Tachycardia in the morning...So frustrating!

[Autumnx1003]

I am so sick of either waking up with a fast heart rate or getting a bout of tachycardia sometime during the morning.  I mean, this is supposed to be the most relaxed portion of the day, yet my heart is so "irritable" in the morning.  This morning I thought I was ok, then I started getting the "old feeling" in my chest and when I checked it was 91, then 93, then I got all worked up and it shot as high as 146.  I got it back down, like I always do, but...ugh...I'm just so tired of even dealing with the whole problem.  No doctors can help me because they say that my heart is normal, it is just anxiety that makes it fast.  Whatever....I'm really sick of this (can you tell? hehe)  

So...who's with me?  Who has a fast heart rate in the morning and who is sick of it? It always helps to know that I'mnot alone, at the very least...(sigh)...

[dancingheart]

PVC's and PAC's do show up on a holter or loop/event monitor.  I have worn both myself.  I suffer from PAC's (premature atrail contractions).  I think only once I had a a PVC (premature Ventricular contractions.)  You are correct in their origins in the heart.  I hope this helps a bit.

Oh yes, to Autumnx1003.  Napping can do the same thing to me.  Cardiologist had no answer for that one!!!

[dancingheart]

  Hi, I have responded to your poll.  If it weren't for the 50 mg of Metoprolol that I take at 10:00 pm at bedtime, I would surely wake up constantly with SVT (Supraventricular  Tachycardia) whereby my heart rate jumps instantly to 160-170 bpm for no reason at all.  I suffer from sinus tachycardia  with 120 bpm or so in the morning...I am usually quick to get to my Metoprolol of which I take 25 mg in the morning.  Once the initial morning tachy goes away I do much better as the day goes on toward evening I end up in the 40's and 50's bpm, but still got to take the meds. because without it I am sure to wake up all night with it and then comes the yucky morning again.
  I wish I knew why too.  I ask my cardiologist and he said that 1.) My heart seems to be sensitive to the extra shot of adrenaline that is needed to wake the body up and to get started with my day.... it's the same thing with BP mine skyrockets when I rise out of bed. 2.) anxiety about facing another day of unmet tasks and demands put on me due to family, work and etc.  Once I am home and settled down around 5:00 pm and after, I am fine.  What ever the reason I hate it!  And I hate being stuck on the meds. that make me so tired.  And then my BP and P drop through the floor in the evening making evening hard to function... then I take my meds. and can't get out of bed at night... but at least I can get some sleep and move in the morning!

[Autumnx1003]

I see at least 4 people responded to my poll that this having a fast HR when waking up happens to them frequently.  For those who suffer with this, what are some of the reasons that you have been told about why this happens?  Also, does anyone else experience it?  

I had another bad bout of it this morning, and I am just desperate to find some answers as to why exactly this might be happening to me (for over a year now!)

[musikbox]

PVC's are skipped beats that are ventricular in origin, and PAC's are skipped beats that are atrial in nature, above the ventricles.

As far as I know, and someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think the only way to tell which ones you are having is by EKG. I have PVC's and it's obvious on the EKG, but I have had many PVC's that the EKG was not able to record, due to the fact that they were very short in duration.

[Autumnx1003]

Hello again..

Tachycardia simply means that your heart is beating over 100bpm (fast).  Sometimes this is appropriate...sometimes not.  PVCs and PACs I think describe the flip flops and extra beat sensations you feel.  Hope this helps some.

[Shannon6295]

Sometimes my heart rate goes up-mostly at nnight when trying to sleep. Can someone please tell me what the difference between PVCs PACs and tachycardia is because I don't get it. My heart jumps and skips and squeezes, pulls and they all feel different sometimes. During the night I will have irregular heartbeat that drives me nuts.