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Autism and heart rates

JD-on-sea

Does anyone have a raised heart rate or trouble sleeping (and realising their heart is racing) that isn’t related to another heart or medical condition?

I’ve started wearing a sports watch to monitor my heart rate and sleep patterns as I’m tired all the time (which I put down to exhaustion due to masking) and felt like my heart was racing a lot of the time when I had challenging days at work. There’s nothing wrong with me physically in this area, but it’s been fascinating to have a message on my watch say that I’ve had a really stressful day when I’ve just been sitting at my desk. But it was correct because I’d been masking all day and felt worn out. It’s also corroborated what I’ve been saying about not getting good quality sleep and then still feeling tired the next day.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar (with or without technology to back you up)?

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  • I did think a few years ago that some of my ill health could be down to a heart problem and so got a 12 lead ECG (a patient monitor as used in hospitals) and had a look at my ECG - I found that my heart waveform looked very odd compared to the standard literature and so purchase a book "ECG Interpretation made Incredibly Easy!" and managed to work out that I had a right axis deviation (which is something you can have if you are tall and thin) with no defects.  To confirm this I had an ECG done at hospital and although they didn't confirm the right axis deviation verbally they said there was nothing wrong and the printout showed a QRS Axis of 173 degrees (a right axis deviation).  I also wrote to the author of the book to let them know that the conduction paths were labelled incorrectly on one of their diagrams, however that was no longer relevant as more recent information in Grays Anatomy (p1088, 42nd edition) states "specialized pathways have been alleged to connect the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes, but there is no evidence that tracts insulated from the working myocardium, as occurs in the ventricular conduction pathways, exist within the atrial walls".  I also stated it would have been helpful to have an example waveform for right axis deviation as it is normal for tall thin individuals.

    Regarding a raised heart rate that is something I seem to get from just getting up moving across the room and sitting down when I have a migraine.

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  • I did think a few years ago that some of my ill health could be down to a heart problem and so got a 12 lead ECG (a patient monitor as used in hospitals) and had a look at my ECG - I found that my heart waveform looked very odd compared to the standard literature and so purchase a book "ECG Interpretation made Incredibly Easy!" and managed to work out that I had a right axis deviation (which is something you can have if you are tall and thin) with no defects.  To confirm this I had an ECG done at hospital and although they didn't confirm the right axis deviation verbally they said there was nothing wrong and the printout showed a QRS Axis of 173 degrees (a right axis deviation).  I also wrote to the author of the book to let them know that the conduction paths were labelled incorrectly on one of their diagrams, however that was no longer relevant as more recent information in Grays Anatomy (p1088, 42nd edition) states "specialized pathways have been alleged to connect the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes, but there is no evidence that tracts insulated from the working myocardium, as occurs in the ventricular conduction pathways, exist within the atrial walls".  I also stated it would have been helpful to have an example waveform for right axis deviation as it is normal for tall thin individuals.

    Regarding a raised heart rate that is something I seem to get from just getting up moving across the room and sitting down when I have a migraine.

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