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I have read your page on MVP. I am 26 yr old female and have recently been "diagnosed" with MVP (based on echocardiogram) and I am confused by your page. I have worked in the medical field and do not trust most doctors. I have hard heart beats, skipping beats and flutters. Often I feel that there is a weight on my chest. This just started within the last 3 months I'd say. I haven't changed my diet or lifestyle. I know that I do not imagine these symptoms. So my question to you is, if my symptoms are not caused by MVP as you say, then what do you feel that I should do? Get a second opinion? Just live with it? (my symptoms are not painful, just very annoying and sometimes scary)
In Reply to: Mitral Valve Prolapse posted by confused ... on October 26, 2001 at 23:25:59:
Hi, Confused.
Go back to the archives. Your symptoms are a result of dysautonomia and the MVP FAD is an incidental finding.
You could have your heart removed, and an artificial one put in in it's place, and you would STILL have all of your symptoms. See the glossary for any unfamiliar terms.
If you need more information, read (and digest) Pelletier's book "MInd as Healer, Mind as Slayer".
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
In Reply to: Mitral Valve Prolapse posted by confused ... on October 26, 2001 at 23:25:59:
Someone once tied to diagnose me with MVP, I found out later that my symptoms only occurred when my blood sugar was low. It was only a symptom of hypoglycemia. I stopped eating sugar and refined carbs and that helped a lot. Don't know if it appies to you, but just wanted you to know that MVP is not always an accurate diagnosis.
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Walt Stoll on October 27, 2001 at 10:28:48:
Thank you for your promt response. I tried to use the glossary for dysautonomia and got an error message. I did read MANY of the archives on MVP and dysautonomia. I am wondering what caused it? I mean why? Is it supposed to be stress? I do have 3 children and 2 of them are toddlers. I am a full time mom and of course I get stressed but I've always felt that I handle it well.
I would also like to know if there is possible any connection between this and the SEVERE post partum deppresion I had after the birth of my daughter 2 years ago. I'm talking severe. I took several antidepressants and felt that none of them helped. I thought that I was insane for a while there. I went from doctor to doctor to phsychologist to phsyciatrist.{and did a LOT of research on my own} One doctor found that I had a very low estrogen level and after using estro patch, started to feel little better. I am normally a very happy "normal" person. I truley believe that only thing that made me better was time. I still get it occasionally but not nearly as severe. (it does run in my family)
Anyway, I am not on any meds. Except for the Inderal that I'm taking for my heartbeat (which by the way seems to have made the irregular beat worse)These are the only two things that I've ever had problems with. I have read ALOT of your websight and I am very intersted in what you have to say. If I tell my doctor that I believe that I have dysautonomia, is she going to laugh at me? Is it accepted in the medical community? Thank you for taking the time to answer me.
Sincerely,
Kari
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse posted by Beth E. on October 27, 2001 at 23:55:27:
Thanks Beth, for your input. I had a lot of tests done. Like blood, urine, ecg, ekg.... Do you think that if I had "hypoglycemia", they would have found it on a blood test? Isn't it frustrating to have to try and diagnose ourselfs? Why the heck to we pay those doctors all the big bucks? We should be paying ourselves!
Thanks,
Kari
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Kari (aka-confused) on October 29, 2001 at 01:43:24:
Thanks, Kari
There is a concise definition of early dysautonomia in the glossary. I have no difficulty getting the archives dysautonomia to come up.
Let us know what you learn.
If you really want an in depth understanding read Selye's book or Pelletier's.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Walt Stoll on October 29, 2001 at 11:02:16:
Okay Walt, I got the glossary archive to work. Is dysautonomia accepted in the medical community? And will I be able to get copies of these books at my local library?
Thank you,
Kari
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Kari on October 29, 2001 at 14:46:23:
Thanks, Kari.
Dysautonomia is well known in the medical community but only when it is terminal and any idiot can make the diagnosis. They seem to think that it springs from a perfectly normal system to a terminal one with no gradations in between.
The references I gave you have the documented information but any know-it-all doc will not listen to you--OR read anything he does not already know.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Walt Stoll on October 30, 2001 at 09:58:45:
Hi again, Dr. Stoll. I have gone to the local library and did not find the workbook. I will find it one way or another. I am very interested in it. What you say really makes sense to me. I am not questioning you but I am wondering, dosen't it make sense for mitral valve prolapse to cause symptoms? I mean my heart is fluttering and beating all wierd and I am short of breath. There is a valve not closing properly in my heart and the symptoms are in my heart. How does the stress effect make your heart beat wierd? (okay, i'm sure your gonna tell me to read the book and i will) I am not trying to debate the subject, I promise. I believe in what you say but I'm trying to understand why doctors don't want to admit it.
Believe me, I am a victim of the medical system. I went to the doctor today and told her the pill isn't helping and guess what? She is gonna UP the dosage. I am NOT going through all of this again. (up the dosage, switch the pill, up the new one, switch again) Forget it. I am going to read your book and the books you suggest and I will let you know how I am doing.
Thanks for you help!
Sincerely,
Kari
In Reply to: Re: Mitral Valve Prolapse (Archive.) posted by Kari on October 30, 2001 at 22:11:23:
Thanks, Kari.
The answer to your only question is NO.
Eventually you will learn what you need to know.
Docs who treat MVP with medications should be ashamed of themselves!
Walt
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