BisexualSunflowers t1_itemvdv wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:41 AM

I have a garmin that alerts me to a high heart rate (+100 bpm) when I’ve been inactive for 5 or more minutes. I have to take it off every single time I go to class or have a meeting. During Covid before I started anxiety meds I had horrible heart palpitations too. Got a 30 day heart monitor that came back with nothing luckily.

I still get the high heart rate alerts all the time though so maybe I need to ask for an increase in my (SSRI) dose.

sl0wrx t1_iteorsv wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:57 AM

Yeah I had to stop wearing my fitbit because of my anxiety. I’ve had anxiety my entire life and it would get worse if I looked down and my heart rate was high. It was high because I was anxious and would get higher as I got more anxious looking at it 😅

FalconBurcham t1_itfx9h4 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:32 AM

Found my people. Haha Does Fitbit have the ability to turn off alerts? I turned off all heart rate alerts on my Apple Watch. I use the Zones app to track my intentional cardio sessions (it will nudge me if my heart rate is too high while exercising), but that’s it.

I manually checked my heart rate once while at the doctor’s office (I have serious health anxiety), and it was 135. My resting average at the end of the day is normally around 55. 65 if I’ve been busy. 75ish if it’s been stressful. But those big bumps of 135ish stress don’t give me useful info, so I keep alerts off. It all averages out at the end of the day. 🤷‍♀️

AustrianReaper t1_itfc7tl wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:47 AM

Regarding your last point: If you feel fine with your current ssri dosage please don't increase it just because of heart rate spikes - they aren't antiarrhythmic and if you take more ssris despite feeling subjectively fine all you're doing is treating numbers, not yourself.

BisexualSunflowers t1_itgbnj0 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 1:10 PM

Good to know, I really appreciate your response.

hahzbsjxbsbshfjcjcj t1_itgmnbj wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:38 PM

SSRI’s are junk I would get off of them if you don’t need them day to day. They are fine for short term relief in a stressful period of life, death in the family, divorce, break up etc. but they don’t need to be taken long term and it’s just another one of the pharmaceuticals that are wildly over prescribed in America.