duke63 wrote:Cav, from what i can see you are trying to be all things to all people and as humans we just cannot function like that,
Do one thing at a time and don't attempt to take on too much at once. Do a lits of what to tackle in what order and cross them off the list as you do them. Don't start something else until you have finished what you are doing/working on.
Take time out now and again and do nothing. Go for a walk, slob about on the sofa, whatever works for you.
I have been in a similar place to you and it took a doctor to tell me i was making myself ill. And i didn't even realise I had a problem.
We are not super human beings.
Whilst we are all human beings we are NOT all the same. In fact no two of us are the same.
^^^^^^
What he said. Regardless of anything else - you are the most important at times like these.
Get to the doctors and make sure you do!
What they both said, many times over.
One of my sanity savers is taking a proper lunch break. Find somewhere to walk if you can and force yourself to stop thinking about work (and anything else stressing you out) when I was in London I used to love walking round looking at the collision of architecture, it's truly amazing how the city has meshed together over the years.
Don't be afraid to talk to someone, not just professionals. You'd be amazed how much it helps just unburdening your stresses on someone who has no idea what your talking about.
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We must both be complete loonies, Jon.
If i work in the centre of Brum, i always take a lunch break out of the office and walk around usually with no plan other than to take a change of scenery for 30 minutes. Brum also has some interesting architecture when you look above ground floor level but you would never know unless you took time out to look.
I had a funny turn on saturday, where suddenly and out of the blue I felt very dizzy, very hot, and was sweating a lot. Initially I just lay on the sofa waiting for it to pass, but it didn't. Eventually I managed to compose myself enough to get to the other side of the living room to check my blood pressure, it was high but not ridiculous numbers.
After about 30 mins the wife called 111 and we got a GP callback, who prescribed something to help with the dizziness. The prescription just didn't sit quite right, so the wife had a chat with the pharmacist while she was there and he also called me. The advice was to call 111 and see if we could get a second opinion from another GP. While on the phone I started feeling a little better and with it, I also caught a glance of my running watch and saw my heart rate was at 40bpm and checking on the app it had been that low since the episode started. A quick check with the BP monitor and it confirmed the values.
Now an hour into the episode and still no improvement the wife ordered me to the car and drove me to the minor injuries unit where there is an emergency clinic. By this point I was feeling a lot better and my heart rate was returning to normal, however by blood pressure continued to increase. The GP's in the clinic weren't happy making a diagnosis as the symptoms where conflicting so told me to call the wife back up and goto A&E.
This was turning into a really "fun" (and slightly scary) weekend.
I was immediately admitted to A&E, tagged, drained of blood, and stuck on and ECG monitor. All the tests came back clear, which really confused the doctor looking after me. So he turned to focus on my still increasing blood pressure, which he described as "some stonking numbers", which I guess isn't good coming from a specialist in cardio and blood pressure. Amazingly all it took was one tablet and a few hours waiting and my BP had started dropping to sensible enough numbers where they where comfortable allowing me home.
I'm now on permanent BP medication with the instructions to monitor for the low HR event and if it happens again I will have to go in for further testing, stuff like having a permanent heart rate monitor fitted is on the cards.
Looks like I'm going to live to fight a bit longer. The moral of the story for me is to look after yourself and listen to your body.
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough - Mario Andretti
I have a naturally low heart beat and occasionally get as low at 42-46 when I’m stationary for awhile, but I’ve never had the low high BP or dizzy spells. Freaked the doctors out when was in hospital, in ICU my monitor would alarm at 50, so everytime I fell asleep it woke me back up
Hope they get to the bottom of it Jon
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
I have a naturally low heart beat and occasionally get as low at 42-46 when I’m stationary for awhile, but I’ve never had the low high BP or dizzy spells. Freaked the doctors out when was in hospital, in ICU my monitor would alarm at 50, so everytime I fell asleep it woke me back up
Hope they get to the bottom of it Jon
My HR is stupid low. When I was at my fittest it was 35-37, even now I'm unfit it's 45. It alarm the doctors too but they like my BP so it's all good. They just kind of back away from me looking slightly concerned.
The only time it became an issue was when I went hypothermic after surgery and my core temperature had dropped 3 degrees IIRC. My mum got called into recovery while they tried to get me conscious and she said my heart rate was in the 20s and all the doctors rushed to my bed.
All I remember is waking up freezing cold, seeing butterflies flying around me, rabbits jumping over my bed and a deer stood at the foot of the bed staring at me. I'm guessing that was the morphine
Cav wrote:
All I remember is waking up freezing cold, seeing butterflies flying around me, rabbits jumping over my bed and a deer stood at the foot of the bed staring at me. I'm guessing that was the morphine
That would have been frickin' fantastic if it was really happening though!!
the traffic was appalling the ass end of this week. The driving standards have dropped even further with road rage from idiots EVERY journey on the 2 mile stretch of motorway. I've stopped going that way now, it isn't worth it.
Cav wrote:the traffic was appalling the ass end of this week. The driving standards have dropped even further with road rage from idiots EVERY journey on the 2 mile stretch of motorway. I've stopped going that way now, it isn't worth it.
A lot of scamera vans about too. Be wary out there.
I had to wear a mask. Temp check and hand wash before I could do anything. My physio had face mask, face visor, apron and gloves. Everything was covered in paper towels.
