inapropriate sinus tachycardia?!


Question: Inapropriate sinus tachycardia?
I have had tachycardia since I was in 8th grade. it went away in 10th grade. I worked out all the time and lost weight. then my tachycardia came back. I weighed in at 123 at 17 and they put me on beta blockers. I gained tons of weight and my face got all puffy and swollen. I am now 21, I stopped taking the med bc of the huge weight gain and due to the fact beta blockers didnt even help me and gave me anxiety.
I would love to go to the gym and work out but I cant bc just walking up the stairs or down the block my rate can be 160bpm. I dont want to go on meds bc they just make me gain weight and dont help. I have been to many drs ( some say i have p.o.t.s. and some say inapropriate sinus tachycardia) and had tons of work ups nothing helps.
in the past week I have also been getting dizzy through out the day. and low blood pressure. I hate this bc I am so young and nothing is getting fixed. I am also not working now bc i am never feeling right.
Anyone going through the same thing and have any suggestions or comments?
Also I would like to get a heart rate watch to monitor my bpm I am curious to what it is all day. Anyone have a good one? Not too expensive please. I looked online and many of the watches pple said the band needs to be wet like sweaty in order for it to work, but i want to use it throughout the day.
Thanks

oh yeah I dont really tolerate heat very well either. no matter the weather in winter bedroom winter stays open.
p.s. not only did beta blockers cause weight gain it also made my blood pressure lower and i already have low blood pressure so it made me even more dizzy.

Answers:

olsare good answer, but
i have another one

since beta blockers didnt work and made u more anxious and gain weight(strange side effect) well i guess since your heart isnt beating as fast youre body gains weight. which makes it funny becuz u say u cant tolerate heat, where as people on beta blockers usually get cold easier gets their heart isnt beating as fast. \

beta blockers were horrible for me, especially inderal i couldnt breathe, i had bronchospasm on it and everything.

but anyways, there are other blood pressure meds out there, like calcium channel blockers, that worked excellent for me, as i have tachycardia(not necessariliy sinus) but my heart rate can get to be like 123 resting and is usually over 103 normally. either that or diuretics also help. HCTZ

are u a coffee drinker, have u tried energy drinks? for some reason the combination of the taurine in the energy drinks and the caffeine helps me out. it increases my blood pressure but somehow relaxes my heart rate. another drug that has the same effects is sudafed, a decongestant, it made me feel really better temporarily if i was having any issues. for all i know sudafed doesnt affect heart rate as much, cuz if it did i wouldnt of taken it.



Sorry to hear about your condition. You can't solve those problems before you have removed the cause: For IST you can have Sinus Node ablation. Basics:

- The Sinus Node is the normal heartbeat initiator of the heart, which produces the electrical contraction commands. It is located in the right atrium. It usually works as the brains tell it to work, but in arrhythmias like your IST it doesn't do as the brains tell it to. In cases like this where beta blockers only cause problems, Sinus Node ablation would be the best option.

- Now what's Sinus Node ablation? It's a surgery where a small tube is taken to the heart through one of the legs' arteries. The Sinus Node tissue is burned either completely or partially. If it is burned completely, you will need a permanent pacemaker.

- Survival and healing from Sinus Node ablation; 98% of them who have the procedure survive and heal completely. Permanent pacemaker implantment is not so scary as people think; with modern pacemakers you can live almost completely normal life. And if the pacemaker malfunctions and stops working, the heart has other areas which can temporarily initiate a heartbeat for long enough to the doctors to fix the pacemaker.

I wish you the best of luck and a happy lifetime :)




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