Struggling to Keep My Heart Rate Under Control

It's different for everyone so just assigning a number to stay under is unhelpful. A more helpful guideline is your heart rate threshold for exertion is 15% above your resting heart rate. So if you measured your resting heart rate for a week and took an average and got 90bpm, then you should stay under 135bpm (90×1.5) to avoid exertion

Pacing is the only way i survive daily life lol but HR pacing is a whole other ballgame. I used to pace using my HR before I had access to medication for my POTS (comorbid to my ME). It helped tremendously, but it also sucked bc my HR was constantly 170-200bpm. lmao 🫠 I was just constantly sitting down all day. Walk to another room? Immediately sit down. Standing in line? Nope, sit down. You got up to get something? nOPE, get someone else to get it, you're done 😂😅 Now that I'm medicated with a beta blocker, my HR is normalized.... but I've been meaning to get a new wearable (prob a fitbit bc my samsung watch stopped working eek) to start HR pacing again to hopefully avoid PEM as much as possible... Ideally, I plan on staying below 100-110 at all times. may have more updates in the future once I get new watch :]

Apparently there's a link between cfs/me and abnormal heart rhythms? ♡ I have cfs/me and I'm usually very tachycardic, my resting BPM is often 90+ too ♡