Reta and Heart Rate

[ultima thule]

Reading up on side effects, I saw a lot of people mention their heart rate going up. For me it's the exact opposite. I only recently began Reta and have taken 2 shots of 1mg up to now. My cardio BPM used to sit at about 160-170 before Reta. Now it's closer to 130-140. Has anyone else seen their heart rate shift like this, or am I the only one?

 

[maven8518]

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

 

[DragonOfTheSea]

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

 

[woundcarping]

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

 

[ultima thule]

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

I'd guess resting rate matters a lot more. Still, shouldn't the same thing apply during exercise? The reason I posted was that my bpm ran really high on cardio, and now it's moderate. Could be pure coincidence, yet it clearly fell right around when I began Reta. Strange to me, though I'm not complaining one bit.

 

[BNLFL]

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

 

[woundcarping]

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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[DragonOfTheSea]

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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[tendency]

On just 4mg of reta, my heart rate went up a lot — more than 10 BPM. That's part of why I quit that stuff and switched back to tirz.

 

[deleted.user.26]

With 19lbs gone so far, my HR and BP have dropped noticeably. The likely reason is that my sleep apnea symptoms have cleared up, which takes strain off my heart. I'm now discussing with my doctor whether to lower my beta blocker and Ace inhibitor doses. Those drugs are meant to counter the adrenal surge and the enzyme cascade triggered by stopped breathing and lower blood oxygen, both of which come from apnea episodes.

 

[BNLFL]

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

 

[woundcarping]

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose past 70, then we'll match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





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I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Is it a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura because it lets me monitor sleep with less discomfort than my watch… I only began logging sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm happy to have those numbers to back up my vague “how I feel.”

 

[UnusualLLama]

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

 

[ThunderBird]

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

 

[DragonOfTheSea]

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

 

[declan]

maven8518 said:

I take medication for afib. Since starting reta, my resting heart rate has gone up, though it doesn't worry me. Haven't brought it up with my cardiologist lol

If you already have a heart condition, what's the reasoning behind choosing Reta? Tirz delivers almost identical advantages and doesn't put that extra pressure on heart rate. I'm curious what made Reta seem like the better option compared to tirz.

 

[UnusualLLama]

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

I may carry a little extra weight, but I never miss my training sessions, so my resting heart rate stays in a good range.

 

[sheilarae74]

I haven't noticed any problems with my heart rate.

 

[woundcarping]

DragonOfTheSea said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

That's wild — my graph covering the past 6 months looks nearly identical to yours:

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If you increase your Reta dose enough to get above 70, then we'd match

BNLFL said:

woundcarping said:

BNLFL said:

DragonOfTheSea said:

With Reta at 6mg/wk, my RHR is roughly 4bpm higher.

For me it's usually the same. Every now and then it comes in at 72, which is typical.

woundcarping said:

From what I've observed and gone through, it's the resting heart rate that goes up; I haven't come across any discussion about heart rate during exercise being a factor.

Likewise, I make sure to take mine while seated.

I track mine using both a watch and a ring.

Strange as it sounds, I began Reta right around that January dip. My 5-year average prior to glp sat at about 63bpm, while this week it's 69bpm.

Since February, my ring reports an average of 66bpm.





Image unavailable

I own a finger device that measures O2 and heart rate. Based on what my bed reports, my HR while asleep falls somewhere in the 53-70 range. Whether that reading is trustworthy, I have no idea. I didn’t even realize it tracked that until the bed’s app displayed it.

Are you using a pulse ox, or something like an Oura fitness tracker ring?

I switched to Oura so I could monitor my sleep more comfortably than with my watch… I only began tracking sleep around Jan or Feb, and I'm glad I have those records to put numbers behind my subjective "how I feel"

DragonOfTheSea said:

UnusualLLama said:

From what I understood, the way metabolism gets ramped up would make a modest bump in RHR fairly unsurprising.

I'm still waiting for my reta to show up, so I haven't begun. Mine usually sits around 42-44 pretty steadily, and I'm curious what effect it'll have. A slight rise seems likely to me, though I also figure it'll depend a lot on the dose.

Wow, an RHR that low is wild

And yep, you've got the right idea.

ThunderBird said:

When I push really heavy weights, it feels close to death. Other than that, nothing bothers me. The only time I feel off is once my heart rate goes past 150. My resting heart rate usually sits near ~70. To be upfront, I typically take in roughly 300-450mgs of caffeine before a heavy lifting session, yet that problem never showed up before I started Reta.

Right — for a lot of people, Reta tends to make caffeine hit harder when it comes to pushing heart rate up.

Hmm, I consume fewer energy drinks now than I used to, but I haven't felt any sensitivity. I used to take in ~600mg/day, and these days I'm at about 300mg. There was a stretch of a couple-few months where I had none at all; I figured it was because of dopamine blocking.

 

[Retarage]

Since March 26th I've been on 2mg each week. What I've seen is that for the initial 3 days it rises by 7-9 bpm, then settles back down prior to the following shot. Today I moved up to 4mg and I'm hoping there won't be any further rise