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Apple watch Heart Rate Reading issues

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Romal
Romal

Would like to share my experience

For past couple of days I am going through dizziness , chest pain , flutter , palpitations kind of issues. Many doctors , tests are performed and everything came back as normal. They marked it as Anxiety disorders and asked me not to worry about it.

Few weeks back I was checking my sleeping heart rate variations and I was surprised apple watch told me High Heart Rate for almost 1 hour during deep sleep. It happened 4 times where I never realized something like that happened in sleep and was scared.

Thankfully my cardiologist gave me Heart Event monitor for 1 month and yesterday was the night where apple watch said my heart rate readings were jumped from 64 to 109 and they were between 109 to 125 for almost 45 minutes. I was so surprised to see Event monitor readings during this period were still 60-65 range..

Conclusion : Incorrect apple watch readings were one of the trigger point for my anxiety....

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  • loxie
    loxie Romal

    Posted

    Hi Kunal. As you were kind enough to reply to my other post, I thought I'd try to help you along. I had a 48 hr blood pressure monitor fitted a couple of years ago and my reading were up and down like crazy during the night, whilst asleep. My doctor told me that REM sleep and certain sleep disorders like mild 'night terrors' can cause spikes but arent necessarily indicative of heart or vascular problems. It is a form of anxiety and he recommended low dose citalopram for a short period to calm the nightmare issues. It worked well, although I did tend to feel tired all the time while taking it. Worry about the misleading readings from your apple watch probably didnt help you either. My BP is generally now quite low - around 115-118 over 76-79, so I guess he was right and it was anxiety rather than arterial problems. Hope your readings continue to stay low. Might be worth discussing anxiety issues with the doctor too.

    • Romal
      Romal loxie

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your response. Lets see if doctor can find anything after event monitor is submitted. Appreciate your response

  • TDMagee2018
    TDMagee2018 Romal

    Posted

    I have had the same issues, if your doctor is telling you not to worry, take your doctors words he knows what he is doing.

    try taking grapefruit seed extract and also get a defuser that you can use at night, use birchwood oils you will feel better

    • Romal
      Romal TDMagee2018

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your response. Lets see if doctor can find anything after event monitor is submitted. Appreciate your response

  • jen86183
    jen86183 Romal

    Posted

    Kunal,

    This a the problem when people rely on gadgets. You may have been having a dream which may cause the heart to race a bit, best not too put too much faith in these gadgets.

    • Romal
      Romal jen86183

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your response. Lets see if doctor can find anything after event monitor is submitted. Appreciate your response

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