feeling strange.....

[heartbreaker]

is anybody suffering with wierd feelings & breathlessness when the weather is close, humid & stormy? any tips how to cope would be appriciated too. thankyou

[BobD Volunteer]

Fresh air is good or a inside a car with the aircon on and a good pollen filter. lol

If you are on beta blockers it won't help.

Bob

[IsobelBrown54]

It was quite humid here on Friday and I went out in the car with aircon on, stopped at the surgery and picked up a prescription, then went to the pharmacy to get it. As I walked back to the car I began to feel very peculiar, weak, nauseous

with a feeling of anxiety/heat coming up from my stomach to my chest and shoulders. When I got home I still felt awful and was very shakey. The feeling described would come over me in waves and I didn't feel right for about 3 hours!

Have been in Afib for 8 days this time, but never felt like that before. It has shaken my confidence in going out. I am on beta blockers, so would like to ask Bob what he means by "it won't help"?

Have been ok since. Are you feelin better now, heartbreaker?

[heartbreaker in reply to IsobelBrown54]

hiya, dont feel 100% but trying to carry on as normal, well as normal as i can be! ive had a good few weeks of feeling great.... now, 4 days of feeling wierd, shaky, dizzy etc? hope it subsides soon, it def knocks your confidence doesnt it? im on beta blockers 2 & would also like 2 know what you meant bob?

[BobD Volunteer in reply to IsobelBrown54]

Beta blockers slow everything down and if you are even slightly asthmatic will exacerbate breathlessness so in hot and humid when you need extra heart effort you will be left without it, thus making things worse.

[Mike11]

One word - Seretide. Speak to your doctor about it.