Tachycardia When Falling Asleep?

[pielady42]

Something strange happens to me now and then. I will be falling asleep or asleep for no more than an hour when something sends my body bolting upright. I awaken as I am forced upwards, gasping for breath with the whole bed shaking from tachycardia - it is beating that fast and hard. Once I almost fainted within the first thirty seconds. When I wore the holter the cardiologist said I was having a tachycardia but didn't know what triggered it. Has anyone experienced this during that early phase of sleep (REM?) I wake up disoriented and sure I am dying and eventually I realize "oh, it's just that thing happening again". It's very terrifying when it happens though, especially when I am so out of it and can't think straight. By the way, I have never had tachycardia when I am awake (knock on wood).

[ekanor]

Greetings to all.I have similar symptoms. At night I Wake up from the vibration in his chest and tachycardia systematically,every night.This continues for the third year.I have made several researches on Holteru,sleep monitoring.Checked the thyroid hormones. All normal.I lost 8 lbs. in two years.While there is no diagnosis.Gonna get checked for reflux or hernia hiatal,then in neurology.

[NickLings]

I sleep like 10 hours I don't have bradycardia or anything my heart rate has always been in the 90s-100s when im happy but when im asleep its in the 85s and when im like down to the bone calm, its 80 I don't have tachycardia or bradycardia Syndrome

[DodoBird2]

Exactly my symptoms. Were you able to find out more?

[jnrjnr]

44yr old Male night time Tachycardia in 1st hour of sleep
Has anyone experienced excess Gas through burping shortly after their episode ie. Gastric Reflux ?
I have had this (frightening experience) when you wake up gasping for air and your Heart is racing v v fast .... <6 times @yr for 13 yrs and every time i get wind up shortly after .
The Palpitations last less than 1 min every time , and return to normal like switching off a light switch .
All tests treble tested and negative .
I've read about the Vagus nerve and Gastric Reflux connection with Palpitations but no Medical evidence as they say .....

[Airwrek1]

Dangit, im having the same issue. Ive been dianosed w/ a leaky mitro & aortic valve. The mitro diagnosis csme about 8-10 yrs ago. The aortic, just recently i found out. About a month ago. But For about the past month or do ive had my heart trigger into a faster rate or tachycardia @ a certain stage of my sleep, every night now. And a the last coiple weeks i had a couple episodes during the day where my bp spiked really high & so i had to call an ambulance & go to the ER. And this is all new. Ive already done the sleep study & they found no spnea. At least on that night.  I really need to pinpoint whats going on. Im  waiting gor my event monitor to arrive in the mail so i can get this recorded. I want to fix what the disorder is. Not just start treating the symptoms. I just read about Svts. I wonder if thus is a possibility.

[mrmario1961]

Has anyone figured out what is going on with their own case yet?