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Anti-anxiety medication

briansutch
  • By briansutch · New reply November 8, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • Hi everyone, Earlier this week, my primary physician diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress resulting from a series of inappropriate shocks and surgical complications I had when ...

Beta blockers and trouble in school?

mom2twinz
  • By mom2twinz · New reply November 8, 2008
  • 12 replies
  • Hi everyone! I have twin boys (fraternal) who are 9 years old. One son is LQT with Bradycardia (N), the other is borderline LQT (M). They were diagnosed after our pediatrician heard a heart murmur in ...

Long QT Syndrome and video games

crashgem
  • By crashgem · New reply June 23, 2008
  • 6 replies
  • I have a 7 year old grandson who was recently diagnosed with long qt syndrome. He has a pacemaker/defibrillator inmplated in him.Yesterday we brought our Wii game system to his house and my son-in-law ...

how much is too much - toprol XL

south127
  • By south127 · New reply June 1, 2008
  • 5 replies
  • I was released from the hospital yesterday after a two day bout of atrial tachycardia and off and on atrial fib. My Toprol XL was increased from 100mg to 150 mg. 100 mg in the morning and 50 mg at night ...

chronic asthma and arrhythmia

lily
  • By lily · New reply March 31, 2008
  • 2 replies
  • i am seeking help so that i can understand my current illness. i have been suffering from chronic asthma for more than 7 years. but it is only now that i have experienced arrhythmia. my doctor told me ...

To Parents of Young Children with Long QT

ncz727
  • By ncz727 · New reply March 6, 2008
  • 4 replies
  • My 9 year old has Long QT. I am wondering what other parents of Long QT children do when their child(ren) attend after school activities. My daughter is on a beta blocker and wears a Medic Alert bracelet ...

Sports

katiesoftball26
  • By katiesoftball26 · New reply December 17, 2007
  • 82 replies
  • I'm 15 years old and sports, well softball, is my life. I play on a competitive travel team. We go all over. The varsity team at my high school just won state. Obviously, softball is a huge deal to me ...

symptoms in children

MeghanDA
  • By MeghanDA · New reply December 3, 2007
  • 11 replies
  • My 5 year old has recently had LQTS confirmed through genetic testing and is on beta blockers. He never had any symptoms before the test came back but in the last two weeks he has described "fluttering ...

ICD -Medtronic Defibrillator Lead "Recall"

Genell
  • By Genell · New reply November 17, 2007
  • 7 replies
  • My daughter has the Medtronic lead that on October 15, 2007 Medtronic announced it was voluntarily suspending distribution of its Sprint Fidelis® defibrillation leads because of reports of fractures leading ...

Need Help

rachel_26
  • By rachel_26 · New reply November 3, 2007
  • 4 replies
  • I need help. I am 26 years old and I have been having "heart problems" for over 6 months, so has my 34 and 32 year old brothers. All of our EKG tests come back abnormal, but none of our doctors seem to ...

Immunizations

Ann1
  • By Ann1 · Posted October 16, 2007
  • 0 replies
  • Is anyone aware of any complications or contraindications with routine immunizations and long qt syndrome? Daughter diagnosed 2 years ago and I'd like her to be updated. Family physician said he wanted ...

Heart History - LQTS ???

Cincyvols
  • By Cincyvols · New reply August 4, 2007
  • 8 replies
  • Hello, New to the board - just have a question for anyone out there. My daughter has a history of congenital heart disease - ASD, VSD and PS (all repaired). At her recent checkup we were told that on ...

Arrhythmia diagnosis for a child

Jennifer11
  • By Jennifer11 · New reply June 19, 2007
  • 1 reply
  • After 26 years of being told I was having panic attacks, and a plethora of panic medication (none of which treated my racing heart), I was diagnosed with AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia only after passing ...

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