I’m over a year out but suddenly I’ve noticed a sensitivity to caffeine and salt. My heart rate goes crazy. Anyone else?

mind is the opposite. Since surgery my heart rate is very low. resting typically 50. i wear an oximeter sometimes just to see what its at and an alarm will go off because it goes too low. My doctor said if i am not passing out then its nothing to worry about. I could increase my salt intake they said lol. i was like uhhh maybe not...

Did you stop or reduce any of your hypertension meds? My doctor took me off one (a calcium channel blocker) which serves to limit my heartrate. I noticed when doing cardio that my HR goes all the way up to Zone 5 now, which was nearly impossible for me before. VO2Max also dropped, for the same reason. But OMG how happy am I that I am down to just one BP med? VERY.

Edited to add: Exactly how "crazy" does your HR go? Because my primary told me my higher HR is what normal hearts do in response to the stimulus (cardio exercise, caffeine, etc.). You should check with your primary doc just in case.

Edited October 28, 20223 yr by kaylee50

On 10/28/2022 at 8:43 AM, Hlyn said:

I’m over a year out but suddenly I’ve noticed a sensitivity to caffeine and salt. My heart rate goes crazy. Anyone else?

caffeine is a stimulant and could easily cause tachycardia if you are now sensitive to it… a. does salt cause your heart to race?? that is more unusual and i would suggest you talk to a dr about it. i guess salt could cause some odd signal through your vagus nerve causing tachycardia but that is kinda a stretch… salt would more likely make you retain water or possibly have kidney effects …

I haven’t heard anyone mention this one yet. I would check with your doctor.