Major panic

[Daisymae]

I was feeling kind of anxious this morning. Took three bites of my Oatmeal and then suddenly my heart started racing, ran into the bedroom and took my blood pressure and my heart rate was 165, never been that high before. My blood pressure was like 160/95. I took two magnesium pills half a glass of natural calm and a baby aspirin. My heart rate continued to race. Finally after three hours I am back to normal with my heart rate at 86 and my b/p at 112/72.
Now I’m feeling really anxious. What bothers me the most is how high my heart rate was. After my blood pressure went down my heart rate went down also. Feeling kind of spaced out and sick to my stomach right now from all the magnesium I took.
Not sure why my blood pressure went up, but the last two weeks I haven’t been eating my normal meals which are pretty healthy. Plus all the smoke in the air might be making me sick too. My throat was scratchy this morning when I woke up.
Anybody else have a extremely high heart rate when they get a panic attack or when your blood pressure goes up?

 

[suzzeeb]

Yes I think thats just what happens when you are in serious panic mode. It's crazy how out of whack everything gets when we panic, and sometimes even when we don't know why we are panicking! As long as everything calmed back down I wouldn't worry about it. A few years ago, the first time I went into my worst anxiety state ever, my heart rate would be over 100 for days and weeks. When I went to my doctor he said I could take a beta blocker to slow it down if it bothered me but that it wasn't that big of a deal. It wasn't at 165 but maybe 110? But it stayed in that range and I hated it but was too scared to try the beta blocker. Maybe if it keeps doing that mention it to your doctor and he could give you something for those times it gets high like that? The beta blocker blocks adrenaline to the heart and slows it down and lowers blood pressure too.

 

[Daisymae]

Thanks for your reply. I’m so nervous right now I’m afraid to eat because of what happened because it happened right after I ate . I have some chores left to do around the house and all I’ve been doing is just sitting in bed trying to make myself feel better drinking chamomile tea. When your heart rate went up did your blood pressure go up too?

Yes I think thats just what happens when you are in serious panic mode. It's crazy how out of whack everything gets when we panic, and sometimes even when we don't know why we are panicking! As long as everything calmed back down I wouldn't worry about it. A few years ago, the first time I went into my worst anxiety state ever, my heart rate would be over 100 for days and weeks. When I went to my doctor he said I could take a beta blocker to slow it down if it bothered me but that it wasn't that big of a deal. It wasn't at 165 but maybe 110? But it stayed in that range and I hated it but was too scared to try the beta blocker. Maybe if it keeps doing that mention it to your doctor and he could give you something for those times it gets high like that? The beta blocker blocks adrenaline to the heart and slows it down and lowers blood pressure too.

 

[suzzeeb]

I really don't remember but I know whenever I'm super anxious it does go up quite a bit. I think the two go together.

 

[Joshua1]

Anybody else have a extremely high heart rate when they get a panic attack or when your blood pressure goes up?

This is very very normal, just try breathing methods. You have to learn to be able to subdue the panic attack and compose mentally and literally.

 

[FlipperK]

Sounds like a panic attack, so much anxiety built up your body just had to release it.

 

[Givethanks82]

I was feeling kind of anxious this morning. Took three bites of my Oatmeal and then suddenly my heart started racing, ran into the bedroom and took my blood pressure and my heart rate was 165, never been that high before. My blood pressure was like 160/95. I took two magnesium pills half a glass of natural calm and a baby aspirin. My heart rate continued to race. Finally after three hours I am back to normal with my heart rate at 86 and my b/p at 112/72.
Now I’m feeling really anxious. What bothers me the most is how high my heart rate was. After my blood pressure went down my heart rate went down also. Feeling kind of spaced out and sick to my stomach right now from all the magnesium I took.
Not sure why my blood pressure went up, but the last two weeks I haven’t been eating my normal meals which are pretty healthy. Plus all the smoke in the air might be making me sick too. My throat was scratchy this morning when I woke up.
Anybody else have a extremely high heart rate when they get a panic attack or when your blood pressure goes up?

This happened to me out of the blue a few months back. Came home from visiting my mother for her birthday and as soon as I parked my car my heart started racing and wouldn’t stop. Got into the 160s. It subsided after about 30 min. I think it was a panic attack.