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Severe Anxiety/Panic disorder, slow heart?
I've had severe panic/anxiety disorder for around a year now, when I first got it, my heart was constantly going mad, fast, irregular, pounding, etc. Now a year later, my heart is the complete oppersit, it's super slow, so slow infact it makes me even more anxious!
Is a slow heart rate normal for someone with panic/anxiety disorder?
Anyone else experiance this?
Is a slow heart rate normal for someone with panic/anxiety disorder?
Anyone else experiance this?
please tell me if you ever do find a connection between the two.
My heart rate is 41 bpm and i have extreme anxiety.
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thanks
My heart rate is 41 bpm and i have extreme anxiety.
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thanks
For sure, anything that helps your health will improve things like BP and heart rate. No worries and remember lower is better!
Oh thanks Alison :) 130 sitting.. I can imagine that must of been awful. I haven't been exercising more! but I have been eating a lot better, so that might be it.
Have you started exercising more? The more in shape you are your pulse rate can lower? When I was pregnant my pulse rate was insane usually 130 sitting. It was awful. So to go from that to 50's and lower I was so worried as well. But everything checked out. The other night mine was 43 and besides a very slight headache I felt fine. Now when mine is above 65 I can feel it and dont like it! 55-60 is a beautiful pulse rate. They like to see below 70 as a resting pulse. As long as you are not experiencing any side effects from your low rate it is a very very healthy thing!
My BPM is around 55-60 at rest or walking, And I take multivitamins regually with b-complex in, it's just confusing how it's gone from so fast to so slow, it's like my body is just exhausted now.
to all anxieties!!!!!!!!!
vitamin b complex is effective to me because vit b can help our nervous systems healthy.........try to research that......i want to help u all because ive been there bfor n ur situation.....im from philippines..........be optimistic guys!!!!!!!!!!!!
GODBLESS ;-)......just reply my post..........tanx
vitamin b complex is effective to me because vit b can help our nervous systems healthy.........try to research that......i want to help u all because ive been there bfor n ur situation.....im from philippines..........be optimistic guys!!!!!!!!!!!!
GODBLESS ;-)......just reply my post..........tanx
Hey Alisonj29!
Yeah, Bcomplex can cause palpitations... and it's important to ask your Doctor before trying a Vitamin, any one of them in fact... that's what happen to me with the Vitamin B-Complex...and to be honnest, it was not effective at all for my anxiety, 50 mg was ok for the heart palpitations but it was expensive for nothing cause I never see a difference between the time I was taking them or not.... the 100 mg give to me a lot of heart palpitations... and they was not effective also, even after 6 months of daily use... like all the other vitamins that I bought in the last year!!! I try all of them and see no change...
One thing to remember is that if a Vitamin was effective to treat the anxiety, it will be well know from all the PDoc around the world and that vitamin or those vitamins will be RX by them.... but for now, no studies find the effectiviness of a vitamin or an herb or a supplement for the anxiety! Only the Omega 3 1000 mg, made from fish oil was find effective to treat minor depressive disorder.... those results was show in a big study published in 2010... Forget about the amino acids like the Taurine, it's really bad for the anxiety and can be dangerous as well... L-glutamine also is not good for the anxiety, l-arginine is only good for the nitric oxid in the blood and increase the blood circulation... and i forget a lot of other products who are not safe for the health like the Kava... or the ones who don't cross the blood barrier like the GABA supplement!!!
I think that a placebo effect is perhaps what make the person feeling better when they take Vitamins to cure their anxiety...
Now, that's true that some supplements or oils are show to be effective in some studies for the heart and prevent some heart disease, the omega 3, especially the ones made with fish oil and also flaxseed oil, Q10 enzymes, olive oil... Tumeric is good for poor blood circulation and reduces inflammation... that's it... forget the Zinc, the Cooper, the Chronium, the high dose of Magnesium (vera bad for the diarrhea and can also give a lot of heart palpitations). I think only a regular multi-vitamin like Centrum-Strong is enough to provide the good amount of all the good vitamins, the ones who are really important for the health!
I don't believe in homeopathy, here in the Canada, they just publish a study about the homeopathy remedies, they are just sugar without any kind of active substance inside, that's an only placebo effect, they will remove all the homeopathy remedies from the market (in the Quebec province at least, don't know for the rest of the Canada) and put severe law to restrict the sell of those kind of products... a lot of vitamins will be also remove from the market as well as some supplements, herbs and many other things... I think it's time that the governement put all those products under a special law...
Anxious peoples are an easy target for all those companies who sell those products... that's a shame... !
Well well... I write a lot again....
Yeah, Bcomplex can cause palpitations... and it's important to ask your Doctor before trying a Vitamin, any one of them in fact... that's what happen to me with the Vitamin B-Complex...and to be honnest, it was not effective at all for my anxiety, 50 mg was ok for the heart palpitations but it was expensive for nothing cause I never see a difference between the time I was taking them or not.... the 100 mg give to me a lot of heart palpitations... and they was not effective also, even after 6 months of daily use... like all the other vitamins that I bought in the last year!!! I try all of them and see no change...
One thing to remember is that if a Vitamin was effective to treat the anxiety, it will be well know from all the PDoc around the world and that vitamin or those vitamins will be RX by them.... but for now, no studies find the effectiviness of a vitamin or an herb or a supplement for the anxiety! Only the Omega 3 1000 mg, made from fish oil was find effective to treat minor depressive disorder.... those results was show in a big study published in 2010... Forget about the amino acids like the Taurine, it's really bad for the anxiety and can be dangerous as well... L-glutamine also is not good for the anxiety, l-arginine is only good for the nitric oxid in the blood and increase the blood circulation... and i forget a lot of other products who are not safe for the health like the Kava... or the ones who don't cross the blood barrier like the GABA supplement!!!
I think that a placebo effect is perhaps what make the person feeling better when they take Vitamins to cure their anxiety...
Now, that's true that some supplements or oils are show to be effective in some studies for the heart and prevent some heart disease, the omega 3, especially the ones made with fish oil and also flaxseed oil, Q10 enzymes, olive oil... Tumeric is good for poor blood circulation and reduces inflammation... that's it... forget the Zinc, the Cooper, the Chronium, the high dose of Magnesium (vera bad for the diarrhea and can also give a lot of heart palpitations). I think only a regular multi-vitamin like Centrum-Strong is enough to provide the good amount of all the good vitamins, the ones who are really important for the health!
I don't believe in homeopathy, here in the Canada, they just publish a study about the homeopathy remedies, they are just sugar without any kind of active substance inside, that's an only placebo effect, they will remove all the homeopathy remedies from the market (in the Quebec province at least, don't know for the rest of the Canada) and put severe law to restrict the sell of those kind of products... a lot of vitamins will be also remove from the market as well as some supplements, herbs and many other things... I think it's time that the governement put all those products under a special law...
Anxious peoples are an easy target for all those companies who sell those products... that's a shame... !
Well well... I write a lot again....
I also read that a bcomplex can sometimes cause palpitations so I would talk to your doctor before trying that.
Hi !
To take your puse rate, put 2 fingers on you're veins on the left or right wrist and count the numberr of pulse that you can feel in 15 seconds... if it's 20, you have to do 20 x 4 = 80 beats per minute... Some peoples will take it on a 30 seconds period of time, if you do that, just count the number of pulse you feel in 30 seconds and multipliate it by 2.... The normal range for the pulse rate is 60 - 100 BPM... some people who are very fit and exercises a lot can have a lower heart rate at rest , it can be as low as 45 BPM... some people on a Beta-blocker med can also have a lower heart rate...
To be honnest, I also feel worse when I have a low pulse rate, probably cause I fear that my heart will stop... in other hand, having a high pulse rate of 200 and more when I do a severe panic is also very disturbing for me...
I've also severe panic with agoraphobia and cardiophobia (can take my pulse rate more than 200 times a day and my blood pressure often also, it's like an obsessive compulsion)...
Same thing happen to me. Before December 2009, my pulse rate was always in the 90 range, even at rest... very fast when I had a panic attack... and it was ok for me since I was use to live with that heart rate and never care about it... and suddenly in December 2009 my pulse rate decrease above 60 BPM...always around 55-60 at rest... even when I had to exercise, walk fast or climb the stairs, my heart beat was slow and pounding... I took an appointment with a Cardiologist and had a stress test for my heart with an echography of my heart... also had a holter monitor for 24 hours who record my heart beat... no problem he said with the exception of a mitral valve prolaspe, who is very common...
The had even panic attack with a slow pulse rate... my PDoc never seen it before... it was new for him... I had panic attack, with all the usual symptoms but without the fast pulse rate... weird no?
Anyway, 7 months later, so in june, I had a severe panic attack while I had to drive my car alone... and the fast pulse rate start again...the chest pain start at the same time too!!! Never had chest pain, even when I had a panic attack... and since then I have chronic chest pain... when I had that severe panic attack, the puse rate was so fast that I faint... thanks god I didn't had a car crash... but I was afraid... Since then, I can't drive a car...my pulse rate is always fast when I have to be in a car as a passenger...or when i'm out of the house or when I have to take my shower, climb the stairs and things like that, my heart rate is always high... but the slow pulse rate continue, especially in the evening... if I do nothing and just sit and watch the TV, my heart beat will be as slow as 50 BPM... who is not usual for me... since i'm not fit at all...
So you are normal... anxiety can give a lot of symptoms... I think the main problem is when we start to worry all the times about those symptoms... the more we think about them and the more they happen and the more anxious we are...
Anyway... take care ok !!! If i'm still alive after more than a year with severe panic/agoraphobia and a weak blood pressure, slow pulse rate and a lot of chest pain and other cardiac symptoms (jaw pain, numb left arm and hand...), I think you will survive...
Just to be sure that everything is ok woth you, why you don't take an appointment with a Cardiologist?... just to be sure everything is fine? It can help you to feel less anxious...Well that doesn't help me at all since I continue to experience a lot of cardiovascular symptoms, but well, it can help you!!!
Hummm., for the Vitamine B complex... it can worse the cardiac symptoms... no study show that any kind of vitamins are good for the anxiety!!! I try everything, I pay a lot of money for natural products and any kind of vitamins supply and nothing work... Even the Inotisol, who was apparently good for the OCD/anxiety in some study... Have a blood work to see if you are lacking of vitamins, especially the iron, who can lead to anemia and a lot of cardiovascular symptoms... who will also see if you're level of Vitamine B12 is good or not... cause a lack of Vit B12 can also lead to anemia... but dont run to the drugstore to buy Vitamins supply... they are not useful... The only one natural product who is good for the heart is actually Omega 3... my advice...
So again, take care of you ;-)
To take your puse rate, put 2 fingers on you're veins on the left or right wrist and count the numberr of pulse that you can feel in 15 seconds... if it's 20, you have to do 20 x 4 = 80 beats per minute... Some peoples will take it on a 30 seconds period of time, if you do that, just count the number of pulse you feel in 30 seconds and multipliate it by 2.... The normal range for the pulse rate is 60 - 100 BPM... some people who are very fit and exercises a lot can have a lower heart rate at rest , it can be as low as 45 BPM... some people on a Beta-blocker med can also have a lower heart rate...
To be honnest, I also feel worse when I have a low pulse rate, probably cause I fear that my heart will stop... in other hand, having a high pulse rate of 200 and more when I do a severe panic is also very disturbing for me...
I've also severe panic with agoraphobia and cardiophobia (can take my pulse rate more than 200 times a day and my blood pressure often also, it's like an obsessive compulsion)...
Same thing happen to me. Before December 2009, my pulse rate was always in the 90 range, even at rest... very fast when I had a panic attack... and it was ok for me since I was use to live with that heart rate and never care about it... and suddenly in December 2009 my pulse rate decrease above 60 BPM...always around 55-60 at rest... even when I had to exercise, walk fast or climb the stairs, my heart beat was slow and pounding... I took an appointment with a Cardiologist and had a stress test for my heart with an echography of my heart... also had a holter monitor for 24 hours who record my heart beat... no problem he said with the exception of a mitral valve prolaspe, who is very common...
The had even panic attack with a slow pulse rate... my PDoc never seen it before... it was new for him... I had panic attack, with all the usual symptoms but without the fast pulse rate... weird no?
Anyway, 7 months later, so in june, I had a severe panic attack while I had to drive my car alone... and the fast pulse rate start again...the chest pain start at the same time too!!! Never had chest pain, even when I had a panic attack... and since then I have chronic chest pain... when I had that severe panic attack, the puse rate was so fast that I faint... thanks god I didn't had a car crash... but I was afraid... Since then, I can't drive a car...my pulse rate is always fast when I have to be in a car as a passenger...or when i'm out of the house or when I have to take my shower, climb the stairs and things like that, my heart rate is always high... but the slow pulse rate continue, especially in the evening... if I do nothing and just sit and watch the TV, my heart beat will be as slow as 50 BPM... who is not usual for me... since i'm not fit at all...
So you are normal... anxiety can give a lot of symptoms... I think the main problem is when we start to worry all the times about those symptoms... the more we think about them and the more they happen and the more anxious we are...
Anyway... take care ok !!! If i'm still alive after more than a year with severe panic/agoraphobia and a weak blood pressure, slow pulse rate and a lot of chest pain and other cardiac symptoms (jaw pain, numb left arm and hand...), I think you will survive...
Just to be sure that everything is ok woth you, why you don't take an appointment with a Cardiologist?... just to be sure everything is fine? It can help you to feel less anxious...Well that doesn't help me at all since I continue to experience a lot of cardiovascular symptoms, but well, it can help you!!!
Hummm., for the Vitamine B complex... it can worse the cardiac symptoms... no study show that any kind of vitamins are good for the anxiety!!! I try everything, I pay a lot of money for natural products and any kind of vitamins supply and nothing work... Even the Inotisol, who was apparently good for the OCD/anxiety in some study... Have a blood work to see if you are lacking of vitamins, especially the iron, who can lead to anemia and a lot of cardiovascular symptoms... who will also see if you're level of Vitamine B12 is good or not... cause a lack of Vit B12 can also lead to anemia... but dont run to the drugstore to buy Vitamins supply... they are not useful... The only one natural product who is good for the heart is actually Omega 3... my advice...
So again, take care of you ;-)
I had a high pulse rate and then when put on Inderal for my hand tremors and anxiety my pulse now is very low. With up walking around its about 60 and my resting pulse is 45 sometimes 40. If you are really worried see your doctor and get things checked out, but a slower pulse usually is a sign of a fit person. I think Lance Armstrongs is super low
I don't know my heart rate, how can I measure my BPM? All i know is its a lot slower then it was, and a lot slower then average. I can be quite active, I live in a 4 floor house so i'm always up and down stairs constantly, and I do walk everywhere I go, although I don't work out or anything. And it's still slow even when i'm walking, it's the same as what it'd be at rest.
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