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Does anyone have rapid heartbeats before a seizure??

Tue, 11/15/2005 - 09:33
I am a 26 year old female and have had seizures for the about 6 years now. The cause is unknown. Every month or so I go through "episodes" of rapid heartbeats. After a day or two they stop and don't start again for another month. Other symptoms include A tingling sensation, mood swings, and a really bad taste in my mouth no matter how much listerine I gargle. I don't always go into a seizure that lasts long but I have gone into a grand-mal a couple times. The Dr. I've been seeing doesn't think these episodes are seizure related and prescribed me paxil and then effixer. Neither worked and this Dr. suggested I see a shrink! I am changing to a new Dr. and am willing to have the brain surgery to stop these and have a normal life and eventually have children.

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Re: Does anyone have rapid heartbeats before a seizure??

Submitted by memorylane4ever on Fri, 2008-02-22 - 18:32
Our 15yr old was doing the same things, the only way her Neurologist picked up what was happening was by putting her on a EEG/EKG monitoring unit that was sent home with us. It picked up that she wasn't nuts at all, her heart was going into different types of arrythmias during seizures. The other issues with your mouth well I will tell you this I've had epilepsy since a child I am in my 30s now and still get cotton mouth and palpitations right before a seizure is about to happen. My Eptologist said this is an aura. So I would agree to get a second opinion for sure. Not every siezure patient has the same auras. On your heart issues I would go see a cardiologist and at the very least have a monitor put on. They will have to program it to pick up PVC's and upper chamber arrythmias, this last monitor went off on its own, and it also had a button to push if she was having an episode. Hope this might lead you in the right direction. What we were told is that our daughters seizures have been happening not just in the typical places of the brain that happens with JME patients but also in the area of brain that controls the heart. Its something to look at. Good Luck

Re: Does anyone have rapid heartbeats before a seizure??

Submitted by alexandra1 on Tue, 2009-08-18 - 16:24

Hey missy_hp. My name is alexandra and im 13, i have rapid heart beat and i looked up rapid heartbeat and the proper diagnostic is called tychiacardia. I never had a seizure so i dont think rapid heart beat relates to seizure. I had tychiacardia for a long time and im on a pill called Nadolol, i have to take half of it every night before bed. You should maybe try going to a cardiologist. I have been rushed to the emergency room alot, and i had to go to Westchester Medical Center cause my heart was beating 300 beats per minute when its only suppose to be 60-100.

 

-- Hope that helped you :-)

And Good luck, Best wishes

Hey missy_hp. My name is alexandra and im 13, i have rapid heart beat and i looked up rapid heartbeat and the proper diagnostic is called tychiacardia. I never had a seizure so i dont think rapid heart beat relates to seizure. I had tychiacardia for a long time and im on a pill called Nadolol, i have to take half of it every night before bed. You should maybe try going to a cardiologist. I have been rushed to the emergency room alot, and i had to go to Westchester Medical Center cause my heart was beating 300 beats per minute when its only suppose to be 60-100.

 

-- Hope that helped you :-)

And Good luck, Best wishes

So I have not been diagnosed

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2015-07-23 - 18:11
So I have not been diagnosed with anything. However I have been having seizures for a few years now. And everytime I'm about to have one, my heart starts beating thru my chest,  my head gets cloudy and I start seeing wavy lines and TV snow. I know exactly when they are on coming because my heart will feel like it's going to thump right out of my chest. I went to three doctors who told me it was all in my head simply because seizure patients can't remember anything, and they can't feel them coming on....well I'm here to tell you that's a load of shark poop. Every episode I've had, I've been able to alert someone around me....I won't be looking for any treatments anytime soon. I figure natural selection can have this one...I hope everyone going thru this has someone to support them. It is very hard to deal with alone...

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