So I have a high pulse. 100+ BPM resting.

[manlymatt83]

Well see this crap varies.

I just took my pulse (after sitting in the computer lab) and it is 65. SLOW.... but NORMALLY its over 100. When I'm running around and stuff I guess.... or even if I'm sitting.

I've been taking a new pill for my stomach every morning (I have severe IBS). Ever since then, my pulse during the DAY has drastically reduced. I wonder if reducing the stomach spasms, etc. in the morning could slow my pulse throughout the day?

Anyway, I'm working out EVERY DAY at the gym, so since my pulse only spikes to over 100 and isn't constant like that, maybe I'll just keep working out.

Anyone know other ways to relieve stress? I don't wanna go on any more medication if I don't have to!

 

[manlymatt83]

OK one more question on this.........

Does anyone's pulse go up when they are put in a hightension situation?

Like, when I was giving my x-girlfriend a promise ring, my pulse got up to about 130 for the hour or two before I gave it to her. After I gave it to her, it was high for about 20 minutes and then it was back down to normal.

Is this normal? To have a pulse that high when doing something like this?

 

[drinkmorejava]

It's called stress and/or excitement. It was just part of the fight or flight response. Always happens when big stuff happens.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't take the medicine yet!!!

It's pretty easy what you have to do. Because the doctor can't take your pulse at a time when you really are resting and relaxed, your results at the office are skewed.

What you need to do is get a heart blood pressure monitor. Record the blood pressure and the BPM every day right before you sleep. After at least 2 weeks of data, go back to the doctor and have him look at it. Shouldn't the doctor also conduct and EKG and other tests before he jumps in to give you medicine?

Yes, because once you do, it will be for the rest of your life.

And QFT.

Keep working out. Do you do any cardiovascular work when you work out. Try aerobics or spinning. I know it seems a bit feminine, but on the plus side you get to work out with a whole bunch of pretty girls.

Rest of my life? Why? My doctor put me on medicine for high blood pressure and it inspired me to QUIT my foolish choices and lose weight. He's assured me that if I drop 50 pounds total (250 --> 200, I'm at 220 now) I shouldn't need the meds much anymore.

With a lot of those medicines, your body becomes dependant on it.

**EDIT**
That is how drug companies stay in business. A lot of there product research goes into finding out if they will make money off the "solution", meaning recurring customers. Not habit forming, but body dependant.

Great. So I'm no longer the survival of the fittest because I need medicine to survive? So even if I get in tip top athletic shape with 10% body fat and 100% in shape, I will still need this medicine?

I know people that are on the medicine but in good shape now that are still on the medication. <shrug> You could try it, but I don't think it is a good idea. My mom is on high blood pressure medication, yet she eats very healthy and is quite healthy now. The minute she is off the medication, her blood pressure shoots up again. Don't know if that is the case for everyone, but for the 5 people I know personally that have taken it, I know it is a lifelong thing. Bill Clinton has to take it, and it is a lifelong thing for him too.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
OK one more question on this.........

Does anyone's pulse go up when they are put in a hightension situation?

Like, when I was giving my x-girlfriend a promise ring, my pulse got up to about 130 for the hour or two before I gave it to her. After I gave it to her, it was high for about 20 minutes and then it was back down to normal.

Is this normal? To have a pulse that high when doing something like this?

Marfan Syndrome? j/k (it could be though, check it out, it sometimes goes misdiagnosed) Although with your body weight I doubt it is that.

You could always MRI and check your heart for palpitations. There could be an abnormality in your heart.

For the most part it is probably excitement and physical stress. Just keep working out, but limit your blood sugar levels more and do less strenuous workouts first.

 

[blahblah99]

Originally posted by: phantom309

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
OK so explain this to me then......

In the morning at 8:30 am when I walk from my car to my class, which involves about a quarter mile walk, then up two flights of stairs (and I'm usually in a bit of a hurry), my heart beat is around 120 when I sit down in class finally.

After about five minutes, my heart beat slows down to about ~100

After about half hour, I should be between 80-100

Is this normal?

Yeah, that'd be normal - if you were 55. But you're not. You're seriously out of shape and you need to get more exercise.

Yeah man, you seriously need more excercise. Medicine is just going to MASK the symptoms.

 

[jman19]

Hmm, my heart rate when exercising sounds pretty high compared to what I'm seeing in this thread. It is often 170-180 when I bike at an intensity that is comfortable enough for me to do for 30 or 35 minutes. Is this a bad thing? I had a stress test a few months ago where my heart rate went up to about the same point but the doc said I was fine...

 

[psteng19]

1. How old are you?
2. How long have you been like this?
3. Any history of heart disease in your family?
4. Are you under extreme stress?

 

[Kadarin]

My pulse rate tends to be the same as yours, if not a little higher. I did find that if I worked out on a regular basis, and ate better, it would drop a bit. I had an EKG done, but they didn't come back with anything abnormal other than the high rate.

I'm 37, and have no intention of taking any medication for this.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't take the medicine yet!!!

It's pretty easy what you have to do. Because the doctor can't take your pulse at a time when you really are resting and relaxed, your results at the office are skewed.

What you need to do is get a heart blood pressure monitor. Record the blood pressure and the BPM every day right before you sleep. After at least 2 weeks of data, go back to the doctor and have him look at it. Shouldn't the doctor also conduct and EKG and other tests before he jumps in to give you medicine?

Yes, because once you do, it will be for the rest of your life.

And QFT.

Keep working out. Do you do any cardiovascular work when you work out. Try aerobics or spinning. I know it seems a bit feminine, but on the plus side you get to work out with a whole bunch of pretty girls.

Rest of my life? Why? My doctor put me on medicine for high blood pressure and it inspired me to QUIT my foolish choices and lose weight. He's assured me that if I drop 50 pounds total (250 --> 200, I'm at 220 now) I shouldn't need the meds much anymore.

With a lot of those medicines, your body becomes dependant on it.

**EDIT**
That is how drug companies stay in business. A lot of there product research goes into finding out if they will make money off the "solution", meaning recurring customers. Not habit forming, but body dependant.

I understand what you are trying to say but there is no way to treat High Heart Rate or High Blood pressure otherwise. Beta blockers need to be continued not because the drug companies want to conceal the way you can stop the drugs but because once you stop a medication that antagonizes the alpha and beta receptors you could potentially suffer from a lethal paradoxical reaction. meaning once you stop taking the medication your body swings into overdrive. Meaning patient takes BB to decrease his BP. Patient stops BB because his blood pressure is under control. Suddenly patients blood pressure goes from 110/80 to 220/120.

Yes, such medications benefit drug companies because patients need to keep taking them, however there are generic versions that are not made by the large pharmaceutical companies and therefore they no longer receive the income from them.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: blahblah99

Originally posted by: phantom309

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
OK so explain this to me then......

In the morning at 8:30 am when I walk from my car to my class, which involves about a quarter mile walk, then up two flights of stairs (and I'm usually in a bit of a hurry), my heart beat is around 120 when I sit down in class finally.

After about five minutes, my heart beat slows down to about ~100

After about half hour, I should be between 80-100

Is this normal?

Yeah, that'd be normal - if you were 55. But you're not. You're seriously out of shape and you need to get more exercise.

Yeah man, you seriously need more excercise. Medicine is just going to MASK the symptoms.

Once he gets down to a good weight if his HR doesnt change then medicine will not "mask" his symptoms but aid his body in controlling it. I agree that for some its easier to take meds then lose weight, but hey those are some of the choices ppl make.

 

[manlymatt83]

well, my BP is fine but pulse has still been high. HOWEVER, even though I've lost 30+ pounds (I'm 220), I just took my bodyfat/BMI at the gym.... body fat was 27% but my BMI was 34 ....... its supposed to be less than 25... maybe this is why my body goes nuts.