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Hello, i have no idea what to think of this,as soon as i wake up i can feel my rate is up,i take my pulse,and feel it big time,at least 105,i have MVP no regurge. I am also fighting a bad flu type cold right now and just had a flu shot 2 weeks ago.This has been going on for about 3 weeks.Does anyone else wake up with this? i have been quite stressed,and also noticed it calms down somewhat in the afternoon.

Any imput is greatly appreciated.

Happy Holidays & a happy & healthy new year! :wave: Krissy

Yes, I used to get this and I also have MVP with regirgitation. My doctor says it's normal. Sometimes your MVP acts up more than others. Mine will go for yrs with nothing than all the sudden...

Stress triggers it as well.

Krissy....

As you said, you are battling a flu type cold. With that, I am sure you could be experiencing side effects from the caffeine in your medicine. I had SVT and couldn't take normal medicine due to the amounts of caffeine in them. Caffeine can trigger faster heart beats and such. This is just a thought though.

Krissy....

As you said, you are battling a flu type cold. With that, I am sure you could be experiencing side effects from the caffeine in your medicine. I had SVT and couldn't take normal medicine due to the amounts of caffeine in them. Caffeine can trigger faster heart beats and such. This is just a thought though.


Hi and thankyou both for writing! yes i think it may be a combination of stress and having this cold/flu. I am taking nothing but Tylenol & Advil,but this really started before i got sick,thats why i cannot figure it out.I remember having this a while back too,but never figured it out,still haven't.I cannot take really any cold medicine,it sets my heart into bad palps! :confused:

Thanks for writing! Krissy

I've been having the exact same thing, it got very severe a few hours after i woke up today. Refer to my thread in the general health discussion at the top.

It's cold medicine with Sudafed in it that will send you heart into backflips. I was prescribed Allegra-D without their knowledge of my MVP (Allegra-D has high amounts of sudafed) It caused my heart to start racing and skipping, shortness of breath, even mild hallucinations. Do NOT take Sudafed with MVP.

Hello, i have no idea what to think of this,as soon as i wake up i can feel my rate is up,i take my pulse,and feel it big time,at least 105,i have MVP no regurge.

You are not going to like this suggestion, but here goes. When someone's immune system has been compromised by an infection, whether bacterial, or viral, it makes you more sensitive to minor and major irritants, such as the dust, dyes or material in your bedding.

To find out whether or not your bedding is, all of a sudden, your enemy, try to sleep one night on a leather type recliner, or couch, without covers, and see if you have the same problem in the morning. At least that would rule out your bed as your enemy.

If your bed is your enemy, it means that your body is not getting the proper rest it needs during the night, and it could leave you tired, drained and/or fatigued during part of the day.

You are not going to like this suggestion, but here goes. When someone's immune system has been compromised by an infection, whether bacterial, or viral, it makes you more sensitive to minor and major irritants, such as the dust, dyes or material in your bedding.

To find out whether or not your bedding is, all of a sudden, your enemy, try to sleep one night on a leather type recliner, or couch, without covers, and see if you have the same problem in the morning. At least that would rule out your bed as your enemy.

If your bed is your enemy, it means that your body is not getting the proper rest it needs during the night, and it could leave you tired, drained and/or fatigued during part of the day.

I agree to an extent, i'd been sleeping 10 hours a night and felt very drained, rapid heart rate and such when waking up until around 10 hours after i'd been up. I forced myself to sleep 15 1/2 hours last night, i felt pretty horrible when i woke up, but when i finally got up and on the computer i felt a little better with the 15 hours of sleeping.

I've nowhere to sleep that isn't carpet or covered unfortionately, but if you do, definately try his suggestion. If not, sleep as much as possible.

:) Thankyou for all the posts,its really appreciated.I was put on a high dose of Amoxil,and this seems to have no affect at all on my heart,i am losing my mind,i still have a bad cold,i wondered if i have a sinus infection and thats affecting it.I wonder if anyone else has been sick,and their rate goes up? I also noticed now its beating fast when it wants.My pulse is 105 at times,is this too high?
Thankyou to anyone who answers,its very much appreciated. Krissy :angel:

To: 16581, i am having trouble finding the post you mentioned in the general health area,can you help me find it? Thankyou so much! ;)

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=137140

There ya are.

I agree to an extent, i'd been sleeping 10 hours a night and felt very drained, rapid heart rate and such when waking up until around 10 hours after i'd been up. I forced myself to sleep 15 1/2 hours last night, i felt pretty horrible when i woke up, but when i finally got up and on the computer i felt a little better with the 15 hours of sleeping.

I've nowhere to sleep that isn't carpet or covered unfortionately, but if you do, definately try his suggestion. If not, sleep as much as possible.

After a bad flu, cold or virus, about twenty years ago, my heart went into a fast, hard beating of 160bpm all day and night long. The doctors said that, if they can get to the heart quickly after the heart starts misfiring badly, they have a better chance to get the heart beating correctly without lifelong meds.

Well, I waited much too long, like eight months, and wound up with heart failure.

I am on meds now that keep my heart beating fairly well. But, there are still things that cause my heart to misfire, even though I am on the meds.

I've got allergies and sensitivities to many things. If I keep away from allergens and pollutants, my heart will beat fairly good.

Why am I posting all this BS to you? Well..... you mentioned that you had carpeting. That is an allergy sufferer's worst nightmare. When I ripped up all my rugs, and got rid of all my upholstered furniture, my health improved significantly.

You said that you will see a heart doctor in January. I am going to give you a few things to think about before you get to him, in case your heart rhythm problems persist. If your heart is beating OK now and stays that way, ignore the rest of this post.

Your doctor might want to throw a bunch of new meds at you. That is the accepted practice, to throw several low-dose meds at a heart patient to reduce the neurohormonal activity in one's heart's electrical system, and see if it works. It takes less of a doctor's time, to take a shotgun approach, it usually keeps the patient alive, and the doctor can collect a fat fee for doing very little.

Each heart med comes with nasty side effects. So when you combine several meds, the side effects increase, and become more complex.

I am not a doctor. But, if I had a patient with a heart that didn't beat right, I would put him on .25mg Digoxin. Why? First of all it has been around for about 200 years and has been thoroughly tested. Second, the side effects are well documented. Unfortunately, it has a side effect of making one tired, but most heart meds do that. Third it is dirt cheap in the generic form, which is Digoxin. I buy it off-insurance. 100 pills usually sell for about $20.

If the Digoxin slowed the heart down and got it beating correctly most of the time, then, after a while I'd try to see how well my heart beat at 3/4 of a pill. In other words, cut the dose down to cut down the side effects, and to see if the lower dose worked just as well.

If the doctor tried to put a patient on additional meds, I would question the need. If it is for something like Lasix, a cheap diuretic for blood pressure, that would be OK, or if it were for something like Warfarin, a cheap anti-coagulant to guard against stroke, that would be OK, but I would still try to use the minimum necessary.

Good luck, and have a happy New Year!

[B] 16581, Thankyou very much for the fast reply and the link! ;)

I am still sick,but feeling a little better,i am so thrown off by all of this.Last year i was really stressed over something that went on for 2 months straight,and i started to get bad PVCs,sure enough after i got rid of the stress,it stopped,i still feel one here and there,but nothing like i had.My echo showed no regirg.
I had the flu shot Dec 11th,a few days later i felt awful,but it seemed to be going away a few days later,so i went to New York for the weekend,well when i got back,forget it! it was full blown flu! though i had only a low grade fever,my dr said it was the flu.BUT the main thing i remember is i was very tired,headaches,and the beating heart fast in the morning was all before i had the shot! :confused: I really wonder if its sinus infection etc. that causes that fast beating,its just like wham as soon as i open my eyes,i am aware of the beating.

Krissy

Beerzoids,
How long have you been on Digoxin? I was on 25mg of Atenolol daily for a year. Started having a cough. Cardio changed me to Digoxin. He said a whole tab, I'm breaking them in half. Anyway, I'm having headaches daily. Don't know if it's from new med, or being off old??Been on new for a month. Did you experience this? I must say that Atenolol did much better at controlling my rate.

Modmomm

Beerzoids,
How long have you been on Digoxin? I was on 25mg of Atenolol daily for a year. Started having a cough. Cardio changed me to Digoxin. He said a whole tab, I'm breaking them in half. Anyway, I'm having headaches daily. Don't know if it's from new med, or being off old??Been on new for a month. Did you experience this? I must say that Atenolol did much better at controlling my rate.

Modmomm

I've been on Digoxin for about 20 years. I don't get headaches from the Digoxin .25mg, which is a white tablet. But, I never get headaches, so I am not a good one to ask.

What else do you take? Perhaps the combination of digoxin and another med is causing the headaches.

I do have one problem with digoxin. I have to wait two hours before, or after taking it, before I can eat or drink a dairy product, or any product containing calcium, or I will have increased heart rate problems. I take a multi vitamin/mineral with calcium, but I take it in the evening, and the Digoxin in the morning.

The main side effect I get from Digoxin is tiredness.

Can anyone answer this?? My blood pressure is 122/80 but my pulse is 107! this pulse is high which i knew,can anyone tell me the difference? sorry to sound so dumb,but i never really knew between the two.Thankyou :) Krissy

As far as I'm aware, there is no defined relationship at all between blood pressure and pulse rate. I've had high blood pressure in the past and yet my pulse was high! Even if you have "normal" blood pressure, your pulse rate can still be high or low; it really depends on the individual concerned!

On the other hand, if you suffer from low blood pressure (hypotension) then it could be possible that there is a link between hypotension and a higher pulse. The reason is that the body detects that certain parts of the body may not be receiving sufficient "blood" ("faintish spells" is a common complaint of hypotension sufferers) and makes up for it by beating faster in an attempt to deliver more blood to "insufficient areas".

Thankyou WR6969 for writing :wave:

But,LOL i still don't know which does what? i never did! :o
i never knew what they each are for.Krissy

Hi Krissy,

You can find more information here ---> http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=248&T_Id=40

Hope this helps!

Hi Krissy,

You can find more information here ---> http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=248&T_Id=40

Hope this helps!


Thankyou! what a good site! i guess its confusing me that my blood pressure is fine but my pulse is high,i'll see what the doctor says tonight.I also read today that fever & dehydration can also cause high pulse both of which i've had since being sick,along with a sinus infection that has been making me lightheaded,i really hope its just from being sick. Thanks again :wave: Krissy

I have been having problems with my heart beating fast ( up to 120 or 130 bpm) when I am sick (fever or nausea) for 10 years. The dr could find nothing wrong with my heart except a few added beats here and there. He said I have a "hypersensitve heart". This stinks because I also have asthma but I can't use inhalers. They make my heart race too.

I have been having problems with my heart beating fast ( up to 120 or 130 bpm) when I am sick (fever or nausea) for 10 years. The dr could find nothing wrong with my heart except a few added beats here and there. He said I have a "hypersensitve heart". This stinks because I also have asthma but I can't use inhalers. They make my heart race too.

Have you ever tried a cromolyn type asthma inhaler? It has no effect on heart rhythm and almost no side effects. It should not make your heart race.

Right now I'm on Accolate and am using an Azmacort inhaler when needed (like everytime I get a cold). I don't like using steroids but any bronchiodialator makes my heart race. What does Cromolyn do?

The same thing happened to me when I was pregnant and stressed out. It eventually went away....after I let my stress go. I would wake up in the middle of the night and it wouldjust be pounding out of my chest!

Right now I'm on Accolate and am using an Azmacort inhaler when needed (like everytime I get a cold). I don't like using steroids but any bronchiodialator makes my heart race. What does Cromolyn do?

Cromolyn was the very first breakthrough inhaler for the treatment of Asthma. It is not a steriod. It is a mast cell inhibitor. It is not a bronchiodialator. It is something that you have to take multiple times per day to prevent asthma attacks.

The newer corticosteroids (steriods), might be more effective, but the Cromolyn should have no effect on the heart whatsoever. In fact, it is really a great asthma medicine because of it's lack of side effects.

Ask your doctor about it.

Thanks, beerzoids, I will. :)

Well, some medications have been known to raise both blood pressure as well as heart rate for certain people. This is why it's always advisable to check with the doctor before you take any new medication to ensure that they do not make any pre-existing health conditions worse!

Also, whenever I'm at the doctors, I always ask any question that concerns me - after all, I've paid for my time with them, and I'd rather be asking potentially silly questions rather than be sorry I didn't ask potentially serious ones later :)

Hi Krissy, I had got the flu in November, and still have the lingering sinus infection that won't go away. 6 weeks! Anyways, just wanted to tell you that I had the exact same thing that you experienced. You said your heart started doing the fast beats before the flu, but the flu could have already been in your body and you hadn't gotten sick yet, but your heart was already reacting to it.
That's usually what happens with me. Whenever I get sick my heart rate always goes up. I'm also stressed, but with this yucky sickness, who wouldn't be? Hope you feel better, Michelle

I've been on Digoxin for about 20 years. I don't get headaches from the Digoxin .25mg, which is a white tablet. But, I never get headaches, so I am not a good one to ask.

What else do you take? Perhaps the combination of digoxin and another med is causing the headaches.

I do have one problem with digoxin. I have to wait two hours before, or after taking it, before I can eat or drink a dairy product, or any product containing calcium, or I will have increased heart rate problems. I take a multi vitamin/mineral with calcium, but I take it in the evening, and the Digoxin in the morning.

The main side effect I get from Digoxin is tiredness.

Beerzoid,
No other meds. I have stopped taking the Digoxin for a week now. NO HEADACHES. Guess I'm my own doctor :) Thanx for the reply. Modmomm

Hi Michelle! :wave:

Thanks so much for writing! do you have MVP? its too much! so many people are now telling me they have sinus infections that just won't go away,and i've had whatever this is now for 3 weeks.I have never had this before, after getting a flu shot,but i am starting to believe that i already had it before the shot.I'm hearing alot of people saying they had the shot,and 2 weeks later got the flu and that struck me as odd,it takes the shot 2 weeks to kick in and they should of been protected by then.
I started taking Goldenseal today,its supposed to help alot,i have 2 friends it helped get better from bad colds,and from what i read,its a really good herb.I hope you feel better also,thanks Michelle!
Krissy :D