Glad to see this topic brought up. Just this morning my grandmother was put on a monitor for a few days for this very thing. She did this lots in her younger years, and it's just now coming on again. She swears that before, it was when they had her taking estrogen. She stopped taking it, and said the heart racing all but stopped.
I started to have these arythmias when I was pregnant. I still have them, but to a lesser degree. Along with rapid, irregular heart beat, I will have some of the symptoms cecac described, like muscle weakness. And of course, shortness of breath, almost like when exercising, with the least bit of activity. Occasional dizziness, faintness, or a feeling of being "shaky".
I've noticed that my symptoms are almost always after a meal and/or at the end of the day. Also, Diet Pepsi and chocolate both really aggravate it, but coffee doesn't seem to bother. Wonder why?
I've been EKG'd several times, and once had an episode of my left arm going numb, so they did the whole stress test w/ dye, cat scan, MRI, the whole works. Nothing. I guess that's a good thing! My doc does seem to think I have some esophageal issues.
Lately, Magnesium deficiency comes up everywhere I turn! I'm wondering if I shouldn't try the Bone Ami from Beeyoutiful. I even had it in my shopping cart the other day, then had to leave the computer & have never gotten back over there!
Maybe Bone Ami & a banana will do the trick for me!
