Severe anxiety fast heart rate

[Awatts21]

Hi I’m 27 years old and have suffered anxiety basically my whole life iv always had a fast ish heart rate on and of but for the last few days it’s been beating non stop really fast and skipping beats I went to a&e as I fort I was gunna have an heart attack or a stroke coz how fast my heart was racing they did all the normal blood test and they all came back normal in the past the doctors have prescribed me beater blockers but I have never taken them I’m getting scared and worried now as my anxiety is just taking over me and my heart rate does any body relate to me as I feel like I’m the only person who feels this way also has any body take beater blockers for a fast heart if so how do you feel does it make you feel better please please let me know sorry for the long post but I need some sort of reassurance x

Take the beta blockers. They are wonderful things and will block the electrical impulses to make your heart race. My heart rate was 240 and they prescribed them to me in A&E. I have another issue with my heart that causes it that’s being sorted. Honestly, get it checked out and take the tablets!

Take the beta blockers - they will slow your heart rate and help with anxiety symptoms.

Anxiety and fast heart rate can create a vicious circle. The more anxious you are, the faster your heart rate; the faster your heart rate, the more anxious you become.

The treatment you have been given will break that cycle and help you to get back to some peace.

I take them all the time - because I have occasional atrial fibrillation. I have no side effects and am glad of them.

Take them! They're a godsend for the physical symptoms and they work right away with no side effects.
You can take them when you need them. They're not like other medication that you have to take everyday for them to work. One or two tablets will help (whatever your doctor suggests)

Although if I take them at night I can't sleep. If I take them in the daytime my sleep is as it usually is.

Why wouldn’t you take your prescribed beta blockers? They are provided to help you. Did you pick them up from the pharmacy?

@Wishing1988 , do you take beta blocker on a as needed basis?

I was prescribed beta blocker for palpitations but only take one if they are bad. I don't want to take them regularly.

Yeah I take them as needed. Sometimes I ended up taking them most days but other times it's more sporadic depending on how bad my anxiety is. I'm on ADs atm so I'm finding my anxiety and physical symptoms easier to manage through breathing and grounding techniques. Beta blockers aren't addictive and I would recommend them highly.
Although, if I take them at night I can't sleep. But lying in bed calm and awake is preferable to lying in bed panicking, full of adrenaline and awake!

@Wishing1988 , it's my first time taking beta blocker. I took them daily for the first week then stopped. Now I take them as required. Like you some days I take them quite regularly. I take them for my palpitations not anxiety

But what I'm worrying about is that with beta blocker if you want to stop you have to taper down. So is it safe to start and stop when taken on as needed basis?

Yeah you don't have to taper down or anything like that. They're a one off thing.
I'm certain of this although I must say I'm not a doctor so for max reassurance check in with your GP! But they're not like other medication that builds up and has withdrawals.

I can’t live with this anxiety any longer it’s my racing heart that scares me it’s beating so fast every day am scared to take medication I think I’m gunna just drop dead surly your heart can’t beat that fast every day and nowt bad happen to you wow I’m sick of it please sombody what do I do I’m 26 years old and I’m scared doctors are like my a** !!! My hearts racing as I writing this

Yes but I’m scared to take them as I think if I take 1 I’ll start panicking even more then it might do more damage I’m just so I’ll I don’t know what to do any more

You are definitely not the only person feeling like this! Look at all the previous comments.

You are stuck in a vicious circle of your anxiety causing a racing heart and the racing heart increasing your anxiety. Your doctor has prescribed you a medication to break the cycle.

Right now anxiety has taken hold in your brain and it's stopping you from thinking things through. You have been seen at a&e where they confirmed there's nothing wrong with your heart. Can you see that your doctor wouldn't have given you medication that could hurt you or make you worse? Would it be fair to give the beta blockers a go for a couple of days and see if they help? Then if they don't help you can go back to your doctor and ask to try other medication.

I understand, I’ve been anxious my whole
life too but only just started getting heart palpitations the last year or so.
im much older than you and I think mine is linked to perimenopause so I am trying to get a doctors appointment and get onto hrt but it’s easier said than done.
it’s a horrible feeling and I can totally relate to how it just takes over your life and you
feel like you can’t cope with anything. I have no experience of beta blockers but have friends who have taken them. I think taking medication is a scary prospect if you haven’t done it before but worth a try to see if it makes a difference.
good luck to you, take care of yourself - you won’t feel like this forever

Thank you guys it really helps me knowing it’s not only me with this racing heart I’m gunna take 1 of my beater blockers tomorrow and see what happens to me fingers crossed I don’t drop dead arghhhhj so scared 😳

Just take one FFS. Billions on people take beta (it's not beater) blockers every day. They're not heroin. They're designed to do exactly what you need. Or don't you want to feel better.

I was the same and had beta blockers in the cupboard for over a year before taking them. But the way I saw it was that I already felt anxious and awful - so either they'll help and then good for me or they don't and I continue to feel crap like I did before! but at least I'll know! Good luck tomorrow but I'd strongly recommend taking one, they really do help! And they're a super commonly medication and are not like SSRIs which have side effects, withdrawals etc.

@Awatts21 do you get skipped beats often? Since January I've been getting them constantly every day and night. I'm finding it very difficult to cope. I take beta blocker when it's very bad which is most days.

That’s good @Awatts21 let us know how you get on

Yeah I always get a skipped beat nearly every day we’ll I think it’s a skipped beat I feel like a strange jump and a pulling sensation and more like a bubble feeling in my throat but my hearts just out of control all together x

And no I have been prescribed beater blockers many of times but I am to scared to take them just in case my thoughts makes my heart worse than what it is when I take the medication but I am gunna try them out tomorrow

BETA Blockers will definitely not make things worse.
If they've been prescribed you need to take them.

Good morning, OP.
How are you feeling today?
Have you taken a beta blocker?

HI OP, take some deep breaths, you poor thing you are obviously in a very anxious state.

Beta blockers are very safe. I take them for Atrial Fibrillation and they slow your heart rate brilliantly. They block adrenaline which is the thing that causes heart racing amongst other things. Miracle drug if you ask me! I have zero side effects also.

Take what you have been prescribed and see. They won't increase your fear and anxiety although I can totally understand your terror of taking them. Half the world is taking them now. Did you ever wonder how opera singers and actors can appear so calm? Lots of them take beta blockers before going on stage!

They are not addictive either. I wonder also if you should ask your doctor about SSRI anti depressants. They are wonderful for anxiety and are not addictive either.

Hope you feel better soon. Take the tablets TODAY, don't wait any longer, that's just making you more anxious, although it's easy for me to say.

Hi no I havnt I’m to scared I have an appointment at the hospital on the 24th there gunna do a 24 hour ecg and an echo just to rule out if I have a heart condition I know some people will be like wow asif I havnt tried the beater blockers yet but I am really scared to tak them