Tachycardia & Migraine

yes this happened to me.  I was just released from the hospital following an appearant hemipelegig migraine episode - I had never had one before and thought I was having a stroke (I'm 36 years old).  Another concern was that anytime I elevated even just lifting my head, my heart rate would jump up to the 140's.  There was never an explaination for this.  I underwent an echocardiogram, EKG, carotid doppler, EEG, MRI and CT Scan - everything looked good. 

I suffered a Myocardial Infarction thanks to the migraines and being mismanaged. Yes, often I have tachycardias. See a cardiologist who will then refer you to an electrophysiologist (rythm doc). Hope it helps.

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I get that to when I am going thru a really bad migraine.  Mostly when I get menstrual migraines.  As a matter of fact,  Last week I had a menstrual migraine that lasted 6 days.  4 of which I stayed in bed.  I had rapid heart rate on and off.  NO meds that I have would work.  It had to just work it self thru.

Meredith,

I definately can relate to this. When my migraine is coming on, my heart will skip and palpitate (it's one of the ways I can tell I'm getting one, many times before the real pain/pressure starts). I also have some tachycardia and palpitations during the migraine and also once I take my Zomig. Sometimes the Zomig "takes away" the palpitations (by taking away the migraine if I catch it in time), but other times I'll get worse. I have had a very few instances of fibrillation of my heart with the Zomig, but I have a lot more trouble with Imitrex. For this reason, I take the Zomig with some caution, but I stay away from the Imitrex completely.

My Neurologist said that the migraines actually trigger the heart issues, not the other way around.

Hope this helps! Thanks so much for bringing this up: I always wondered if other migraineurs had heart-related issues with their migraines.

Paula