Anyone who has a pacemaker and wears a Fitbit and sees no deep sleep?

Posted by brightwood @brightwood, Mar 21, 2023

I got my Fitbit Inspire 2 a couple of years ago to track for restorative sleep, and it worked well for me until it didn’t because it couldn’t classify my sleeping rhythm any more last Fall. It was one of my clues to intermittent short electrical blockages/ lightheadedness, but I didn’t recognize it because my only real heart concern was lots of pvc’s. Long story short, I got hooked up to a 30-day event monitor in mid-December that alerted to a 4.5 second blockage on New Year’s Day and by January 5th had a two-lead PM implanted. Prior to this issue my heart rate in deep sleep was 45-54-ish. My implant is set for 60-130 Bpm, and has been a 62-beat straight line on the Fitbit graph since the surgery. But the readings for REM and Deep sleep are consistently negligible. And this weekend the resting sleep rate dropped to 58, which I wouldn’t have thought possible with my new bionic safety net. It doesn’t seem important enough to bother my new cardiologist about, but I hope someone out there might have experience or info to share. Thanks.

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I also have a 2 lead PM and wear an Inspire 3 Fitbit. My pacemaker was implanted last February. I too have noticed my resting heart rate has dipped below the 60 BPM in the past month. My 30 day average for deep sleep is 16 minutes. I feel fine and am able to carry out daily activities and exercise at least 2 times a week. I rely on my Medtronic pacemaker for information. My pacemaker is programmed to send nightly reports. If there is a problem I will be notified. I assume yours does the same. The Fitbit is not as precise a medical device as the pacemaker. I would contact your cardiologist if you are feeling off. I hope this helps. Feel well!

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Great discussion, I am scheduled for 2 lead pacemaker on December 4, (Boston Scientific make) so am always looking at posts on pacemakers.
Hope I am making right decision.-others have said go for it on this site.
My reason for pacemaker is Bradcardia and sick sinus syndrome- per electrocardiologist.

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