What causes high rate of BPM?
Patient: Hi my name is kevin, 3 months ago i started to have what my first doctor called an anxiety attack, they told me to take lorazepam when it happend and i would feel better, i was having 1 every 2 days. finally i was doing better and having 1 every 6 days. I couldnt work or anything and havnt since, after 1 month i got a bad cold and started having 3 a day. After my cold stopped i continued having alot so i went to another doctor which told me to take blood tests and take this xanex 3 times a day at.25mg then i went back to another doctor and he said the other doctor was wrong i took more blood tests and had .5mg xanex for a month. Thats when i really had troubles breathing through out the day and so i went to see a chyropractor/kinsiologist and he told me that i would be fine its just i had too much acidity in my body so i should eat right. Soon after i went back to my doctor who perscribed me .5mg xanex and told him i wanted off , then he told me after 3 months its weird that your heart is still going fast , i thought it was cause u took too much redbull but now u need to go see a cardioligist (heart doctor) and strap a machine on u for 24 hours to see ur heart . he lowered my xanex to .25mg and said in two weeks to go lower and then off , he also told me to take more blood tests. My heartbeat stays at about 100bpm sometimes its 80 bpm and somtimes 120 bpm , he told me if it goes over 140bpm i should go to the Emergency room, but since the last 6 days it hasnt gone over 120 that i know of. Can someone just please help me its been 3 months i havnt worked and i feel like sh*t. i went to go see a cardiologist but they said i have to wait till march 2012 ....... What am i suppose to do. Can i even do exercize if my heart cant go over 140? my doctor seems weird. My chyropractor/kinsiologist seemed more aware of the situation, the other doctor i see for 2 minutes and he gets me out right away. Doctor: Kevin, a normal heart rate is 60-100 beats/minute. It is less if you exercise and more if you don’t. Your heart rate variation may be anxiety related. If so, I agree that xanax is a poor long-term treatment option. You should try to wean from it if possible. The monitor is a good idea. I will usually ask for long-term (3-7days) monitoring to judge. It is good to keep of diary of symptoms with heart rate along with blood pressure. Sometimes abnormal control of blood pressure and heart rate go together to make you feel tired.