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Advice/Help - "ectopic beats"/irregular heart issues after taking DLPA - 84 hours +
Dear mods, this is double post with pharmacology/neuroscience, but I have had no replies. Perhaps you can re-locate me to the best sub and delete as appropriate?
TLDR:
Hi guys, there's a complicated back story to all this, but here's the short version:
I took around 700mg + of DLPA in powder form last Friday night and noticed these irregular pulsating feelings in my chest, like every few minutes I would get a large irregular heartbeat. I didn't realise at the time it was DLPA, as I had also taken caffeine, nicotine, cacao (but all in moderate amounts). I'm kind of sober in general at the moment, and seem to be very sensitive to all substances now.
Then on Saturday night (I didn't realise the first night was down to the DLPA) I took roughly 700mg again on an empty stomach and this time felt the onset and the irregular beats almost immediately as the drugs/supplement hit, coupled with major anxiety. I went quite nuts that night, as I went into deep health anxiety and all sorts of other horrible paranoias I wouldn't indulge in so much normally.
Now it's Tuesday (Weds for edits) night, and I'm still getting this irregular pulsating heart beat every few minutes. It's random, so sometimes it doesn't happen for a while, sometimes it's 1 or 2 mins apart. I have exercised, and it's been ok. Resting heart rate is 78ish when sitting in middle of day, though it was in the low 60s when I measured on waking about 2 weeks ago. EDIT - it's seems to be that when waking there is no irregular heart beat sensation and it may take some time to manifest once up and moving. I'm not sure yet though..
How long can I expect the DLPA effects to last? I read somewhere that the pain reduction effects can last upto 4 weeks in some people. I also read one guys horror story of giving himself severe anxiety that was still there after a few weeks (although diminished). I don't need any extra anxiety in my life these days. I'm not freaking out, but the irregular heart beat is definitely a trigger! Looking for info on half life, effects duration, and mechanisms of action (why the hell has it affected my heart like this, and what can I do to reverse it?)
EDIT - I did also go for my first swim in months on the Friday before the first dose on the Friday night, and probably really pushed my heart with sprints etc. I'm pretty out of shape, I can't run 1.x miles without taking 4 or more breaks at the moment. So the exercise is probably heavy on one side of the heart at the moment?
Thanks for reading, I hope I can get the bottom of what is actually going on. There are few sources discussing stuff close to these symptoms from what I've searched through, but mostly stuff about the benefits of DLPA and not an in depth discussion on it's mechanism of action or side effects such as this. Plus I can't be doing the health paranoia thing right now and obsessively reading about the negative effects on random webpages as it makes the anxiety much worse.
Dear mods, this is double post with pharmacology/neuroscience, but I have had no replies. Perhaps you can re-locate me to the best sub and delete as appropriate?
TLDR:
- Have irregular heart beat off the back of moderate doses of DLPA (2 x 2 nights of 700mg) and it still persists after 84 hours after cessation. How long can I expect DLPA effects to last?
- Looking for info on half life, effects duration, and mechanisms of action (why the hell has it affected my heart like this, and what can I do to reverse it?)
Hi guys, there's a complicated back story to all this, but here's the short version:
I took around 700mg + of DLPA in powder form last Friday night and noticed these irregular pulsating feelings in my chest, like every few minutes I would get a large irregular heartbeat. I didn't realise at the time it was DLPA, as I had also taken caffeine, nicotine, cacao (but all in moderate amounts). I'm kind of sober in general at the moment, and seem to be very sensitive to all substances now.
Then on Saturday night (I didn't realise the first night was down to the DLPA) I took roughly 700mg again on an empty stomach and this time felt the onset and the irregular beats almost immediately as the drugs/supplement hit, coupled with major anxiety. I went quite nuts that night, as I went into deep health anxiety and all sorts of other horrible paranoias I wouldn't indulge in so much normally.
Now it's Tuesday (Weds for edits) night, and I'm still getting this irregular pulsating heart beat every few minutes. It's random, so sometimes it doesn't happen for a while, sometimes it's 1 or 2 mins apart. I have exercised, and it's been ok. Resting heart rate is 78ish when sitting in middle of day, though it was in the low 60s when I measured on waking about 2 weeks ago. EDIT - it's seems to be that when waking there is no irregular heart beat sensation and it may take some time to manifest once up and moving. I'm not sure yet though..
How long can I expect the DLPA effects to last? I read somewhere that the pain reduction effects can last upto 4 weeks in some people. I also read one guys horror story of giving himself severe anxiety that was still there after a few weeks (although diminished). I don't need any extra anxiety in my life these days. I'm not freaking out, but the irregular heart beat is definitely a trigger! Looking for info on half life, effects duration, and mechanisms of action (why the hell has it affected my heart like this, and what can I do to reverse it?)
EDIT - I did also go for my first swim in months on the Friday before the first dose on the Friday night, and probably really pushed my heart with sprints etc. I'm pretty out of shape, I can't run 1.x miles without taking 4 or more breaks at the moment. So the exercise is probably heavy on one side of the heart at the moment?
Thanks for reading, I hope I can get the bottom of what is actually going on. There are few sources discussing stuff close to these symptoms from what I've searched through, but mostly stuff about the benefits of DLPA and not an in depth discussion on it's mechanism of action or side effects such as this. Plus I can't be doing the health paranoia thing right now and obsessively reading about the negative effects on random webpages as it makes the anxiety much worse.