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Too much of anything can kill you, including hyponatremia from too much water. All depends on the circumstances. An excess of magnesium can occur in people with reduced kidney function. Generally the first thing that happens when you ingest too much is loose stools (the range of intake where this happens is very individual - 100 mg on up). Excess in your serum will be excreted through healthyby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Be aware of your decision to take charcoal if you are taking flecainide Other drug interactions: Gives dosing and list of drug interactions Read the professional tab Activated charcoal will absorb many things and drugs. It is why it can work for digestion. Taking it near in time to taking other meds is not a good idea.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Any friends who could drive you? {edit} how about a limo service?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen Ditto what Wolfpack says about being symptomatic. I find it hard to believe that some people don't feel their afib. I wonder if body weight/mass/leanness/muscle mass play a role in being symptomatic. I have good muscle mass, I am lean, I am 6' tall and weigh 165. I have a woman friend how is asymptomatic, and is just the opposite my body type. When I am in afib, there is noby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Steve, Great to hear from you!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom, Glad to see a post from you, though too bad it was for another ablation. But happy it appears to be very successful!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack I anticipate technical issues. First step will be to see if I can get a “hands-free” trace in the most benign conditions (indoors, not moving). Then take it from there and figure out the limits. Hope you can solve them! What are the recording time limits on the 6L? I think on my single lead it is 5 minutes, though I never go more than 30 seconds. If you don't solve the iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElectroBlu Im talking about having gas either just before the start of an episode (like a warning sign) and then continuously for the duration of the episode. Its almost as if my body wants to correct the irregular beat through a burp or hiccup. Be curious to know if this double displeasure is shared with other folk? Some people have noted that gas may be a vagal trigger for them. If itby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCevetello One other thought, do you know of anyone that didn’t need the watchman after having the velocity test? Have a friend who had two Natale ablations, including LAA isolation. Initially he was just marginally on the need anticoagulation side, but after a period of time, his numbers amazingly improved enough that he no longer needed any anticoagulation (he's still doing very weby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi wolf, I can "see" PVC's in a heart rate vs. time graph if R to R times are captured every beat. Over the years, there have been a few Polar watches that will do the beat to beat recording. You don't see the PVC's in real time. you have to download and look at the data after. What you'd want to know is the time you felt what you are feeling, then you'dby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteggheld George: Maybe you should repeat your study, this time with a partner. Bet you'd find lots of different outcomes with different emotions and hormones, (Oxytocin), involved. Do this all in the name of research, of course. Please publish your results, too. On the serious side, I'm blessed that this trigger vanished when I lowered my calcium intake. While I never worby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElectroBluTo be more precise, I mean that sex is one of my main triggers for an afib episode! During that time, I put on a recording beat to beat heart rate monitor and performed self gratification to see what my heart did. My triggers have always been vagal. From memory, my heart rate increased to around 115 BPM at orgasm, then went on a pretty steep slide to 65-70 BPM. It was duringby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElectroBlu Curiously, when doing a search on this forum, I could not find one post that mentioned afib and sex. Am I the only one whose sex life is impacted by afib? During parts of 2012 and 13, I was going through a divorce and stress eating wheels of bire. I later figured out that this increase in calcium gave me many more afib triggers, including the time after orgasm when heart rby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
"What does it mean that my lead 2 was flatline" Susan,, I don't have this device, but it looks like lead 2 is provided by the right thumb plus the back of the device on your left leg. My assumption is you didn't have a good leg connection on the back of the device, but you did have between your left thumb and right thumb on the device. Maybe after you converted you couldby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotestranger Any suggestions? I assume your metabolism is pristine? Insulin resistance and blood sugar dysregulation can cause excess urination.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotealxndr01 I've tried every suggestion I get to convert the fibrillating heart to the normal sinus rhythm and nothing has worked for me. It's such a nuisance to go through these hours long sessions. There are things I'd like to do but can't, including reading or going shopping but have to wait until it's finished. Since Afib is such a pain in the a** maybe this will woby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewalt I recall 3 episodes with the last one lasting approximately 2 months and requiring an ECV. Long story there related to COVID hospital shutdowns, my EP leaving, and more. My HR rarely left the 70’s. The other episodes lasted 1 to 2 days with low HR’s and self converted using added flecainide. I detected the latter 3 episodes measuring my radial pulse and confirming with Kardia. As faby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin They called them ventricular bigeminy and trigeminy. "The term “ventricular bigeminy” refers to alternating normal sinus and premature ventricular complexes. Three or more successive premature ventricular complexes are arbitrarily defined as ventricular tachycardia." Source: . Premature ventricular complexes are very common and nothing to worry about.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
How long are typical afib episodes you are trying to track. Seconds/minutes/hours? How high is your average heart rate? QuotewaltHow often do you wear your Polar monitor or your Sp02 ring? I have a different situation than you. My afib doesn't convert unless I do something. With the exception of my breathing or other experiments, I've converted every episode I've had sinby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewalt I was first diagnosed with aFib during a pre-surgical work up and was asymptomatic even though my HR was spiking in the 180 range. Over the years, I discovered if I was in aFib while measuring my wrist PR or BP and was asymptomatic in every instance. I do have a Kardia but find monitoring my wrist pulse rate pretty accurate and convenient. I will check my pulse rate a few times a day aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I have shoveled snow this year, i was dressed for it, I was ok except for my hands they got pretty cold. I cannot fathom going out there barefoot, it is a wonder you didn't get frostbite. It also depends how long you were out like that, i mean if you are out long enough you are bound to get frostbite, you are a human, aren't you? Liz, if it is really cold like that,by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteTodd Looks like the Hydrotherapy would not be advised for AFers 137:40 . Avoiding sugar, easier said than done with family members. About 7:00 into the video, the fructose covers the Covid so your immune does not recognize it. I posted this a while back. Starting this treatment sooner the better. Dr Richard Bartlett talks about curing patients of COVID-19. He's using an inhalby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Watch this interview with Dr. Roger Seheult He goes into great detail about the 2 phases of COVID and what to do when. Seheult is in the trenches and as well started MedCram videos and has many on COVID. Rhonda Patrick PhD interviews him in this podcast. He knows his stuff I learned a great deal.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
In my case, as a non-ablatee without meds, higher heart rate at night is related to food I consume during the day. Dr. Coca published this book (link in PDF form) in 1956. Basically he suggested taking your pulse before eating and 30/60/90 minutes after. If you saw > 6 BPM increase, you were sensitive to something you ate and you'd have to eat foods by themselves to figure it out (by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotedeanpaul I drink a lot of water/day and my blood sodium level has been below min target for years. Blood mag & potassium are normally on low end. First, I'm not a doc. Wondering about your water consumption. High thirst? Blood sugar issues? If your blood sugar is high (even intermittently - a fasting level may not tell the whole story), sugar can spill into your urine, takingby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotedeanpaul I've been considering detraining and adopting MAF program along with weight-training.. After relistening to the Peter Attia - Iñigo San Milan interview, I'm a big fan of Zone 2/MAF training for almost everyone because of the mitochondrial remodeling that happens. It is not like I'm not fit. I weigh what I did in grade 10 and am leaner than I was then. I got 12&quby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Comments from the peanut gallery. Quotedeanpaul I'm 58 and have always been committed to a vigorous exercise program - CrossFit for the past 8 years. I finished the blanking period on Feb 10 '21 and had no issues during this period. Likely what brought you to afib, however should not be an issue after a successful ablation. Though by no means the majority of lifetime exerciserby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d I always ask for lidocaine “plain” instead of the lidocaine with epi which races my heart. I also ask for this. Without epinephrine, it is not as effective nor does it last as long. I know this and am willing to put up with these limitations to mitigate afib risk.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Immediate time release or extended release? The maximum dosage differs from instant release 900mg after a 3-4 day ramp to maximum strength —to 425 mg every 12 hours maximum (am I right George?) for extended release with a 5 day ramp to maximum dose. I've never dealt with timed release flec or propafenone (& never used propafenone). Not sure why the max daily dose would diby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotevanlith Susan Flec. i suspect is much stronger than Propafenone as you can take as much as 300mg (2 pills) every 8 hours= 900 mg. in 24 hours. Yes, from the original PIP paper, "The dose of flecainide was 300 mg if the patient weighed 70 kg or more and was 200 mg otherwise; the dose of propafenone was 600 mg if the patient weighed 70 kg or more and was 450 mg otherwise." Quoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM