responses to exercise...
Hi; if I exercise too much (and these days that may mean just walking 12 mins particularly in the afternoon) I first feel tired and legs feel heavy and unwilling, then maybe a bit of tightness around the chest; if I then rest, I may become aware of a slowly growing discomfort, pain in my lower left rib area that may spread to my lower right ribs. If I then take my BP, it is probably rising, and if I check it again in another hour it may, if this is going to be a bad day, rise as high as 190/95, with increasing pain. I have on a couple of occasions gone to Emergency, to be told that my ECG is normal, blood tests normal, and finally discharged usually feeling a bit better and less scared.
I still don't have a real answer, but suspect the answer lies somewhere in an inappropriate neurohormone response to exercise that sets up an autonomic and inflammatory response (I can hear my tinnitus singing during these episodes); what I don't understand is the role of my heart in all this; is it just, so to speak, an innocent bystander? I have learned that I can partially head off these episodes by immediately taking some aspirin (other NSAIDS probably work too) and a tiny dose of Clonazepam.
Also during these episodes I may experience some trembling /shaking of my legs, particularly the hamstrings, if BP has been really high for a while. It usually takes at least 24 hours for my BP to come back down to normal.
I would love to hear if anyone has this kind of pattern of response. Best, Chris