sudden high resting rate
 

I had a pretty exhausting day this week with a lot of walking. Since that day(wendesday) my heart rate is about 90-100 while resting in bed and doing nothing. It seems to be a bit lower in the morning.

What does it mean? Should I continue with light exercise or could it be a warning sign?

Resting heart rate can rise with stress, or for numerous other reasons - medications, tobacco, excess weight etc.

Are you feeling unwell? I'm wondering why you're feeling the need to take your pulse when you're resting. Do you take your pulse regularly?

Regular exercize can actually help lower a resting heart rate so if you're concerned about it you should speak with your doctor.

I am feeling very bad since a couple of weeks, especially mentally because my overall condition does not improve and I have big sleeping problems.

I do not have to take my pulse. I can hear in the ears how high it is. My blood pressure seems ideal though.

As I said, it has appeared after an exhausting day, and did not resolve after 4 days of complete rest. I never had this before.

Personally I would suggest that counting your pulse via your ears may not be at all accurate to say the least.

You may be wasting valuable time worrying about something that is in fact inaccurate.

Lara, of course I measured my pulse with a device, after hearing that it seems to be high.It was always around 95. The only thing I actually bother about is whether this could be a warning sign to reduce activity.

Here is a link to the American Heart Association. It explains fast heart beat.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Condit...8_Article.jsp#

The pulse sound/ whooshing in your ears is called bruit.

I get that sound when my neck muscles are tight, strained or in spasms..
- you might be able to lessen that sx if you can get PT or some massage or treatment for the neck muscles..

Thanks for your help. It looks like that fast heart beat is not a common PCS symptom. I saw just a very little number of users that had this too.

What I completely forgot to say is that I take amitryptiline. The so called palpilations are a very common side effect. I will wait how it develops.

I'm not sure if an elevated heart rate is common, but since my concussion and before I was placed on any A/Ds, my heart rate is approximately 25 bpm higher than what it used to be. I've mentioned it to my health team and no seems concerned. Initially I thought it might be sympathetic dysregulation but since it never changes, I'm not sure.

Amatriptyline helped a lot with my nerve pain, but it made my heart race. I had to take atenolol (beta blocker) to slow it down. Could you call your primary doc and ask for an ekg? Mine will do one if I ask. You could also go to the ER. They take heart stuff seriously and there's nothing wrong with getting checked out just to make sure everything is OK.

Also, please call the doc who prescribed the amitriptyline and report your side effect. They need to know.

The last time I had an episode of racing heart was because my surgical incision was infected. The all day resting heart rate of 95 was the first symptom I had. It's possible that your heart is telling you there's something physically wrong.

I hope you find an answer soon. That constant pounding is no fun!