I had a stress test yesterday. [View all]
It was a medical stress test, the kind where they hook up leads to you and make you walk faster and faster on a treadmill. I couldn't achieve the maximum heart rate they set for me.
So the requirements for the test are- stop taking your beta blocker (that I take for migraine), no food for 4 hours, no water for 2 hours. And then you are supposed to do vigorous exercise. When they told me that I had to stop the beta blocker, i said you're setting me up for a migraine headache. Four migraine triggers.
Sure enough, four minutes into the test I had a throbbing headache and demanded to stop. My vision was disturbed and I felt nauseous. It also made me angry that I predicted this and nobody was willing to adjust the test.
Fortunately the data they got was sufficient to evaluate my heart. It was a 45 minute drive home and when I signed into MyChart the result was already there. Everything was normal.
Still dealing with the migraine today, but I'm so happy the test is over and everything is ok.
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