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What is your resting heart rate?

Your heart rate is

  • < 60.

    Votes: 25 31.6%

  • between 61 & 70.

    Votes: 18 22.8%

  • between 71 & 80.

    Votes: 22 27.8%

  • between 81 & 90.

    Votes: 5 6.3%

  • between 91 & 100.

    Votes: 5 6.3%

  • > 100.

    Votes: 4 5.1%
  • Total voters
    79
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nitynate

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Original poster
Jan 22, 2006
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Clearwater, FL
My resting heart rate is somewhere between 120-135 BPM.....
People tell me it is ridiculously high yet provide no other information.
Is there any dangers, or anything to worry about it being so fast?
Is there things I should avoid or changes I should make in my lifestyle?
I walk about 2 miles a day.

I am a (just about) 15 year old male, 6 foot tall and I weigh 115 lbs.

:)
 
A heart rate that high isn't normal...but there can be hormonal causes to it. So it just might be puberty or something more serious. It is definitely something your doctor needs to know about...and if you found your RHR out from your doctor, maybe just call him/her up and ask her/him about it.
 
Well, at the moment, I do not currently have a doctor.

(damn insurance companies)

So I dont know what to do while i am between plans.
 
That seems pretty high to me - an infants heart rate is about 130bpm, but the rate typically drops through your teens to the normal average of 72-80bpm.

There may be a number of reasons - you may even not be measuring it accurately perhaps? Are you on any medication?

I'm assuming you've been to the doctor relatively recently, since most places require a physical prior to entering High School. Unless this is a major change, I'd assume your doctor already saw that your HR was high.

As a point of comparison, I just took my resting HR and it was 54. I'm 37.

Edit: Just saw the comment about not having a doctor. When's the last time you've been to one?
 
nitynate said:
Well, at the moment, I do not currently have a doctor.

(damn insurance companies)

So I dont know what to do while i am between plans.
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Wow, that's such a strange concept...I'm used to just walking in any place I want without even considering an insurance plan. Wait times often suck, but you can work your way around them if you know the system.

But yeah, definitely find a doctor or something. Do you know of any free clinics you can go to the for time being?
 
nitynate said:
This isnt Canada, dude.

The American health system is seriously f*cked up.
One visit to the walk in clinic is around $400.
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I know it's not Canada. My point is that there are free clinics available, even in a privatized health care system. I doubt you need a cardiologist or anything, just a regular doctor could probably tell you plenty. Try this place:

Clearwater Free Clinic

707 N. Fort Harrison Avenue
Clearwater , FL
Phone #: (727) 447-3041
Director: Jeannie Shapiro
 
elfin buddy said:
707 N. Fort Harrison Avenue
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North Fort Harrison?
Uh.... Not that I dont care about my health or appreciate my health, but unless I want to get shot, mugged, etc., I couldn't set foot on that side of town. Downtown clearwater is a scary place. Plus, waiting 6 hours in a free clinic that smells like body odor chock full of 200 illegal immigrants doesn't sound like my kind of day.
 
I would get that look at as soon as you can because that heart rate is way to high and it could just be a sign of a much larger worse condition. I know it beating that fast can increase you chances greatly of having an heart attack. Even at your age it it way to fast. You heart is pretty much beating in constante work out mode.

Also another question is what is you blood pressure because that might be high as well and I know a heart rate that high would have doctors worried and they would be looking for what the cause of it would be and what else could be wrong.

Also another cause could be your body wieght is way to low for how tall you are so that could be where the problem is.

I am 6'4" and 155lb and I am considered under weight but still ok because I that is the bottom end of normal. Underwieght is good but your is really low.

I going to guess your body fat is really low. It could be your heart rate is high because there just nough enough stored engery in your system.

A condition you might have is a metablism that is way to high and might need some medication to lower it. Because your body is burning it self out. I have a friend who has that and her doctor gets on her case when her wieght drops and she is on meds to help control it.
 
nitynate said:
North Fort Harrison?
Uh.... Not that I dont care about my health or appreciate my health, but unless I want to get shot, mugged, etc., I couldn't set foot on that side of town. Downtown clearwater is a scary place. Plus, waiting 6 hours in a free clinic that smells like body odor chock full of 200 illegal immigrants doesn't sound like my kind of day.
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Probably not as likely as dying of a heart attack, in your case. You need to see a doctor. Most "bad neighborhoods" are fine during the middle of the day.
 
Thanks.
Out of the symptoms listed for hyperthyroidism, I can honestly say I suffer from...

Weight loss (often accompanied by a ravenous appetite)
I have always been super thin, but my weight has just stopped increasing and I eat more than I ever have.
Weakness
Haha. Yes!
Hyperactivity
Yeah.... ADHD
Irritability
At everyone and everything all the time.
 
How fit are you? If you are very unfit you are likely to have a high resting heart rate. Doesn't matter if you are overweight or not. If you are fit then I would go get it checked out its quite high. Mine used to be about 90 but I was about 50 pounds heavier
 
viccles said:
How fit are you? If you are very unfit you are likely to have a high resting heart rate. Doesn't matter if you are overweight or not. If you are fit then I would go get it checked out its quite high. Mine used to be about 90 but I was about 50 pounds heavier
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Yeah, I am fit.

And I just talked to my mommy about hyperthyroidism and she says she has talked to her doctor since she was 8 about it and they say she doesnt have a problem, although her resting heart rate is 129 right now.

I guess its just a genetic thing that is going to eventually kill one of us.
Oh joy.
 
it's called tachycardia.

this past semester i went to the clinic with a fast heart rate. my ekg came back abnormal and they sent me straight to a cardiologist. when i got there, my heart rate was 154 beats per minute. i'm on blood pressure medicine for it and it works pretty well.

the risk of having a fast heart beat all the time is that it wears your heart out from all the pumping. plus if your blood pressure is very high, that is a heart attack waiting to happen. in my case, my blood pressure is very low.

anyway i'd suggest a cardiologist. this is serious business.
 
nitynate said:
My resting heart rate is somewhere between 120-135 BPM.....
People tell me it is ridiculously high yet provide no other information.
Is there any dangers, or anything to worry about it being so fast?
Is there things I should avoid or changes I should make in my lifestyle?
I walk about 2 miles a day.

I am a (just about) 15 year old male, 6 foot tall and I weigh 115 lbs.

:)
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dang thats really really high. should be in like the low 70's. 135bpm is for most people the heart rate when they are say jogging. i would definitly get that taken care of. May be the result of you being super skinny. I would try to beef up to around 150-160lbs through exercising and it may come down quite a bit

I thought i was skinny at 5'11 and 160lbs lol
 
Okay so a heart rate at 120 is not normal? That's my heart rate, I knew it was high but it has never affected me. When I go jogging it climbs to 200 BPM and even up to 220 BPM when I get jogging up hills, is this serious, should I also see a doctor.

Edit: Sorry my heart beat is around 70-90 and I am 1.95 metres or 6.4 foot, is that fine. It seems that it 120 is when I'm walking and the 200-220 while I am jogging. Although when I was fitter in the past I had it at 190.

Thanks for any input.
 
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