Does anyone else ever wake up in the middle of the night with a racing heart rate? It happens every other night, and I'm able to slow it down with deep breathing. I had a heart monitor on for a few weeks and recorded quite a bit of things that felt funky. Doctor said no sign of going in and out of afib.
Is this just my anxiety waking me up? I feel like it might be PTSD, as the first and only time I had an episode was in the middle of the night. The fire alarm had randomly gone off in the middle of the night and it scared me awake. Then my heart started flip flopping.
Anyway, thanks for letting me share
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Just a thought but I find it happens sometimes when I'm either too hot or from lying on my left side and as soon as I've adjusted the cause my heart stops racing and settles down. Sometimes the reason is a simple one but being super conscious of any random unusual heartbeat is the new norm for those of us with AF etc.
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