TheGreat_War_Machine t1_iteyy61 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:24 AM

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I think a better question would be how someone would not notice that their heart is beating 150 times a minute.

Freethinker9 t1_itf18au wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:46 AM

Trust me I noticed

deirdresm t1_itfsfp0 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:26 AM

I laughed, but then I have POTS and regularly got up to 140 standing for a couple minutes before diagnosis+meds. Silly human standing wiring fail.

mmmegan6 t1_ith8cfc wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:09 PM

What meds for POTS?

deirdresm t1_ithe33y wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Beta blockers.

windyorbits t1_itio8be wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:42 PM

Idk about everyone else but as an American, I’ll just be sitting or laying down and all of a sudden I’m like “oh shit, my heart is racing and my chest/neck areas feel a bit weird. Yes something is indeed wrong . . . Welp, it’s gone for now and I’m not dead, no need to get in debt by asking a person with a medical degree what might be the issue with my crazy fast blood pumper.”

johnsgrove t1_itflhsd wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:51 AM

It can go undetected. My watch warned me about a rapid heart beat and I hadn’t noticed. Not all that uncommon apparently