Question: If there is a possibility that you may have pulmonary hypertension , are perodic epsodes of tachycardia common? For the past 2 days my heart rate has ranged anywhere from 128 -143 once my body started to get tired and coughing became uncontrollable. However as of right now today my heart rate hasnt been much over 110 and heart hasn't felt like it was going to beat through my chest. Is this something i should bring up to my dr. On monday when i see her? What other things cause pulmonary hypertension? Do meds like phentermine and topamax aggregate or worsen pulmonary hypertension?

If i were to stop the phentermine will that take care of the s/s of pulmonary hypertension? Or once s/s are present does it require more agressive treatment? I did have complete cardiac work up done with heart echo and cardiologists said the s.o.b is not from my heart its my lungs which is what lead me to the pulmonolgist who stated really not sure what is going on and thinks it could be pulmonary hypertension.

Im not sure my cardiologists ever said if he tested for pulmonary arterial blood pressure, if he did he didn't ever talk about it. Is a 2 d echocardiography the same thing as a echocardiogram? If not what is the difference between them? Also I'm not for sur if my s/s were caused by the phentermine or not, i started taking phentermine for the first time about 3 yrs ago but after being on it for 6 mo i started to gain weight so dr switched me to adderall xr 60 mg aday for 3 yrs then was to expensive so went back to phentermine and added topamax which when taken together is same as new weightloss drug called cosemeea ( think i spelled it wrong) but is cheaper to separate them like my dr did for me. Been on them for about 5-6 mo.

The symptoms i have been dealing with for almost 3 mo is. Decreased breath sounds in lower right lung and unable to take in deep breaths because it hurts long with severe airway restriction and Chest discomfort which sometimes is very mild to feeling heavy or painfull along with S.o.b periodically, which tends to be more in late morning to early afternoon after my body tends to get tired or woren out, or after physically doing stuff. The coughing tends to be much worse at this point also which further aggregates the breathing and makes the chest discomfort worse. At verying time the pulse rate will be tachy in range of up to 140 and spo2 levels drop to around 93-95%. I hate use inhaler when all this is going on this bad cuz i know it will only increase my pulse rate, and when it is already at 140 I'm sure it not get any higher m sure its at an unsafe rate already at that point. By the time evening comes I'm completely woren out and and my chest is so tight feeling it hurts to breath. As time has gone on things gotten worse and inhalers are not working very well. Any advise will be great.

I did have a pulmonary function test done nov. 20th 2014 it showed severe airway restriction. What is a hrct chest? What does it consist of?

By any chance could the 15 p.e i had between the bases of the lungs 12 yrs ago be causing my signs and symptoms i have described earlier? If so what do you do to correct the issue

What my question was earlier was is there any chance that when i had 15 pulmonary embolisms between the bases of both lungs 12 years ago have caused damage to the lungs, and just now be causing or showing signs and symptoms of what i have been dealing with?
Also when I'm at work i most of the time put on a tough guy act and dont let others know that I'm having issues with s.o.b and chest discomfort and keep pushing my self until i cant take it any more should i be pushing myself to the limits like this or not? I dont want people to think great she's not goig to be much help today which is why i push myself as far as i can.