VERY extreme heart pounding

[LRebodos]

Howdy ctyguy!

Did yours start off quiet and normal and then suddenly started pounding or has it always been pounding since the implant? I also medicate to go to sleep but my cardiologist has me taking 1mg of zanex to calm me down. I noticed you are also taking Tylenol PM which has Diphenhydramine hcl in it. I thought i heard somewhere that that may cause an increase in blood pressure but I may be off on that. I have also been told NyQuil and Ibuprofen also raise bp. You also may want to check out this link warning of taking Zanex (alprazolam) combined with products containing Diphenhydramine hcl
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-1428-Diphenhydramine+HCl+Oral.aspx

I hope things get better for you and again for anyone else, I'm curious if the pounding was right away or started weeks/months post implantation which happned to me.

 

[Bill M]

I am 4-weeks post op AVR, and ascending/root aorta replacement, and get pounding at night, especially after sleeping, and during the day. I will have normal beats and then one heavy. My cardiologist said it is normal, because the heart dosn't like to be handeled. My first surgery 5-years ago for a coarctation which was performed through my ribs and caused multiple pericardial effussions. I had 1.5liters which they drained then it happened again, where I had them do a pericardial window, so it would just drain into my body and not build up around the heart. The heart definitley dosn't like to be touched. But from what I understand the heay beating should get less over time as the heart heals and normalizes.