jmd2005
02-12-15, 15:44
Last night for the second time, my heart beat rapidly in the middle of the night/morning after I had woken up.
Two months ago, I woke up in the middle of the night around 3 am. (I may or may not have gotten up first to go the bathroom. I can't remember). When I came back to bed or was in bed, my heart began pounding in my chest and beating rapidly. It scared me enough that I woke my wife up, who is a nurse.
She checked my BP and HR with a monitor and the heart rate was 110 bpm while the BP was 159 over 80(? I think). The HR had been faster but not sure how much. My normal rate without any anxiety is around 60-70 while sitting. It lasted for fifteen to twenty minutes and gradually going down to normal within a half hour. After being reassured by her that it was not a heart attack, I think it started slowing down and I feel asleep.
Since I had taken two dosages of Cialis that day (accidentally) totaling 20 mg, I attributed this to it. I have been taking it for the past year and a half, so this is not new. However, the dosage is normally 10 mg, although I have taken 20 mg a couple of times before with no ill effects.
Last night it happened again. Around 3 am, I felt the urge to go the bathroom which I don't get every night. When I came back to bed, I felt my heart rate getting faster and pounding harder. I went and got the monitor and my heart rate was 146 bpm and the BP was 162 over 84. My normal BP is usually around 120 over 60 something when relaxed and sitting. As I remeasured a few times, my heart rate came down to the 120s and then below 100 within fifteen to twenty minutes. But a few times, it seemed to get faster as I worried about it too, which I suppose is natural. I wonder if the heart rate rose because I worried or did I worry because it rose.
I am a 50 year old male in decent shape at a couple inches short of six foot and weighing in at 165#. I do not smoke or drink or do drugs. I like my coffee but have for years. I drink it three times a day and have probably 20 ounces each time at most.
I do have more stress than usual IMO. I have major dental work with sedation that needs to be done and I am paranoid of the dentist and even more paranoid of being sedated (with some pill not IV) which allegedly will make it easy. I am waiting for a call back to set an appointment. This weighs on my mind alot because I honestly have no clue what it will be like.
I have a sister with terminal cancer. She may live for a few weeks, months or even a couple of years. We don't know. I feel more concerned about my health than usual and don't feel relaxed very often lately. (Of course, this didn't help that.) I do notice every ache and pain and worry about every spot and wrinkle. I tend to the hypochondriac and have had periods of anxiety but no panice attacks (unless these are them). There are also the normal worries of life: finances, children, and work to a degree. I am not getting enough sleep even though I try to get to bed earlier. My weekday sleeping hours are around 6 hours. On the weekend, I can get seven.
In January of this year, I had blood work done for a physical and all of the numbers looked excellent as they did the previous year. Nothing is out of range or really even close to a problem.
The question is: Is this anxiety? I remember that when I went back to bed, my heart rate seemed faster, so I wondered (worried?) that it might get faster, and it did. Did I trigger a slightly faster pounding heart to go even faster? When I was laying there talking to my wife, then it did get slower for a bit then sped up/pounded more as I remeasured it. So which do you think came first...the anxiety or the fast heart rate? Why would it suddenly beat rapidly in the night?
Could it be the Cialis? This time I took one two days ago, so it shouldn't affect me as much.
The only other drug I take is a nasal spray for allergies. And no, I don't breathe through my mouth regularly when I sleep.
I have read that it might be connected to sleep apnea, but I don't think I have any other symptoms that point to this, and I can sleep through the night. My wife never hears me snore (although I do hear her snore!)
What else might it be? My nurse wife seems to think not to worry, and she is one who does worry fairly quickly and assumes the worst often.
Your opinions and thoughts?
Thanks.
Two months ago, I woke up in the middle of the night around 3 am. (I may or may not have gotten up first to go the bathroom. I can't remember). When I came back to bed or was in bed, my heart began pounding in my chest and beating rapidly. It scared me enough that I woke my wife up, who is a nurse.
She checked my BP and HR with a monitor and the heart rate was 110 bpm while the BP was 159 over 80(? I think). The HR had been faster but not sure how much. My normal rate without any anxiety is around 60-70 while sitting. It lasted for fifteen to twenty minutes and gradually going down to normal within a half hour. After being reassured by her that it was not a heart attack, I think it started slowing down and I feel asleep.
Since I had taken two dosages of Cialis that day (accidentally) totaling 20 mg, I attributed this to it. I have been taking it for the past year and a half, so this is not new. However, the dosage is normally 10 mg, although I have taken 20 mg a couple of times before with no ill effects.
Last night it happened again. Around 3 am, I felt the urge to go the bathroom which I don't get every night. When I came back to bed, I felt my heart rate getting faster and pounding harder. I went and got the monitor and my heart rate was 146 bpm and the BP was 162 over 84. My normal BP is usually around 120 over 60 something when relaxed and sitting. As I remeasured a few times, my heart rate came down to the 120s and then below 100 within fifteen to twenty minutes. But a few times, it seemed to get faster as I worried about it too, which I suppose is natural. I wonder if the heart rate rose because I worried or did I worry because it rose.
I am a 50 year old male in decent shape at a couple inches short of six foot and weighing in at 165#. I do not smoke or drink or do drugs. I like my coffee but have for years. I drink it three times a day and have probably 20 ounces each time at most.
I do have more stress than usual IMO. I have major dental work with sedation that needs to be done and I am paranoid of the dentist and even more paranoid of being sedated (with some pill not IV) which allegedly will make it easy. I am waiting for a call back to set an appointment. This weighs on my mind alot because I honestly have no clue what it will be like.
I have a sister with terminal cancer. She may live for a few weeks, months or even a couple of years. We don't know. I feel more concerned about my health than usual and don't feel relaxed very often lately. (Of course, this didn't help that.) I do notice every ache and pain and worry about every spot and wrinkle. I tend to the hypochondriac and have had periods of anxiety but no panice attacks (unless these are them). There are also the normal worries of life: finances, children, and work to a degree. I am not getting enough sleep even though I try to get to bed earlier. My weekday sleeping hours are around 6 hours. On the weekend, I can get seven.
In January of this year, I had blood work done for a physical and all of the numbers looked excellent as they did the previous year. Nothing is out of range or really even close to a problem.
The question is: Is this anxiety? I remember that when I went back to bed, my heart rate seemed faster, so I wondered (worried?) that it might get faster, and it did. Did I trigger a slightly faster pounding heart to go even faster? When I was laying there talking to my wife, then it did get slower for a bit then sped up/pounded more as I remeasured it. So which do you think came first...the anxiety or the fast heart rate? Why would it suddenly beat rapidly in the night?
Could it be the Cialis? This time I took one two days ago, so it shouldn't affect me as much.
The only other drug I take is a nasal spray for allergies. And no, I don't breathe through my mouth regularly when I sleep.
I have read that it might be connected to sleep apnea, but I don't think I have any other symptoms that point to this, and I can sleep through the night. My wife never hears me snore (although I do hear her snore!)
What else might it be? My nurse wife seems to think not to worry, and she is one who does worry fairly quickly and assumes the worst often.
Your opinions and thoughts?
Thanks.