Need help & nonstop problems after shocks.

• by bunnykin
• 2010-02-17 11:02:20
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Hi friends I think I need some help here; I have been trying to deal with my situation since last month after I had VT and my ICD came in to shock me 5 times! For the life of me ever since then my life was upside down. I couldn't get back to normal and everyday for the past 4 weeks was great ordeal. I had to deal with my ongoing fear of the shocks recurring, something that my EP said was common esp in patients who had multiple shocks, but I also had fatigue together with other arrhythmia that complicate matters. I had seen my EP almost every week to every other week for palpitations that sent my blood pressure sky high & sometimes low. Normal days I'm known to have low blood pressure or mainly normal. I usually have very optimistic outlook of life and a good Christian if I may admit. I have not been sleeping proper since the shocks and this cumulative effect of sleeplessness of course caused more discomfort plus triggering abnormal heart rhythms. I've also done a 24hr holter which showed weird junctional tachycardia and on interrogation of ICD I also had some retrograde conduction...Oh help I wonder what's going on. I've been so unwell ever since and had actually been to the emergency dept. after a weird arrhythmic episode at the airport 2 wks ago when I had to turn back and not travel. What can one do at this stage? I've a very complicated case and my dr actually mentioned a 4th ablation when he can document better this arrhythmia aside from my basic VT that was the reason for the ICD implanted. I'm at the end of the tether I think and I feel I must not keep silent anymore and pretend to people around me that all's well; I think I ought to ask for some assistance...opinions...advice or whatever...thanks.
bunnykin