Just wanted to add something. Im not eating good either. No appetite and can barely make myself eat.

I do not have diabetes or any diseases to my knowledge. I have been having burning in stomach.  Ive had a cbc with diff done in october all came back normal except rbc was 5.5 hematocrit 49.1 neut # 5.8.  I dohave extreme anxiety. The strange thing about this is in the evening i can eat anything i want with no racing. Lately my heart has been racing when i first wake up.

I understand your concerns, but it's very critical to realize that simple sinus tachycardia in the range you're experiencing is not life-threatening to any extent whatsoever. Many athletes drive their heart rate far higher during strenuous exercise.

It is particularly concerning to patients when these events occur at rest, but they are most often associated with postprandial tachycardia and although the events can occur frequently, it is typical to experience a somewhat intermittent variation.

Significant anxiety very often produces a mild dysautonomic effect on the central nervous system, but it is harmless in nature.

I do not see anything in your posting that would raise concern, certainly not that you are at any type of risk for a coronary event of some type.

Try to relax. Please provide me with your dietary habits, most common foods that you eat and beverages consumed.

Best regards,

Rutheford Rane, MD

Hello,

I also used to have this symptom after eating and in 2009 I made a post in the general section regarding idiopathic postprandial syndrome, which I was convinced I had. I never did find out if that's what I had, but I was certainly "suffering" with postprandial tachycardia, and I also made several threads to Dr. Rane regarding it as well.

I noticed Dr. Rane mentioned Crohn's in his post, which is something I have lived with for 6-years. The gastrointestinal disturbances this disease has caused me over the years have been many, but none were more frightening than the ones that caused my heart rate to elevate, skip and pound in my chest, which was seemingly unrelenting. I noticed that when I would eat, if my bowels were moving faster than they should, I'd suffer symptoms that would affect my heart. My stomach would be bloated with gas, liquids and food which would cause an extremely irritating, worrying and relentless "stuck gas" feeling in the middle of my chest. My heart rate would sometimes go up to 120-130 for hours, and I could sometimes burp it out and it'd disappear for a minute or so (but with no change in pulse rate).

Anyway, the point is that the G.I. system can indeed cause symptoms in the cardiovascular system. Namely the palpitations, tachycardia, skips, thumps, etc., but they're harmless.

The way I overcame the problem was to go to the source of the concern and fix the rapid bowel transit, which had the affect of reduced bloating/gas/liquids passing right through, and forget about the heart because it isn't the source of the problem. It's almost as if you're calling an electrician to fix the fuse box in your house when really you've just left the taps running downstairs and a few wires have shorted out.


You probably don't have G.I. disturbances anyway, but I thought I'd share my story in the event you do discover a gastric relation to your concerns. You're not alone with your symptoms and help is always at hand.


George.

One more thing  heres the strange thing. Sometimes in the evening i can eat about anything i want and no racing.