Help & advice please

[Kezmaz]

Hello,

Long story short I have been having ‘episodes’ for almost a year now (severe dizziness, nausea, shaking of legs, jittery, breathing changes, palpitations, sweating, ectopics, left feeling weak for hours). I have had an ultrasound scan on my heart which came back normal findings, along with being given an OMRON event recorder by my cardiologist. This found Monomorphic ventricular ectopics during episodes and a frequent drop in the t waves, resulting in them requesting an exercise stress test to be done along with cardiac Ischemia being mentioned.

I completed the exercise test 2 weeks ago now and have been in a bit of a flap ever since waiting for the results.. I only managed to get up to the start of stage 4 of 9, felt like I was going to faint and ended up having pretty much a panic attack on the machine and couldn’t breathe.. I haven’t had a panic attack in years and was only ever one time!

Is this an effect that cardiac Ischemia may have caused this to happen during exercise? I’m not the fittest but I am 28 and have heard of 70 year olds completing it.. they did say I still managed to get my heart rate up to 90% of what they wanted (178 if I remember rightly) so that it was ok that I had to stop.. but now I’m left feeling concerned that they will assume it’s stress based when it most certainly isn’t...

TIA x any advice is greatly appreciated x

[Snowdrops_17]

Ah sorry you feeling anxious about this all Kezmaz. And you are still young, my goodness. I will keep you in my prayers young man. Cardiac Ischaemia I am unfamiliar with that, but I had a heart attack February this year. You need to follow a community on here which is familiar with that. 🙂

[Kezmaz in reply to Snowdrops_17]

Thank you, I appreciate that 🙂

I do hope you are on the mend after you heart attack.

[bantam12]

Have you had your thyroid tested ?

[Kezmaz in reply to bantam12]

Hi bantam,

I have had everything obvious checked bloods wise, only thing that came up was low prolactin levels.

[Kezmaz in reply to bantam12]

And more recently found that my kidney function (creatinine level) was raised but not of any major concern

[fergusthegreat]

As previously stated the fact that you can exercise to 90% of your max heart rate without ECG changes or a drop in blood pressure are reassuring and not suggestive of coronary heart disease especially given your young age. Stopping at level 4 just means that you are not very fit.

[Kezmaz]

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to give me such a lengthy, detailed reply. That has actually very much put my mind at ease about the test, and although I hope they don’t find anything I feel I want them to find something at least so they can find a fix and I can start to actually feel normal again.

Thanks again.

[Bingo88]

You got some excellent info Kezmaz. From this super group of people. Hope it re assures you. Have a good day. Try not to worry. And i hope all goes well. Ask questions at your next appointment. So you understand. And not worry yourself silly. Take Care