To worry that my resting heart rate is over 90bpm at night?

[Janella]

Data from my Fitbit which I've just started wearing overnight as GP is investigating my heart palpitations.

My daytime resting heart rate averages in the 60s which is good for my age (45), and my BP was 127/80 last measure. But these palpitations (daytime) go up into the 110+ range when I'm quietly sitting at my desk etc., I can't not notice them.

I'd complained to the GP that palpitations were waking me up from 4am onwards. Bit surprised to see RHR peaks of 90+ three times over night.

Can anyone shed any light or share their own stats?

Thanks for coming back and updating us @Janella

Wow that is a very high HR, - higher than I get when on the treadmill at the gym, so I hope you get to the bottom of it somehow. I wonder how you cope with it when it happens?

I have been having increasing periods of high HR, especially at night - I get randomly woken up with episodes of racing heart / palpitations which has got much worse over the past month or so. Mine is more like 100-120 BPM, which is a lot lower than yours, but feels quite terrifying nonetheless. My resting HR is typically in the late 50's to early 60's dependant on how much exercise I'm getting.

I find it quite debilitating, it triggers anxiety and spikes my blood pressure, which then makes me worry that something is wrong - although I've had multiple ECG's now and am on blood pressure tablets to manage the pressure side of things (which has worked for that) but not stopped these nighttime episodes. Sometimes it will race during the day, when I am just sat there, and can go for hours at a time, then just resolve.

@Chroniclesofstress I think when it goes on for a long time it's really disruptive, and like you say, there is a knock on effect to sleep, rest, anxiety... it's a real spiral that would be good to get a handle on.

Mine comes and goes. I often don't notice it's even happened (unless it wakes me). I can see from reviewing my Fitbit data that I may have had a vigorous or peak heart event in the previous days or weeks and haven't noticed it at the time. Fitbit is not super sensitive though so my temp heart monitor might be showing something else and this is what I talk to the cardiologist about.

My only exercise is walking but I aim for 10,000 steps a day. You sound like you hit the gym so perhaps you're already in good habits.

Yes, sorry, it was the fainting bit that set me off down that path!

Having refreshed my memory about my last cardiology appt, fainting CAN be an issue with rapid heart rate - even though this sounds counter intuitive. The heart rate being so rapid means the chambers of the heart don't have chance to refill properly meaning a sudden drop can happen and hence fainting can be a consequence.

You are a walking bomb waiting to go off. Your life is in danger.
Seek professional help immediately.

This is exactly what happened to my mum - silent double pneumonia which had turned to sepsis and her heart was almost shutting down with intensly high heart rate and low blood pressure. She had to be ventilated and was in intensive care for 1 week before managing to bounce back. Yes I'd be straight to the GP if I were you.

I've just checked mine, and I often peak at over 100 every night. On 31st I was a low of 52 and a high of 120 around 3am. I just presume it happens when I'm dreaming.

A few others have commented on this thread with their health but if this comment is aimed at me, you can see upthread that I've mentioned having had lots of tests. I'm under a cardiologist now and I have another appt coming up. I'm not a walking bomb, I have some challenges sure, but it's unhelpful to react this way.
You might have your reasons for posting this, but you haven't shared them.

@Janella how are you now?