Phases of rapid heart rate
I have phases/episodes of rapid heart on a daily (or every other day) basis. It always starts with needing to lie down and no longer being able to listen to the radio or concentrate on anything. I get numbness and tingling but the worst thing is my heart rate can reach 166 beats per minute!
I've been having this symptom for a long time but I'm worried that although I've had general symptom improvement in the past few months this symptom is as bad as ever. I breath very heavily with it and it takes me a long time to recover.
It's only recently I've been able to measure my heart rate and realised it was so high. I measure it in intervals whenever I can and have become worried about it frequently exceeding 160 bpm. I have alot of muscle pulling/twitching etc with these episodes and is it a bit like hard exercise my feet twitch quickly and I have muscles pulling hard in my thighs, arms and shouders and even my face, so I'm basically squirming and writhing about! The highest readings I've taken were while I wasn't having muscle symptoms though (usually after) and I don't know if it's a dangerous level to keep having daily. I'd say it will be 150+ for 10/20 minutes aday with bout five minutes of around 160bpm
Also, this always happens before a bowel movement (sorry for the info!) so I basically wait for the worst to be over then drag myself to the loo. The only way I can decribe it is that whatever messages are sent down my spine to my "bowelly bits" to get things moving go wrong and the signal goes haywire. Recently I don't get the total paralysis I use to get and the tingling and spine pain isn't as severe but I still have ALL my mucsles working hard, (instead of just the appropriate ones for this function!) and a very high heart rate.
I am wondering if this is a sign of nerve damage and possibley permanent? :worried:
I have often also thought it feels like toxins are being released into my bloodstream, so I did wonder about leaky gut, but then I havn't heard about such episodes relating to it?
Hoping some of you more knowledgable folk might shed some light...
Thanks
I have phases/episodes of rapid heart on a daily (or every other day) basis. It always starts with needing to lie down and no longer being able to listen to the radio or concentrate on anything. I get numbness and tingling but the worst thing is my heart rate can reach 166 beats per minute!
I've been having this symptom for a long time but I'm worried that although I've had general symptom improvement in the past few months this symptom is as bad as ever. I breath very heavily with it and it takes me a long time to recover.
It's only recently I've been able to measure my heart rate and realised it was so high. I measure it in intervals whenever I can and have become worried about it frequently exceeding 160 bpm. I have alot of muscle pulling/twitching etc with these episodes and is it a bit like hard exercise my feet twitch quickly and I have muscles pulling hard in my thighs, arms and shouders and even my face, so I'm basically squirming and writhing about! The highest readings I've taken were while I wasn't having muscle symptoms though (usually after) and I don't know if it's a dangerous level to keep having daily. I'd say it will be 150+ for 10/20 minutes aday with bout five minutes of around 160bpm
Also, this always happens before a bowel movement (sorry for the info!) so I basically wait for the worst to be over then drag myself to the loo. The only way I can decribe it is that whatever messages are sent down my spine to my "bowelly bits" to get things moving go wrong and the signal goes haywire. Recently I don't get the total paralysis I use to get and the tingling and spine pain isn't as severe but I still have ALL my mucsles working hard, (instead of just the appropriate ones for this function!) and a very high heart rate.
I am wondering if this is a sign of nerve damage and possibley permanent? :worried:
I have often also thought it feels like toxins are being released into my bloodstream, so I did wonder about leaky gut, but then I havn't heard about such episodes relating to it?
Hoping some of you more knowledgable folk might shed some light...
Thanks