My heart races all the time

i have had one of those also.

Do you get acid reflux or pain after you eat?

i rarely get heartburn and no pain after i eat. i get palpitations after a big meal

Have you been tested for food allergies and intolerances? Both sugar and caffeine trigger me to get palpitations. Also do you drink plenty of water through the day? Dehydration can cause palpitations.

testung heart rate is usually 70bpm but sometimes can be between 90-140 when not doing an awful lot

yes i have, they ate perfectly fine

it will usually beeat between 70-90 bpm resting, but when im doimg the soghtest thing (walming very slowly or standing up) it can jump to 150!

it beats between 70-90 when resting, but when doing the slightest thing (walking very slowly or standing up) it can shoot to 140bpm.

yes there is alot! can sometimes be 60pm more when standing! bit the doctor has told me i do not have PoTS

Sounds like POTS to me. If there is a more than 30 or 40 bpm difference between your pulse when sitting and standing (not immediately but after a few minutes), you likely have POTS. Also, most docs don't know crap about POTS. Finally, POTS can come and go. It took years for me to get a diagnosis. Multiple docs missed it. I felt like crud all the time. I had several try to tell me I was just having panic attacks. Eventually I went to the doc during a bad episode. He diagnosed POTS almost immediately. Keep in mind, though, that even for normal people, heart rate does go up a bit when you stand and it goes up with activity. The question is really how much it goes up. I am around 80 when sitting, but 130 when I stand. Walking up the stairs puts me at 170-180. That's when I'm not on beta blockers.

thank you for this, this is very helpful. is it dangerous? i find it very scary when my heart races and panic i will drop down dead

i am curious as my heart rate is usually quite slow to normal but i get the occasional spike to even as high as 180 then immediately goes back to whatever it was . Not the same thing as katie is talking about and I wouldnt know if not for my watch .

Hi Jenny,

There is a thing called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. It comes on suddenly and then disappears suddenly. There are other kinds of arrhythmias that can also do this. Hard to know. Also, I wouldn't put too, too much trust in an watch. Could be right, or wrong. Of course, if you can also feel it yourself--take your pulse when this happens--and it really is 180, then I get checked out. Some sort of holter or event monitor would help figure it out.

Snow