Thursday, August 11, 2011
Can a certain form of tachycardia be caused from too much caffeine?
One day after school i had a soda and a red bull within a 2 hour period. Right after gulping down the red bull jumped up in the air to swat at a basketball to get the rebound in. After I jumped in the air my heart rate went soaring to 200+bpm and just stayed there for 10 - 15 minutes at the same rate until it just magically went down suddenly to about 80 bpm. About 1 week later I started having panic attacks and anxiety just about my heart in general. Then 2 - 3 weeks after the first event ocurred I was in school playing basketball my heart started beating irregularly. It wasnt very fast it was just irregular. That went on for 2 minutes and then it turned to normal but into the 200+ bpm range just like the first event. The nurse called for an ambulance but before they arrived my heart rate just suddenly went back into my normal resting rate. After that event I went to the hospital 3 days later to get my 2nd ekg (first one was in the nurses office once the doctors got there) and it was fine, then I got an ultra sound i believe where they rubbed a little remote like object with a circular end and with some gel on my chest and that turned out normal too. I have yet to get a stress test and it had been almost 2 months after that happened. The abnormal beating hasn't happened since but I still everyday am scared that it can happen if I run so when I do (not so often, only when I have to for football training) I get really anxious and start to have a panic attack. Before the second episode I was drinking 2 sodas everyday and 2 red bulls a week. Ever since the second episode I haven't had any soda with caffeine or any red bull and like I said before it hasn't happened again. I am not overweight and am 14 years old. Do any of you know what form of tachycardia this is? Could it just be from too much caffeine and go away if i stopped drinking it ( like I have)? Thanks!
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