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I occasionally get palpitations from my Lyme, not attributed to any other cause (heart etc. all check out fine). Usually I wait them out by resting, deep breathing, etc. and when they go on and on I can sometimes intervene by plunking my face into cold ice water for a few intolerable seconds.
Was just wondering what other strategies people have come up for them here? Pressure points? etc.
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I have palps as well as tachycardia (the tachycardia is usually worse because I have it every single day and it's constant).
I had heart tests (numerous over the years) and all came back fine as well. I was put on Toprol-XL by a cardiologist just to help calm the tachycardia and also help calm the palpitations. It has helped.
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My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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Early on in my Lyme battle I was seeing a cardiologist and Lyme wasn't even considered of course (I since gave him a good chewing out in a letter). First he gave me Toprol and I had an allergic reaction. Then Atenolol, another beta blocker. That one was fine until my first episode of fatigue which we then (probably incorrectly) assumed was from the Atenolol. None of these did anything to keep the palpitations down.
Usually I strictly avoid salt (under 700mg a day) and that keeps my BP down. When it goes up during a herx I get palps and sometimes these happen randomly (usually I can attribute it to something - yesterday it was probably the green tea in the morning).
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When I have Palps, first thing I notice is I'm breathing, barely, short shallow breaths. So I start taking long deep breaths exhale slowly. Eventually they subside. I often get them when I'm in bed trying to sleep and rolling over to the right side for some reason helps. It is scarey huh?
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I finally figured out a cure to my heart racing (preceded by heart palpitation). My heart will have an abnormal rhythm, stop for a second, then race to 120bpm. This could last for 40 mins.
I have discovered through the years that if I lay down on my left side, it will normalize usually within a minute. I think that the gravity pulling my heart down, somehow triggers it to go back to normal.
Weird, but I'm so glad I discovered this. Now they are not as scary.
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