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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Devon, United Kingdom
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Location: Devon, United Kingdom
Posts: 531
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When I had the tension test the first time they gave me atropine first then tensilon. M
The second one was done so that only the Dr that drew up the drugs knew what was contained in the syringes.
They did three one saline, one atropine and one tensilon.
My blood pressure and pulse were very low 80/50 and pulse 54. When given saline there was no reaction, when I was then given atropine my pulse accelerated to 140 BPM, and my eye opened. When I had then tensilon nothing happened, I was still feeling dreadfully I'll after the atropine!
However as I have a home blood pressure machine I know that a low bp doesn't cause my ptosis as I've measured my bp when it happens and its normal (low but normal) nine out of ten times.
Plus in 2007 I had ptosis solidly for 9 months ( I then started on mestinon) I couldn't have worked full time, delivered a litter of 9 puppies etc etc with a dramatically low bp without passing out constantly. Something I didn't do!
The last tension test I had was the first that hospital had performed in over 10 years.
Rach x
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Diagnosed with:
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome,Post Prandial Hypotension, Orthostatic Intolerance, Arrythmia, unstable blood pressure, severe autonomic nervous system dysfunction ,Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Type 3,Gastroparesis,IBS,Hidradenitis supprativa
And Myasthenia is still a possible diagnosis depending on which Dr I see.
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Lord, grant me the serenity to acceptThe things I cannot change,The courage to change The things I can,
And the wisdom to hideThe bodies of Doctors I shot
When they said,"You're perfectly healthy,
It's All In Your Head."
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