Woke up with racing heart, anyone do that?

I woke up at 3 am with my heart racing and could not get it to slow down. Is this a Lyme symptom and what works to quiet it? It went on for hours and nothing helped. What causes this to occur with Lyme, the toxins? What do you all do to relieve it? Thanks  D

Hi Dowa,

I've had this. I'm not sure what causes it, but I usually just try to do deep breathing and drink some water.

Hi Dowa...

My doctor said this could be normal because this is also happen to me. BUT I also have Grave's Disease so it could be the lymes that is playing havic on my Graves. I have to get up and sit in a chair I end up sleeping in the chair because I cant settle in the bed again.

Good luck to you...

Happy New Year.

if it gets to bad you can ask if you can take a drug called toprol. I take that along with synthoid

This used to happen to me a lot. It was very scary, but nothing bad actually ever happened. It is from the lyme. I sometimes would take an atavan (sp?) just to calm it down some, but if you lay there long enough it will start to slow down. I don't know why it happens but I do know it is caused by the lyme. Almost like waking up in a panic attack mode, but it does go away with treatment.

It is a side effect of Biaxin, if you're on that. It also is a Lyme complaint.

Hope this helps.