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why does my heart beat so fast in the mornings??

Sun, 01/22/2006 - 17:39
Hi my name is Tyanna. I am 22 I have juvenile seizures. i have a few questions i need answers too and can someone plz help me...1.why does my heart beat so fast in the mornings when i first wake up? I feel like its gonna come smooth out of my chest. Can anyone relate to this?? Is it my meds? How come b4 i could tell when a seizure was going to come on and now they just hit me. Why before i knew i was going to have a seizure and i would want my bf to come rub my back and calm me down. it seemed to work now i want noone and i freak out yelling at him to get out of room??? Is this normal? Very desperate for answers. Always, Tyanna

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Re: why does my heart beat so fast in the mornings??

Submitted by angel_lts on Mon, 2006-01-23 - 07:24
Hi Tyanna, I was going to say that it was hormone related. But I see you only 22. I have had them when I was going through peri-menapause. ANd it sounds like you have been moody too. All effects of hormones. I also have them when I am switching meds around. Are you weaning off meds? Talk to your doctor, it can be a side effects from your medication. Lisa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/

Re: why does my heart beat so fast in the mornings??

Submitted by pdxdem on Fri, 2006-01-27 - 12:41
You sound like me. I'm a 22 year old female with epilepsy (can't find out why, had it since 15) and I think the more you have them, the more used to them you get and sometimes medication can mess up your perception. Before your epilepsy was established you probably KNEW something was wrong with you, but now, you dont' know what. My husband knows exactly how your boyfried feels too because sometimes I want somebody sitting next to me for 3 hours and nothing happend and sometimes I can't get far enough away from people. Maybe your meds cause mood disorders? Sometimes I can't even tell, and sometimes the side effects of my meds are exactly what my auras felt like before having a seizure.

Re: Re: why does my heart beat so fast in the mornings??

Submitted by tyannadirickson on Mon, 2006-01-30 - 14:46
Hi, I am glad u left me a message. Thank you for the help and I feel so much better that I now know I am not alone and I found someone within my age range. Its hard to deal with alone in the world itself. It always sits in the back of my mind. For the past 2 weeks I have been worried about my meds I take depakote 5oomgs a pill 5 pills a day. I have no insurance and am a mother of 2 also. I am a at home mother I am not stable enuff to work right now. And my fiance works his tail off. to make ends meet. I have been losing sleep the past 2 weeks from worrying so much about how I am going to pay for my meds. Then we got taxes back and I went and got meds at walmart....398.00 dollars out of pocket don't know what to do now. I have to come up with that every month, plus docs appointments and all of that. WEll srry to keep going on and on but thank you so much for taking the time to read my story and reply. I can't thank you enuff and hope to hear from you again and may god bless you and your family. ALWAYS, Tyanna

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