Emmarose47
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Can people give me the formula they are using to work out what our heart rate is better to stay at with severe m.e CFS ?
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I agree with Judee in the calculation process. That seems to work for me as well. For me and my ME level I use:
220-51x0.50, which gives me 84.50 HR at AT.
The trick is keeping it in the range! And what needs to be done to keep it in range varies widely from day to day, or even a span of a few hours. I always find one of the hardest things to manage with activity of any kind.
Maybe a dumb question but do we still use the 30 bpm rule when on beta blockers that move our "normal" range lower?So rather than 50-60% of max heart rate you probably want to try and stay within 30 bpm of your resting heart rate unless you know what your maximum heart rate is/was before you become ill.
Actually, I think that is a good question. I just started taking Metoprolol 4 days ago for PoTS. It dropped my HTR and BP dramatically, as well as seriously suppressed my previously redlining ANS. It is really quite amazing since this is the first med, or anything for that matter, to make a dent in those readings.Maybe a dumb question but do we still use the 30 bpm rule when on beta blockers that move our "normal" range lower?