Heart beating fast after nap???
Waking up with a rapid heart rate can be a frightful and anxiety-inducing problem. The causes are highly variable, and seeking further evaluation is appropriate. The heart rate typically slows as one falls asleep. It remains slower than the awake heart rate with the exception of during REM sleep (or dream sleep), when the heart rate picks up and roughly matches that of the awake heart rate. In addition, during REM sleep, there may be "surges" or sudden rises in the heart rate that may reflect the increased nervous system activity that accompanies dreaming. To determine how to proceed in your case, it is very important to establish the type of heart rhythm your heart is in when it is beating rapidly. An arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, generally requires a different evaluation than an accelerated sinus, or normal, heart rhythm. The best way to determine the type of rapid heart rhythm you are experiencing is to undergo some sort of a heart monitoring test. These are generally done at home and include the use of a small portable monitoring device that can capture your heart beat and record it for some defined period of time (ranging from days to weeks). Some monitors, such as an event monitor, allow you to alert the device when you are experiencing symptoms. Once the monitoring is complete, then a Cardiologist will review the data and determine if an abnormal heart rhythm has occurred at any time. Sudden increases in heart rate that are normal sinus rhythm may also result from a number of underlying causes. These may include the surges in heart rate related to normal REM sleep, nightmares, anxiety / panic disorders, breathing problems in sleep (such as sleep apnea or spasms of the larynx), low oxygen level in sleep, reflux (or heartburn), alcohol / caffeine / substance use or withdraw, or certain metabolic conditions (such as low blood sugar or an untreated hyperactive thyroid). I recommend you discuss your problems further with your primary care physician. Further history regarding additional symptoms associated with the rapid heart rate may prove useful. Portable heart rate monitoring should be considered. Referral to a Cardiologist and/or Sleep Specialist may be necessary, depending upon the results of the initial evaluation.
Can lack of sleep cause racing heart?
Sometimes when i only get a couple hours of sleep, let's say 2-5 hours (not naps), before I have to go to somewhere, my heart is racing when I wake up. Is that normal? What else could be causing it?
Waking up from naps with a racing heart?
Yes, it is stress induced, you better start physical, yoga, and and eating habit. Let your doctor decide.
My heart races sometimes after waking up from a nap?
So i have been diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder years ago. One of my fears recently is that i will have a heart attack. Anyways, i sometimes notice that after a nap i will wake up to a racing/pounding heart. This never happens after a night of sleep, its only after/during naps. It freaks me out pretty bad and takes up to 15 mins for me to calm down, and sometimes i even need my meds to calm down. Could this be me having a panic attack in my sleep worrying about my heart? Or could I really have some kind of heart disorder that effects my naps?
My heart beats fast after I take a nap?
I don't know about the restless leg syndrome but I would go to the doctor to see about the heart. I have a rapid heartbeat which speeds up and slows down. I am back on my heart medicines. Doctor told me that if I ever went off of them that I would run the risk of a heart attack. Funny thing is that I was taken off of them for almost 2 years and I'm still here. I was told by somebody that usually the body tends to act one way while the brain tries to make it do something else. When you wake up; try getting out of bed and sitting up at a slower pace. That might help but I would really go see the doctor.
Why do I feel nauseated, shaky, racing heart when I wake up after dozing for a short time?
Your blood has not had enough time to circulate from brain thru nervous system and other areas of body so it's a shock reaction. This is slow circulation-Check cholesterol oxygen and iron levels to ensure balanced blood rate and prevent heart/other function concerns.
Waking up shaking,sweating,heart racing?
You could be having dreams that startle you awake. Has anything happened lately that might make you feel stressed, hurt or anxious? It's very possible that you're having dreams that are startling you awake. If it's not dreams then I'm not sure what it could be. Although, since I was a little girl I've had this heart thing where my heart beats uncontrollably fast and the only way it stops is if I cuddle myself in a blanket and try to calm myself down. I later found out that I had diagnosed anxiety.
Whenever I wake up from a 20-30 min nap, my heart beats fast and loud. I'm concerned that I maybe have something wrong, if so, is this serious?
This happens to me a lot when I’m taking short naps. It happens when you abruptly awaken from a deep sleep, usually due to an outside influence like an alarm clock, thunder, door shutting, traffic, etc…you may have a dream that suddenly jars you awake. You’re basically shaken into immediate consciousness from a dream state. The instant spike of adrenaline will automatically cause your heart rate to jump instantaneously. If you’re reaching those stages of deeper sleep during a short (20–30 min) nap, it means you’re one exhausted individual. Try to get a full night’s sleep by going to bed without distractions, early enough to wake up the next morning feeling fully rested. In the long run, lack of sleep will do all sorts of damage to your body, including your heart.
Why do I often feel fearful after waking up from a nap?
We have a system called "orexin" (by system, I mean both the neurons running through our brain but also the chemicals, orexin-A and B, that they produce).Our orexin system releases these chemicals when it's "time" for us to wake up, based on the cycles of sleep (our so-called "circadian rhythms") that our body has established. Orexin also produces physiological arousal- not sexual, but the kind of heightened alertness that leads to our fight-or-flight responses, as well as kick-starting our appetites- in short, all the things that, under normal circumstances, we need to get us going in the morning.When we sleep out of cycle, our orexin production upon waking isn't something that our nervous system is accustomed to, and in a midday nap, we'll be getting a "dose" that may even overlap with the effects from earlier in the day. This excess physiological arousal can feel like terror, intense anxiety, an adrenaline rush, etc., and if we're not fully awake when it starts kicking in, it can lead to some very intense, scary, lucid dreams right before we're fully conscious!The best way to get this feeling under control is to establish a consistent sleep rhythm. Daytime naps are fine, but we have to accept that it will take our nervous and endocrine systems time to adjust the production of important chemicals to match our new cycle. If we take midday naps only very occasionally or irregularly, our systems will do the best they can, but we're probably in for as much of a surprise as it is.