someone knock some sense into me!

[thinkerg]

im 20 years old, just went to the cardiologist an had a stress test done, they said my heart looked healthy. to me it seemed to take a longer than usual time for my heart rate to go back to normal, when i asked the doc if it was abnormal she said "normal has a wide range". its really affecting me working out. is it possible its just taking longer to recover because im not is as good of shape? it stays beating hard when i stop and it scares me because it was never like that. coulld it be anxiety because i nervous that somethings wrong with my heart, even tho i dont go into a panic state till i feel my heart rate staying so high? could the doc have missed something? or am i just being a hypocondria!?  please comment

[thinkerg]

Thank both of you I appreciate if. It's so hard energy not to long ago I don't have any problems and now I'm always nervous for
For no reason which causes physical symptoms. Idk what to do anymore

[tiredboy]

Hi,
I think I know what you're going through. I have anxiety usually focuses around this irrational preoccupation with my heart rate. Sometimes when I exercise I will suddenly become over-conscious of the speed of my heart, which I think  causes more adrenaline to release when your body is already operating at a pretty high-rate of physical exertion, so you end up with a combination of real and imagined excitement, for want of a better expression. I have seen various doctors and even an ER about my sudden night-time wake-ups with a racing heart, thinking my heart could not possibly go any faster without dying. But apparently this is not possible, and you are particularly young and fit. So no, you're not a hypochondriac. This is a scary experience for you, your body is experiencing a natural 'fight or flight response' at the wrong time. I would explore the anxiety path.

[mammo]

I think you're worrying over nothing.  It does take time for our heart rate to return to normal after exercising, but stressing over yours can and will keep it up.  Next time you work out take 15 minutes to relax and do several deep, slow breaths in thru your nose and out of your mouth.  Relaxing more will do wonders for your heart rate.