Hi there
Many of you will be familiar with my ongoing droning and worrying about my heart but my fitness regime is going from strength to strength. So there's hope for any of you who think you can't do it. Let's just say a year ago, I could hardly leave the house for anxiety.

Today during my gym session I was taken outside for a proper run and ran on and off for 20 minutes (about 12 mins running out of the total 20). I am so thrilled at my progress.

BIG BUT though, here I am three hours later and completely rested and my heart is whizzing along at 98bpm and loads of what feel like ectopics? -  shouldn't it have slowed down by now. I am feeling kind of light headed too. I don't really understand as I felt great after the run and didn't feel my heart doing anything weird during the run...

Is my heart always going to do weirdness like this after a run (has the run caused it) or is it that my heart has got a strange SVT that it keeps going into. I can't make it stop no matter how I relax. Of course, I have started to worry about it now.

bead

It's important not to hold certain expectations about your body's response to exertion. The heart knows when to speed up and when it's appropriate to return to normal basal rate. You have to realize that your heart is only part of a vast number of changes taking place when you exercise or place the body under stress. A heart rate of 98 is not considered to be "whizzing" along and doesn't even constitute tachycardia.

Your making progess. Don't let your fears cause you to establish unwarranted expectations about your heart. Your heart will respond just fine and you should emphasize your progress without any reservations. There are none. You're doing fine. Just take your time getting used to exercise and then keep going until you reach your goals. Nothing is going to happen to you.

Best regards and Good Health