I’ve been sick for the past 6 weeks: fever, sweating, sinus discharge, etc. But I was especially worried by the way my heart would race. I would wake up in the morning with my heart trying to beat its way out of my chest.
So after weeks of thinking I would get better any day now, I finally put my Medicaid to use and made a doctors appt. Well, the doc gave me antibiotics and then an Ekg. And the Ekg came back wonky.
So I was sent to a cardiologist. My heart rate is “borderline” he tells me; over 100. The right atrium seems enlarged. So now I’m hooked up to a heart monitor secured at my waist, which is going to record my heart for 24 hours.
Think good thoughts for me, please? I’m only 27 years old. I don’t wanna go out yet.
100 is not all that bad. 100 is the top for the normal range. I had to wear a halter monitor as my heart would race, turns out I was drinking too much coffee.
Anxiety disorders are often involved in waking up with your heart racing. I found that really interesting, as one would think as you sleep your calm but a majority of panic suffers report waking up out of a sound sleep with a panic attack.
So there’s no need to worry, especially at your age. Knowing what’s wrong is half the battle. Once you find out nothing is wrong with you physically, it may not stop the fast beats but it’s easier to cope with it.
I know for me, if I overdue coffee, I just sit there as my heart beats and of course you get more nervous and it’s discomforting, even though you know there’s nothing wrong and you just have to let the caffeine wear off
Well, thanks to all five people who bothered to comment. The doctor isn’t sure what’s going on. He wants my sinus infection to clear up first, and see if my heart goes back to normal. If it doesn’t, he’ll put me on medication.
Who, me, or Mississipienne? Mine showed a slightly “irregular” heartbeat and some racing, but the doctor said it was nothing worth medicating or worrying about.