Caffeine and Water, my lessons learned

Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's. I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called 911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200 beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer, so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
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"TavliGal" wrote in message
news:qOi3d.454940$M95.388552@pd7tw1no...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's.
I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about
my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer,
so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they
put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I
was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in
the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all
my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like
me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
__________________________________________________ ______
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- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.



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"TavliGal" wrote in message
news:qOi3d.454940$M95.388552@pd7tw1no...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's.
I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about
my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer,
so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they
put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I
was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in
the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all
my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like
me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
__________________________________________________ ______
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- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.



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"TavliGal" wrote in message
news:qOi3d.454940$M95.388552@pd7tw1no...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's.
I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about
my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer,
so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they
put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I
was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in
the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all
my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like
me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
__________________________________________________ ______
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OMG, Monica! What a horrible fright to go through! By any chance, were you
(or did they tell you) that you were low in magnesium? I was diagnosed with
a skipped heartbeat (my cardiologist called it an arrhythmia, too), and
after monitors and blood tests, he told me to take magnesium supplements.
Haven't had any problem since.

--
Linda
296/199/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"TavliGal" wrote in message
news:qOi3d.454940$M95.388552@pd7tw1no...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's.
I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about
my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer,
so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they
put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I
was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in
the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all
my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like
me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
__________________________________________________ ______
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.



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OMG, Monica! What a horrible fright to go through! By any chance, were you
(or did they tell you) that you were low in magnesium? I was diagnosed with
a skipped heartbeat (my cardiologist called it an arrhythmia, too), and
after monitors and blood tests, he told me to take magnesium supplements.
Haven't had any problem since.

--
Linda
296/199/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html


"TavliGal" wrote in message
news:qOi3d.454940$M95.388552@pd7tw1no...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder pee's.
I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked about
my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion. They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my computer,
so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So they
put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this: I
was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual 1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual in
the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias all
my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia like
me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
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My nephew who is 25 had exactly the same thing. They never did come up
with a conclusion as to what caused it, but it does happen. He went
through the same procedures you describe because they couldn't get his
heart rate down. This was about six months ago, and he's been fine since
then. He's in great shape, works out etc., so who knows what caused it
in the first place, but it sure scared the heck out of all of us. Best
to you.

--
Cheri

TavliGal wrote in message ...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call
an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I
felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went
pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder
pee's. I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next
morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my
headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I
had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across
the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I
couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death
will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't
know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating
me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked
about my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion.
They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They
did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected
me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said
that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my
blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in
excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried
that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical
system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my
computer, so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop
my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So
they put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on
Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this:
I was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual
1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs
and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual
in the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the
increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias
all my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was
different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia
like me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
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bear."
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My nephew who is 25 had exactly the same thing. They never did come up
with a conclusion as to what caused it, but it does happen. He went
through the same procedures you describe because they couldn't get his
heart rate down. This was about six months ago, and he's been fine since
then. He's in great shape, works out etc., so who knows what caused it
in the first place, but it sure scared the heck out of all of us. Best
to you.

--
Cheri

TavliGal wrote in message ...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call
an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I
felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went
pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder
pee's. I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next
morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my
headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I
had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across
the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I
couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death
will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't
know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating
me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked
about my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion.
They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They
did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected
me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said
that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my
blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in
excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried
that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical
system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my
computer, so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop
my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So
they put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on
Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this:
I was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual
1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs
and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual
in the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the
increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias
all my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was
different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia
like me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
_________________________________________________ _______
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bear."
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My nephew who is 25 had exactly the same thing. They never did come up
with a conclusion as to what caused it, but it does happen. He went
through the same procedures you describe because they couldn't get his
heart rate down. This was about six months ago, and he's been fine since
then. He's in great shape, works out etc., so who knows what caused it
in the first place, but it sure scared the heck out of all of us. Best
to you.

--
Cheri

TavliGal wrote in message ...
Hi everyone,
I learned a valuable lesson this summer. Three weeks ago I had to call
an
ambulance for myself. I'll begin the day before.
I felt extremely low energy, very lethargic. I had a headache and I
felt
nauseous and moments of dizziness and leg cramps were happening
frequently.
I felt like I did when I was on induction except worse. I then went
pee
about 5x within one hour and a half in the evening. Full bladder
pee's. I
knew something wasn't quite right. I fell asleep early. The next
morning
when I awoke, my heart was racing...really racing. Still had my
headache
from the day before, and I was also allot more dizzy.
I felt so awful, and I literally felt like I was going to pass out. I
had
felt this once before earlier in the summer, but I was driving across
the
country so I thought it was motion sickness at the time. Well I
couldn't
chalk this one up to motion sickness so I knew something was seriously
wrong
when I found it difficult to talk and breathe. I was alone so I called
911.
The paramedics, the fire guys and the police came! Yikes. I may be
wrong,
but I knew that police only come on the calls when they think a death
will
occur or has occurred. hmmm

They were checking my vitals and my heart was racing between 160 - 200
beats
per minute. They took me to the critical care ER pronto. (I didn't
know
there were two separate sections of an ER).
They hooked me up to all the monitors, oxygen, and they were hydrating
me
with that saline IV stuff. When they were asking me their questions, I
told
them everything. My diet, my weight loss and smoking. They asked
about my
caffeine intake and drugs, I told them that I smoke pot on occasion.
They
didn't seem to care about that, they were more concerned if I did
anything
like cocaine, ecstasy or heroin. I said no, which is the truth. They
did
an ECG and an Echo (the ultrasound of the heart.) They also injected
me
with this drug that is supposed to slow down the heart beat, it didn't
touch
me. My heart rate was going at a steady 135 - 140 beats/minute all day
while waiting for the cardiologist. (The scary part is, that when my
heart
slowed to 135, I felt "normal".)

Finally later on near the evening, the cardiologist came and he said
that
they couldn't figure out why this was happening to me. He said my
blood
work, my chest X-Ray, my ECG and Echo showed no abnormalities with my
heart.
He actually said that my heart from what they could tell, was in
excellent
condition. Mechanically, structurally all was sound. He said he's not
worried about a heart attack at all at this point, but he was worried
that
if my heart continues to beat this crazy, that for sure I will have a
stroke.
Since the medication that's supposed to slow down the heart rate didn't
work, he said they would have to perform a cardioversion (those paddles
they
put on your chest and yell CLEAR). He said it's like my electrical
system
is out of whack, like they have to flip my breaker or reboot my
computer, so
to speak. What he meant was, they were going to have to actually stop
my
heart and restart it!!! I couldn't believe this was happening. So
they put
me under and performed the cardioversion. When I woke up my heart was
beating at a normal 70 beats per minute. Btw, my blood pressure
throughout
the whole day was at my usual 110/70.
Now that I'm back home I'm going to my doctor for a follow up on
Thursday.
My records have been faxed over.

In hindsight, and looking over my fitday logs, my conclusion is this:
I was
dehydrated (obviously), I had been drinking more caffeine than my usual
1
cup in the day (since low carbing) and I had again decreased my carbs
and
increased my protein. I was also not drinking as much water as usual
in the
couple of weeks previous to this happening. Main thing was the
increased
coffee intake, decreased water intake, with increased protein can cause
arrhythmias (increased heart rate). I have been prone to arrhythmias
all my
life, on occasion my heart will suddenly race, I'll take a few deep
breaths
and it's back to normal, no problem. But this time I knew was
different
because my deep breaths didn't help at all.

So folks, please, especially if you're prone to the rare arrhythmia
like me,
don't overdo the caffeine, and DRINK YOUR WATER!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Monica
--
Started Jan. 20, 2004
362/259.2/Goal: Till my thighs don't rub together anymore.
http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/otherme34/my_photos
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Lady o' the house wrote:
OMG, Monica! What a horrible fright to go through! By any chance,
were you (or did they tell you) that you were low in magnesium? I
was diagnosed with a skipped heartbeat (my cardiologist called it an
arrhythmia, too), and after monitors and blood tests, he told me to
take magnesium supplements. Haven't had any problem since.


Hi LOH,
Yea I was pretty freaked. Kind of ****ed off too since this was happening
after trying to take charge of my health. *sigh* But they didn't mention
about any vitamins/minerals at the hospital. I think they were more
concerned about stabalizing me at the time. I know I was depleted of alot
of vitamins/minerals, so I wouldn't be surprised. I've been taking
supplements since (not to mention checking my heart rate about every 10
mins).
When I go to my GP on Thursday, I'll discuss it with her. I'm glad she's
knowledgeable about low carbing and supports it. Her hubby lost 80lbs doing
it.
Monica

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