heart beat

Good Morning All, I am 6 months with pacemaker and doing fine. At night I notice my heart beating very fast so purchased a wrist monitor, Omron. Last night it monitored down to 57 and up to 102 for pulse. This went on for the 3 hours that I stayed awake. Did manual pulse and it matched the Omron. Is this up/down of pulse somewhat normal? I only note the heart beating at night when I lay down for routine reading before going to sleep. I do have checkups in next couple of weeks and will ask but am wondering if this is "normal". Thanks for all info and hoping we are all staying healthy. Nita

3 Comments

Not normal

by Duke999 - 2014-03-21 04:03:31

In my opinion, this is not normal. Your heart rate should stay stable and in sync with slight variation especially if you're just simply lying down. It shouldn't fluctuate that much like you have which is between 57 and 102. If it bounces around at different rate, then most likely, you're experiencing either Afib or some kind of arrhythmia.
No, not normal. What to do about it is another whole different discussion. I wish you well.

Duke

Again, not normal

by Theknotguy - 2014-03-21 08:03:31

Duke is right, it's not normal. You have something going on. Question is, what?

I have an unstable heart rate but I suffer from afib. So it's not unusual for me to feel a fast heart rate. I'm also taking medication for it.

Hope this helps.

Theknotguy

heart beat update

by stannita - 2014-03-25 07:03:11

Had the pacer checkup today and related to him what was going on 3x/this past week with racing heartbeat and then down to 57-60 beats. Right now my heart is pacing about 10%/daytime and pacing loads during the sleeptime. I notice the racing while awake and sometimes the racing will wake me up. The pacer was doing its job since my heart went down to low 50s during the night. So the lower rate is now set to 50 instead of 55, which had been lowered from 60. Another checkup in 2 months. Hope this does the trick. My overall problem is that my heart will really slow down at any time, no sense to it seems to me.
Thanks for your comments and keep healthy, Nita

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