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Pianist

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Joined: 12 Dec 2007
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overheating episodes with erratic heartbeat
Posted: 12-12-07 20:52pm

This is what my lifelong "overheating" episodes are like. I was wondering if any of these look familiar to you. All of the following happens instantly after exerting for a short period:
- Feel very overheated
- Intense pressure/burning sensation in head and ears
- Heart feels "thick" and is suddenly double(?) speed
- I feel wierd irratic heartbeat flutters
- vision starts greying out, feels like I'm going to pass out
- people that have seen it say I turn grey/white
- Have to stop everything, subsides between 10 seconds - 1minute.
- Have to avoid "sudden"/intense exercise like sprinting... have to work up to it
- Have learned to feel it coming on and avoid it most of the time

The first most severe episode I remember is passing out while running in 7th grade gym class. Despite this I've carefully exercised for many years.
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madfinnegan

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Joined: 07 Feb 2008
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I can relate to your symptoms!
Posted: 02-07-08 13:28pm

I too, have had a lifelong issue with overheating. As a child my mother would find me prone on the kitchen floor trying to cool down while the other kids were still playing outside. My face gets seriously red when I am active except in the coolest of environments. I can be just sitting on the couch when I suddenly begin to feel ill - this is followed by extreme uncomfortable feelings of being too warm and heart fluttering. It subsides a short time later. It has gotten more frequent since Menopause - but is distinctly different from a hot flash.
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