Tachycardia and high heart rate..

[pixiee27]

Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I had a gynecologic surgery about two months ago and I was then told I had a pretty elevated heart rate. While in the hospital my heart rate was in the 115's and 130's. After I was discharged and at home I have been measuring and it is around 90-99 while just sitting. If I get up and wash dishes or do stuff around the house it comes up to around the 120s or 140's. I have seen a cardiologist and had an ekg which was normal. She told me anything at 100 and under is considered normal. She also said the only thing that bothered her was my blood pressure which was a little elevated making me hypertensive. I have since then been checking it and its either 120/80 or 125/83. I also had it checked at the doctors office and he said it was 118/78. Now I am 27 yrs old, weigh 199 (yes its bad!) and I'm 5'3. I have had a pretty sedentary lifestyle and have gained 25 lbs in a year. I am scared and worried about my health. My heart rate overall because I also suffer from anxiety and panic disorder. Can someone please give me any advice or tell me about how you deal with your elevated heart rate? My cardiologist assured me my heart is fine, but my anxiety has me thinking about it almost daily!

[MichelleP_3811]

Hi Pixiee,  Welcome to the forum.  Though no one on the internet can really diagnose you it sounds a bit like your issues may be simple lifestyle related.  Having surgery it is understandable your vitals would be a little off.  Especially if you tend to anxiety.  It's fearful to need to have surgery and fear will definitely raise a person's heart rate and blood pressure.  The fact it went down when you were home is likely a sign that stress was mainly the cause.  It may be staying elevate partly due to stress as well.  The focus on your heart itself contributing to a rise in your vitals.  It could also be that you naturally run at a higher pace than others.  Mine use to run in the 90s most of the time.  I tended to have a lot more anxiety when I was younger so that may have contributed but I also was not prone to exercising either.  Once I committed to a regular practice of getting cardio in everyday my rate had dropped to averaging in the 70s.  If you drink caffeine and eat a lot of foods high in sugar and carbohydrates that could elevate your rate. As well if you do not drink enough water that could raise it too.  So try to get some cardio in, eat healthier and work on your stress and anxiety and I suspect your rate will go down.   If it seems to get worse then go back to the doctor for more extensive tests but at this point I suspect lifestyle changes would benefit your situation.  Take care.

[pixiee27]

Pre-hypertensive* sorry