Fast heart rate in the morning

Hi,
I am 21 yrs old. I noticed that my heart rate is really high when I wake up and still in bed, it is 88-90 and when I get up from my bed, it jumps to 140 when standing. If I drink a glass of water, it immediately drops to 120 or lower. It is not always as high as 140 but mostly in the 120-130 range. Drinking a glass of water in the morning immediately brings it down by 10-20 beats. However, within an hour, It goes up to 120. If I am not drinking water constantly, It stays high and goes up really high(up to 160) with little physical movement. I talked to my doctor about it and she prescribed me an anti-anxiety medicine(cipralex) for one month to see if that fixes the problem. I am not an anxious person and I don't feel any anxiety.   I was wondering If anyone has experienced a similar problem and had to take anti-anxiety meds and if it worked for you?

[is_something_wrong]

This is really easy:

See a doctor after you get out of bed, and get an EKG done. If you have an abnormal rhythm, get it treated. If you have ordinary sinus tachycardia, the cause should be found. I strongly suspect you have somewhat low blood pressure in the morning due to dehydration or sleeping in a warm room (dilated blood vessels and reduces blood pressure) and the body compensates by increasing the heart rate.

To a certain degree, this is a normal phenomenon. My heart rate is always somewhat unstable in the morning, and it tends to "fire" a little upon standing up or exercise. It's all caused by low blood pressure.

Conclusion: Get an EKG done during symptoms. If it's just sinus tachycardia (and it probably is) it's easily treatable.

[sian333]

You need to see a cardio.

Doctors have a bad habit of assuming anything to do with heart is just anxiety.

It could be an arrhythmia. It could be your thyroid. There are lots of things it could be.

Get a full blood work up, and if everything comes back normal, see a cardio.

[SassyLassie]

I agree, I would definitely see a cardiologist. So many doctors just shrug these symptoms off as anxiety, or other things, especially in younger folks like yourself.

I would ask for a complete blood work up and other tests to rule out anything serious.

[is_something_wrong]

This is really easy:

See a doctor after you get out of bed, and get an EKG done. If you have an abnormal rhythm, get it treated. If you have ordinary sinus tachycardia, the cause should be found. I strongly suspect you have somewhat low blood pressure in the morning due to dehydration or sleeping in a warm room (dilated blood vessels and reduces blood pressure) and the body compensates by increasing the heart rate.

To a certain degree, this is a normal phenomenon. My heart rate is always somewhat unstable in the morning, and it tends to "fire" a little upon standing up or exercise. It's all caused by low blood pressure.

Conclusion: Get an EKG done during symptoms. If it's just sinus tachycardia (and it probably is) it's easily treatable.

[lollol3]

go check out a doctor who are specialized in heart problems.... i don't think your heart rate have much to do with anxiety at all.

I had the same problem ... but it is not anxiety. the doctors think its anxiety but they never listen to you.. they say it is anxity... yes anxity CAUSED by a high heart rate.

in fact...you will GET anxity automatically if your heart

but go to your DOC ...