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Every time i eat a meal i feel very exhausted, fatigued, short of breath, and rapid heart-rate. sugars/thyroid/bp all fine. rx of p.o.t.s but it's under control and this feels different. ideas?

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Dr. Ilya Averbuch answered

Carcinoid syndrome?: Consider possible carcinoid syndrome. Check urine for serotonin metabolites. It may also cause migraine-like headaches (not a true migraine), and perhaps other symptoms attributed to your "autonomic instability".

Answered 5/20/2018

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A member asked:

Every time i eat a meal i feel very exhausted, fatigued, short of breath, and rapid heart-rate. sugars/thyroid/bp all fine. rx of p.o.t.s but it's under control and this feels different. ideas?

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Dr. Ilya Averbuch answered

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