How high does your heart rate get during a panic attack

Ugh still so worried about my heart rate durIng a panick attack and I think that it will harm me or harm the heart I should say,
Couple times I checked it during a attack it was 170 CRAZY right , and I think there were times when it was much higher but I was too scared to check , and yes I checked my heart out and doc says its good , but the high hr rate it just scares me and makes me think that my heart won't handle it , I'm checking pulse all day long and when I get anxious through out the day it could be on the 90s and with minimal activity it gets high .
I had two severe attacks and many many scary ones and the severe ones caused me To avoid places with far exits and it's making my life so difficult 😞 , I really hope one the doc gives me meds It will get better .

Post Edited (Rn1987) : 9/15/2014 10:39:21 PM (GMT-6)

I also want to add that my heart rate is also very sensitive to movement and can easily be in the 90's or higher when I am sitting if I am feeling stressed and anxious. Sometimes the slightest movement will make my heart rate jump up 20 beats per minute. My doc gave me a small dose of propanolol to help with it since it changes how your heart reacts to adrenaline. It was helpful and the side effects were minimal (cold hands/feet mostly).

For me, I've noticed that the more I worry about and check my heart rate the higher it climbs. It's really hard, but if you find yourself focusing on your heart try and do something like walk around or clean something so you can't feel it beating. That usually helps me!

During a few anxiety attacks while exercising, I had mine surge way up. The highest I've clocked it myself was at 176. I know it's been higher though. I'm like Cianna's comment too. My heart rate is VERY JUMPY. I can roll over in bed and my heart rate jumps to 120, for seemingly no reason! What's up with that!! :)

If I'm not mistaken, changing our bodily position can certainly contribute to brief, momentary changes in how blood flows. We're self-contained and all that, but it's pretty fair to accept that when we move our bodies, what's inside us can move to adjust too.

When we're very in-tune, just these little hiccups in our physiology can send our awareness into overdrive. This is also perfectly normal. We just take a little longer and a little more to adjust! And that's okay too. :)





M.