Question: Hi, I am 35 years of age and I have had anxiety for quite a while, which has been the cause of my racing heart (90-110 bm resting rate). Early February, this year, my GP insisted on putting me on Citalopram 20mg (SSRI). I was on it for quite a while. I had more side effects than relief with it. So, he changed it to Pristiq 50mg (SNRI), which was even worse; Ten days down the track, I had to go back to him and tell him that it wasn't working for me. He then put me on half a tablet of Zoloft a day, and that too, was just not right for me. I gradually stopped the Zoloft and I am currently on a supplement that my naturopath prescribed for me (Calm - X). I have been taking the supplement for about 16 days now and I was feeling fine until I went to my GP 2 days ago because I was getting exhausted quickly. He took my blood pressure (which was fine), but my heart rate was 148. He conducted an ECG on me to find I had sinus tachycardia. He has asked me to also do an ultra sound in 2 weeks time to rule out any . I am freaking out. Every time I think that something may be wrong with my heart, my heart races even more. Can sinus tachycardia be cured?

Thank you for your prompt reply Dr. Sheshu and thank you for explaining what sinus tachycardia is. I will be getting a full blood work test tomorrow and I have also booked a holter monitoring for tomorrow, too. I have booked a cardiac echo later on this month. I just have one question, If the ECG shows I have sinus tachycardia, why is the cardiac echo necessary?

I thank you sincerely for your time.

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My sincere apologies for disturbing you. However, I just thought i would let you know that in the past I have had a few ECGs and I have also had Holter monitoring. If there was any sort of defect in the heart, wouldn't the ECGs pick upi on it.

I am sorry for the continuous questions. it is just my anxiety kicking in.

Thanking you kindly