I've been having weak heart beat the last few days and then whammo I get really bad palpatations. At night is when the weak heart beat is at it's worst (like light and fluttery) and I try hard to just sit with the anxiety of it because I know that freaking out never helps, but I just can't sleep! Every time I start to nod off I feel like the whole bed shakes or I hear whispering. I drink a lot of salt water before bed trying to increase my blood pressure (sometimes it seems to help a little) I'm on oodles of supplements some which used to help me sleep, but no longer do. I was going to call my doctor who is treating me this morning, but her office is closed! I live two hours away from her and I don't want to go to the emergency room over nothing (maybe it's nothing?) I'm just really discouraged because for a while there I was feeling pretty good and then this started to happen again. (this is how I felt before treatment)
So I guess my question is should I just ignore it until she's back in the office? Or should I go to the nearest hospital? Is this normal? I've been taking my antibiotics (Doxycycline) for exactly a month yesterday. I also have pretty bad adrenal fatigue, I have hydro cortisol for that, but don't like to take it because I'm afraid of my adrenals pooping out entirely. Is this just a bad herx thing? or is my heart just going to stop dead in my chest.
Thank you in advance for any ideas you may have to share, I'm trying to keep it together so my son doesn't see me flipping out.

No, she she hasn't. I will ask her about a monitor. Thank you for the suggestion.

Hi Wildmoonchild!
Welcome to our community!!
I'm so sorry that you are having such issues!!

First of all, are you detoxing? The way your symptoms have returned and the fact that you are right at the mark (one month) when many people herx due to the die off of the bacteria surely makes it sound like you are herxing. Detoxing in as many ways as you can is the only way to deal with this.

With that being said though, heart issues are not something to fool with, so if you feel like you should be in an emergency room, please get to one!!


And a word about you adrenal meds - please take them as directed!! I have severe adrenal fatigue also, and it took me making sure I gave my body every opportunity to function well in order to heal - that includes supporting our adrenal glands when they are low like that - or any other part of the body.

This is a very complex infection that requires us to support our bodies, help them detox and use abx or herbal protocols to heal from them.

Many find that meditation and deep breathing can help with heart palps. It's something that you can try until you can get a hold of your doctor.

If you haven't yet, please do read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" as it's packed with all kinds of helpful information about how to heal from these infections.

pictureofhealth. - I will also look into the compression socks, I've noticed that my circulation is really suffering the last few weeks. edema sort of swelling like I'm pregnant or something. If I walk around a bit it seems to get better.

Traveler - I'm still really nervous about the hydrocortisone but I suppose she wouldn't have prescribed them without need, she wants me to take 8 a day of 5mg each. I read that that can lead to shut down of adrenals. 30mg or over. is this wrong?
I'm afraid I am also very skittish about doing any sort of detox besides lemon water. I hate the sensations I get from herxing, I don't like to see my husband and son worried over it. Again, I should just bite the bullet and deal with it like everyone else does. I will go reread the introduction page and make a list to purchase what is needed.

I am also curious about heavy metal detox. I asked my doctor about it but she said not to worry about it because she thought I was taking enough pills as it is. I live right down the street from a metal smelting facility, so I'm guessing I have mercury poisoning at the very least. Is anyone getting treated for heavy metals? And if so is it helping?
thank you for your time.

Quote: "...I'm afraid I am also very skittish about doing any sort of detox besides lemon water. I hate the sensations I get from herxing,..."

Detoxing alleviates the herxing... it does not make the herxing worse. Coffee enemas, epsom salt baths, activated charcoal, fruit smoothies (extra fiber to draw out toxins), lemon water, etc.

Just start off very slowly and build up slowly on each new thing.

about the hydrocortisone for your adrenals - first there are some (I used to be in this camp a while back) that mistakenly believe that we shouldn't take cortisone for any purpose, but when it comes to our adrenals, it's different for if they shut down the rest of the body shuts down as well. So we have to do whatever is necessary to keep them going.

I really don't know enough about taking hydrocortisone for adrenals though to answer your question - I use an all natural adrenal medicine to heal my adrenals. I would encourage you to start a new thread for just that one subject so that those that have the knowledge know to look at that thread and will help you.

This article might answer your question though too:
www.drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Hydrocortisone_-_how_to_use_it_safely_and_without_causing_adrenal_suppression

Dr. Myhill is pretty good, with good information. This is one of the sites that I have used to help me understand at least some about adrenals.

Traveler- I will look into this site now. Sorry about putting a different subject in here, I will start another post if I need further info on this. I just thought that adrenals might also play a roll in blood pressure, maybe somehow causing the heart issues I am currently having, but then again, perhaps not.
thank you for the link.

Alright, Lyme it is then. Now I feel uber silly. :P
Though, you would think that getting it diagnosed and treated quickly, so as to nip long term issues in the bud, would lead to the insurance industry not having to pay out long term to people who are told they have Hashimotos (this is one of the many diagnosis that I was told it was and kept hoping it was even as the treatment of armour did nothing to help me, there was even talk of having surgery to remove my thyroid) or whatever else they want to tell you that you have, that are actually the symptoms. Perhaps other treatments are cheaper? I would hope my insurance company would rather that I was treated properly the first time than to say go to the emergency room whenever I felt like this, and have to pay out for expensive bloodwork. :) but who knows? I'm currently not under the care of any approved doctor for my insurance, though they did pay for the blood work that I had done at a local hospital.....so that's something right?

Man 30k, that's terrible! I don't think that doctors should be able to charge that much! I mean I understand that they went to expensive schools and need to keep up the buildings and equipment, but I still feel there is something a little off about what they charge..... But this is capitalism.
Insurance companies do other preventative requirements, I get letters all the time about womens wellness and inoculations for my son. They really need to step up to the plate here.

Thanks Dancingbear I usually take long hot baths, I don't like to waste water so I usually hole up with a book and some tea. But I don't want to feel any sicker either, so I'll take your advice. :)

Yeah, supplements sure are a drain on finances....sigh. I haven't gotten a vaccination for my son in a long while. A close friend of mine works for Weap (Wisconsin early autism project) and she swears up and down the majority of the symptoms of autism begin after vaccinations. So I'm very wary of them. But I also don't want my son to have polio, so it's kind of a rock and a hard place with that (even though I'm not sure where he would be exposed to polio, who knows though, he may be a world traveler). We never ever get flu vaccinations, it just seems silly. You would think they would take care what they shoot into peoples bodies, but it doesn't surprise me, what with putting fluoride in the public water supply, that knowledge shouldn't even phase me. I will watch this video.