Thank you for your interest in my health. The doctor did feel the BP reading was pretty good. I can type a ton in regard to your questions, hope you won't get too bored. I can blab pretty good.
I would say it was/is a combination of pain (not always constant but frequent) and palpatations.
This all first started I would say about a year ago. I was taking a lot of supplements, I had been a big NO-Explode or endorush user. I introduced a new product into the regimen, arimatest. Taking both before my workout didn't seem to have the best effect on my body. Both pretty potent I guess, even though I'm sure gear users would say Arimatest is crap. If anything, it is probably just unhealthy as gear, if not more so. I broke out in quite a sweat during the workout, even more than I normally do and my heart seemed like it was beating pretty fast. Made it through the workout, but felt a little light headed. Going forward, I had some pain in the heart area, enough that it concerned me. Being stubborn like I am, I still had some Endorush, another stim product later in the week, thinking maybe the feeling was nothing. I still got more pain there and lightheadedness later on, so I eventually got checked out. Everything it seemed came back fine, the cardiologist said high BP was the end result. I have since been working on trying to get it down. I was doing a good amount of cardio for a while (slacked on it recently) and laying off the stimulants and using products like the ones I mentioned above to get the BP down. It was still high for a while, but varied here and there. The pain has a tendency to come and go, although lately it has came and stayed. I can still work out, but am afraid to super exert myself, which sucks because I love to train intensely. I sometimes over the past few months used Endorush occasionally if I thought I needed a kick, just a small amount, but I think the stuff is probably doing more damage than helping, so I have to stop. Not sure about Size On either. Guess I am better off keeping it basic.
Kind of hard to describe, many sensations. Sometimes it feels like a shooting pain going up the right side of my heart. Sometimes I get a feeling almost like the heart is pumping out blood warmer than usual. Other times it is just a general pain there, maybe like kind of a sharp pain.
I do get sensations in other areas at times, sometimes where the heart is but in my back, sometimes the neck, and sometimes the jaw. That is what initially got me worried because I had read how jaw pain can sometimes mean heart attack. I rushed straight to the ER when I first heard about it. No heart attack though thank God. I sometimes feel like blood is rushing to my head too if I am really straining.
It is hard to say if it is intermittent or constant. It comes and goes, I sometimes will feel okay for a number of days and then it sometimes just shows up without warning. When I get it, it usually lasts a while. I lately have had trouble sleeping too, i find if the heart is bothering me, it takes me a long time to fall asleep. Strangely enough, I am not that tired the next day even if I don't sleep that much.
Up until recently, it seemed like it didn't bother me that much when working out, strangely enough. These last few times though, it has been more troublesome, especially tonight. I went out last night and was kind of tired, so I had about 1/4 bottle of Endorush. I think there is a part of me that keeps hoping this wasn't brought on by products, but it probably is. I felt like I had to be very careful during my workout, it was kind nerve wracking. I had a couple instances where I almost thought I was going to have a heart attack or something. I noticed the heart would have some pain or flutter and it would travel a bit up my neck. Anyway, I poured the rest of the crap (Endorush) down the drain. I think it is best to stay off that stuff even though it has some good effects, but the bad seems to outweigh it. The only thing that seems to help so far is a truly restful sleep ,which I haven't been getting.
Severity varies, it was pretty bad during tonight's workout, but it is sometimes just an annoyance.
Other than pain and fluttering, it sometimes has a tendency to beat pretty hard. The pulse doesn't seem abnormally fast though. I feel like sometimes too when I contract my chest muscles, it almost seems like it moves the heart too, just kind of a weird feeling, maybe psychosomatic. I lately have been noticing too it will sometimes either flutter, palpatate or just painfully contract and I have to take a second ot catch my breath. That is what freaks me out the most.
I guess you will think I am an idiot with the whole supplement thing. It initially kind of boosted my morale when the BP seemed to be down, but I guess that is no reason to start ingesting caffiene like crazy again. I know it is stating the obvious that I love to workout, but I am kind of discouraged by all this. I don't know if stopping the supps is the only thing to do, I kind of worry damage has already been done. I will be getting some tests done the next few days, I hope some kind of a sollution can be arrived at. I am not looking for miracles in gains, I just want my health and to be able to workout like normal.
