Sleeping through SVT?
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I've read about people being woken from sleep while having an SVT episode. But has anyone here entirely slept through an SVT episode?
I woke up this morning and looked at my fitbit app (I do step-challenges with friends) and noticed that the app said I'd already had a significant amount of active minutes. I went through and looked at my HR while I slept (fitbit is not accurate for HR, but can catch when it's high) and lo and behold I slept through an entire 3 hour episode last night.
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shirl1228 d05969
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That's scary!! Hope all is ok.. dis you contact your doctor and if so what did they say?
Jules1977 d05969
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Just to say don't take fit bit to be 100 percent right. I've had svt episodes that it doesnt even register...and other times if I move my arm quickly and the motion of my hand moving can make the monitor on Fitbit say your heart beat has gone up...it has caught them occasionally though.And it indicates I do a lot more excersise in 'fat burn' than I actually do. ( It could it be that its picking up on mild svt episodes that makes it think I'm excersising....I don't know)...
d05969 Jules1977
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Yeah like I said in my first post fitbit isn't that accurate for HR. It does pick up episodes pretty well for me as mine usually last at least an hour, but usually about 20-40 bpm lower than the actual HR.
paullie d05969
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I usually wake up from it, accompanied with a bad dream, but I never thought about NOT waking up during it, until now. I don't wear a fitbit, so how would I know....interesting.
karen24581 d05969
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Same thing happened to me the other night. I woke up about 5am with my heart racing and took a tablet ( still waiting for my ablation) . When I checked the Fitbit app later it said the episode had lasted a total of 4 hours, but I'd only woken right at the end of it. Reassuring it's happened to others!