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Sleep Heart Rate - Anxiety ?

Jalapeno

Hi

For a number of years I occasionally wake up in the middle of the night feeling very odd, other than a spike in my heart rate and feeling fuzzy myself I have yet to understand what's causing it

Am a recent late diagnosed adult,  my doctors may loan me an overnight heart monitor, as my watch shows real jumps in my sleeping heart rate with low Heart Rate Variation (HRV) which now I'm going to record each day

The problem I see with having just a 24 hr monitor from the docs, is I don't wake up mid-sleep every night and can go months between episodes, and then have a run of them.

My therapist has suggested my anxiety could be a factor - so asking if any of you also notice anything similar ?

Using ChatGPT this morning it, one thing that came up was Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Dysregulation - is this familiar to any of you ?

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  • My feeling is that this is best left to your doctor, and other medical professionals, to advise you on. We’re not allowed to offer medical advice here, but I think it’s fair to say that there are lots of potential explanations.

    Just for example, based on my own experience, sleep apnoea can involve low HRV coupled with waking in the night. 

    I’m a big fan of using technology to help monitor our health and identify potential issues. Last year, as part of my quest - following my autism diagnosis - to improve my sleep, I bought a sleep monitoring device that lies beneath my mattress and measures all kinds of things, with data synched to my iPhone.

    The app flagged sleep apnoea / apnea as a potential concern, which I followed up on with my GP. They referred me to a specialist and I was given a medically-approved monitor to use. This confirmed severe sleep apnoea, and I’m now due to receive a CPAP machine (which involves pumping air into a mask worn over the nose and mouth during sleeping hours).

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  • My feeling is that this is best left to your doctor, and other medical professionals, to advise you on. We’re not allowed to offer medical advice here, but I think it’s fair to say that there are lots of potential explanations.

    Just for example, based on my own experience, sleep apnoea can involve low HRV coupled with waking in the night. 

    I’m a big fan of using technology to help monitor our health and identify potential issues. Last year, as part of my quest - following my autism diagnosis - to improve my sleep, I bought a sleep monitoring device that lies beneath my mattress and measures all kinds of things, with data synched to my iPhone.

    The app flagged sleep apnoea / apnea as a potential concern, which I followed up on with my GP. They referred me to a specialist and I was given a medically-approved monitor to use. This confirmed severe sleep apnoea, and I’m now due to receive a CPAP machine (which involves pumping air into a mask worn over the nose and mouth during sleeping hours).

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  • in reply to Bunny

    My Apple Watch has been alerting me to the possibility of sleep apnoea. I am reluctant to see my GP as I had previously told the GP I had a low heart warning on the watch over several nights and he dismissed it as inaccurate. Also, I seem to have had a run of other issues that required my GP’s attention over the last while and find it difficult to request an appointment for another thing. But I think I will request a telephone consultation anyway. I will tell him that I know of someone who had sleep apnoea confirmed through their own technology, so thank you for that Bunny. 

  • in reply to Bunny

    Hi Bunny - that's good you caught that with the gadget.  Hope the CPAP machine is of help to you 

    I have a Samsung smart watch + app , but mine can't pick up Apnea.  I think it can in the US but it never got approved for UK/Europe so they've not enabled it (yet)

    Am not expecting a diagnosis on here,  just seeing if it sounds familiar to anyone.

    I was only diagnosed last month - and my Docs have yet to read the diagnosis as was told by the receptionist.