Why is my heart rate higher in the morning
Get to know anxiety: racing heart
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as a child I was extremely shy I was
extremely anxious about things at school
participating in schools so I just
thought that was quite normal to be like
that and to avoid circumstances I think
before my first major panic attack I
actually remember being probably 18 19
being with some friends at a cinema and
feeling my heart beating and thinking
that it wasn't quite right and my first
instinct was that could I be possibly
having a heart attack I kept feeling the
pulse rate going for the entirety of the
movie to make sure I was still ticking
so um then in my early 20s I was
probably about 19 19 20
I woke up one morning and my first
feeling waking up was my heart my heart
feeling like it was jumping out of my
body racing a million miles an hour
again my innate thought was my natural
thought was that I was having a heart
attack um from there I felt like I
couldn't breathe I felt like I was
feeling out of body I felt like I was
almost dying I was sort of leaving my
body I wanted to pretend it wasn't
happening
I don't like bothering people I keep a
lot of especially at that age I was
keeping a lot of dramas going on in my
life to myself um just putting on a
brave front and I remember one morning
probably 3:00 a.m. and um I don't I'm
not religious but I prayed and said if I
can survive this I promise I'll go to
the doctor and
I went to the doctor made an appointment
went to the doctor a few days later and
told him what I was experiencing and got
no resolution I ended up seeing seven
doctors seven different doctors when
they couldn't easily diagnose me um they
just sent me on a way on my way not
knowing what to do so unfortunately my
diagnosis didn't happen till I was I had
given up work unable to cope and ended
up my life just kind of disappeared with
anxiety it wasn't until I kind of
gathered that is this Agra phobia
someone said yeah you asked I went and
got books and I saw these our horror of
okay I've got all these symptoms but
what do I do now
I was so elated to have an answer
finally I knew what I was battling my
key advice would be to talk to talk to
not be ashamed of what you're suffering
and to speak to family and friends
you