Thanks mickiboi for responding.
To answer your questions:
mickiboi wrote:Hi Chuck.
So before we go any further, prior to the heart attack,
a. Was your blood pressure high
b. Was your cholesterol high.
c. Did you smoke.
d. Were you a moderate to heavy alcohol/soda drinker.
e. Did you do any exercise.
e. What was your diet like. Did you eat lots of carbs and sugar.
f. Did you drink plenty of fresh clean water, not from the tap.
In other words what shape were you in to induce this heart attack.
What have you done since the heart attack to fix any of the above.
Before my heart attack, I didn't monitor my blood pressure or cholesterol as I didn't go to the doctor.
I never smoked, but my Mom and Dad did when I was living with them. I was a moderate soda drinker, but had gotten off of the soda about 3 years prior to the heart attack. Never drank alcohol. I started exercising consistently about 3 years prior to the heart attack and at that same time I cleaned up my diet. Some carbs and sugar but not a lot. In stopping soda, I started drinking filtered water then. I was actually in good shape at the time of the heart attack, but I think all my years prior to the change caused the blockage. Since the heart attack I even cleaned my diet up more and still exercising.
mickiboi wrote:First off work out which drug is causing you the most grief. My experience was the Metoprolol. It made me exercise less and caused me to gain weight, 10 kgs in 3 months. It also induced atrial flutter which made me feel like I was having another heart attack again and I am only now working out what mineral to take to get control of this 4 years on (potassium chloride). Its a horrible drug to get off. There is probably no good reason for you to be on it except they want you to be. You have to reduce this drug slowly.
I have already stopped taking the statin and cut the others in half, including the Metoprolol. I had been taking 25mg of Metoprolol once a day for about 8 months before I cut it in half about a month ago. I'm most concerned about this drug and not sure if I should take the 12.5mg dose longer before cutting in half again or if I even have to cut in half again down to 6.25mg. Any thoughts on my weaning process?
I'm not sure what atrial flutter is, but did you get that while on Metoprolol or when you weaned yourself off of it? I'm still having chest/muscle discomfort after I stopped taking the statin about a month ago, so I am not sure if it is Metoprolol or the bypass surgery causing this. It has been about 8 months ago, so I thought it would be better by now.
mickiboi wrote:Remember one thing, its your body and you decide what goes into it. Use the Drs to your advantage. Im fortunate my General Practitioner is more than happy to help me get off the prescription medication. She does my bloods for me once a month, if something does not look right then I change my vitamin/mineral accordingly. We discuss everything and then I try the solution we have come up with.....retest in another month.
Get your diet and exercise in order and the rest will follow. Find a Dr sympathetic to your cause of getting of the meds, get blood test every month. If you go off one of the meds, you will not have another heart attack with in a month. But you will see a change in your markers one way or the other. If something goes up or down and it shouldn't work out what you are and aren't doing to cause this response.
What tests do you have done monthly? I have an appointment with my General Practitioner in a little over a week, so I would like to ask for them.
I'm taking a lot of supplements now that I never really took before. Here they are:
Omega 3's
Curcumin
Magnesium
Vitamin E
Vitamin A
Vitamin D3
Vitamin K2
Arginine
Policosanols
CoQ10
Vitamin C, about 6 grams, 3 times a day
Lysine
Most all of these are what I have learned from this forum, so I hope this will help me in the long run.
Again, thanks for the reply and if you could help me out more, that would be great.
Thanks,
Chuck