The pregnancy, I think, is hindering my ability to really assess how much the beta blocker is helping with my anxiety and panic levels. I feel like it's definitely helped to control the rapid heart rate, but on Friday night, I started having a bunch of palpitations out of nowhere again. Granted, I did have a Pepsi that day, but I also had one the day before without problems, which was why I thought one caffeinated soda wouldn't hurt. Maybe I was wrong.
The rest of the weekend was peppered with small episodes of shortness of breath, most notable after a meal. I really need to start eating smaller meals more frequently during the day, instead of my usual 2 - 3 large meals a day. I'm not even really overeating. It's just that with the baby taking up so much more room nowadays, pushing my inner organs further up and crowing my lungs, I'm a lot more winded after meals. I honestly have no idea how I am just supposed to get bigger and bigger over the next 10 weeks I have left in this pregnancy. I feel like my tummy's been stretched to max capacity already.
So like I said, I have been really kind of on edge lately, but I don't know if the pregnancy is solely to blame, if the Lopressor just isn't working, or if the Lopressor IS working, but that the pregnancy is getting in the way.
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