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Okay, so this is something I had been wondering about for awhile (well, sort of).... For the past few years, my resting heart rate has been fairly high for someone who runs (there are many times it will be between 70-90 beats per minute)... It USED to run BELOW 60 beats per minute on a regular basis, but then randomly a few years ago I noticed it was always kind of high, and there were times I'd feel kinda weird, check my heart rate, and it was in the 80's... while I was just sitting there doing absolutely nothing. I noticed after starting on Keppra when I went to the doctor for an appointment, had my vitals done, and it was around 56 beats per minute. Right where it should be, and where it used to be... Hmmm...
THIS morning I went to get an IUD put in (you women will know what I'm talking about), and I was feeling a really strong aura prior to this (nerves?) that I think just made everything WORSE, and I was really freaking out hoping I didn't have a seizure while they were sticking this thing inside of me. My heart rate was close to ninety when I went in! This morning when I woke up and felt normal about two hours prior to the appointment, it was like... 60 beats per minute.
This has all got me thinking... Is there a link between epilepsy and a higher heart rate? It's pretty obvious after a tonic-clonic the heart rate will probably be higher, as you've been MOVING quite a bit... I was listed as having sinus tachychardia after my last one, with a heart rate of 109 AFTER the seizure was over. But what about just ALWAYS having a slightly higher heart rate? I guess as an athletic person, I may pay more attention to this than your average person (I mean, we often measure how fit we are based on our resting heart rate). Oh, and my blood pressure is also low most of the time... After my first tonic clonic, it was really low, after the last one, it was kinda high (for me) at 120/65... The SAME it was this morning (it's usually around 100/60, so 120 is NOT normal for me). Anyone else have similar experiences? Any knowledge on this area? I don't really have any particular reason for needing to know this information, but I do find it interesting...
THIS morning I went to get an IUD put in (you women will know what I'm talking about), and I was feeling a really strong aura prior to this (nerves?) that I think just made everything WORSE, and I was really freaking out hoping I didn't have a seizure while they were sticking this thing inside of me. My heart rate was close to ninety when I went in! This morning when I woke up and felt normal about two hours prior to the appointment, it was like... 60 beats per minute.
This has all got me thinking... Is there a link between epilepsy and a higher heart rate? It's pretty obvious after a tonic-clonic the heart rate will probably be higher, as you've been MOVING quite a bit... I was listed as having sinus tachychardia after my last one, with a heart rate of 109 AFTER the seizure was over. But what about just ALWAYS having a slightly higher heart rate? I guess as an athletic person, I may pay more attention to this than your average person (I mean, we often measure how fit we are based on our resting heart rate). Oh, and my blood pressure is also low most of the time... After my first tonic clonic, it was really low, after the last one, it was kinda high (for me) at 120/65... The SAME it was this morning (it's usually around 100/60, so 120 is NOT normal for me). Anyone else have similar experiences? Any knowledge on this area? I don't really have any particular reason for needing to know this information, but I do find it interesting...