Tachycardia linked to Chronic Stim use

[Whacked]

I use a stim every day and have for 7+ years. Started using them when the kids (2) arrived.

Coffee (200 mg caffeine) with breakfast 5:00 am and ONE stim like Venom, Viper, RMP, or Leviathin, etc (I rotate the brands) at 7:00 am for my 8:00 am workout. I do not dose stims 2-3x/day hpwever I DO use these daily! Morning only.

Helps me get out of bed in the morning and get thru my morning workout.

Should I have any concerns?

Yes, I'm addicted, sort of. Not in that sense but in the fact I am a lazy ass without them and overeating thereby exacerbating the problem by eating too much and consequently wanting to lounge around more. LOL

Journal of Medical Case Reports | Full text | Atrial fibrillation-related cardiomyopathy: a case report

[poison]

4mg/ml caffeine in 1000ml bottle. 4gm caffeine? You're fine, bro.

[Whacked]

I'm worried about the chronicity of use and its cumulative effects. Im prolly screwed

[eatingisfun]

I've had atrial fibrillation from too much caffeine. It took me a while to figure out what it actually was. It's a weird feeling, it feels like part of your heart is pumping but you don't have a pulse for the duration of 4-5 regular heart beats. Then after the fibrillation stops you get a big pulse from the main pumping chamber of your heart. Laying off the stims for me gets rid of this as well as keeping stim usage low. If you don't have any palpitations or abnormal heart rhythm you're probably ok.

[Steveoph]

4mg/ml caffeine in 1000ml bottle. 4gm caffeine? You're fine, bro.

Per week my friend. So about 570mg caffeine/day. People that took ECA 3x/day hit this mark.

[poison]

Ah, I missed that, steveoph. Regardless, I wouldn't worry about it for the average healthy user. That dude was in his 50's, sat all day every day, and likely never worked out. A sample of 1 is not a trend. On the other hand, studies have been done on the heaviest coffee consumers (fins in first place, with arabs in 2nd), and the higher the use, the higher the benefits for anti-parkinsons, etc, but I've never seen cardiomyopathy reported.

[kmcart]

Ah, I missed that, steveoph. Regardless, I wouldn't worry about it for the average healthy user. That dude was in his 50's, sat all day every day, and likely never worked out. A sample of 1 is not a trend. On the other hand, studies have been done on the heaviest coffee consumers (fins in first place, with arabs in 2nd), and the higher the use, the higher the benefits for anti-parkinsons, etc, but I've never seen cardiomyopathy reported.

I've read the same thing, many articles and studies showing all the benefits of caffeine. Id say do what feels best for you if you feel anything out of the ordinary look into it.

[poison]

btw, 600mg + ephedra is not at all like caffeine alone. The cardio-stimulatory effects would be exponentially stronger.

[Sean1332]

Bump

Wached- Did anything result from stim use? My doc just told me I have tachycardia today.

[Dirty Dan]

My father is not able to consume caffeine, if he does his heart starts to skip beats and he's get severe chest pains.

[Whacked]

No sir

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis

Wacked- Did anything result from stim use? My doc just told me I have tachycardia today.

[Sean1332]

No sir

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis

Was just curious. Thanks though. I'll post an update here in a couple weeks when I see the cardiologist to see if there's anything pertaining to my stim usage or if there's just something wrong with me.

[Whacked]

Good luck mang

Was just curious. Thanks though. I'll post an update here in a couple weeks when I see the cardiologist to see if there's anything pertaining to my stim usage or if there's just something wrong with me.

[mr.cooper69]

This is just a case report of a single individual getting afib from consuming caffeine. In the face of a library of longterm safety studies (trials, not case reports) on caffeine.

[mr.cooper69]

No sir

Sorry to hear of your diagnosis

Was just curious. Thanks though. I'll post an update here in a couple weeks when I see the cardiologist to see if there's anything pertaining to my stim usage or if there's just something wrong with me.

Lol tachycardia is merely a finding. To confirm actual pathology, they'll need to run an ECG.

Did you take any stimulants or conduct any exercise prior to your doctor taking your pulse?

[Sean1332]

Lol tachycardia is merely a finding. To confirm actual pathology, they'll need to run an ECG.

Did you take any stimulants or conduct any exercise prior to your doctor taking your pulse?

Yes I understand its a finding and the only caffeine or exercise was beyond 18 hours of my appointment. Also my pulse was below 100 and only documented above 100 once so that irritated me. I'm asymptomatic, even though I'm still in a healthy range, even at the high end. My EKG results were normal. The issue was, that it's been documented in the 90's since 2009.

I'm in the military though and they make a big deal about everything. I'm also taking it seriously because they're quick to discharge people nowadays with medical reasons, and they're quick to make a big deal out of things-even with a bullsh1t finding (I'm not saying this is worthy of a medical review board by any means, but I want to make sure they don't **** anything up for me). My wife was in that process and had to fight to stay in. So, I know this really isn't a big deal. My father was a flight surgeon and now anesthesiologist and my mom has her PHD and they both said its bullsh1t they called it tachycardia below 100bpm and they always seem to disagree with a low ranking officer MD's medical advice. I talked to them about it last night. It's my career though. Still have to see the cardiologist. At least he can tell the mil doc to not worry.

[Whacked]

From your info - you are 5'9 217 and in good shape like ur pic......I wouldnt be happy with even 85 as a resting pulse. I think 90 is unhealthy resting pulse from what I read.

Yes I understand its a finding and the only caffeine or exercise was beyond 18 hours of my appointment. Also my pulse was below 100 and only documented above 100 once so that irritated me. I'm asymptomatic, even though I'm still in a healthy range, even at the high end. My EKG results were normal. The issue was, that it's been documented in the 90's since 2009.

I'm in the military though and they make a big deal about everything. I'm also taking it seriously because they're quick to discharge people nowadays with medical reasons, and they're quick to make a big deal out of things-even with a bullsh1t finding (I'm not saying this is worthy of a medical review board by any means, but I want to make sure they don't **** anything up for me). My wife was in that process and had to fight to stay in. So, I know this really isn't a big deal. My father was a flight surgeon and now anesthesiologist and my mom has her PHD and they both said its bullsh1t they called it tachycardia below 100bpm and they always seem to disagree with a low ranking officer MD's medical advice. I talked to them about it last night. It's my career though. Still have to see the cardiologist. At least he can tell the mil doc to not worry.

[Sean1332]

From your info - you are 5'9 217 and in good shape like ur pic......I wouldnt be happy with even 85 as a resting pulse. I think 90 is unhealthy resting pulse from what I read.

I'm in good shape. Lift 4x a week, 2-3x week will be sled pulls and sprints, 2x a week will be PT for work. 90 is obviously higher than it should be BUT it's still under 100..lol

A stim break by itself could fix the issue. I have never taken a break from stims. I avoid dmaa products and I don't exceed 400mg of caffeine. Regardless, I don't want my docs gettin carried away with stuff.

[Whacked]

I hear ya mang

[bakerwil]

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