Recently I have been in a crash state for about 8 weeks. Daily I feel my heart working hard even when I am sat down. It's about 80 on sitting, used to be lower. Some days it can be in the 70s but on bad fatigue days around 80 sat. Soon as I stand up it jumps to well over 100 and i feel awful.
Today is a typical bad morning. Not every day is this severe but I get a few a week this bad. Where I have to keep sitting down between making breakfast and packing kids bags for school as I can feel heart hammering and I feel dizzy and breathless. Makes me feel so awful and I have a strong urge to lie down. I sat on a seat in the dining room to have a drink and break this morning and pulse was 118 and lowest it went after 10 minutes sat was 100. I could feel it fast. It makes me feel hot and awful.
Once the children left for school I dreaded walking upstairs so crawled up and once on my bed I felt dizzy and so exhausted.
Thank goodness it's not this bad daily but I get a few a week this bad. Is this like POTS? I daily have the fast heart but my friend said it sounds more like deconditioning and nothing like POTS. I was doing less activity last year and never had symptoms daily this bad. This year my fatigue worsened and with it the heart symptoms worsened. I do about 4-5k steps a day. My fatigue worsened since April after 2 better weeks and ever since been in a long crash and these heart symptoms which make me feel worse.
I don't have any pain or anything or palps.
I have agoraphobia and all this scares me incase I need to go to have an ECG or tests for POTS.
I have had chronic fatigue over 18 months, GP suggested CFS twice but won't officially diagnose as I had a thyroid result out. Which is now being treated and within range. The fatigue has continued and still he has given now answers. He is leaving and I am being transfered to a new GP this month. Maybe I will get somewhere with her.
Julie
Today is a typical bad morning. Not every day is this severe but I get a few a week this bad. Where I have to keep sitting down between making breakfast and packing kids bags for school as I can feel heart hammering and I feel dizzy and breathless. Makes me feel so awful and I have a strong urge to lie down. I sat on a seat in the dining room to have a drink and break this morning and pulse was 118 and lowest it went after 10 minutes sat was 100. I could feel it fast. It makes me feel hot and awful.
Once the children left for school I dreaded walking upstairs so crawled up and once on my bed I felt dizzy and so exhausted.
Thank goodness it's not this bad daily but I get a few a week this bad. Is this like POTS? I daily have the fast heart but my friend said it sounds more like deconditioning and nothing like POTS. I was doing less activity last year and never had symptoms daily this bad. This year my fatigue worsened and with it the heart symptoms worsened. I do about 4-5k steps a day. My fatigue worsened since April after 2 better weeks and ever since been in a long crash and these heart symptoms which make me feel worse.
I don't have any pain or anything or palps.
I have agoraphobia and all this scares me incase I need to go to have an ECG or tests for POTS.
I have had chronic fatigue over 18 months, GP suggested CFS twice but won't officially diagnose as I had a thyroid result out. Which is now being treated and within range. The fatigue has continued and still he has given now answers. He is leaving and I am being transfered to a new GP this month. Maybe I will get somewhere with her.
Julie