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fast heart rate in the morning
My heartrate at rest is 60 but in the morning it jumps to 108 for a min. then 96 then lingers around 90 to 84 while getting my kids ready for school. it's like an adrenaline rush and it's causing me terrible anxiety. it makes my blood pressure go up temporarily from 115/74ish to 137/82 or so. is this a normal thing in the morning? It is causing me to wake up in the night with panic attack like symptoms. I have been to a card. and had ekg, stress test and echocardiogram. thyroid fine sugar levels fine. This is only in the morning and middle of the night.Doctor can't find anything wrong and want me to take antidepressants. I am totally fearful of med. and side effects. any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
Hi,
I was diagnosed with unexplained tachycardia at the age of 26 and I'll be 47 in a few weeks. It's never gone away.And I also now have PAC's. I always had exactly this same thing happen! Whenever I would tell the doc my "bad" time was in the morning he would always tell me he has no idea why that happens. What I still do to this day is I set my alarm clock half an hour early than what it needs to be. I take my tenormin and go back to sleep and now when I get up I don't have this problem too often. Hope that helps!
Chattychicky
I was diagnosed with unexplained tachycardia at the age of 26 and I'll be 47 in a few weeks. It's never gone away.And I also now have PAC's. I always had exactly this same thing happen! Whenever I would tell the doc my "bad" time was in the morning he would always tell me he has no idea why that happens. What I still do to this day is I set my alarm clock half an hour early than what it needs to be. I take my tenormin and go back to sleep and now when I get up I don't have this problem too often. Hope that helps!
Chattychicky
thank you so much for your ideas. nice to know i'm not alone. have a great night!
Hello...
Well, the good news is that all your tests have revealed only positive results...You don't have anything wron with your heart.
Anxiety can impact your body in ways you never thought possible. If your symptoms are, in fact, all secondary to anxiety, your best bet is to accept the advice of your Dr and start the medication.
Many people have had success with SSRI's (Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa...to name a few) Side effects are usually minimal, but of course everyone is unique in how they react to medication.
Ask youself this: What's worse...Daily symptoms of anxiety or possible minor symptoms while you initiate medication?
I hope that you find resolution to this, but keeping in mind that you're heart is ok :)
Well, the good news is that all your tests have revealed only positive results...You don't have anything wron with your heart.
Anxiety can impact your body in ways you never thought possible. If your symptoms are, in fact, all secondary to anxiety, your best bet is to accept the advice of your Dr and start the medication.
Many people have had success with SSRI's (Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa...to name a few) Side effects are usually minimal, but of course everyone is unique in how they react to medication.
Ask youself this: What's worse...Daily symptoms of anxiety or possible minor symptoms while you initiate medication?
I hope that you find resolution to this, but keeping in mind that you're heart is ok :)
Funny thing - I just posted about how my kids make my heart rate climb first thing in the morning.
Resting HR is 55-65, the kids come in our room, tv goes on, dogs are bugging me to go outside to go potty - in no time my HR is up to 90-100 and sometimes I feel a little jittery. By 8am I'm in my office doing some work and my HR drops back down to 65-80.
Sounds to me like you're getting accustomed to that rush of having to get everything ready and going for the kids and your mind and body are starting to prep for it a little early.
I also wake up about 30-60 minutes before my kids do - not because I want to; I love sleep. It's because some internal clock is telling me the morning madness is about to start and keeps me from getting any more sleep. I can wake up every morning between 5-5:30am without ever having an alarm clock.
If you've had all the logical tests and everything appears fine, it probably is. Maybe you could try to adjust your routine to minimize the impact of the mornings? Get some things prepped the night before? Go to bed a little earlier? Cut out any stimulants (like coffee) near bedtime?
Just some ideas. But I wouldn't worry too much.
Resting HR is 55-65, the kids come in our room, tv goes on, dogs are bugging me to go outside to go potty - in no time my HR is up to 90-100 and sometimes I feel a little jittery. By 8am I'm in my office doing some work and my HR drops back down to 65-80.
Sounds to me like you're getting accustomed to that rush of having to get everything ready and going for the kids and your mind and body are starting to prep for it a little early.
I also wake up about 30-60 minutes before my kids do - not because I want to; I love sleep. It's because some internal clock is telling me the morning madness is about to start and keeps me from getting any more sleep. I can wake up every morning between 5-5:30am without ever having an alarm clock.
If you've had all the logical tests and everything appears fine, it probably is. Maybe you could try to adjust your routine to minimize the impact of the mornings? Get some things prepped the night before? Go to bed a little earlier? Cut out any stimulants (like coffee) near bedtime?
Just some ideas. But I wouldn't worry too much.
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