My heart races all day. I feel that it is due to one of the following: sugar swings, possible excess insulin, reactive hypoglycemia, just plain hypoglycemia, too much circulating adrenaline from too much anxiety and too much of all the above happening too often, etc.
I am going to see a doc next week, but I doubt it will do any good. Here's my question--since this makes it very, very hard to be calm and sit still, how can one slow this down? A sugar pill? Milk makes it worse. Eating anything makes it worse also. Tranquilizers won't work b/c I can't be tranqulized if I'm trying to do something productive like work or drive or anything like that.
Any ideas?
2006-10-19 12:37:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Well, i'm only a med student but what you have is tachycardia (medical term for rapid heart beat), it can have many causes and it is related to the release of adrenaline. What you can do to slow it at least momentarily is to gently (read: not vigorously) massage your vagus nerve, which is right next to the carotid sinus (where you take your pulse in the neck). It's a nerve that will slow down the hearbeat, among other things.
Now, remember i'm only a med student so you should definetly have an MD look at it. Hope it helped!
2006-10-19 14:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by afanforxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I stay away from the doctor and I stay away from medicine. With that said, what I would do if I were you is get plenty of rest, exercise more to strengthen your heart (cardio is best, light at first then progressively increase workload). Avoid caffeine. Learn yoga. Do some meditating. Visit the pet store and enjoy your favorite animal. Such activity will allow you to relax. Lastly, my advice is to live a simple life. Avoid unnecessary stress, and enjoy all the little things.
2006-10-19 22:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by losangelesmoons 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your doctor now. Do not wait until next week. Cardiac symptoms in a diabetic should be examined immediately. Hope this doesn't cause you anxiety-but, I wanna may myself clear. Low blood glucose could a cause, it could be anxiety, it could be cardiac disease, it could be electrolyte imbalances, it could be........Not enough data. It needs to be evaluated. You may wind up wearing a heart monitor for a day or so in order to check heart ryhthm and rate over a long period of time. My mom had to do that once. Above all, call your doctor today.
2006-10-19 21:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by ontopofoldsmokie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Go To Your Doctor Or Any Doctor and Ask Them About It And They Could Help You On That.
2006-10-19 19:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See a doctor asap. Take a rest. Do not do anything that will give you stress. Relax, stay still and do deep breathing exercises.
2006-10-19 19:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your heart is racing that bad then your heart rate may be elevated and i have that problem and my doctor says drink lots of water and lay on your left side
im not sure why its your left side but thats the side you should be on
definitely see your doctor asap
2006-10-19 20:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by gdns03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calm down, sit down and deep breathe.
2006-10-19 19:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by Lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meditate. or say the word goooosssssssfaaaaabbbbbaaaa repeatedly until you feel you are at a comfortable level.
2006-10-19 19:45:35 · answer #8 · answered by knowndebaser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like ur having an pantic attack....go see ur doctor and they can give you something for it.
2006-10-19 19:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by butterfly_kisses81501 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋