Have you ever had your potassium levels checked? Have you noticed any sort of pattern; after eating a meal, stress, caffeine, etc?
Gabe found this site:
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/QA/answers-Rapid_Heart_Rate/And we saw that a lot of pregnant women have this complaint. There are scores of women that looked for a medical diagnosis and got nothing. I didn't see a single one of them get a clear answer from a doctor. It appears that doctors don't know what causes the heart racing (during pregnancy in any case).
An update on me:
After I took the 10 mg of Potassium yesterday I felt okay for several hours with my heart rate hovering in the upper 70's and low 80's (which is still high for me.) After I ate lunch, my heart rate jumped back up to 112. I took more Potassium. It went down again. I took a bath in the evening, and it went back up to 90's. Gabe brought home some Potassium tablets that were 250 mg per tab. I took one, ate two bananas, and drank a lot of orange juice. My heart rate dropped to normal (72) and I fell asleep SO deeply, and slept the whole night through.
This morning, I felt fine until I got up and started to work. My heart rate jumped up to 90. I relaxed and took more potassium, OJ, banana, liquid calcium and magnesium. It went down again.
It appears that with me the problem is an electrolyte imbalance. The thing I'm wondering now is what causes it and how much/long does it take to get the balance back?
Is there something else causing the imbalance?
Like you mentioned, Faith, it really wipes you out to have your heart racing for an extended period of time!
Still searching...
Rebekah
Hi LMW!
Just saw your post. Yes, I had the liquid minerals on hand... Congrats on your PG as well! Keep on with the bananas.
