anyone's heart race when sick?

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Registered: 08-16-2005
anyone's heart race when sick?
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Fri, 12-08-2006 - 10:14pm
i have a stomach virus - been sick all day and i woke up with a low grade fever and i my heart was racing! like 166 i have no xanax or ever been prescribed a benzo so i took some benadryl. helped a little butmy heartrate is still like 130. anyone feel this way when sick? my family or friends don't get it and think i can control it. i try - how fast has your heartrate been with panic? and how long does it last? mine lasted almost all day. i hate it!
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Registered: 01-31-2004
Sat, 12-09-2006 - 1:57am

YES!!

        
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Registered: 03-11-2004
Sat, 12-09-2006 - 8:03am

Hello & welcome! I am sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. I hope you're better since you posted.


Amy gave you some good, solid information. An increased pulse is part of some illnesses. If you have chest, arm, jaw or shoulder

 

 


 



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Registered: 08-16-2005
Sat, 12-09-2006 - 9:50am
thanks girls. yes i know it's a vicious cycle. i used to also have hbp so yesterday i tried one of my toprol to help. didn't do much and now my bp is like 100/65. i don't need it anymore because i think my body chemistry changed when i had my second son who is 8 months old now. i also am not with my son's father and when i was sick yesterday i was out of diapers and asked him to bring some over. well he was a jerk about it saying i can control the way i think and i am fine. ugh. men. but he just doesn't like doing anything for anybody so he made me feel worse i'm sure. very insensitive. my heartrate is still in the lower 100s which i don't like. can it last that long. the anxiety? i have been taking my bp/pulse way to much. i need to get my mind on something else obviously. i just feel really down and out and i'm sick of it!! :P do you guys take xanax or something when you're feeling bad or anything else to prevent these feelings? i used to take buspar but didn't feel it did much so quit it. on top of that i called my son's father's mother yesterday to help out and she called him and said i upset her by calling her crying about him not helping me. i called her back last night to apologize for scaring her (she said that she thought someone had died when i called her crying) and she didn't answer her phone. she thought it was ridiculous that i would call her about needing diapers and having anxiety. gee, so nice of her. my family doesn't live here and has been begging me to move closer to them since i got pregnant. i have a 13 yr old son though that has been going to the same school since kindergarten and i would feel guilty about moving him. i know i shouldn't though. sorry for the long post. feels good to vent. :P
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Registered: 03-22-2003
Sat, 12-09-2006 - 6:46pm

I'm sorry to hear you are going through this!

Sheri Ann