Another slightly 'funny' turn

[sue943]

I was sitting watching television when I started feeling odd, perspiring although not hot, my forehead felt decidedly clammy and I felt a bit whoozy. I felt nauseous and not too good. When I checked my BP it was fine but my pulse was 102. After a while the feeling passed and I felt fine, able to eat my evening meal.

This isn't the first time something similar has happened, not pleasant.

Anyone else get this at all?

 

[Wise]

I was sitting watching television when I started feeling odd, perspiring although not hot, my forehead felt decidedly clammy and I felt a bit whoozy. I felt nausious and not too good. When I checked my BP it was fine but my pulse was 102. After a while the feeling passed and I felt fine, able to eat my evening meal.

This isn't the first time something similar has happened, not pleasant.

Anyone else get this at all?

Sue, I had similar symptoms when I was having A-flutter. Have no idea if it's anything similar, but I remember the feeling and you're correct, it isn't pleasant. Hope you are doing better.

Wise

 

[Nan]

Hi Sue,

Yes, that sounds like atrial fibrillation of flutter to me, except that in addition to all of your symptoms I could feel the irregularity of my heart beat.

You should probably run it by your cardio when you can, I know your contact is limited, but if it happens again, unless you are on coumadin , you don't want to ignore it, so give your emergency department a try.

Good luck and Happy New Year.

 

[Missy]

I have had this before and after surgery. I am chronic atrial fibrillation. It is not a pleasant feeling. I just had this the other night and realized that I was late taking my medicine.
Good luck to you.

 

[Magic8Ball]

I was sitting watching television when I started feeling odd, perspiring although not hot, my forehead felt decidedly clammy and I felt a bit whoozy. I felt nausious and not too good. When I checked my BP it was fine but my pulse was 102. After a while the feeling passed and I felt fine, able to eat my evening meal.

This isn't the first time something similar has happened, not pleasant.

Anyone else get this at all?

Hard to tell but i've had one clammy/whoozy spell when out one day which was definately not nice and one very minor one last week when sitting at the table eating dinner.

Taking on water seems to fix the issue for me but its not nice when you feel it comming on, i feel light headed when it happens...always assumed it was the beta blockers.

I've found that since surgery i don't 'enjoy' sitting on hard chairs or sitting bolt upright....i prefer to sit on soft chairs or to slightly slouch....not sure why.

Regards.

 

[geebee]

When I flip into a-flutter, I get sensations like lightheaded, flushed, sometimes clammy. Used to have it with a-fib also until I went into constant a-fib and I don't feel it anymore. The a-flutter (rapid heartbeat) still causes it.

Check with your cardio.

 

[sue943]

I am on warfarin. Next week I will be having an echo and ECG so he will have those results.

When I had a funny turn earlier in the year I thoguht it was possibly a panic attack but the cardiologist said he didn't think so, not with my medical history, but he didn't offer up what it might be.

 

[EireCara]

*HI Sue, I have also experienced this, its not a nice feeling. Had it several times actually. IM not sure what causes it..... I hope you have a good visit with your cardio. Best Wishes for 2007....

 

[Emma]

Hi Sue,
After Chloe was born and during all her surgeries I suffered badly from panic attacks. I would get all the symptoms you described to a tee!
Hope you get it sorted - whatever it is. I know how unpleasant those feelings are. I found I would have to get up and walk about or do something repetitive (strange as I know that sounds) to take my mind off them slightly and calm down.
Love Emma
xxx

 

[Susan BAV]

Are you drinking enough water? That sounds a bit like you could have been dehydrated. Of course, our bodies need lots of water for our organs to function at their best. You're certainly not an "old" person, but I recall reading one time that the sudden organ failures among old people are often contributed to by their not drinking enough water to sustain their organs in a healthy manner.

Just some food -- or rather some water -- for thought!

 

[sue943]

Susan you might have it!

When I saw my old cardiologist early in the year he took me off the diurectics as he said I could be dehydrated, I had forgotten that. Then more recently my GP put me back on it, then another GP also gave me another one so I take two. I have a visitor staying with me and I think I have been neglecting to drink as much as I am supposed to - as a kidney stone former I ought to drink three litres each day.

 

[Karlynn]

Or did the chicken come before the egg? Did you have indigestion that caused your HR to speed up and give you the clammy feeling as well.

If I get a case of indigestion (woke up with one night before last) my HR gets a little fast and I do get clammy sometimes.

It could have been the heart causing the indigestion, or it could have been the indigestion causing the heart stuff. Just an alternative thought.

 

[sue943]

No indigestion, more like nausea and light-headed.

 

[Missy]

I also think water helps. My doctor told me this and it does help. Before I got the medication adjusted I also had diarhea sometimes with it. That hasn't happened in a long time though.

 

[Blanche]

Sue:
I had similar feelings last June. It kept happening in all sorts of places, like the restaurant, in church, at the carwash. Finally, after about the 6th time, when I was home, I got really scared and called the paramedics. They ran an ekg and indeed found the a-fib. I got a copy of their printout and took it to my doctor, who is 1/2 mile away, immediately. The doctor ran an ekg and found nothing. It was over that fast. My doctor ran all sorts of tests but could not account for my problem. He prescribed Toprol XL 50mg (a beta blocker) and Coumadin. One week later, I saw the cardiologist, who did an ekg that showed nothing. But, after viewing the print-out from the paramedics, he agreed that it was A-fib. They took all sorts of tests and could not account for the high heart rate, sweats, and kinda woozy feelings, which happened more that 20 times before I got the Toprol.

Hope this information is of some help. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4451
http://members.aol.com/mazern/afib101.htm

Blanche

 

[bvdr]

When I flip into a-flutter, I get sensations like lightheaded, flushed, sometimes clammy. Used to have it with a-fib also until I went into constant a-fib and I don't feel it anymore. The a-flutter (rapid heartbeat) still causes it.

Check with your cardio.

Gina, .....could be SVT too. I've had all three and I'm sure you have had it too. A-flutter is technically a type of SVT but with a-flutter a good portion of the beats are blocked and never result in a heart contraction whereas plain old SVT is not blocked and can result in a very rapid pulse.