Heart Rate Spike upon Waking

[kelfran]

Hi guys, 

Does anyone else who has either a Charge HR or Surge notice a large spike in their heart rate upon waking/getting out of bed? I know that the rate should go up to the 'waking' level, but mine seems to spike higher for a few minutes before coming back down to the baseline 'awake' level. (See the charts below)

I been figuring this had to do with the extra work my heart is doing to start pumping blood against gravity when I stand up, but I was wondering if everyone else gets this or if it is just me? Any input is appreciated. 

Thanks.

[gramzart]

Your standing (at rest) heart rate should be 10 to 15 beats higher than your lying down(at rest) heart rate. When you stand up your heart has to work harder (pump faster/spike) because most of your blood immediately goes to your legs. Your heart doesn't have to fight gravity when you are lying down. The average resting heart rate is 60 to 80 beats per minute. According to the American Heart Association, the best time to measure your resting heart rate is in the morning, before you get out of bed. 

Questions:

1. How old are you?

2. Do you have any cardiovascular risk factors or history for heart disease?

3. What does your heart rate do when you exercise (bicycle or treadmill)?

4. If you are older and your heart rate remains high even when you are barely moving your legs then see a cardiologist.

5. When I was on the bicycle starting to working out my heart rate would immediately spike to >110-120bpm and no matter how slow I pedaled I could not get it down. This was my only symptom and I finally had a treadmill test only to discover that I had a >90% narrowing of one of my coronary arteries and needed a stent put in. I am >50 years old.

5. If you are still concerned put your fears at rest and see a cardiologist.

[RikuGato]

I have the same thing. It could be the caffeine from my short Google research but as with everything you Google it’s either perfectly normal or you are  dying. Haha. 

Mom thing I found was to watch the sleep heart rate slope, it should be a slight u shape. A downwards slope could be caused from a late night activity or meal causing your metabolism to be working harder throughout the night.

[Wilo88]

Hey there

I signed up just to answer you :).

I'm  a healthy person i workout .

I have a smart watch that measures my heart beat all the time.

Most of the days when i don't workout my waking up heart rate is the highest. And it's higher than my regular resting or standing heart rate.

I have been wondering about it and found your similar query. 

[Morale-officer]

I notice the same thing, although it's more pronounced on mornings when I wake up to a spike in anxiety... kind of an "oh, this again" response.  The spike isn't as noticeable on weekends or vacation days.  Do you feel a lot of stress around waking up?