CoryW

This is interesting Abe because this is very similar to what happens to me. I start feeling gas pressure, and heavy bloating and all of a sudden I get an adrenaline rush. I will have to look into this. I did a home gut biome test (with Biohm) hoping that I might see something odd with my gut bacteria. Still waiting on the results of that. Good luck with the doctor, I know when I tried to describe my symptoms to my GI doctor he said that was just not possible, and tried to explain to me how I am probably swallowing a bunch of air to cause that amount of gas.

Yes. I honestly don't normally take my bp after a meal but i'll check that. However the tachycardia episodes happen, my blood pressure gets very high. I've seen it as high as 165/110 when my normal range with the losartan is around 115/75. I used to take probiotics frequently but I am currently out and waiting test results on my gut biome before I buy more. I do take B vitamins on a semi-regular basis, usually on lower energy days. And for exercise I normally walk in the morning, usually at least 3 days a week for 2-5 miles...depending on how much energy/time I have. Once we get out of the summer I will probably start walking at least 5 days a week again. As for drugs, I only take asthma medication (both albuterol and advair) as well as losartan, metoprolol, diclofenac when needed (arthritis NSAID), and taltz. I seldom drink, maybe a drink once or twice a year. I do drink caffeine, mostly in the form of hot tea. I will typically drink black teas in the morning, and oolong in the evening before bed.

Oh one other thing I forgot to mention. I have been considered prediabetic for years so I keep a glucose kit to check my levels. I haven't tested it every time I have had this issue, but each time I did, it was somewhere between 140/160 which is my normal range a few hours after a meal. I had initially thought I might have moved over into diabetes given the symptoms (rapid pulse, very dry mouth, etc) but moved on when I was getting the same readings that I am used to.

No, the addition of the metoprolol is due to the tachycardia. I have been on the losartan for years. I do also take taltz for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis but I have also been taking that for quite a while.

Right now I am just taking 12.5 mg of metoprolol in the morning. I am already taking losartan which is why we are keeping the dose low for now, the first few days I took 25mg and my blood pressure was getting a little too low.

I apologize about resurrecting an old thread like this but this is the first time I have found others discussing a problem I have been experiencing for the last year (and about which my GI doctor says is impossible). I have issues with tachycardia after eating, most of the time low level...maybe 100-110 bp. If I eat too much, I have had much worse, to the point I had an ambulance at my home twice when it spiked over 180bp. I have an implanted heart monitor (for a minor stroke last year) and I have had my cardiologist look at all the data and they have said other than the tachy episodes, everything looks fine. That is when I started to do my own research. Most of the time I can feel an episode come on, it happens an hour to two hours after eating and it feels like an adrenalin rush for the worst cases. I can feel an energy in my chest that radiates out to my limbs and I know I have little time to lay down before my pulse spikes. Laying down keeps the my pulse from spiking as high and helps manage the anxiety. I started believing it was food related because I pretty much always feel bloated during that time, as well as having a large amount of gas. Once I realized this I started controlling my portions better (most of the episodes would happen on Sunday evenings when I would typically eat my largest meal of the week), and because of this have had far fewer attacks and those I have had were not as bad. My cardiologist went ahead and proscribed me a low dose beta blocker and even though I sometimes feel a bit weird like I am starting to have an attack, I have not actually had one and my pulse hasn't been above 100 after eating since. I have not been able to pinpoint exact foods or types of foods. I have had issues with breads or breaded foods, but then at other times have not. The same with spicy foods, other carbs, etc. Honestly my first thought when I started going through this was something like Graves disease but from my observations, and what I have read on here it is really sounding like a GI issue. Any advice on talking to my GI doctor and getting him to understand that this is a real thing and not just my imagination?