Shawna

Thank you all so much for your suggestions - I appreciate you taking your time to help me. I think the hardest part is logically knowing what they are but still freaking out and thinking my heart will stay stuck in that horrid rapid rhythm...

I've researched GABA also - Has anyone ever tried the accupressure points to calm an attack?

Does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with this symptom? I have tried deep breathing, tapping, and self-talk...my last resort is always an ativan and a 911 call - The emt's know me well. Some days I can control the adrenaline/panic that always seems to accompany my rapid beats, others I am convinced I'm going to die. HELP!

Thanks for the suggestions - I'm actually trying some compression stockings tonight. My Dr. said that since I've never fainted, he wouldn't order a TTT for me.

Hey all! I seem to only suffer tachycardia and spike in bp when waking early in the morning. I have had numerous ecgs - halter monitors - stress test and even a 24 hr urine to see if a pheo was the reason. No one can tell me what is going on in my body. Only that I have normal sinus tachycardia. I have to call the ambulance at least 2 times a month due to my heart rate, and by the time they transport me to the hospital, the symptoms have calmed. I take an ativan on the mornings that I know I cannot breath through them or cope naturally. Some days it isn't there and others it's weeks at a time.

I've read the same article and also could relate to the content. I seem to only suffer this after being asleep for a few hours...like a surge in bp and tachycardia. It's terrifying!

Thank you all for replying - you don't know what a comfort I feel in just knowing others out there understand what I'm experiencing...or maybe you do. It's Thanksgiving morning and I just called 911 - they checked me out but by the time they arrived the ativan kicked in and I chose to stay home. The ER always sends me away with 'palpitations". After my C=section and blood clots I noticed that I would get these random feelings of "fading away" or like an inner dropping sensation....then my heart would kick into overdrive. The early morning tachycardia is the most frightening - I know it is

It seems odd that it happens only in those early morning hours. I do suffer from panic disorder and I know what those attacks feel like - this seems more my body than my mind. I will sometimes lay back down and the rate will slow...and then as soon as I get up again it beats harder and faster. I have been researching "extreme dipper" bp and maybe I'm getting a reflex tachycardia due to low heart rate and bp during sleep? I also thought that maybe it was hormonal - like surges of adrenaline and cortisol...I just wish I knew what the root cause is, or could find a Dr. that won't dismiss it as "

I haven't had a tilt table test - the tachycardia always seems to resolve itself once I am up for a while. The E.R. sometimes has me lay, sit , and stand and take my bp...I notice my top number increase but the bottom is good so they never seem too alarmed. I'm wondering if my heart rate/bp are dipping too low while I'm sleeping. I wonder if a sleep study would reveal any abnormalities? The dr.s always assume it's panic/anxiety - they assumed that when I had my lungs full of blood clots too! I find that when I awake in the early morning it seems the heart goes zooming even before I sit up,

I've had a treadmill stress test - 3 week heart monitor, and echocardiogram...they clocked my heart rate at 150 but it was a normal sinus rhythm. All blood work looked normal but I know something is very wrong. My episodes almost always happen after being asleep for a few hours. Mostly when I awaken at 3 or so. Feels like an electric surge is rushing through my body. I sit up in bed and I feel my heart increase...then I, of course, add the blasted adrenaline to it! I usually can deep breathe and talk my way out of the spiraling panic...sometimes I call 911. This month I have called twice...the

I am a 46 year old female that had my 4th child 4 years ago - it was an emergency c-section and I also suffer from a blood clotting disorder and suffered clots in my lungs and left leg. Ever since this event I have experienced strange and scary symptoms. I would often feel a sinking sensation and then my heart would race. Every morning(usually 3-5) I awake and as soon as I sit or roll over in bed my heart is racing. I've had all tests - just sinus tachycardia is found. I know something is wrong with me...the cardiologist just told me to relax and live my life. I do suffer from panic disorder,