hi all! ive suffer from anxiety and i take meds for it! my symptoms are heart related like palpitation chest pain tingling and list goes on! ive seen 3 cardiologist done a lot of test like ekg holter monitor event monitor heart ct scan heart ultrasound all came back normal!last check up was january 2018 ! since than im going a lot at er because of palpitations and all the other symptoms but nothing have shown abnormal! i saw my cardiologist in march and he dont recomend repeating more testing but im so worried! i have a apple watch that i keep cheking my hr and during exercising my hr goes up 150-170 today went up to 190 i was extremly scared but not symptoms at all i felt ok! i sit down imediatly and hr went down to 70 ! my resting hr is 70-60 somtimes 57! now im very scared for those readings and all that means! i dont know how accurate are apple watches too?!sorry for the long post ! thanks you for reading
I also suffer from heart palpitations due to health anxiety and they can be absolutely terrifying.
If the dr doesn’t recommend any further testing try and think of that as a good thing which I know is extremely easier said than done.
Msg me if you want to talk hope you feel better x
remember you’ve been tested and everything is fine. Your resting heart rate is perfect. Even if it’s in the 50s that means that your heart does not have to work very hard to pump blood. That’s great. Many athletes have lower resting heart rates because they are in great shape. So that’s something to be happy about. Your heart rate goes back to a great resting rate .
if you are young, your heart rate while exercising is fine. it’s very common for the heart rate to go high While exercising. Remember, when you are anxious you will get palpitations and even chest pain sometimes that’s very common. All your testing shows that your heart is perfectly fine. Try not to focus on your heart rate because that will actually increase it because of the anxiety. You need to practice slow deep breathing and relax yourself more and you will have less palpitations. You are overthinking and that will increase the anxiety and heart rate. Listen to some mindfulness breathing exercises on YouTube to slow your heart rate. You’re going to be just fine
thank you Jan ! im just worried because my test are done between 2017-2018
and things might have changed since than!ive been to er last months couple of times for the same (palpitations fast hr) they did ekg blood work x ray ,they dont know what is causing it! my cardiologist dont look concern but i have a lot of symptoms ! ive been reading i
might have POTS since my heart rate goes up everytime i move ! im very worried and scared ! im 31 years old