Short temper

[PaulusBowling]

I have a history of heart problems. I am now uncharacteristically short-tempered.

Whether I would have become a grumpy old man anyway or whether this is symptom of my heart condition is unclear.

I am obviously on high blood pressure medication but my short temper is causing me, and the people around me concern .

Any suggestions?

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Dear PaulusBowling

Hello to you, reading your post I can see that these “feelings” are not normal for you and now that others are noticing, “the change” in you, maybe its time to get some help.

Without a doubt all medication can have side effects and certainly can play havoc with our thoughts/ feelings and hormones.

Mine went the other way and I would burst into crying over the slightest thing. I am not a hard man by any stretch of the imagination but I am certainly not prone to crying at the drop of a hat.

After talking with my heart team nurse it seems that this is quite a common stage to go through and most balance out with time, but it is something that you should make your Gp/Cardiologist aware of.

If you have never been a grumpy old man then you wont be now, maybe you are just trying to balance all that has happened to you and your health. This is your moment and maybe others have noticed that slight withdrawal in you and you have snapped back with them constantly asking you about it.

Some people like and need that, I for one don't, I personally wish the whole thing would just disappear and I can get on with my life, no Im not in denial, just like you a little fed up with it all { how ungrateful am I ? }

In an ideal world I wish that I had been taken away somewhere and mended the best they could and then came back to my life, as I find fitting all this around my life both draining and taxing.

But that is me, hope any of my feelings spark with you, I have said it till I am blue in the face, but you are not alone there is help for you and everyone, we just have to seek it out.

Good luck and please if I can be of any help then just ask.

[PaulusBowling in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for this quick reply. I don't know your age but I recommend not getting old: it does not have a lot going for it. A bit like death I suppose, but less abrupt.

I should have mentioned that I also cry at the drop of a hat. God knows what I would be like if I ever watched 'Bambi' again. Some people may find this endearing, but as I'm 6' 2", fit and 98 kilos (15 and a half stones) it is slightly embarrassing - and people have stopped believing I have something in my eye.

All you say is very sensible, and reassuring. I too am just bloody fed-up with the limitations that heart disease bring. I was hoping to compete in the next Olympics but that is now out of the question (who says 72 is too old to compete!).

I will now have a chat with my GP, and my cardiologist (if I can ever get an appointment). Thanks for the chat - it's good to have a rant now and again.

Paul

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Dear Paul

I am 64, 6ft 3” and coming in at 95kilos Mostly muscle as well, so we don't differ that much, as for bambi that is well off my list of viewings, so is the little match girl !.

I already see a sense of humour in your reply that also has that stab of slight depression wrapped around it.

Old? Never but bored/tired/fed up/out of sorts { please stop me before I write every known downer } then get some help.

You are still the same inside,

sorry you will have to except me waving a flag as you compete { not my illness holding me back, but basically lazy now }

Take care

Kevin

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Hello

They di say along with heart issues it can make people snappy if it be the tablets you take or dealing with your condition or maybe you were always going to be a grumpy old man ( which made me laugh ) I really do not know

I know that since my heart attacks and Bypass surgery I am more snappy even though my Husband might say I always was

I would make an appointment and talk with your Doctor about this or even look into some Counselling to get to the bottom of why you feel this way not only for your loved one's but for you to as it must not be how you want to be or you would not have done this post it seems you want some answers how to deal with this and I hope you find them

The old saying " Count to ten " before we react maybe something you could try as well if not already

Hope you get the answers you need x

[PaulusBowling in reply to Hidden]

Thanks BeKind28 - snappy name by the way! See my reply to Blue1958, which says it all. I will take both your advice and chat to someone before it gets too depressing. Many thanks for taking the time to replyPaul

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Hello

Of course I am not a Doctor but reading your reply it very much sounds like you could be suffering with depression which is very common when dealing with heart issues

I should have read that reply first as I can see in my opinion more clear now what could be happening

Make that appointment with your Doctor tell them everything and please let us know how you get on x