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Can Increased Heart Rate During Sleep Be Indicative Of Night Terrors?
i am a 23 year old woman and i think i am suffering from night terrors they started when i was 19 then they went for years now they have come back again i bassically awake in the night with my heart beating really fast and scared and crying then i start running around the house all of a sudden i get back into the bed like nothing has happend and full staight to sleep sometimes i have known to awke during the process of running around the house that scares me to death because i dont remember getting out of bed lately i have been able to snap out of it by covering my face untill my heart rate returns to normal and the hullucinations stop are these night terrors because i was told that the person is still asleep and dont remember the atack but sometimes i am fully awake but confused in what is happening and scared to death do you know what is wrong with me
Wed, 1 Apr 2015
your compliants are suggestive of night terrors. Possibility of nightmare needs to be rule out as well.
Heart rate in sleep can be normal to be high as there is autonomic activity during sleep.
Holter monitering of heart rate during night can yield information regarding heart rate variation during night.
I suggest a consulation to psychiatrist as we should consider insomnia and common psychiatric condition like depression to be the causing factor. In case of which certain antidepressants group of medication along with benzodiazepines could be indicated.
Regards
Heart rate in sleep can be normal to be high as there is autonomic activity during sleep.
Holter monitering of heart rate during night can yield information regarding heart rate variation during night.
I suggest a consulation to psychiatrist as we should consider insomnia and common psychiatric condition like depression to be the causing factor. In case of which certain antidepressants group of medication along with benzodiazepines could be indicated.
Regards
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