Feel Like Heart Pounding When I Go To Sleep. Blood Pressure Is 118/101. What To Do?

Posted on Mon, 30 Sep 2013

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Question : My heart rate is normal all day 80 bpm and when I'm ready to go to sleep it goes to 60 bpm my ? Is lately when I lay down or sit its seems like I can fell my heart pound and when I check it it fells like each beats pounds hard my bp 118/101

Answered by Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Happens in heart disease,high thyroid and anxiety

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

The symptoms that you described can happen in organic heart disease, high thyroid status and anxiety states. The BP recorded was too high to recommend a good evaluation by Cardiologist.

So I suggest you to XXXXXXX a Cardiologist for evaluation for a screening ECG. IF it is normal then you should check for thyroid status and anxiety state.

Hope this helps.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli