Really worried about high heart rate

hi

so yesterday I did a post saying I was worried about having sepsis.
but now I am stressing about my heart.

yesterday I had a few light headed moments and I felt like I couldn’t concentrate on anything, I checked my heart rate on my watch and it was 116.

since then i have spent all last night and most of today monitoring it and it’s always between 85 and 115. Even when I was asleep it was between 70 and 90 when normally its between 55 and 70.

All morning I have been in my xbox (my chill time) and it was still around 85 to 100.
And at the moment I have my friends over and we having a few drinks stood in kitchen and my heart rate is 114.

I am worried I have blood poisoning or something seriously wrong and that’s why my heart rate so high .

Have you had any kind of surgery or serious infection recently? My heart rate normally increases when Im having severe anxiety. And it will stay elevated even during sleep. Have you tried deep breathing excerises they really help me. Also i believe but not a 100 percent but with sepsis you would normally have a fever chills body aches flu like symptoms delira. Do you have any of those? I would go to doc for peace of mind but i think your going to be ok

hey!

fellow Anxiety suffer. I’m also suffering from anxiety induced heart issues. at the moment i have high blood pressure, though not due to anything wrong with my cholesterol or basics that contribute to it. also, have heart rate around 115. few days back they found a kidney stone and I’ve been freaking out. at the moment, they gave me beta blockers to calm my anxiety and with that my blood pressure. im still having weird arm or chest aches though my heart rate is now hovering 64-84bpm. so, I’d talk to a md to try and see what could help. i know at the moment I’ll take beta blockers until i see a psych and restart taking a new antidepressant since when i used to take them all of my symptoms were off.

hi

no not got any fever or chills, just really high heart rate and feel like I have heart palpations, also my head feels like I cant concentrate on anything.
I have no other symptoms but just worried about having such a high heart rate.

Hi there, My doctor sent me to hospital twice because everytime I went my heart rate was like 126-135, I always have a fast heart rate, could be laid in bed peacefully and could be 95 lol, When I was in the hospital my doctor assured me between 50-100 is normal, and even tho mine can go up to 115 he said even then it’s not dangerously high I generally just have a fast heart rate, mostly aniexty even when I feel ok the more you think and concentrate on it the faster it becomes I even feel my heart pounding when I’m trying to sleep I’ve had blood test and everything done everything fine, if u want peace of mind like me get a ecg :slight_smile: then when it comes back fine it’s easier to focus .. I also a bigger from dizzyness and been lightheaded

your heart rate is not dangerously high. It’s normal for it to be in that range when you have anxiety .
you don’t have blood poisoning. you would have a fever among other symptoms. You have intense anxiety.

If you have septicaemia (blood poisoning) you wouldn’t be able to move and would be seriously ill within the space of a short period of time (a few hours - both my parents had it in hospital). Septicaemia can lead to sepsis, with similar results. It sounds like anxiety, as others have said. It would be best to try some mindfulness or relaxation exercises.
Sometimes your pulse rate can increase dramatically for a few days when a cold is coming on.
Fitbits over-estimate your pulse rate - sometimes mine says my pulse rate is 115. When I check it manually with a stopwatch it is nearer 80.

Thank you all for your replies.

my heart rate is still high but I am trying to take on board everything you guys have said and calm down a little.
The only thing that I started with this morning is a pain in left side of my neck which is also the side I been having hearing issues with for last several weeks on and off, which upto now I thought may be just a build up of ear wax but now I am worried it may be an ear infection instead and I have left it to late and the infection has spread causing the heart rate possibly? and now the full neck ache.

I must sound like a right one with all these worries :confused:

I meant to say *dull neck ache not full