High bpm and stressed.

[bigjetplane6]

Went to the doctor today,
came home with more worries.
my BPM was at 113 and my vitals were high.
Even the nurse was shocked.
I was pretty nervous but now i’m overly worried about my heart rate.
Someone that is always nervous and stressed, can this cause a constant high BPM?

 

[Marnie]

the first time I knew I had an anxiety issue, years ago, my bpm was 160 - it came back down but
the Dr. said it was a shot of adreneline to my system.

 

[Worriedmama]

Went to the doctor today,
came home with more worries.
my BPM was at 113 and my vitals were high.
Even the nurse was shocked.
I was pretty nervous but now i’m overly worried about my heart rate.
Someone that is always nervous and stressed, can this cause a constant high BPM?

Please please please do not worry about this. I work out a lot and my resting heart rate is in the 50s. I get sooooo worked up at the doctors it goes up to 120! What was your bp? My bp spikes too ( normally I have a low bp). So please don’t worry about those 2 things! How did the appointment go otherwise?

 

[bin_tenn]

Yes, anxiety can cause an elevated heart rate, even well over 100 BPM. As I mentioned in the other post, this is absolutely normal for anxiety. 113 BPM is not terrible at all, given that you were severely anxious for the appointment. My heart rate has hit 170+ BPM during intense panic attacks, and it's been 110+ during periods of overall heightened anxiety.

The *average* resting heart rate for adults is 60-100 BPM, so 113 is not significant with anxiety. If your heart rate were 110+ at all times, that might need attention (e.g. a low dose beta blocker to help regulate it), but I bet it'll stay down as long as you're keeping the anxiety at Bay.

 

[suzzeeb]

I went to the doctor years ago in quite an anxious state and my heart rate was around 105 or so. I was very worried about it, but he said it wasn't high enough to worry about and it was just anxiety. He did an EKG, and the nurse was super nice and while she was doing the EKG we were talking about different things. When the doctor came back in the room he was like, "well that's interesting, your heart rate went down to the 70s on your EKG" I just took my mind off it for a few minutes while I was having a good conversation with the nurse. Its all stupid anxiety! He did say I could take a low dose beta blocker if it would make me feel better but that I didn't have to because it wasn't high enough. That doctor knew me so well and was so reassuring to me. He has long since retired and I really miss him. I can't find a doctor anymore who is so in tuned with my anxiety and trying to calm me down.

 

[Samurai]

The more u stress about it, the higher it will remain. U can stimulate the vagus nerve to lower it. But the main thing is if ut were an issue, your doc would have said. Some people always have a high bpm.

 

[TruthHurts]

Went to the doctor today,
came home with more worries.
my BPM was at 113 and my vitals were high.
Even the nurse was shocked.
I was pretty nervous but now i’m overly worried about my heart rate.
Someone that is always nervous and stressed, can this cause a constant high BPM?

I think it's BS when nurses act like that they need to act like they've been there before. If you were nervous that's the reason for the elevated heart rate 113 is not bad at all especially for being nervous. Believe me I've been there and the more you stress over it the more your heart will race.

 

[alwaysworried]

As everyone else has said - that's nothing to be worried about!
Recently my heart rate just shoots up whenever I step foot in a doctor's office. I got an EKG the other day and they actually referred me to a cardiologist because my HR was 120 bpm while I was sitting there getting the EKG done. Told them I had anxiety and I was really nervous/stressed, but they sent me to the cardiologist just in case. Of course when I went to the cardiologist my heart rate shot right back up! But they were very nice and reassured me that it's just anxiety. I know when I'm just sitting at home and relaxing my heart rate is rather low (in the 50s), so I made sure to mention that and she told me I have nothing to worry about.

Long story short, YES, being anxious/stressed can cause your heart rate to shoot up. I'm sorry that the nurse reacted in that way for something that really wasn't abnormal...It's happened to me a few times and now I just make sure to say "Hey, heads up, I usually get nervous at the doctor's so my blood pressure and heart rate might be high" and that usually eliminates those "wow, it's high" comments.

Hope you're feeling better now!

 

[Samurai]

Also even if there is an issue with heart rhythm or rate, there are so many things that can be done to sort it. Its a very common issue. I suffer from ectopic beats and they can really stress u out. The more stressed u get, the worse they get.

 

[Joshua1]

Went to the doctor today,
came home with more worries.
my BPM was at 113 and my vitals were high.
Even the nurse was shocked.
I was pretty nervous but now i’m overly worried about my heart rate.
Someone that is always nervous and stressed, can this cause a constant high BPM?

The same thing happened with my sister, and she was admitted to hospital. Hers stemmed from driving and almost getting into a car accident. Her car was damaged quite a bit. She got a settlement from it, she says. She still drives till this day. She was in hospital for about 3 days i think it was. It was fixable. The same will happen for you. Just take things slow.