Anxiety can cause Sinus tachycardia which is a normal increase in the heart rate. The heart rate is fast, but the heart beats properly.
Causes of sinus tachycardia - A rapid heartbeat may be your body's response to common conditions such as:
Fever
Anxiety
Some medicinal and street drugs
Severe emotional distress
Fright Strenuous exercise
Other causes but less commonly, it may indicate: Anemia (low blood count) Increased
thyroid activity Heart muscle damage from heart attack or heart failure Hemorrhage (severe bleeding)
You may be having Palpitations, which are feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing. They can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck. You may Have an unpleasant awareness of your own heartbeat or may Feel like your heart skipped or stopped beats The heart's rhythm may be normal or abnormal when you have palpitations. Palpitations are not serious most of the time. Sensations representing an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) may be more serious.
You need a routine health check up done with ecg, echocardiography
tsh, CBC. Just to rule out causes other than anxiety.