Could This Be Hormones Or Something Else? Posted: 03-12-06 18:57pm
Hi!! I'm 49 and experiencing some scary
symptoms. In july of last year I had an
ebt test which was normal for my age and
gender,a stress test test which showed a
slight buildup of plaque in my right
artery, and an echocardiogram which showed
that my heart was perfectly normal. This
was because I had experienced some slight
pains in my left chest. Two weeks ago I
began experiencing increased chest pain,
heart palpitations, lightheadedness,
headache, fatigue, and very bad heartburn.
I also had a period for the first time
in 18 months. I have gone to my
gynocologist. Do you feel that
everything is related to hormone changes
and an underactive thyroid? I quite
taking thyroid medicine in september of
last year. Anyone else with these
problems? This is driving me crazy!!
I'm never sick and now i'm scared all of
the time.
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inezrina
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 174
Posted: 03-12-06 19:09pm
Hi I am sorry u are having these symptoms.
It sounds like yuor symptoms may have
something to do with your heart. Does
the heart burn, and chest pain come on
when u are doing something physical for
example walking up the stairs verses
sitting watching tv? Does it subide when
u rest? How would you describe the pain?
I am sure u don't want to hear this but
I think u should see a Dr. Again and have
your heart checked. Do u have high blood
pressure?
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kcteach
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Texas
Posted: 03-13-06 12:20pm
Hi!! Thanks for your reply. I have
been working out and I do not have
problems then. I really notice it more
when I am just sitting or resting. It
seems to be more of a weird feeling. A
little lightheadedness, but not enough to
faint. I quite taking my thyroid
medicine about 5 months ago. According
to my doctor the thyroid runs our
metabolism. If nothing is found in my
blood work I am going to call my
cardiologist and see if I can have one of
the new ct coronary angiograms.
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ennazus
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: georgia
Posted: 04-01-06 16:45pm
This sounds exactly like what I was
experiencing last fall. It turned out to
be low pottasium which is very dangerous
but easily fixed. I ended up in the e.R.
With what I thought was a heart attack.
My pottasium was 2.4 which is way low.
Get to your doc and get some blood work
quick!
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slchristianson
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 09-22-06 22:41pm
I too am 49 and experiencing scary
symptoms. I've had palpitations for
quite awhile now. Recently I have
experienced a pain in the left chest
lasting a couple of seconds and then a
warm 'rush' feeling afterward that lasted
about 30-60 seconds. It happened twice
in 10 minutes. Went to doc and he did an
ekg that he said looked ok. He can not
explain what happened. I also suffer
from panic/anxiety disorder so whenever
anything like this happens I start to
panic that i'm going to die (which of
course makes everything worse). I've
heard this could possible be hormone
related since I was on my period when this
happened. I feel for your anguish. I
too feel like no one wants to pursue my
symptoms. I'm wondering if anyone else
out there has suffered the same thing.
Hang in there.
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mhopiegirl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 5 Location: ny
Menopause Posted: 11-30-06 19:19pm
I have had similar symptoms lately but my
hormone lwvwls are all normal. I have
had panic attacks, heart palputations
light headedness and alot of stomach
problems. Alot of people say it is
hormone related I have had a battery of
other tests and my doctors cannot figure
out what is wrong all my blood work always
comes out fine I feelalot of anxiety in my
stomach sometimes and trouble digesting
food
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misslu
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-06-07 14:24pm
We recently went through these symtoms
w/my husband- he is a man. It turned out
that he does have a prob.w/his heart, it
is not serious and is something he has had
for years and never knew about. Upon
further testing it was found that his
stomach and intestines were full of
ulcers. He will be on Nexium for the rest
of his life, he was on a special diet for
3 months,but now is doing great. If Doc's
can't find anything else ask them to do an
edg. Good luck and hope this info has
helped you.
