Pacemaker wakes me up at 4:39am now

Hello everyone,
I am pretty new to all this, I am 3 month post pm. Since the time change my pacemaker wakes me up at 4:39am and it didn't before the time change. Do they do some kind of reset or maintenance to itself during the night? I don't see my clinic for quite a while since I just had a check and forgot to ask. At that time it had only happened once so didn't make the connection. It only happens for a few beats but I can feel it almost "test" the chambers and then it is gone. Strange. Just wondered if anyone knew if they do something on their own routinely.
Thanks!

2 Comments

Had the same problem

by dward - 2009-03-22 08:03:29

I moved from the West Coast to Eastern time zone.
My PM went into test mode at about 4:30 am, but when I moved, it was 7:30. As Tracy said, you can have it changed.
It's no big deal, but it's nicer when you're in a deep sleep and it doesn't wake you.


self test

by Tracey_E - 2009-03-22 09:03:36

A lot of pm's do self tests and it's programmed to do it while we sleep. It may be that you sleep more lightly at 4:39 than you do at 3:39 and you were sleeping through it before. If it's waking you up, I'd call and ask to have it changed before your next appointment.

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