rapid heart rate when waking up

[paanda2]

i've been noticing that when i wake up, my pulse is very fast, like around 100-115/120. it continues to be that way for about a half hour after waking, as i get up and start my day. i guess it took me some time to notice, because my heart isn't pounding when this happens; it's like a soft fast heart rate. normally my resting heart rate is around 80-88. i take atenolol 25mg twice a day, once in the morning after i wake up, and once in the evening, around 7:30pm.

i guess i'm wondering if anyone has experienced this, and could it be like this because of the time when i take the atenolol? please, if anyone could give me some type of feedback! thank you.

[jondsam]

I have heard many people say the same things happen to them.  A lot of people believe that your body gives you a natural shot of adrenaline in the morning to get you moving.  However, I do not experience this.  My heart rate is usually very slow in the mornings and does not pick up speed until im moving around a lot or leaving the house to carry on with my day.  I would suggest going to a cardio doctor and having them capture this event on a holter monitor.  Better to be safe than sorry.

goodbye

[crystalhanzelka]

I have a monitor on right now and have captured several events like this...
When I wake up and get out of bed my heart rate is around 130-135.  I have had a lot of tests done on my heart and the doctor says I am fine...  I dont believe him though...

[Me967]

Hi there.  I also experience this in the morning.  For me my pulse rate is usually around 100-110 for about the first 20 minutes along with the very heavy pounding though.  As I walk around the house like a penguin waiting for my ankles to bend for me.  I also get lightheaded very easy.  

Once I get a cup of coffee or two I stop bouncing into the walls like a drunken penguin and my pulse rate drops then on it's own.  I take Lopressor twice daily but in the morning I have to wait an hour before I take it due to thyroid medication.

I hope your monitor will give your doctors the answers to the question you are asking.  I just thought I would let you know your not alone.  My doctor just sort of shrugs it off since it drops back down on it's own.  

Best of wishes to you.  ;-)

[Jerry_NJ]

With a rest HR of up to 88, that is a bit high in my opinion, a rate of 100 isn't a big jump.  Is your rate that high before getting out of bed, or after you start walking around?

My rest HR is in the low 70s when I wake up, and when I start walking around goes up to the 90s, moving back into the 80s when sitting to eat breakfast.  I don't watch this all the time, just a few mornings a week I put on my Polar hear monitor and watch it to see if anything has changed, even for the better...trying to be an optimist.  

So, really all I have offered is a question and a sense that your condition isn't particularly alarming.  Still, get it check out with a cardiologist, so you can get specific treatment if it is necessary.

[paanda2]

my heart rate is high when i wake up/am in bed. i notice it before i get up out of bed. then it starts slowing down then as i get moving (and take atenolol). 88 is just an example of what it is sometimes. depending on the time of day, if i ate, and the last time i took the atenolol, it is different. like right now it is 65. my doctor was saying that because i have a structurally fine heart (from echo and holter, etc), i just seem to get tachycardia; part if it is because i am thin with a fast metabolism (and just everything in my body moves fast).

but my concern really is that i just started noticing this as i've been on the atenolol. i am sure i am just being paranoid and am over thinking it. i will probably call my doctor's office tomorrow though.

thank you!

[coribell]

Iv recently started on metoprolol and iv noticed my heart rate is a little high in the morning just after getting up usually about 94 to 105 but after move around some take my medicine it slows down to normal rate.Im not sure but i think it might be bcause of the metoprolol or i know my heart never raced before i started the metoprolol.

[hawkeye245]

I suffer from GERD, take altenol for BP, when I fall asleep I sometimes wake up with pounding heart - even when I take a nap this happens, makes me very nauseaous.  I take ativan for anxiety also - doctor says my heart is fine - I stress test, 64 Slice Heart Scan- what next - it seems everything almost make me sick.,

[dancingheart]

Autumnx1003   Has a poll going for this same discussion. Just wanted to let you know. It seems that this is so popular that everyone is posting about the "wake up slump" if you can call it that! Too bad we couldn't put all these posts into one.  I am traveling all over the forum to read them all...wish I could anser them all.  I too wish this nonsense could end for myself.... BUT at least I know I am not alone!!! It seems that all our hearts are in a hurry to get moving.  So far I have seen 9 posts with this problem...Sleeping (nap or night) = undesirably fast heart rate.  

[JanFL]

I did this routine back in November and while I was already on Cartia ER (180mg) in a.m. - it would do the morning fast heart rate bit.  So, I did the 'event monitor' and it showed the morning faster rate. It too would slow down.  And a nap showed same thing.  His solution was to put me on a 2nd 180mg cap around 10pm - and it did take care of it.  So, go figure.  I hope you get it resolved.  I had a bunch of tests as well. Nothing remarkable from the Dr. on results.  Good Luck - Jan in FL

[xklownx]

I get the same scary fast heart rate feels like just went jogging when I wake up. I can feel my heart pounding when I put my hand on my chest above my heart. Now I have a tension in my back feels like knots and puts pressure on my chest when laying down, having trouble sleeping I wake up after 3 hours. Any ideas. I suffer from anxiety disorder as well