So was curious if this was unique to me, or is a universal experience. As soon as I start thinking about taking my medication in the morning, my heart starts racing before I’ve even taken the bottle out of the cupboard. Then I take it and my heart continues to race for about 45 to 60 minutes before it calms down. It doesn’t hurt, but it’s unpleasant and kinda spoils my mornings. Anyone who has ever consumed way too much caffeine in a short period of time can relate.

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    11 year ago

    Strange! Do you get the heart racing feeling when the meds are actually active, or only in that time before the meds kick in? The closest I’ve gotten to this is that I’ll often wake up to take my first dose of medicine about an hour before I really need to get up. If I’m anxious about something happening that day (work, appointment, etc) then I’ll stress myself out trying to get myself to fall asleep before my meds kick in, knowing I won’t get a chance to fall back asleep again, and that anxiety sort of causes a faster heart rate. But not really related to the medicine, as it’s the same anxious reaction I would get back in college when I’d stay up too late studying for a test and then desperately try to fall asleep only to stay awake the whole night before the test 😅 lol

    Any chance it’s something like that, anxiety/stress related?