My heart races all the time
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i have been suffering with heart palpitations for over a year now, to the point where now it is interfering with my day to say life as they worry me so much. i suffer with chronic anxiety and panic, however these palpitations happen when i am not feeling overly anxious. it has gotten to the point now where i am obsessed with constantly checking my pulse. i have had multiple ecg's, heart monitors and echograms,and my cardiologist has discharged me as he says there is notbjng significantly wrong with my heart,other than it beats fast. how do i get through this? i am petrified EVERYDAY that i am going to have a cardiac arrest. what do i do
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jenny61596 katie55463
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How often do you check your heart rate? have you got a watch that can monitor it 24 hours a day and send to your phone? I wouldnt think 70 is high and if it goes up high how long for . Have you been on beta blockers they would slow it down and helo anxiety
jenny61596
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sorry meant 70 isnt high
katie55463 jenny61596
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i check it constantly! i always have my hand ln my pulse hecking it! and i am always googling symptons! the doctor prescribed me propranolol beta blocksrs but then said i cannot take them due to my asthma
jenny61596 katie55463
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There are some beta blockers less likely to affect asthma , bisopropanol is one if I have spelling right, instead of keep checking your pulse see about getting a watch ti do it, more accurate and maybe less stressful , also you have a record then on your phone to show
snow802 katie55463
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Hi Katie,
Dangerous? Depends upon how high your heart rate goes, but keep in mind that it is normal for heart rate to increase with activity and exercise. Google "max heart rate," and "target heart rate exercise." Everyone gets tachycardia when they exercise basically. It's not dangerous. It's how our body works. The question is whether you have inappropriate tachycardia of some kind. You may, you may not. But, no, you shouldn't drop dead just from an increased heart rate.
katie55463 snow802
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thankyou, my max heart rate is 200 and it only ever goes to 140. also i have had loads of heart monitors which have detected no arythmia or irregular ryhthm, does this mean my heart will not just stop?
snow802 katie55463
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Hi Katie,
I'm not a doctor, so I can't offer you any guarantees--but, I will say that if your cardiologist says your heart is fine, it probably is, especially as you are young. The chances of your heart stopping are infinitesimal, I would think. Again, I'm not a doctor.
Here's what I would tell you though. You want to look at heart rate and heart rhythm. If your rhythm is regular, that is good. Sounds like you've had a Holter monitor or an event monitor. If that checked out, again, you probably don't have anything to worry about. I should add that everyone has a few odd rhythms from time to time, but if yours is generally regular, what's called "sinus rhythm," that's great. If you're having heaps of PVCs or PACs or Afib or some strange rhythm, then that is an issue, but it doesn't sound like you are.
As to rate, I would expect that your heart rate would reach 140 while exercising, for instance. Now, if it reaches 140 and you are simply standing up, or walking through the house, or doing the dishes, well, then that is unusual and there is probably a cause and someone should figure it out--but even if this is the case, your heart isn't just going to stop. What I am saying is that it depends upon the circumstances. 140, by itself, tells us nothing. It all depends on what you are doing, or not doing. Make sense?
Find a doctor who will explain all this to you because you don't want to be walking around worried all the time.