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This is ridiculous....!
I posted recently saying that I was getting a lot of heart skips and that I thought it might be part of peri menopause.
So this morning my heart is skipping away, I'm carrying on as normal because the cardiologist said to, and then I'm walking home, slow pace, pass by the shop and buy a multi pack of milk chocolate. I decided milk chocolate might be better for me than the 70% dark stuff, to lower the caffeine....
I get home, make a cup of tea and eat one bar of chocolate. Before I know it I've eaten all four bars!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear to you I'm not really a pig, lol, something else is going on with me.....all I know is that the minute I ate the chocolate, the skips disappeared, my energy came back and I generally felt better....so I ended up eating all four. I've never done this before.
Now I feel well enough to think about doing things, going to events, etc, that I haven't been doing because of all my symptoms. But it's a temporary effect from the chocolate.
I've tried to work out what it might be. An anti depressant effect? But I'm otherwise happy and motivated, the only problem is how I feel physically. The magnesium in the chocolate maybe? But surely I would get much more in the 70% stuff I usually eat.
Its ridiculous that eating all that chocolate would stop the heart skips when one would expect the opposite. I wish I understood what was going on because I can't just carry on eating like that, it's unhealthy long term.
Anyone else understand what's going on? :-)
So this morning my heart is skipping away, I'm carrying on as normal because the cardiologist said to, and then I'm walking home, slow pace, pass by the shop and buy a multi pack of milk chocolate. I decided milk chocolate might be better for me than the 70% dark stuff, to lower the caffeine....
I get home, make a cup of tea and eat one bar of chocolate. Before I know it I've eaten all four bars!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear to you I'm not really a pig, lol, something else is going on with me.....all I know is that the minute I ate the chocolate, the skips disappeared, my energy came back and I generally felt better....so I ended up eating all four. I've never done this before.
Now I feel well enough to think about doing things, going to events, etc, that I haven't been doing because of all my symptoms. But it's a temporary effect from the chocolate.
I've tried to work out what it might be. An anti depressant effect? But I'm otherwise happy and motivated, the only problem is how I feel physically. The magnesium in the chocolate maybe? But surely I would get much more in the 70% stuff I usually eat.
Its ridiculous that eating all that chocolate would stop the heart skips when one would expect the opposite. I wish I understood what was going on because I can't just carry on eating like that, it's unhealthy long term.
Anyone else understand what's going on? :-)
Hi! In January, due to cervical cancer, I had to have a radical hysterectomy. Because of my age, 39 and 40 in June, I am considered young to have a hysterectomy where both ovaries were taken. When I was wheeled into the OR my ovaries were working at 100%. 2 hours later I was in full blown surgical menopause. That being said, I started experiencing menopausal symptoms very fast because my body was essentially thrown into shock because of my estrogen levels dropping to nothing so fast. The first symptom I noticed was my heart would beat so hard and so fast that I felt it was coming out of my chest. It also felt like it was skipping beats. Anyway, my primary dr had me to follow up with a cardiologist just to be on the safe said but he assured me that he thought it was just another menopause symptom to add to my list. He was right. I had NO clue how many, sometimes terrible, symptoms women can have during this time in their lives. Because I didn't have the gradual decrease of the natural hormone as if I had started menopause naturally, my body is reacting very bad and I have every single symptom that you can have and they are some of the worst they've seen. Story of my life lol. Anyway, I wanted to tell you what my dr told me, sometimes when our heart rate increases suddenly it can either be an irregular heartbeat or the beginning of an anxiety attack. Which is yet another menopause symptom that lucky me has gotten. Anyway, he told me to keep dark chocolate in my purse or on me at all times and when that feeling starts eat a couple. Dark chocolate is actually very good for you, and I can say it helps my heart. They put me on Xanax for it also but I have only taken 1 and realized that in fact, and I don't know how, the dark chocolate works BETTER. I have found that the Dove dark chocolate is the best. I don't know why. To each their own. I look at it like this, this is Gods way of saying He is sorry for putting us women through this menopausal hell. It's a little free chocolate pass lol! Anyway good luck and I would love to know if you find another chocolate that works for you
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So, when ever your heart starts to race or beat extremely hard, dark chocolate works better for you than anxiety meds?
Does it work the same for anxiety?
Is it instantaneously or does it take 20 minutes or so?
What about the other symptoms? Does the chocolate help that as well?
Just curious. Sorry so many questions.
Does it work the same for anxiety?
Is it instantaneously or does it take 20 minutes or so?
What about the other symptoms? Does the chocolate help that as well?
Just curious. Sorry so many questions.
Ok I just read that women crave chocolate more when progesterone levels are low. So what is the chocolate doing? Where can I get a healthier version of the same nutrient?
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