Thanks for your post medic. I will check each point you mentioned.

My pulse rate was absolutely crazy today. I was at home all day Sometimes down at 60 while sitting, sometimes reaching 140 or more while standing and slow walking. Now I have constant 95 while resting in bed. Really strange. No chance to bring it down.

I reduced amitryptiline to 10 mg. I doubt it comes from that.

I'm confused. You said 95/120. Is your pulse 95 or 120 or is that your blood pressure. A BP of 120/95 is not bad. The 95 could be a bit lower but 120 is fine.

Have you had a hormone assessment ? Adrenal function would also be worth investigating.

How often do you check your pulse ?

Chris,

If you go to your Primary doctor often, you may ask for a 48 hr holter monitor. it would show all the abnormalities and rate changes. That would be your best diagnostic from here. seriously.

Mark I ment that my resting pulse is 95 and being on the legs will bring it up to at least 120.
Thats why I said it is like I always di a bit of excercise. My bp is mostly 110/75.

Today I took atabonil the first time. 12,5 mg have put it down to constant 50-55.

I did not have a hormone test or adrenal test/stress test. How does it look like?

Adrenal and hormone testing is done with blood testing.

What is atabonil ? I don't see it listed anywhere.

Atenolol? 50 to 55 sounds a little low. Keep an eye on your blood pressure.

A stress test is where you walk on a treadmill while hooked up to an EKG. I lasted a minute and a half before my heart went whacky. It was the quickest, easiest diagnosis I ever received.

Yes, I wanted to write atenonol. Bp was still ok with 106/70.

I thougt a stress test shows if my heart rate goes up with mental stress(being scared for example.

I dont think I can do a treadmill test, the higher pulse and bp will result in headache.

Chris,
I bet you can tell whether or not your heart rate goes up with mental stress just by feeling it pounding in your chest and taking your pulse at home. I completely understand your concerns about your heart rate affecting your recovery and I can see why you'd be reluctant to do the treadmill test. A doctor would have to answer these questions for you. I can't remember--have you seen a cardiologist?

I took atenolol in 2012 for supraventricular tachycardia, but an EP Cardiologist told me that having an ablation was preferable to a lifetime of medicine. I had the ablation and it fixed the problem. Right after that, I started having head and face pain. I tried so many medications and amitriptyline was the only one that helped with the pain, but it also caused my heart to race. A headache specialist put me on 50mg of atenolol and my heart settled down.

After my MVD surgery, I weaned off the amitriptyline. A couple of weeks ago, my PCP told me to stop the Atenolol. When I stopped it, my heart started pounding and racing something fierce. I called him yesterday and he told me that my body got used to it and now I was stuck taking it forever. I hope he's wrong. I have an appointment with my cardiologist on the 28th.

The point of this long-winded story is that I think it would be beneficial for you to speak with a cardiologist before your body gets too used to the atenolol. If nothing is wrong, then you'll be reassured. And you can talk about the benefits versus risks of taking one med to counteract the effects of another. I wish I had done that.

Take care of yourself and keep us posted. Hope you have a restful weekend,
Cheryl