Guest Belinda Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Well I went to cardiac doc. todayhe takes one look at my results and says (holy***)no wonder you keep calling my office no wonder you feel so bad.No kidding. Well anyways he is like you have to get into an autonomic specialist right away...lolI was like a yeah in 6 mths.So he is going to start treating me slowly til I can get into someone. Florinef is one option,he also gave me nitro for esophageal spasms,but is very weary about it because my bp is so irratic.He just for once was so serious I think he was waiting for me to break down and cry.Or maybe peeing his pants because their was truly something wrong.So I am upping beta -blocker in hopes it doesn't drop my bp too low.I just thought you would all get a kick out of it since I have been so desperate for a stinkin real diagnoses-and it is not all in my head.....THANK GOODNESS!!!!!Now maybe they'll keep out psych consults in the ER, and actually beleive me.Hugs to all. Belinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briarrose Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Congratulations on them finally taking you seriously. You should think about writing some scathing letters to hospital administrators and tell them to get their staff some Autonomic Training. Hope you get on the right track now. Stay on top of them and if they blow you off again, try to go else where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan617 Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Belinda, if you use the nitro spray, please do lie down until you know how it will affect you, it can really drop the bp fast in some people. It's very short term, like only a couple of minutes, but for some of us, that's plenty....morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evie Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 congratulations on being taken seriously! its so wonderful when you get support and validation from a doc. I hope he is able to help you *hugs right back* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunfish Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 glad to hear you had a good visit. hopefully it's the start of movement in the right direction one thought about the betablockers & lowering BP. to overcome that issue i take midodrine & mestinon; some others do the same. obviously something you'd have to talk about with your doc but something that might be worth putting on the table if the low BP gives you trouble. melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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