Originally Posted by
ankietyjoe
Nah dude, last time it happened was just over a year ago. It's an accumulation of stress. I would get that thing like you do where whenever I move my heart rate skyrockets.
First time it happened was about 8 years ago where my heart rate got stuck around 120bpm and went up closer to 140-150bpm when I moved. Spent the night in A&E where they found nothing wrong and attributed it to being stressed.
Over the years I've learned it's from adrenaline and also with me, muscle tension.
I'm still not sure what the exact mechanism is, but my muscles can get tenser and tenser over the period of weeks, and it feels like all of a sudden something 'let's go' and all sorts of toxins are released. I know that toxin buildup is a bit of a medical myth, but I'm just describing what it feels like. I have to constantly stretch, and each time I do, my HR spikes for 60 seconds or so. I've learned to live with it now and pre-empt it happening, 'cos the stress isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Oddly, when I used to sniff a lot of coke 20 years ago my heart rate would go up for hours on end (at least 12) and I wouldn't even think about it.