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It's very common unfortunately!When you get the sudden rapid heartbeat that catches you unaware it's normally from a sudden drop in oestrogen, so might happen at the end of your cycle or after taking a lower oestrogen dose HRT.The adrenal glands are just responding to the sudden oestrogen drop which initially will cause adrenaline to fall and the heart to slow, to compensate adrenaline is suddenly shunted out and the heart goes fast for a while. It often strikes at night as adrenaline is naturally lower then.Similar can happen when oestrogen spikes up during the day, before ovulation and if oestrogen HRT is increased. This naturally raises adrenaline so it's more direct than compensatory. QuoteThanks for this Dangermouse, I wonder if this is what happened to me last week? I was just lying in bed reading, not even thinking about anything and woah...suddenly my heart starts pounding, really fast and strong. Tried deep breathing but it wouldn't slow, then of course started to panic! Was on the verge of calling someone but then eventually it did start to slow. Then of course too scared to sleep, plus I had a bit of a funny head with lying down with the vertigo thing...oh my...!!! In the end I tried to sleep sitting up and did a visualisation exercise and eventually nodded off, woke up again with a bit more panic, dozed again. Anyway, eventually I was able to lie down, about 3 am and slept round to 7. I still think my hormones are up and down, I've lost so much weight off my tummy that I don't have that buffer anymore and wonder if any stress is just depleting me so quickly now. I've seen a naturopath who's put me on a load of supplements to try and strengthen me.I would have thought that I'd be well past these strong ups and downs now but guess the operation I had is still coming into play. It's almost like I've done the physical healing and now a lot of other emotional stuff is coming out or I've just used up so much energy healing that I'm empty!My doc did say I could up my patch (I'm on 50, the lowest) but it goes straight to 100. I did ask about cutting but she said that was okay but couldn't guarantee it would be equal. I did think about sticking 2 patches on just to test it before committing to a prescriptions worth? Any thoughts?They are all soooo complicated these hormones!
Thanks for this Dangermouse, I wonder if this is what happened to me last week? I was just lying in bed reading, not even thinking about anything and woah...suddenly my heart starts pounding, really fast and strong. Tried deep breathing but it wouldn't slow, then of course started to panic! Was on the verge of calling someone but then eventually it did start to slow. Then of course too scared to sleep, plus I had a bit of a funny head with lying down with the vertigo thing...oh my...!!! In the end I tried to sleep sitting up and did a visualisation exercise and eventually nodded off, woke up again with a bit more panic, dozed again. Anyway, eventually I was able to lie down, about 3 am and slept round to 7. I still think my hormones are up and down, I've lost so much weight off my tummy that I don't have that buffer anymore and wonder if any stress is just depleting me so quickly now. I've seen a naturopath who's put me on a load of supplements to try and strengthen me.I would have thought that I'd be well past these strong ups and downs now but guess the operation I had is still coming into play. It's almost like I've done the physical healing and now a lot of other emotional stuff is coming out or I've just used up so much energy healing that I'm empty!My doc did say I could up my patch (I'm on 50, the lowest) but it goes straight to 100. I did ask about cutting but she said that was okay but couldn't guarantee it would be equal. I did think about sticking 2 patches on just to test it before committing to a prescriptions worth? Any thoughts?They are all soooo complicated these hormones!