Heart rate increase

[Swadez]

Since October last year I’ve been experiencing the following in this exact order:

Rush of blood / shiver through lower back and front.
Uneasy feeling like something is not right in body.
Urge to open bowels / use toilet.
Heart rate increase from regular 80/85 bpm to 110 bpm.
Palpitations being felt.
Sometimes sweat palms and shivers / shakes.

This then goes away either by opening a window or going into the bathroom. Or laying down and breathing slowly in and out. Sometimes having milk or cold water also helps.

it happened a good few times in October and I went to see the GP who did blood tests and said my cholesterol was high for which they put me on some medication.

It has been happening on and off since then. Sometimes nothing for two or three weeks and then sometimes consistently few times a day for a week or ten days.

Saw GP again and was referred to the heart clinic at the hospital. In the initial appointment there was nothing to be concerned about however I am still on the waiting list for a heart stress test.

I have found that it increases when I am not well with some other illness, such as a couple of weeks ago I had diarrhoea and I was getting this heart problem consistently around then. I used to wake up needing the toilet and had heart rate increased with sweaty palms. However when the diarrhoea settled so did this problem.

I’m thinking it’s probably nothing serious as nothing is coming up in bloods and I’m generally well. Eating and drinking good also. Plus it’s been 8 months and if it was anything serious then something would have happened by now.

I’m a single male parent to a young teenage girl and worry that if something happens to me then she will have to go into care as age has no one else.

Asking on here to see if anyone else has had something like this and what they did to diagnose it and treat it.

Have you considered that it may be a form of anxiety or panic attack? I used to have a similar sort of thing happen quite often when my anxiety was very bad - but it still happens occasionally now.

I thought it might be that but then it happens when I’m pretty relaxed and not doing anything that can warrant it to be that

Anxiety and panic attacks can come out nowhere even when relaxed. I've suffered for years (then went to therapy, changed my life, eating habits and joined the gym, took up cycling etc). Have you tried meditation? When you feel like that stick headphones in and listen to meditation music and practice breathing exercises. Hope you're ok OP. Not pleasant xx

Agree with this!

Have had plenty of panic attacks when relaxed and was initially very confusing

Have you had your thyroid levels checked? Hyperthyroid (ie overactive) can cause the symptoms you note.

I will get my thyroid levels checked. Thanks. What worries me is that I don’t feel panicky. I feel normal when this happens. I get a shiver or rush through the back and front and that then brings it on.

Have you had Covid and has this come on since then? I ask because I had heart rate issues with Covid, which have since gone totally back to normal but apparently men are more affected by heart issues due to Covid than females. Just a thought, though probably not very helpful!