u/Tohko_

So I’ve been having some pretty bad symptoms since I started and after stopping. I took it for just shy of one week. The first few days I had rapid heart rate but it was manageable. Then on the 5th day I woke up at night with a panic attack and not being able to breathe well. I wanted to just power through it so I took it again the 6th day and the same thing happened so I decided to stop. Yes I should have talked to my psychiatrist first but I didn’t. Unfortunately my issues just got worse over the next few days.

My heart palpitations progressively got worse to the point I had to go to urgent care because I couldn’t breathe. Luckily while I was there my breathing did begin to settle. They did a chest X Ray and said I had an enlarged heart with possibly fluid in it (which was thankfully a false reading). The next day I went to the ER. They told me I was fine in the sense I’m not gonna have a heart attack or have an enlarged heart or fluid. My guess is I didn’t take a deep enough breath at urgent care since I wasn’t breathing well to begin with.

I got home from the ER on Saturday morning and had my psychiatrist appt a few hours later. She put me on 0.5mg of Ativan to calm my heart. It may have worked but I’m not sure. I’ve only taken it twice so far. My symptoms are finally settling down but still dealing with heart palpitations consistently and breathing issues every so often. I’m scheduled to see a cardiologist July 7th. It’s assuring my symptoms are improving but it’s still really scary. Terrifying.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Did your symptoms go away? Thank you so much