They kept me at the ER for a while one time because my resting heartrate was maintaining around 160 bpm. That was pretty much due to my raging alcoholism at the time, though. Did you have a bounding pulse, too? If I went too long without drinking I'd get bounding pulse, and it is a special kind of discomfort on its own.
I could feel my pulse in several parts of my body at all times if that's what that means, yes. I could also watch the pulse in my belly. I shook a lot, so if I wanted to photograph something I'd need to take say three or four photos and between them you could work it out. It was a lot like alcohol withdrawal in those respects.
