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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety Disorder And Panic Attacks While Resting Pulse Is 72

Posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2015

Question: Hello Doctor,

I am suffering from anxiety disorder and recently I got panic attack after that I have checked all of the heart test such as blood test, echo cardiogram, stress test and all they are come normal but recently I have checked my pulse rate and my resting heart rat comes down to around 62-64 per minute. However my resting pulse rate was 72-76 earlier. Is there any cause of concern, should I need to go check with cardiologist, pleases suggest.

Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No it's normal

Detailed Answer:
A resting heart rate of 60-62 beats per minute is normal. and also since you had recent work up which was normal there is no need for concer or any consultation. are you an athlete or practice yoga or pranayama, as they can reduce heart rate. though not of concern if you haven't had thyroid checked please check it once. as an after thought it should be effect of ciplar you are on. regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (9 hours later)

Hello Doctor,

Thanks for your reply. My main concern is before the stress test my resting heart was around 72-76 but after test it's down to 64-65, although my stress test is normal.

Another concern is, my age is 37 and my maximum heart rate is 183, I walked around 11.4 minutes on treadmill stress test and reached 188, is there any problem if I reached my maximum heart rate.

PS. I am not doing yoga but walking daily 45 minutes.

Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (25 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No problem

Detailed Answer:
everything looks normal there is no problem

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