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<blockquote data-quote="Giulia" data-source="post: 521224" data-attributes="member: 14306"><p>Sorry for your son. </p><p>I also agree that we can't sacrifice his health for school. </p><p></p><p>What does the cardiologist say about this tachycardia ? </p><p>I don't want to sound lecturing or dismiss your concerns. Not at all. </p><p>But the heart rate alone is not enough to distinguish between seriousness and benignness. So the cardiology evaluation will be indispensable for it (it's not the same thing having 155/minutes when you are under stress or while running than when you're at rest, it's not the same thing to be at 155/min with shortness of breath than if there are no other symptoms....).</p><p>The decision about resuming the medicine can be made only after knowing the type of tachycardia. Tachycardia means "heart beating fast" (in Greek), and it can have tons of patterns. Some are very serious even life threatening, others are very benign. </p><p>It's not the same thing when you have a sinus tachycardia than when you have an atrial or ventricular tachycardia. And a sinus tachycardia can have a ton of causes, from the most benign (stress before an exam, running in the stairs) to the most serious and life threatening.</p><p></p><p>To tell you the whole truth, I had a sinus tachycardia caused... by a dry viral pericarditis. Nothing shown on the echocardiogram, EKG showing only a sinus tachyardia. Looking alike a panic attack, instead it was a pericarditis. </p><p>One month and a half in bed + ton of aspirin, but without having to stop any kind of ADHD medicine. </p><p>I was having a 155/minutes tachycardia at rest + shortness of breath to the point I couldn't take a glass in the kitchen, I couldn't even speak without feeling like drowning. It was quite impressing switching from an ADHD hyperactive person to someone who couldn't barely speak without extreme shortness of breath. Aspirin, a month and a half in bed (my nightmare, but necessary) and it came back okay <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>If I were you, I would wait the cardiologist's evaluation before making any decision. I know that it's much easier said than done when you worry. It's perfectly understandable to worry in such a situation, and it's human to do so. But we can't go faster than the music. </p><p></p><p>And as soon as you get the results, you can make an informed decision with the psychiatrist/developmental pediatrician. Otherwise, it's like trying to predict the future within 10 years, which is highly unrealistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Giulia, post: 521224, member: 14306"] Sorry for your son. I also agree that we can't sacrifice his health for school. What does the cardiologist say about this tachycardia ? I don't want to sound lecturing or dismiss your concerns. Not at all. But the heart rate alone is not enough to distinguish between seriousness and benignness. So the cardiology evaluation will be indispensable for it (it's not the same thing having 155/minutes when you are under stress or while running than when you're at rest, it's not the same thing to be at 155/min with shortness of breath than if there are no other symptoms....). The decision about resuming the medicine can be made only after knowing the type of tachycardia. Tachycardia means "heart beating fast" (in Greek), and it can have tons of patterns. Some are very serious even life threatening, others are very benign. It's not the same thing when you have a sinus tachycardia than when you have an atrial or ventricular tachycardia. And a sinus tachycardia can have a ton of causes, from the most benign (stress before an exam, running in the stairs) to the most serious and life threatening. To tell you the whole truth, I had a sinus tachycardia caused... by a dry viral pericarditis. Nothing shown on the echocardiogram, EKG showing only a sinus tachyardia. Looking alike a panic attack, instead it was a pericarditis. One month and a half in bed + ton of aspirin, but without having to stop any kind of ADHD medicine. I was having a 155/minutes tachycardia at rest + shortness of breath to the point I couldn't take a glass in the kitchen, I couldn't even speak without feeling like drowning. It was quite impressing switching from an ADHD hyperactive person to someone who couldn't barely speak without extreme shortness of breath. Aspirin, a month and a half in bed (my nightmare, but necessary) and it came back okay :D If I were you, I would wait the cardiologist's evaluation before making any decision. I know that it's much easier said than done when you worry. It's perfectly understandable to worry in such a situation, and it's human to do so. But we can't go faster than the music. And as soon as you get the results, you can make an informed decision with the psychiatrist/developmental pediatrician. Otherwise, it's like trying to predict the future within 10 years, which is highly unrealistic. [/QUOTE]
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