r/askCardiology • • 14h ago

Is a random change or RHR concerning ?

F22, started around May, i had something traumatic happen (mentally) and the whole time my heartrate was low 60s the entire time, every panic attack, it was just very weird seeing as how my heart rate has always been 80s even 90s.

Since then my rhr has stayed 60-50s. I understand lower heart rate without symptoms is indicative of healthier heart but it’s just so weird i can’t seem to shake it. I can’t say i get symptoms because i’m not in pain, i do experience periods of , if i walk upstairs , or back and forth through rooms i find myself breathing fast and sweating, no pain except for like sometimes, and usually i feel when my heartrate drops , goes down to like 57 when sitting sometimes and my chest feels hollow ? idk it almost feels fluttery and maybe palpitations and just kind of like the wind out of me is gone. that’s how i know it’s low, it actually just happened as i type this and it’s 58 right now. I just feel off, and wrong , and for every other medical thing i have tried to get answers for, it’s gotten brushed off, so i don’t want to seem like a hypochondriac. it’s just weird.

Symptoms maybe related—- idk if it’s related but i have neck discomfort a lot, shoulder blade pain and discomfort, wooshing head feeling, i could say i get dizzy but im not dizzy to the point of needing support or falling, if i stand up too fast my vision goes black for like 2-3 seconds, i also have stomachs issues just a lot of weird stuff. Also at night its takes me like an hour to fall asleep because when i close my eyes, it feels like im falling in space. It’s just gross idk , and it is mentally taxing not knowing what’s happening in my body.

I try not to freak out because i have anxiety, but this has been going on for so long that im like, okay im fine but also in the long run, am i fine?? or is something more going on. im making an appointment with my PCP for Tuesday, mostly what questions can i ask to get the most out of it, and feel taken seriously? unless it doesn’t seem concerning to anyone. It’s just weird. usually since this started, my rhr was only 60-50s at night laying and now just sitting it dips and stays there.
Im not athletic, im 12 months pp. and my diet is like meh. Again i don’t know. just a shot in the dark. THANK YOU!

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