Well, to put death into perspective per your thread; My friend's father had a heart attack (no history of heart disease in the family, no heart problems with his dad) while driving in another state. He realized while driving on the highway, that he was having a heart attack, so he pulled over to the side of the road...and died, right there, in his car, alone, no family around him. So, death can happen at any time for any reason.
So, you've successfully weaned off both psychiatric medications? That is good. This way, now you don't have any medications to cause any side effects on your heart. And if you still have the heart problems after, then you could possibly rule out your two psych meds as the cause. There are definitely tests that can determine if your heart problem is genetic or hereditary or induced by medication. Not sure why your cardiologist won't perform those tests on you. They can't treat you properly if they don't know what caused it.
So you aren't still playing sports now that you started a month ago, correct? That is good then. No alcohol is also good b/c that is a depressant and can actually be a stimulant on the heart and make the heart race in some people (it did that to me, so I stopped drinking beer and hard liquor). The no sex thing is no big deal (makes sense they said 'no' to it). No stress (harder but doable if you avoid stressful triggers). You can drink decaf coffee can't you? And no aerobic activities like dancing, that makes sense too.
Good luck with it all. Keep us posted.
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