Butterflykisses Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Does the sedation from your AAP or AP cause you to heave a slow heavy heart rate? I jumped up in bed last night screaming because I really think my heart might have stopped. I had a VERY slow pulse. Usually the sedation wears off after a few hours but in the middle of the night when I jumped up I felt like I was on my death bed because I was so sedated... Today my chest feels somewhat heavy with a normal pulse. Any idea of what this is? Is this common with sedating medications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Butterflykisses said: Does the sedation from your AAP or AP cause you to heave a slow heavy heart rate? I jumped up in bed last night screaming because I really think my heart might have stopped. I had a VERY slow pulse. Usually the sedation wears off after a few hours but in the middle of the night when I jumped up I felt like I was on my death bed because I was so sedated... Today my chest feels somewhat heavy with a normal pulse. Any idea of what this is? Is this common with sedating medications. Not sure, but if a person is sedated too much, it can sometimes cause respiratory depression. Did you have a med increase or a new med added? Your sig says you are titrating up on clozapine ... did your dose just increase? This same thing happened to me when I took codeine. IME I wake up with a low pulse and very shallow respirations. As I am waking up I notice it and bolt up in bed because it felt to me like I was about to stop breathing. I only tried the codeine twice. After that I stopped. I remember thinking that thank God I didn't take any other med/s with the codeine ie, muscle relaxers, xanax ... stuff like that. Some advice is IME to always sleep on a thick, or 2 regular pillows to keep your head elevated. I was glad I happened to do it in the first case. I hope you are able to figure this all out. From what you write, it sounds to me that you were too sedated. Edited March 1, 2017 by melissaw72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterflykisses Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 2 hours ago, melissaw72 said: Not sure, but if a person is sedated too much, it can sometimes cause respiratory depression. Did you have a med increase or a new med added? Your sig says you are titrating up on clozapine ... did your dose just increase? This same thing happened to me when I took codeine. IME I wake up with a low pulse and very shallow respirations. As I am waking up I notice it and bolt up in bed because it felt to me like I was about to stop breathing. I only tried the codeine twice. After that I stopped. I remember thinking that thank God I didn't take any other med/s with the codeine ie, muscle relaxers, xanax ... stuff like that. Some advice is IME to always sleep on a thick, or 2 regular pillows to keep your head elevated. I was glad I happened to do it in the first case. I hope you are able to figure this all out. From what you write, it sounds to me that you were too sedated. I ended up going to the ER. My blood pressure was pretty low. However, they told me not to worry and continue on all my medications... I just increased my Clozapine this morning, so it was the previous dose last night. I am wondering if the Clozapine is starting to kick in. I have also heard it can increase the sedation caused by other meds (seroquel). It could have just been a fluke. At least thats what I am hoping for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 22 minutes ago, Butterflykisses said: It could have just been a fluke. At least thats what I am hoping for. I hope so too! I hope tonight goes better for you! When I was on clozaril, I had a hard time with sedation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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