Sorry me again
Hi
I am getting positively neurotic. I am so depressed and keep crying. After having the response turned down I felt good, given the beta blockers, felt awful and left them off. Now back to walking and heart rate still raising faster than it would. What do I think, something is drastically wrong and I am going to have a heart attack.
What is wrong with me?
8 Comments
Hi heckboy
by Jules - 2008-01-31 01:01:51
No walking around the block does not take the heart over 84 it is only when I attempt to go up the road which is on a steep incline to the village.
Walking around the house is fine, walking on the flat brings my heart up more than it did, but I don't know if this is normal or not. My heart rate was always low and resting 40 walking in the 50's. I am now set with a resting of 60 don't know what to expect. Or am I just stressing.
Hi there Jules
by Lotti - 2008-01-31 01:01:55
I too am on Beta blockers for a high heart rate. Just getting up in the morning, going to bed, stairs and walking and it goes up to the high 140's. Once it happened putting a chicken in the oven....Go figure!.
Different beta blockers can have very different side effects, so it may be worth trying a different one. I am on atenolol 25mg. It does make me wonder when the upper limit is set to 140 how can it go above that but hey...I'm no medical guru.
Speak to your PM tech or cardio. THey should be able to suggest something, and let them know exactly how you're feeling.
Hope it works out for you
Lotti
Thanks
by Jules - 2008-01-31 02:01:14
Thanks CathrynB
Tomorrow I will do just that and let you know the outcome. I haven't actually given myself time to think how I feel because I am always taking my pulse. It was getting to the stage where I looked forward to bed so that I did not think about taking my pulse all the time.
OK Promise tomorrow no pulse taking.
Julie
Hi Jules
by hotform - 2008-01-31 02:01:18
I would say you need to set up another appointment for a pacer adjustment. When I got mine I could walk just fine with no trouble, but when I would try to run up the hill to my house it would shoot right up to 164 and I felt awful also. It took a couple adjustment sessions and tweaking the rate response to get it right, but now I run several days a week with no problem. I also take a beta blocker and I have overcome the problems that most people seem to have with them by taking half of a tablet in the morning and the other half in the evening. That seems to have evened out my dose and left me feeling good. Rick
Beta Blockers and PM
by NH - 2008-01-31 02:01:32
Hi Jules,
Never be sorry to post. I love to see new posts and hope I can learn something. I take Nadolol, a generic for Corgard at 60 mg. a day and have taken this for years with no problems.
Now some stuff that is just me and probably just my silly body. But a lot of times, especially if my blood pressure is up a little, I can hear my heart beating in my right ear. I can take my pulse that way.
I try to stay positive and not stress about my PM. Mine is set at 80 anyway and has always been at that setting. I am 98% dependant on my PM.
My biggest problem is not stress, but needing to build strength and stamina.
It is my belief that my PM was a gift from God and a true blessing in my life. Without it, I would be dead or at best an invalid.
Keep hanging in there and post whenever you like, the group is here for you.
Take care,
NH
HR
by heckboy - 2008-01-31 02:01:53
Jules,
It could be that you're stressing a bit, but that would be normal. A resting rate of 40-50 is very low... mine is about 50. Normal walking around the house gets my HR up to 65 or so... when I run a warm-up at the gym, it gets up to 150-160 and while doing a brisk weight workout, it hovers around 110-120.
One thing I was sensitive to after getting my first PM was that I felt the heartbeats more than I did before. I was always sensitive to feeling my heart, but a paced beat felt sharper. I came to ignore it over time.
Walking up a hill and having a HR of 85 sounds normal to me. Maybe you were so comfortable with a low HR that this feels strange to you. I expected you to say that walking out to thr mailbox sent your HR up 150, which would not be normal for me and drive me crazy.
I'll go to the chat room if you want to discuss it a bit more. Hopefully some of the more knowledgable here will chime in too.
CathrynB
by Jules - 2008-02-01 01:02:22
Hey Cathryn
You would be proud of me I only tested the pulse twice. I went for a walk up the same incline and did not test it. But today, and I know deep down this is stress, I am slightly short of breath. When I am occupied it disappears - hey ho tomorrow is another day. Hopefully, it will get better.
I am also writing everything down for my next visit on the 22nd Feb to see the cardiologist. Hopefully he will adjust the response and take me off the blockers altogether.
Take care and thanks.
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by heckboy - 2008-01-31 01:01:34
Hi Jules,
When you take a walk around the block, how fast does your heart beat? Is it getting up to the max too quick and/or is the max too high? I once had a setting that set my heart racing just by getting off the couch. It was so uncomfortable I insisted that they see me right away to try something else.