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I am 51, 2 years ago I had a racing heart, wore a holter monitor etc and they found nothing so I was put on a low dose of bystolic. It seemed to have helped. My daily pulse is between 54-60. The past 3 week I have been feeling anxious and as if my heart is pounding and I feel so tense. I went to my cardio and my pulse was only 66. He treated me like I was wasting his time. Yet when I get home, it bouncing between 67-90. I know my body and something feels wrong, I don't even feel good but I don't want to bother him again. I am getting tired of this heart pounding sensation and anxious.
Even though my pulse is within normal range it'a high for me and high for someone on a beta blocker. I am also trying to schedule surgery and it worries me with my heart rate being out of wack.
Even though my pulse is within normal range it'a high for me and high for someone on a beta blocker. I am also trying to schedule surgery and it worries me with my heart rate being out of wack.
awesome so feeling anxious and my heart pounding all the time could be chronic.
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Chronic anxiety is not exactly rare, and it could certainly play a role in what you're experiencing. Ask your primary doc about it, because it IS treatable, and life can get a lot better for people with this problem.
I am under a lot of stress right now so it's understandable to assume that could be my issue. I am a stress monster. But it just seems higher than normal, even running up stairs it jumped to 98. While most people would sy that's normal, for me it's not.
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'Normal' shifts with age, temperament, and all kinds of things. It really does.
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<br/>And I repeat that even though 98 seems high to you, this is well within the normal activity of a heart asked to run up stairs.
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<br/>You might want to google something called Da Costa's Syndrome or Soldier's Heart.
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<br/>One thing to consider is that there is no shame or blame or loss of self-control in having anxiety. It is a medical disorder like any other. If you were to ask people of various generations in your family if they had ever experienced anxiety--and if they were honest---you would find that many had experienced it on a chronic, maybe lifelong basis. It's like having blue eyes or a tendency towards cold sores.
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Your heart rate is nicely in the normal range. It will change exactly this way in the course of ordinary, everyday activities.
However, being in an anxious state of mind can make one *hyperaware* of the sensation of change. Since your heart has been checked out recently by your cardio doc and found to be in good shape, and since the anxiety is definitely troubling you, I think the rational thing is to address the anxiety, not the ticker.
Your primary care doc would be the one to ask for basic advice, though if your anxiety is chronic, you would probably be better off seeing a psychiatrist and counselor for a combination of meds and cognitive behavioral therapy, which has been found to be quite effective for this problem.
There is also an excellent little book called 'Hope and Help For Your Nerves," by Dr. Claire Weeks. It addresses exactly what you are experiencing, and is cheap and readily available from amazon, etc.
However, being in an anxious state of mind can make one *hyperaware* of the sensation of change. Since your heart has been checked out recently by your cardio doc and found to be in good shape, and since the anxiety is definitely troubling you, I think the rational thing is to address the anxiety, not the ticker.
Your primary care doc would be the one to ask for basic advice, though if your anxiety is chronic, you would probably be better off seeing a psychiatrist and counselor for a combination of meds and cognitive behavioral therapy, which has been found to be quite effective for this problem.
There is also an excellent little book called 'Hope and Help For Your Nerves," by Dr. Claire Weeks. It addresses exactly what you are experiencing, and is cheap and readily available from amazon, etc.
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And I repeat that even though 98 seems high to you, this is well within the normal activity of a heart asked to run up stairs.
You might want to google something called Da Costa's Syndrome or Soldier's Heart.
One thing to consider is that there is no shame or blame or loss of self-control in having anxiety. It is a medical disorder like any other. If you were to ask people of various generations in your family if they had ever experienced anxiety--and if they were honest---you would find that many had experienced it on a chronic, maybe lifelong basis. It's like having blue eyes or a tendency towards cold sores.