Experiences with

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Hi All 👋🏽 My first post here but I do read posts/comments pretty much daily 💜 This week I have been accepted to have IV Lidocaine in hopes it will help with my Fibro pain. (That rhymes 😝). I’m going for an ECG & Bloods on Monday to get the ball rolling. I was wondering if anyone has undergone

hi all, just looking for some advice really. Starting in June I started feeling funny, racing heart for no apparent reason like I was stuck in fight/flight , fatigue,chest pains,d,izziness,pins and needles in hands and feet,brain fog and angry all the time.I've visited gp around 4 times each time I

I had a microchip implant at John Radcliffe a few months ago . I am so pleased I agreed to have this initially for furture research for people with AF. It took a 30 minute appointment so really straight forward and no problems. But a few weeks after my implant I got a call from the cardiology department

I hadn't had chance to ask my mum for advice on what to do in the first 24hrs with feeding ect and I was left to it really on the ward.

I hadn't had chance to ask my mum for advice on what to do in the first 24hrs with feeding ect and I was left to it really on the ward.

Ect. As time went on the insulin regime overrode the pancreas so it gave up on the job completely. surely similar Any scientists Any papers Been bugging me as seems so vital and makes sense of what's happening  

I can’t stop worrying about my heart. I keep coming across articles of people being misdiagnosed with anxiety and panic and it actually being heart issues I’m so frightened I can’t even exercise anymore or really do anything I’m so convinced my brain isn’t getting enough blood flow. These damn chest

I can’t stop worrying about my heart. I keep coming across articles of people being misdiagnosed with anxiety and panic and it actually being heart issues I’m so frightened I can’t even exercise anymore or really do anything I’m so convinced my brain isn’t getting enough blood flow. These damn chest

I wonder if anybody has had experience of tachycardia post ablation. My resting pulse is 122. I’m feeling very fatigued and light headed. I’ve contacted the arrhythmia nurses and sent an ECG taken at the doctors and they conclude I need an urgent cardio version, cardiologist thinks I’m in “block”. Stupidly

Hi everyone, Previous advice you have given was so helpful so wonder whether you could help me again with this one please … I am a 52 yr old female diagnosed with Afib in august this year. Went to GP complaining of chest pain/indigestion. He managed to capture AFib on ECG. Went down private route to

first time contact this year, I have been angry, envious, & annoyed, It all started in January this year, I thought being 2 years on from Heart Attack/ Stroke,I was on the mend, that all changed when ever I stood upright I was near to collapse from dizziness, got to see GP who concluded my heart was

My AFib is definitely getting worse is it something more serious.Over the last 7 to 14 days I have felt very dizzy & lightheaded like when it all started.Lots of rib pain .I bowled last week & matches went on too long.Chest twinges throughout & pain in left shoulder.Not mechanical pain but I am sure

Met my new cardiologist today I think I like him. I had a VOM done the end of April. Long story short it was a failure that’s obvious to me now. I have had tachycardia ever since except for a month I was on medication for pericarditis. I can barely walk and when I do I feel faint and my vision gets

Hello, so I'm a healthy guy who goes to the gym and recently developed chest pains and what I think are palpertations. I spent the whole of this summer in A&E thinking it was a heart problem, got ECGs, X rays, scans and nothing will they found was a heart murmur and apparently it is was nothing to worry

hi, diagnosed Aug 21, numbers all now in range according to endo but my heart continues to race, often. Had ecg all ok, waiting for a 3 day ecg tape. Endo is certain this is not to do with thyroid, although never had an issue till now. latest results she gave me : Ft3 4.2 Ft4 17 TSh 4.4 Should I

Hi I am newly diagnosed with decompsated cirrhosis, I feel fatigued most days and in pain the odd day I do feel a bit like my old self I get things done ie housework shopping ect but these days as I say only come maybe 3 times a week at most.

I also suffer with psoriasis, hair loss, extreme debilitating fatigue, hair, swelling, joint pain and stiffness, dry eyes ect. I’m having difficulty (as is the rheumatologist) as both my x-rays and my spinal MRI has come back clear.

Morning everyone. I have posted here recently concerning flecainide and received some very helpful information. Since being recommended this drug for my ectopic beats (which I have tried to 'live with') by an EP, my consultant has since suggested I try it as a pill in the pocket. The recommended dosage

... So I have bronchiectasis & was keen to get protection from Covid via Pfizer vaccine. Feb 2021, 1st vaccine. 2-3days after really erratic heartbeat,jaw ache & breathlessness. Headaches, very sore tongue. Continued for weeks Ended up with ECG, heart monitor, stress test. Eventually diagnosed with

HI just had my Cardioversion on thursday and after 4 attempts they managed to get me into normal Sinus rhythm. So my resting bpm is now at 52 to 55. But it has gone up to 75 whilst sitting. Does this mean I'm back in AF ? How do other tell if they revert do you have to wait wait for the ecg or use