Aphid def messes with u but prolly will never happen again, I had one episode brought on by alcohol, scared the crap out of me 5 years later doing good . The hardest thing for me is the mental aspect, every little skip makes u wonder if ur about to go back into it
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At primary care it was noticed the heart beat jumped once in like 10 seconds yesterday. I really hope to get off this junk or at least lower thr damn dose. I want to use Cialis again. 
The hot flashes suck and im hoping its not interfering with my trt absorption. I feel like the amiodarone i got in tbe hospital is still wrecking my sex drive
What do you mean by mental road?
I would schedule a cardiologist visit. You want a specialist when it comes to your heart, especially if symptoms are still present
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Still crosses my mind every time I push it real hard in the gym , especially a hard leg day
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My cardiologist happens to be an old high school buddy so thatās been an unbelievable blessing in helping me deal with it and controlling some of the anxiety, without him I would def have to have something
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Damn. I hope i dont get those. Im seeing a cardiologist but the earliest availability I could get is October 13th.
With this med i feel this dullness. Light headed for sure. Even when sitting. Brain Fogged alittle. I had some decaf few hours ago. It sorta helped. But damn i hope she(cardiologist) takes me off this garbage. My heart is fine. Before this my bp was 130/80 bpm with 75-90 bpm. Now its 117/72 and bpm around 75-85.
I walk 2-3 times a day because i actually feel less symptoms doing that. I like the higher hr. The bp and bpm scale with my iron deficiency. After a fresh iron everything lowers. The doc thinks my ongoing anemia mighta caused the afib. That with excess coffee.
I hope these sides stop soon.
Ugh
Your bud in southern CA by chance?
Sorry but we are in south ga but it def helps to have a good relationship with ur cardiologist, I tell him everything I take and heās not always happy with my levels but trt doesnāt concern him
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I get an echo every year to check for any thing or any enlargement . Heās more concerned with any enlargement than aphib
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My ER stay wasnāt concerned with my trt either. Not sure why anyone would stop trt for this.
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My Cardiologist is more concerned with how much coffee I drink than my TRT - doesnt even ask about it.
Its work, but I would:
- call back on your current appointment, explain the urgency and get on their cancellation waitlist.
- call back at least once per week and get an update on the waitlist. Sometimes squeeky wheel gets the grease. They can always fit one more appointment in
- call around to other reputable cardios and see if a sooner appointment is possible
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thats the plan. In the ER i missed a T shot by a day and half. Took the shot the min i got home discharge day. That evening i had what felt like this unexplainable sudden hopeless stress that brought me to intense tears. Wife thought it was just sort of the general shock of everything that happened. Maybe that was some of it but i wonder if the T shot mess up caused a radical shift in hormones that exacerbated an already stressful situation that would normally be under control under a normal testosterone schedule.
Id never missed a shot before with that kind of spacing. Maybe half day but never that long.
Itās possible the timing difference caused your episode but IMO not likely. Have you run bloods? That would be a good place to start. I have missed shots for various reasons over time but never had anything like that happen. Theyāre just hormones. Powerful, yes, but not that āimmediateā in my experience.
I am leaning toward psychological on this one. Just relax buddy - it will all work out. Are you intimidated by AAS/injections? It reminds ne in college of a kid that tried his first pin and basically had a panic attack after pinning his glute, breaking out in a sweat and hyperventilating saying āOMG I think I got a BAD SHOTā. After he settled down for a few minutes there of course was nothing weong with him.
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I dont point to psychological as a put down I must say. It seems to me that your mind/body connection may be starting to spiral you downward. Just relax, focus on the next steps (cardiologist), get some good food and rest, hug your wife and know its gonna be alright my man.
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Before this event i never had panic attacks or weapy episodes. I once weighed 240 pounds without TRT in my 30s and had panic attacks all the time. This was before even figuring out my iron deficiency. Then I lost weight due to my first divorce, call it weepy depression lol, but I basically just didnāt eat anything. Lost it down to about 170, no more panic attacks, BMI. It was perfect, maintained that wait until about a year ago for which Covid enacted some lazy tendencies, both eating and work out wise.
Basically gained about everything back except for 20 pounds. Went back to 220. But with TRT even without exercise, the fat distribution was much different. It seem to stay away from the man boobs and just kind of collected in the front on the Belly I guess.
In the ER, they noticed that my ferritin was 6. Iāve been on iron pills morning and night since that event but Iām probably going to have to get a new infusion at some point in the next couple of weeks anyways. When I have noticed in the 13 years of battling iron deficiency is that when my iron levels are restored, heart rate and blood pressure is perfect. When my iron levels are depleted, heart rate and blood pressure rises. But never super high like 150/100 or anything like that. It always stays around 130 something over 80 something. But when iron is replete, its 120/70 with hr of 40-90- 140 depending on sleep, rest and workout.
So my thinking is the minute I get this infusion everythingās going to drop and hopefully theyāll just basically see I donāt need this damn pill
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Yeah, everyone seems to think that more of this is in my head, then related to metoprolol.
I think itās probably correct. Iām feeling anxiousness, but I think itās more like a PTSD kind of thing because of the scare of everything. Plus iron depletion can cause similar issues anyways including lightheadedness.
With TRT, I think Iām much more prone to the sensitivities of the shifting of those hormones then others, because my natural supply is completely depleted. Any accidental movement will shift my mood and irritability and depression quite easily, and I have never missed an injection that far out.
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Never knew I had anxiety till my aphib ordeal and then quitting drinking. Looking back maybe I drank to hide the anxiety, donāt know but it def sucks
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I know exactly what you mean. For me I never knew I could sleep without melatonin pills until after I got off coffee lol.
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Does metoprolol raise glucose levels? My blood glucose levels before this pill on a worse diet was 98. 6 days in and its 125. All i ate was cornflakes, toast, unsalted butter and honey. Can that really jump up from that?