Get your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
159 Doctors Online

By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions

Dr. Andrew Rynne
MD
Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

HCM Blog Instant Access to Doctors
HCM BlogQuestions Answered
HCM Blog Satisfaction

What Additional Testing Should I Consider For Persistent Adrenaline Racing, Anxiety, And A Bitter Taste In My Mouth Despite Ongoing Treatments?

I’m an 83 yr old woman taking Amlodipine 5 mg twice a day, for 7 months I’ve been waking up with adrenaline racing, bitter taste in mouth..anxiety and depression..had upper right wisdom tooth extracted, yet bitter taste remains..have had urinary tract infections ( Ecoli..Klebsiella, Stepholoccus, and a fungus October 2021, November 2021, December 2021, January & February 2022...my Urologist gave me a small dose of Estercream .01 twice per week also mythenamine & C vitamin twice a day..which seems to have alleviated UTI’s...I still wake every morning with adrenaline racing, anxiety..with bitter taste in mouth...I take blood pressure med 5 mg..sit and have Cheerios..( something to eat)...I see my Cardiologist in June...I feel there is infection somewhere...I went to Cape Cod Hospital 1 month ago...where an EKG was done..they found calcifications on a blood vessel on my kidney ...as well as calcifications behind my naval..and said I’d have that for the rest of my life..I’ll be seeing Pulminary today 4/21/2022...Gastroenterologist 5/17/2022...Oncolgy 5/2/2022...what other testing should I have done..please and thank you...
posted on Tue, 1 Aug 2023
Twitter