Pacemaker xanax
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m 58 years old, had a pacemaker inplanted in Jan 2010. Doc put me on Xanax for anxiety and I have just recently tapered down until I took my last dose last Saturday night. I'm doing okay except I am having some pretty severe muscle spasms in the area surrounding my pacemaker. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? I can't sleep or relax because all of a sudden out of nowhere BAM a muscle spasm. And they certainly get your attention in the chest area.
Has anyone out there had a pacemaker implanted because the beta blocker, in my case atenolol, makes their bp and pulse too low? Thanks.
I can only tell you of my experience : I had a pacemaker put in for bradycardia (slow heart rate with long pauses). After that my heart decided to act up and beat faster at times. I was miserable and my cardiologist put me on metropolol. It took over a year to find the dose and times that worked for me. Honestly it didnt work well for me and in the back of my mind I knew this. My BP was going down to 96/76 at times and sometimes even lower. I was to the point of not functioning.
or was this an anxiety attack? The xanax made my HR go down to normal. If it was my heart would xanax really take my HR back down to norm? I am wondering if the drs are treating me for heart probs when it could be bad anxiety issues????
Anyone have anything similair happen or going on? Please let me know.
I go see a NEW doctor next week, and Im so happy because my current dr. has been so mean to me during all fo this. Thanks again!
I'd echo everything that MSDelight said & asked. I'd also add that increasing your dose of Subs will not result in less anxiety or more euphoria (there's a ceiling dose & you're past it). However, it will most likely exacerbate some of the nasty side effects that folks experience @ high doses of Subs.
I'd also echo pillguy's question about the Xanax. It's contra-indicated with subs.
On the table Surgeon showed his inability to ablate and advised to put the pacemaker which I denied,procedure closed with the advise to start oral medication like betablockers.
Yr advise and comments appreciated.
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/270886'>Ablation vs. Medication</a>.
It sounds as though your biggest problem is anxiety and/or panic over your symptoms. You have been given Xanax, but Xanax is not a great solution for long-term problems like this. Quite often, a different, longer-term medication is better, along with some talk therapy.
Do you have health insurance? If you do, I strongly suggest that you ask for a referral to a specialist who deals with your major problem, which is--understandably--fear.
The pacemaker itself should not be a deterent from having an ablation. I've had a pacemaker for 6 years (because of an ablation actually), and then had another ablation about a year ago. Unfortunately, the ablations don't work for me, but I have IST, not SVT so hopefully they're more effective for that.
My pacemaker battery had been dead for over a year and a half, and I just now was told that the pacemaker will have to be removed because it can damage the heart if it doesn't have a battery. Is this true? Incidentally, my pacemaker had not been activated for several years, as it was set for the minimum and didn't ever have to kick in.
I have had numerous surgeries including the Fontan in 1987 with a revision of the Fontan in 2006, where at that time I also had a Medtronic Enrhythym Pacemaker install. 3 weeks ago I had a Pacemaker replacement due to the fact my battery on my Pacemaker was running low. The new Pacemaker installed is a Medtronic Adapta. Since the new pacemaker my Heart beat has been all over the place. My 1st Enrhythym was paced at 80 bpm, and it pretty much stayed like that for 5.
i had 3 open heart surgery and on my 2nd. pacemaker.. my first pacemaker last me for 18yrs. and just got my 2nd. pacemaker Dec.2006.. my pacemaker was implanted in my upper chest on the right side.. only thing i hate the surgery doctor told me he would use the same cut as the other pacemaker but when i woke up he cut me in another spot.. well i can say.. ask your doctor his he using the same cut as the first pacemaker was in..
Do you have a pacemaker? The best is to check with your doctor or pacemaker technician. I don't know what can it cause the heart functioning abnormality if you have the inverted T waves? Anyone knows?
It also depends if you're a pacemaker dependent or not. I'm not a pacemaker depend. I go well with the equipment which marks "Pacemaker user caution". If I found my heart beats abnormally, then I stop using it and try again after the heart settle.
Hi,
I'm sorry about your mom. Its my understanding that they don't "stop" the pacemaker, Nature takes it course regardless of the pacemaker. I went through this with my mom.
My normal pulse rate with out pacemaker is 54 ppm. My dual lead pacemaker is set at 70 ppm, some people with pacemakers have the pacemaker rate set below their normal heart Resting rate Ex. normal rate 50 ppm
Pacemaker set at 45 ppm. What determines the optimun pulse rate for the pacemaker?
My Doctor is willing to set it at any rrrrrrrrrrate I choose.
I am 86 years old in good physical shape,play tennis do nautilis and swim several times a week.
I don't believe a pacemaker is used to control AFib. Perhaps your father has other heart problems. The most common use for a pacemaker is to keep the heart from beating too slow, or stopping. Some times a PM is used when the heart electrical system has to be totally shut down, in which case there would be no AFib or other arrhythmia, but this is not done to my knowledge, to control AFib.
Pacemaker batteries will not run out unexpectedly. When a battery is running low, the elective replacement indicator (ERI) is activated. Physicians can detect this activation during a routine office visit. In addition, the battery status and the general functioning of the pacemaker can be tested over the telephone. This is generally done every one to two months.
my mother had a pacemaker implant ans was told that if she is ok in the next three weeks it will be removed. is this possible? To remove the pacemaker?? so why was it necessary to do this in the first place?
I just had a dual lead pacemaker put in 3 days ago to control accelerated junctional rhythm. The same night of surgery I had ajr of 135 it had overridden my pacemaker. I continue to have junctional rhythms and very rarely is my heart rate,at 85 which is what pacemaker is set at. I can't walk from one room to another without heart racing and out of breath. I feel horrible.. Will this get better as maybe my heart is irritated? I feel worse than. Before pacemaker.
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