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What Causes Sudden Variations In Blood Pressure With Irregular Heartbeat?

I am a 30 year old female. I have been on HBP meds for 10 years and have recently been diagnosed with recurrent Tachycardia. In the past 3 months i have experiencing drastic changes in my blood pressure within minutes, irregular heart beat, extremely high and extremely low heart rate, fainting, chest pain and pain between my shoulders, nausea, dizziness, floaters in my vision and my eyesight comes and goes. These sypmtoms last anywhere from 2-6 days, then subside suddenly and reoccur with any warning. Ive been to the hospital several times and they say the CT, XRay, Echocardiogram, and bloodwork are normal. I am collapsing more and more, and my body is sore from collapsing so much. I cant drive or be alone anymore.
Thu, 12 May 2016
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
You have done almost all cardiac tests to rule out heart diseases except Holter monitoring (24 hours continuous recording of ecg).
This is must for the diagnosis of arrhythmia (rhythm disturbances in heart).
Your symptoms like irregular heart beats, low blood pressure, dizziness etc can be due to arrhythmia.
So get done Holter monitoring.
If this is also normal then no need to worry for arrhythmia.
Sometimes, uncontrolled stress and anxiety can also cause similar symptoms.
So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions. Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on it's solution.
You may need anxiolytic drugs too.
Don't worry, you will be alright. But first rule out arrhythmia.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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What Causes Sudden Variations In Blood Pressure With Irregular Heartbeat?

Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. You have done almost all cardiac tests to rule out heart diseases except Holter monitoring (24 hours continuous recording of ecg). This is must for the diagnosis of arrhythmia (rhythm disturbances in heart). Your symptoms like irregular heart beats, low blood pressure, dizziness etc can be due to arrhythmia. So get done Holter monitoring. If this is also normal then no need to worry for arrhythmia. Sometimes, uncontrolled stress and anxiety can also cause similar symptoms. So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions. Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on it s solution. You may need anxiolytic drugs too. Don t worry, you will be alright. But first rule out arrhythmia. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.