathing. Just strange how it seems to happen the same time. I've been avoiding it by falling asleep before then. Which isn't healthy for me. Any ideas if this might really be? I have an appointment tomorrow, what do you think my odds are, if I asked, that he could give me like a trail amount of some kind of nerve medication, to see if it will stop this from happening?