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Seeking Help for Tachycardia - Fast Heart Rate Episodes and Skipped Beats

Posted By George (Malta) on 04/07/2016

Hi, I am a 36 year old male and, experiencing fast heart rate episodes 150 bpm accompanied by skipped beats. Went to doctor and prescribed me metoprolol 25 mg daily, but still sometimes I am experiencing these episodes. I am noticing that these episodes occur while I am at work or while I am stressed out, or even after some basic exercise. What happens is that my heart rate goes up, and I worry a lot that something bad is going to happen, so obviously I am more anxious, and the heart rate does not come down easily to normal levels! It is very frustrating because I feel that right now I am not able to do anything at all.

To note that these same episodes occurred to me about 4 years ago. At that time doctor had prescribed me metoprolol but after some time I decided to quit the medication and I felt ok. But now after all this time, they came back!!

I also did ecg last week, echocardiogram last year, ct scan angiogram last August, 24 hr halter monitor last year and all seems quite normal. Now doctor ordered me another 24 hr halter to see if I need to increase the metoprolol dose to 50 mg daily.

Any help or suggestions? maybe some natural remedies?

Thanks

Replied by Rsw (Oh) on 04/07/2016

Hi George,

Recently when I was looking into MTM's recommendation for Motherwort, I noticed many articles that said that Motherwort combined with Hawthorne was an effective remedy for heart palpitations and high blood pressure, especially if they are brought on by anxiety. Here is just one article:

http://www.rjwhelan.co.nz/conditions/palpitations.html

It has additional information on Motherwort if you click on that word in the first article that is italicized. It may be something you could look into. Best wishes!

Replied by George (Malta) on 04/08/2016

Hi Rsw, The article seems really interesting. I found out that I can order Motherwort through internet, and there are capsules or drops. Definitely I am going to purchase it and try it out.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Replied by Rsw (Oh) on 04/08/2016

Hi George,

I think Mama said she liked the Motherwort tinctures, so that's what I bought. Mama is especially well read on herbal medicine, makes and uses many herbs for her family with good results, so I trust what she says. Many of the articles said the tinctures work quickly. Best wishes!

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