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Luulu
Luulu

I have a "high" resting heart beat. It's usually between 80-100, especially when I have been obsessing with it over the past few hours. 


I know there are so many factors to noticing my heart beat. 



I had more caffeen than normal today. 


We have a big family event coming up and I'm anxious about getting everything ready.


It's 3am and my 3 month old is asleep and I feel a huge pressure to "sleep while she sleeps" and she could wake up at any second. 


I noticed my heart beat, so I've been obsessing about it. 



I need more exercise and more water in my daily life. 




I know these factors. I understand them. But still....here I am, obsessively reading about irregular heart beats at 3 am because mine is at 80 currently and I can feel it after walking up stairs. 

chordman
chordman
I know the way youre feeling luulu. Pressure to try and sleep keeps u awake! Same for me, too often than i would like! My heart races sometimes and makes me crazy with anxiety cause it seems to start other symptoms. Thank God i have ativan for those times to take as needed. I worry WAY too much about my health, even though my dr says i am fine and healthy with the exception of a little high blood pressure. Just havent learned yet how to not worry about every little pain or ache i get. I just try to get thru them by tellin myself i will feel better...cause i ALWAYS do...my trick is trying to convince myself that!
Hope u feel better very soon...we WILL get over this...trust me :)
Luulu
Luulu
Thank you for responding! It's nice to know there are others that deal with this!

I mean, it isn't nice you have to go through it, but it is nice to talk to someone about it.

I don't take anything for my anxiety, and can usually calm myself down. It's just every once in a whIle like recently, when I'm already exhausted and need to relax the most!!
.I did eventually get to sleep, and now it's almost time to try and sleep again. Hopefully tonight goes better.
Ebenezer22
Ebenezer22
I have the same problem, high resting heart rate when I'm fully awake, and higher when I start worrying about it, but much lower when I'm really relaxed. Occasionally get an arrhythmia where i skip a beat every few seconds, but not very often, and I found out this was common. Don't take any meds at the moment, maybe I should. It comforts me to know that the heart is an amazing organ and can actually handle quite a lot, or so I've heard. Music and ASMR videos on youtube are useful to me as well when trying to sleep.