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Posted by saturn on May 1, 2006, at 22:02:02
much (postprandial dypnea)? Or postprandial tachycardia? I do.I know these can be seen in heart failure, but I'm sure I don't have that. (I am a former smoker, however, and am having m'lungs checked out soon--fingers crossed!)
I especially notice this if I say use metamucil or some other high-fiber product. I'm actually on the thin side---but I've tracked and noticed that I feel much more comfortable in terms of "breathfulness" (for lack of a better word) several hours after eating or after not eating for a while as compared to when I'm full after a meal.
Are there any physics involved here where all that junk in the gut makes it more difficult for the diaphragm to expand or something?
I think I'm gonna fast for a day and just see how that feels in comparison. I'd appreciate any insight into this phenomenon. Can anyone relate?
peace
sat-
Posted by honeybee on June 9, 2006, at 16:37:21
In reply to does anyone get short of breath if they eat too, posted by saturn on May 1, 2006, at 22:02:02
Yep, Saturn, I do. Postprandial tachycardia, of a sort.
Once the first fair bit of it's in my belly, I notice that my heart rate climbs. Since I also know that I have an usual sensitivity to these kinds of things, I've told myself that I'm not allowed to actually see what the bpm is, but I notice it.
From what I understand, it may be a hemodynamic response. Once the sugars are released into the bloodstream, they lower blood pressure, hence, the elevation of heart rate. Paying attention to it has actually nearly set me off into anxiety attack land, as well, but that's just my reaction, because I'm super fearful of my heart rate being elevated (which, fittingly, it nearly always is, as nervousness begets nervousness). Anyway, I think the heart rate elevation is fairly normal. But most people aren't sensitized so much to it, so wouldn't notice.
Posted by saturn on June 10, 2006, at 16:44:13
In reply to Re: does anyone get short of breath if they eat too, posted by honeybee on June 9, 2006, at 16:37:21
> Yep, Saturn, I do. Postprandial tachycardia, of a sort.
I think that's what's going on and that I'm likely more sensitive than most people. I also have a bad habit of paying way too much attention to my heart rate. I get so tired when I eat also and have so much more energy when I don't. Maybe I should just stop. Thanks so much for the info.
Saturn
Posted by honeybee on June 11, 2006, at 10:50:07
In reply to Re: does anyone get short of breath if they eat too » honeybee, posted by saturn on June 10, 2006, at 16:44:13
Haha-I hope you don't mean stop eating!
I take my heart rate obsessively, as well. It's rather higher than I would like--the irony is that I'm probably making it higher because I'm starting to avoid activities that raise it; plus, there's some anxiety involved that is probably affecting it. But can you imagine what would happen to my heart rate if all I did was sit around all day to avoid the discomfort of hearing it beat faster (which is where it's getting)? It would make the situation way, way worse... I, at least, am trying--only occasionally successfully--to stop paying so much attention to it.
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