Heartrate?

So before I was diagnosed with UC in Sept, I was a long distance runner, and in pretty good shape. My normal heartrate is in the 60s.

Once I got really sick for a month before I was diagnosed my normal heartrate was almost 120.

So I am on pred and lialda right now, and after 5 weeks of treatment, my heartrate is only back down to 100. I cannot exercise yet, I tried to lift weights a little and thought I was going to blackout. So I quit right away.

My question, how long did it take all of you to get back to normal so you could workout or run again? Other than my heartrate being crazy high and a little blood once and a while, I feel better than I have since I was a teenager, and I am 36 now.

Meant to say 'dont see why you can'T exercise" !!!!

I experience very high heart rates and I am(was) in shape with a lot of cycling and high altitude climbing/hiking. I was usually in the 60s into 70s.

The drugs have a lot, if not everything to do with the high resting heartrate, especially pred. I experienced a double-whammy when I was on asacol as well and I had to get off the stuff because I literally couldn't even sleep because of the tachycardia.

Also, are you anemic? See, I suffer from that, too, in conjunction with the meds. Obviously, your heart has to pump more blood so it has to beat faster. When I had first big flare up, I was so anemic, my heart rate was 120-130 for days on end. I could barely even walk to my car without getting out of breath. That plays a humungous role in your resting heart rate.

You have to watch your exercise regiment when your heart is beating more than a 100. It's grounds for a heart attack. Don't push yourself. Rest is important. Hard to be stagnant. Any chance I get at feeling any sort of energy, I want to burn it, I'm just that way. But this whole stupid disease has forced me to mellow out and heal via resting...Hope this helps