thanks for the advice you guys. Hopefully it isn't a food allergy because i just paid good $ to get that stuff tested and IO hate to think we may have missed one, I can't tell you how happy I was when they told me I wasn't allergic to dairy, hooray! What was funny was that before the tests I was almost sure I had a dairy allergy, so much so that sometimes eating it would give me anxiety, ahh the power of the mind.

Thanks for the reminder on the breathing exercises I sometimes forget that even though it's the first thing I should remember. I am starting to think that it may have been partially due to trapped gas, since I was a bit gassy the last few days, maby something I'm eating like too much garlic is causing me grief. For now the breathing is helping and I'm going to watch my diet more carefully. I really should keep a food journal for times like this.

actually i have heard (and it seems to be in line with my experience too) that fast pulse goes with low blood pressure. i have a general chronic tachycardia--my resting pulse is usually around 80 or sometimes higher. my bp is low--about 99/60. the times that my pulse has been lower (sometimes early morning when still sleepy), my bp is slightly higher--around 110/70. i have heard that when the bp is low, it takes more beats to push the blood around. makes sense to me.