problem sleeping

I have had this pacemaker for about a year and from the day it was put in, have had difficulties sleeping. Sort of a wired feeling like when drinking a lot of coffee. Are there any change of settings that may stop this and allow me to get better rest at night?

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by pete - 2009-11-15 03:11:54

Probably your low setting on your pacemaker is not low enough. Before I got any kind of heart defect my heart rate would drop to 55 when going off to sleep. Now its 70 and pacemaker controlled and I find getting off to sleep more difficult as wll as getting a full nights sleep but I manage quite well so I am not asking them to lower the rate. Cheers Peter

sleeping problem

by terata1 - 2009-11-15 05:11:35

Hi Peter,

My pacemaker is set DDDR which means that it sets its own rate based on my normal rate based on AV node self determination. There, of course is a minimum here too, but it is much lower at around 50 which covers my pre pacemaker resting heart rate. I think, but would like to know from others, that the problem actually relates to filling time which is set by the specialist. I believe that lengthening the time (in milliseconds) increases ability to sleep, but reduces exercise tolerance. Any feedback on this would help. Thanks
terata1

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