High or rapid heart rate

I know this topic had been brought up a hundred times on here.

But I'm taking a break from my abx due to a pretty bad herx. I understand this is a symptom of Lyme. But even when laying down my heart rate is pretty high. I went to the ER last week because it was running high and I was in so much pain I could barely move. Of course by the time we got there everything settled down and all they did was monitor me. So my bloodwork came out normal and I was sent on my merry way.

I had an okay couple of days but right now I'm lying here not moving and my heart rate is over 100-115. I'm trying to relax, I'm took a cal mag and I'm drinking an electrolyte drink my father made.

Has anyone else dealt with high heart? Was treatment the only way to make it go away? Is there anything I can do cause I can't afford another ER trip.

I also took my blood pressure which was 127/68. Weird right?

Cheetahjade,

I had the same thing happen to me. The worst herx I ever had included among other awful gross things the rapid heart rate. It also sent me to the er. Same thing, all was well after I was there for about an hour. Many trips for me to the er, mostly from before treatment, all from high heart rate and short of breath. Always goes away by the time they get to me. I think it is because I get it at night, then I wait hours to go to the er hoping it will go away. Then they get to me around 5 am, then I am getting over it by 6 am. Its a pattern I have.

Does this happen more to you during the night? I always was getting it at night especially and waking up with the high heart rate out of a sound sleep.

I still get the high heart rate, but not as often and not as long. My llmd tells me it is the babesia causing it. He tells me babesia is nocturnal and symptoms flare in the night. Are you being treated for babesia?

I make sure now I take magnesium every night and I find for me I do a apple cider vinegar in water also when it happens. For me, that seems to help it quickly, not sure why. I drink lemon water all day long now and that maybe is also why it is doing better for me, in addition to the babs treatment.

I think taking a break from antibiotics is a good idea. I did the same and it made a world of difference for me. Use this time to really detox away! Get yourself into a good habit of detoxing if you aren't already, so when you go back on the antibiotics you are in a routine.

When it happens I also tell myself that I will be okay. For me nighttime is the worst for the high heart rate and I get skipped beats too. Do you get the skipped beats also? If your heart has been checked out and you are having high heart rate with skipped beats just know the skipped beats are your bodies way of regulating how much oxygen gets to your brain....when your rate is up a ton of oxygen is getting into the brain, so the body will skip a beat to level everything out.

When you are in the midst of it, take slow deep breaths to calm the nervous system so you also don't have that added to it.

I hope that helps and I hope this awful symptoms passes quickly for you!

They probably will have you do the routine EKG, echo and ultrasound tests.

I also wore a monitor at home to track heart rate.

I have high heart rate that is unrelated to herx. It's all over the place. I am taking toprol to try and control it, but I'm not sure if it's really helping.

If I try to nap during the day I will wake up with my heart racing. I do not get it at night though. Very weird.

K07- That's sorta what happens to me. At least it did on the day I went to the ER. I took a nap, woke up and my heart was fast. Then after a while it just got faster.


PeteZa- Im trying to track my blood pressure also but It's really weird right now. Sometimes the top number is high or the bottom number is while the other is normal.


Thank you everyone. It's a really scary symptom to have. I think I;m going to get a holtor monitor, but I'm really hoping to not have to do a stress test. My energy level is so low I think I would pass out immediately. Honestly, I'm just hoping that he's at least open minded about lyme.

I have been suffering from high heart rate for the last few years. It is Babesia that’s causing the issue for me. For me it occurs if I exert myself doing yard work or other activities and also when I am out in hot weather. My body also has heat insensitivity due to Babesia when heat insensitivity kicks and I get that feeling hot feeling my heart rate goes anywhere from 120 to 160 bpm. When I have really exerted myself in the past and felt like I was burning up I have had my heart rate as high as 200 bpm. When my heart rate starts to raise during exertion I feel dizziness and have heart palpitations and start to have panic attack symptoms and feel totally wiped out with absolutely no energy. I have been treating Babesia the last eight months I have improved, I still get the higher heart rate and panic attack symptoms and the wiped out feeling symptoms however instead of have anxiety and panic for 2 days straight with no sleep, I can recover after a few hours usually. It hit me again tonight while doing yard work, pushing a light self-propelled lawn mower I got about 60% done with mowing and I felt nervous and restless and felt a few heart palpitations and my heart rate climbed to a little over 129 bpm, so I immediately stopped went in the house and did some 4-7-8 deep breathing exercises and gargled with water for 15 seconds which usually helps (this usually helps to get the vagus nerve under control, the sign the vagus nerve is calming down is I start to belch. After about an hour most of the symptoms have past and I feel much better, still feel a little dizzy.

I used it to get bad bradycardia at night my sleeping resting heart rate was around 45 bpm and sometimes lower. After 8 months of Babesia and 6 months of Bart, Lyme, and Erlichia treatment my sleeping heart rate is now a more normal 55 bpm.

My cardiologist gave me all the tests and my heart is fine, I truly believe it’s Babesia that’s messed up my central nervous system which causes it to go haywire during exertion or when anxiety kicks in when I am herxing which is every time I slightly increase my supplements - Cryptolepis, Houttuynia, JK Plus, etc. it’s been a continue cycle of bad herxing and then feeling better and then herxing again. I am so sick of the pattern, it’s like the film Ground Hog Day where the herxing cycles never seem to end.

I have also found that Natural Calm Magnesium has also helped to stop most heart palpitations.

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I get a higher HR off and on and think mine is Bart related. Perhaps autonomic nervous system? When I lay down at night, it will sometimes be high, and I feel like I can't relax, then it will just calm down after awhile. I think my HR has been a bit higher since starting this round of Lyme/bart protocol.

Makes sense to have your heart checked out, but it's most likely fine - probably actually a neurological issue, or possibly just electrolytes or hormones. I have had so much tachycardia - usually with POTS but occasionally more generally - and I know it's exhausting and worrisome.

Drink plenty of water but NOT too much. Ingesting a great deal of non-iodized salt every day can be helpful (like two teaspoons). Too much water will dilute your electrolytes, so if you are peeing a lot, then slow down the water consumption. A good hydration rubric is your body weight divided by two, in ounces. (I weigh 108 lbs., so I should drink 54 ounces of water per day as a baseline - more if I sweat from heat, exertion, etc.).

Vagus nerve toning tricks are a great idea. Holding your breath and baring down for a few seconds can stop a run of tachycardia. DNRS and other programs that rewire the limbic system can be helpful. And of course also meditation, mindfulness, yoga, breath work....

What is your blood pressure usually? Is that a normal number for you?

Herxing could be the culprit, for sure. Go easy on your system for a while. It's telling you to chill.

It's funny ... for nearly 4.5 years, I have worked to lower my heart rate. Just this past week, I am freaking out because I think it's become too low! So many moving targets with chronic illness....