Heart attack? Heart block? What does heart block feel like? I woke up in middle of night feeling like I was punched in chest. I've been on doxy 400mg a day for a week for new tick bite. Ty
[ 07-14-2017, 01:50 PM: Message edited by: lpkayak3 ]
Posted by SickSam (Member # 45330) on :
You can't feel heart block at all. I had it but mine's resolved now.
When I first took doxy it slowed my heart rate down into the 50s. I was definitely having some kind of heart herx. Other antibiotics have caused my heart to race as a herx.
I have come across tales of people who have had heart attacks as a herx too. If you're having heart attack-like symptoms it might not hurt to get checked out to be safe. Although personally, I've thought I was having a heart attack many times, and I've always checked out fine,
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
That could be acid reflux.
Good to get it checked out, but doxy is notorious for causing horrid acid reflux.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
I agree. Be sure you only take the doxy in the middle of a full meal. Otherwise, it can tear your stomach up.
And, do not lay down for at least 30 minutes after you take it. Otherwise, it could come up in your throat and burn you.
Doxy is hard to tolerate.
Posted by lpkayak3 (Member # 43569) on :
Ty for reply. I think I'm ok. I'm a week into 400mg doxy a day. Long history but major tx about 20 yrs ago. I'm on omeprazole and have not had reflux for awhile. I mostly sleep upright for other reasons
This is the sx...never happened before. I had been asleep a short time. I woke feeling like I had been punched in left chest. It made my whole body jump in the bed. I even thought I might have been shot.
I was pretty shook up. I took an aspirin. My bp was slightly elevated. Bp has been high ish since last surgery in Feb. I had urgent bm...that was wierd too. Helped me realize I wasn't dreaming tho
There was a long period of time I had sharp chest pains and went to ER and it was always dx as refluxor costochondritis...this was very different. No chest pain. Normally I take reflux med and muscle relaxant And Then sx stop so I don't go to ER...but I didn't have those sx. And I haven't had a musc relaxant since before Oct when I started with histamine problems...cuz its high hist...and I didn't want to add anything unknown to what was going on
Yesterday I had 2 doc appts and felt really good.. Did errands and some gardening
One appt was 2nd visit to chiro for 3 yo pain in rib on right side. I was afraid it was cancer from breast cancer that we missed...its supposed to be gone after mastectomy
But this rib pain is 3 yrs old and trying to figure it out is how we found cancer
Chiro said rib is twisted. First tx made it better for 2 days. 2nd tx yesterday was more aggressive with tapper. He said rib had moved but wasn't right and my neck was extremely tight. So he worked on those 2 spots
I forgot about that tx possibly causing last nights problem. When I fell asleep my last thought was that the rib pain had moved from under my arm much closer to rib cage
Who knows. Good answer s here about heart block not causing pain. Heart stuff is one thing I haven't learned much about cuz it is one thing so far I haven't been dx with
Its in the back of my mind tho cuz I've been obese a ling time and have high lipid a long time and now last 5 months bp getting higher and erratic and my dad died of heart attack
So Ty. I feel pretty good and I'm taking meds. What a trip this disease is.
I haven't talked to you guys in so long but seeing your names I just relaxed cuz I know you know and I was getting the best info I could. Ty.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
This is the sx...never happened before. I had been asleep a short time. I woke feeling like I had been punched in left chest. It made my whole body jump in the bed. I even thought I might have been shot.
I was pretty shook up. I took an aspirin. My bp was slightly elevated. Bp has been high ish since last surgery in Feb. I had urgent bm...that was wierd too. Helped me realize I wasn't dreaming tho
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If that happens again, please go to the ER.
Posted by Rumigirl (Member # 15091) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: This is the sx...never happened before. I had been asleep a short time. I woke feeling like I had been punched in left chest. It made my whole body jump in the bed. I even thought I might have been shot.
I was pretty shook up. I took an aspirin. My bp was slightly elevated. Bp has been high ish since last surgery in Feb. I had urgent bm...that was wierd too. Helped me realize I wasn't dreaming tho
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If that happens again, please go to the ER.
Yes, yes, and yes!!! In fact, call 911.
Oh, and on the doxy, i thought that you weren't supposed to lie down for 1 hour---esp given your reflux issues. That said, it sounded like more than just doxy issues.