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[toffeecushion]

Has anyone else woken up in the morning with a fast heart rate?  I woke up feeling jittery,  did my pulse and it was about 110.  Over the last half hour it has gone down to 94, but it is worrying me. Anyone else had the same?

[TropicalVon69]

Yip definitely toffeecushion......sometimes it lasts all day....its very annoying and I have found it difficult to relax...I ialso get dome chest pain with it x

[toffeecushion]

It's horrible isn't it.  I don't get any chest pain but it really scares me.  I've started a healthy eating plan today and am going to try and do lots of walking.  I am hoping that losing weight and having more exercise will help.

Thanks for replying, it helps so much.

[Millykin]

Ye I've had this too, not a nice feeling and worrying, I have had checks all fine but that doesn't put my mind at rest. It happens to me during the day out of the blue feel a flutter then heart races I find myself watching TV relaxing and checking my pulse! My husband hasan app on his phone and I hate when he uses it cause he's a runner and got low heart rate about 45 and mines is about 75 relaxing and shoots up the minute I move. Adrenalin / anxiety must have a lot to do with it I'm jumpy where as my husband is so laid back, nothing bothers him. Hope you feel better soon and find a way to cope with it
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[TropicalVon69]

Yeah I plan to do the same this year Toffee....more exercise, better diet and planning nice things to look forward to throughout the year.....for Jan I have a jazz night planned :-)....lol Millykin, well sure not many of us have his heart rate....maybe more exercise would help us all lol x

[Millykin]

Forrest Gump dosent have a look in with him lol he has stopped smoking, changed diet and lost weight now super fit! I'm 44 and was sporty but when meno kicked in and palpitations started I stopped stupid I know but health anxiety just consumed my days. I hope you both stick to your lifestyle changes you will notice a difference
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[karenja]

Hi yes I get racing heart too it's funny as I have it this moment them read your post - I'm going to see a cardiologist next week for tests mauve scares the hell out of me x

[toffeecushion]

It's been between 80 and 90 all day, occasionally going down to 78.  It really scares me.

Good luck with your cardiologist, let us know how it goes.  Ask him if it can be meno related.  I have had ECGs and echocardiograms in the past couple of years and they were fine, so I am guessing this is all meno related. 

[karenja]

Hi Toffeecushion

Ive had two ecg's they were fine too, I will let you know how it goes x

[Briony]

Me too and it's horrible - possibly the worse symptom of all as it's so scary. Sending you big sympathetic hugs   

Does anyone else have that feeling when you can kind of hear/feel your heartbeat in your head and right across your body? That scares the life out of me too and makes me go all faint. Not sure if the the light-headedness I get from it  is real or psychological, a result of the fear of feeling my heart beat. (How crazy does that sound? I'd have more to worry about if I couldn't detect  my heartbeat!!!).

 x

[toffeecushion]

That's how I felt this morning.  I am also not sure if my anxiety is because I am worrying about the heart rate or because I have anxiety.  I wish this meno business would hurry up and finish, can't face the thought of years of this.

[karenja]

That's what I keep thinking especially when somebody it work with me keeps telling me my menopause went on for ten years! X

[toffeecushion]

I really don't think I could cope with ten years of this, it's the not knowing how long it will go on for that is hard.

[Briony]

I guess, when the palpitations next strike, we have to tell ourselves  it's normal ... even if it's only "our" normal! 

[toffeecushion]

That doesn't work I've tried it lol