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   From: roeper@comcast.net   
      
   Take more drugs!   
   That's what I'd do.   
      
   Michael   
      
   "mikey"  wrote in message   
   news:1105228655.679466.154680@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
   > Hello,  Im having a problem with skipped heart beats.  Let me briefly   
   > give you how this came into play.  Im 28 male who had been abusing   
   > hydrocodone for about 2 years (no i was not taking this for any medical   
   > reason).  I was taking up to 100mg of hydro daily.  I have been through   
   > withdrawls before on a 50 mg habit and never had a problem like this.   
   > After a good year long binge of 100mg <> a day, I decided to stop again   
   > only because i started to feal weird chest pains in all different   
   > areas.  My neck has siezed up twice not even sure if that is related.   
   > Arms fell asleep but i do sleep kind of weird again not sure if that is   
   > related.   
   >   
   > But as i tried to take more hydro it would hurt.  Now at this point on   
   > im 30mg a day.  I was 230 lbs and now weight about 204.  I was waking   
   > up in the middle of the night in what seemed a comma.  I was up but i   
   > could not wake my body up.  I had to shake myself until I got up.  On   
   > other occasions i would wake up in a panic, take my blood pressure   
   > which would go up to 160.  This would happen every other day, then   
   > almost ever day, until that one day would it would not stop ALL day.  I   
   > saw my doctor and told him all this and subscribed me CATAPRES and a   
   > "good luck" and scheduled me for a physical a week later.  The next day   
   > things got alot worse and heart rate and blood pressure was more   
   > constant. I actually could not take it anymore and went to the   
   > emergency room.  I came in with a blood pressure of 165 and a heart   
   > rate of 170bpm.  All the doctor did was take an EKG and requested more   
   > CATAPRES since i was only on just a patch of .1mg.  Im now on 2 pills a   
   > day plus the patch.  They then sent me home with the cause as narcotic   
   > withdrawl which i dont entirely believe to be the reason.  Anyway, that   
   > same night my nerves or heart did not seem to stop and was in fear that   
   > my heart could not keep up at this pace any longer, i took a half of   
   > xanex(thank god i had available) and slept like a baby.  Panic almost   
   > all gone, temporarily anyway.   
   >   
   > The only bad news is now as after i went to the doctor again for   
   > another EKG he says i do still have irregular heart beats.  Next week   
   > when a holter monitor is available he will put me on one as well as a   
   > chest xray.  I know for a fact by fealing my own pulse that every   
   > couple minutes or so my heart DOES skip a beat and comes back with a   
   > large pulse.  I do feel this in my stomach as if it is nerves or just   
   > scared that it happened.   
   >   
   > The good news is Im on about a 10mg habit every other day or so and   
   > basically done but still have that skip heart beat fealing.  Also i   
   > woke up twice last night one time my heart seemed to be racing again in   
   > my dream.  So, my question is can anyone offer any advice?  Should i   
   > continue valium or xanex at low doses?  Should i excercise or do i need   
   > rest from my heart going crazy for days. I have been to the doctor and   
   > the hospital and not getting much advise or help.   
   >   
      
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