Our user asked: "Hi I had a reaction to some herbs 3 years ago that put me in the emergency room with tachycardia........The heart palpitations which had been slight for about 6 years before have been worse ever since... Some weeks after the Emergency Room episode the heart was still pounding I went to a doctor that specialized in the hormonal/endocrine systm..........He found my cortisol levels were v low so he put me on a bioedentical cortisol.......after several months when I was getting worse a naturopath took me off it...........I'd discovered that the doctor should have monitored me closely and that the amount he had me on was way too high........ Anyway 2 years off the cortisol and I've been dizzy for most of that time plus the heart palpitations are still there...........last ecocardiogram saw a slight tricuspid valve leakage but thought the palpitations were hormone related.........I may have a little arythymia seen in a halter monitor............Anyway a naturopath thought that my atlas might be off but my doctor says it is not.............Spoke to a PRRT practicioner not in my town and he thought that some of the spinal techniques could shut off the overload of sympathetic nervous system......help the palpitations and dizzyness too. I'm wondering what u think . If prrt could resolve this...........I eat really well and do all the "right" things but I'm not better..........My heart seems to easily react to stimulus, including herbs even ones that are supposedly calming, acupuncture, some massage and supplements.........so I take baby amounts of everything........"
Ask a PT Response: "I contacted John Iams, the founder of PRRT, in regards to your question. Please see his response below. Good luck and thanks for using CyberPT."
"John Iams - Thanks for contacting me.
Very unusual and interesting case and one which I can't be certain PRRTâ„¢ would help.
If you want to refer your patient to one of my practitioners, I'd be happy to give them my input on what might be of some help.
That's about all I can tell you thus far.
One possibility is that she has PTSD from the frightening circumstances that were triggered by the herb reactions.
We have a technique called the StartLess Reflex which might help resolve her sympttoms if they're related to this mechanism."
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