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Getting Metallic Taste, Pins And Needles Sensation In Feet And Lightheaded When Having Increased Heart Rate. Reason?

Posted on Wed, 15 May 2013

Question: hello, when i am working out and my heart rate increases, i suffer with irratic breathing, light headed, strange feeling in my feet, sometimes they get pin and needles.metalic taste in my mouth. i am a very fit person this has happened 3 times now,
i am also very tired , throught out the day, i am waking up at night , normally a very good sleeping, now awake around 3am and restless..

i do all sorts of exercise from walking, running, bootcamp, core workouts.. this has just started happening and i don't feel cardio fit anymore.. when i go to push myself.. i don't have any reserves anymore

Answered by Dr. Payman Hajiazim (14 minutes later)

Hi there, thanks for asking. The symptoms you mentioned are parts of panic attack. It is a kind of anxiety. Most of the time it can occur with depression or aggravation of depression. The point that you are awakening in the early morning and you are tired during the day shows your mood is probably low now. There are good medications from the class of SSRI (like fluoxetine, paroxetine, celexa, sertraline, etc) which can treat this condition. Fortunately a medication from this class can treat both panic and depression. They have very few side effects. You can ask your doctor more about them. I wish you a good health.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Payman Hajiazim (15 minutes later)

hello , i am not depressed , or unhappy in any way...
i can normallly push thru in exercise and get my second wind.. but now i can't ..
the light headed, feeling i feel when i have an elevate heart rate sounds like a panic attach Yes, but i don't believe it is...

Answered by Dr. Payman Hajiazim (20 hours later)

Hi there, thanks for asking. It could be solely panic attacks.
When somebody has panic attacks, she should be checked for many medical problems like irregular heart rate, high thyroid function, etc.
Let me know if you have any other question.
I wish you a good health.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar