IMO pain and stress can make both heart rate and bg higher. Congratulations on getting your HR down so quickly. 128bpm must have been very tiring for you - as if you were doing a slow jogging workout all the time! However beta blockers can raise bg. Some are apparently better than others in this respect. You might like to read this article, check which beta blocker you are taking, and if necessary discuss a change with your GP.I notice the original post and replies were a long time ago so I hope Jackie006 found the answers she needed. As it is still relevant to recent posters I wondered --Could it be the affect of medication, pain or stress? My heart rate varies but always reads high, sometimes double that of my husbands. My blood pressure is high and I have a lot of pain and stress. The extra medication I have recently been put on to help with the pain plus additional medication for blood pressure pushed my pulse rate up to 128ish so I have now been put on beta blockers which brought my heart rate down to 72 after only one tablet! Not sure if it is made worse by diabetes. Personally I would always check it out with a GP to be on the safe side.
Fitness bracelets are not very accurate, so it might be just an occasional equipment failure. If you are really concerned, Heart Rate Monitors with a chest strap are not necessarily very dear and can be ECG accurate. You wouldn't want to wear one all day every day, but you could wear one long enough to catch any irregularities. Occasional rogue high or skipped beats are common and not a symptom of any problem.Mine is according to my fitness bracelet 65 at the moment but every now and then seemingly at random times I get a high heart rate alarm don't know why.
Well done pushing your HR up to 180. IMO you will be doing your heart a world of good.Rock steady 60 resting.
Now, exercise always aim to double it, then go to triple for short periods.
Even with the fat I was 60, when I lost (most of) the gut it was the same.
Did you get the alarms at rest or in action? I use an oximeter too and find it very convenient for readings in bed in the morning, but it will only work at rest.Just checked my bracelet against my pulse oximeter and they both read 75 bpm with the pulse oximeter giving spo2 97%
Interesting reading, Alexandra100, thanks.I am taking Bisoprolol. I was amazed how quickly it affected my pulse rate. I have been in a lot of pain for the last 8+ months and am frequently stressed due to caring for my elderly mum who has memory problems etc. but I'm sure it was a recent change in medication that caused the very high pulse rate. I had been prescribed Amitriptyline to take at night for the pain as well as an additional blood pressure medication. Soon afterwards I could feel my heart pounding when I woke in the mornings and at my recent blood pressure checks my pulse was very fast, hence the beta blockers. My back/ hip problem has meant that I can no longer do my usual exercise so my bs are higher than I'd like too. I'm hoping that my recent MRI scan will identify the cause of my pain so that I can get back some of my control. Thanks again.IMO pain and stress can make both heart rate and bg higher. Congratulations on getting your HR down so quickly. 128bpm must have been very tiring for you - as if you were doing a slow jogging workout all the time! However beta blockers can raise bg. Some are apparently better than others in this respect. You might like to read this article, check which beta blocker you are taking, and if necessary discuss a change with your GP.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/newer-beta-blocker-coreg-safer-for-diabetics/
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