Elevated resting heart rate before sleep can lead to sleep anxiety, potentially creating a negative feedback loop that worsens sleep quality. — Whalespan
Elevated resting heart rate before sleep can lead to sleep anxiety, potentially creating a negative feedback loop that worsens sleep quality.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“I would struggle if I checked it and it were elevated because I would be like ah I'm going to have a bad night of sleep I'm I'm guaranteed to have a bad night of sleep I'm screwed like you know and then I I will inevitably have a bad night of sleep because I now have anxiety about having a bad night of sleep like sleep anxiet is a thing that a lot of people have to worry about.”