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hi everyone. I have been having problems with missing heart beats, bad breathlessness, dizzyness, palpitations, fluttering and chest pain. I had a ct angiogram a couple of months ago which showed a bit of blockage but nothing to bad. my symptoms didn't change and i was putting on weight because of not exercising due to the chest pain and other symptoms that happened when I tried to exercise. my cardiologist suggested I have a stress test to put my mind at rest and see if there was anything wrong. I also had some aura migraines which was a bit scary.I had the test today. it was an echo stress test. they put all the stuff on me then had me on a bed to do the echo. she had some issues I think because I was overweight. she got the pictures she wanted then I got onto the treadmill. we got started and I felt OK. I began to get breathless. they pointed some things out but nothing to worry about. the increased the speed. as soon as my heart rate went to 130 my blood pressure shot right up to 200 over 100. they nearly stopped the test but they increased the speed and had me carry on. by this time I was out of breath and had some pain but I thought that was the costochondritis kicking in. the next BP came up and it was 250 over 130 I think. they then stopped the test and did the next echo. there was a lot of voices and they seamed to be in a hurry. I was just trying to breath.

I was told that I needed to lose weight and it was hypertension that I had. they kept telling me to talk to my gp about losing weight. they said that my heart was fine and I just needed to sort out my lifestyle. that was it.

I am a bit confused. I am going to talk to my gp. they said I could do aerobic exercise but no weights. they also said to carry on with the bisoprolol.

the thing is, if my heart is ok then why the bisoprolol.

also the fluttering, palpitations, breathlessness etc is all still there. is that just because I am overweight.

if any one has any ideas then that would be great. I am more worried now to do exercise than I was before.

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