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QuoteJuggsy75 I get little episodes like this, mine are like 7-10 fast beats then big beat back to normal, my ep says it’s sinus tachycardia and nothing to worry about.... but I thought sinus tachycardia was Whalen you did something your heart naturally goes up, inappropriate sinus tachycardia is when it happens for no reason like mine, which I’ve read is more serious🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ If it were me,by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I first started supplementing magnesium for afib many years ago, I learned that some people "waste" a lot of mag. I've never pursued these, but know I must urinate out a lot because of the high volume I take in and don't get loose stools. That being said, my RBC's are high. Some folks, like Shannon, have done a lot of the IV mag, too. No great ideas, exceptby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you are diabetic, then why not just get metformin prescribed? It is not expensive and is pretty safe. There are also lifestyle things that you can do that are compatible with metformin. See here.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Robbie, First, I'm not an ablatee, nor do I have exercise induced tachycardia. However I've had afib for over 16 /12 years, chronic fitness was my path. I am 65. 16 years ago I created a program that has kept afib burden low. In the last two years I've been in afib 0.01% of the time (after a 2.5 month persistent episode in the first 4 months of having afib). Part of my plby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Another concern with moderna is transportation temperature control to keep the vaccine’s potency from deteriorating. I googled Pfizer and didn’t find anything For what its worth, Moderna temperature requirements are 2°C and 8°C (36°F and 46°F). Pfizer -80°C and -60°C (-112°F and -76°F). So Pfizer is much more demanding and there are fewer freezers that keep these low temps.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Sue, If you create a pdf and take a picture and share, then have more to look at. On mine press the envelope icon in upper right (when looking at the ECG) and select share pdf. Skip the password. After that the pdf should show. You can then screen image the pdf page and share.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack . We’re also likely past peak with the holiday surges. By the time a procedure gets scheduled we should be on the tail end of this mess. I believe Sue is in SoCal, which is a COVID mess at the moment.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wonder if a calcium channel blocker might be used for rate control in place of th BB?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecirenepurzalot Thanks Carey. It's not pegged. In the evening it drops to the mid 80's until I start work the next day again. Hopefully that's sustainable.... or my job goes! I'd still talk to Natale's team. They are the best judge as to what is too high for too long. A rate control med might be prescribed if they judge too high for too long.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteLorraine May I ask why you would not participate in the nothing group if it were you? In my opinion, because of a moderate risk CHADS-Vasc score, you should have some anticoagulation, not nothing,by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe We did not hold after the last out breath. The breath hold on the last big inhale is only a few seconds, that is until the pop sound in the chest happens. Looks like something similar is still going around in the younger crowd: " teachers felt they needed to intervene after some pupils started to copy a trend on social media known variously as the ‘Pass-Out Challenge’, ‘Spaceby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Thanks for the link. I miss tofu. Sloan Kettering told me to avoid soy and flaxseed because they are not cancer remission friendly otherwise I would have tried natto. Could I get the benefits from a non soybean recipe? I'm guessing they said that because of the phytoestrogens in soy & flax. If other beans agree, then I'd use them to make natto. Physically small beanby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe What happened physiologically???? I'm no expert... The hyperventilation, with your assistant squeezing will create an alkaline environment by lowering your body's CO2 dramatically. If you hold your breath out at the end, the "urge to breathe" will be pushed far out in time on the breath hold. You are also restricting O2 to the cells because of the previously linkby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Looked at the heart rate graph, zoomed in to the center of the afib section. Notice the difference in the character of the beat variability. I hypothesize I started the breath hold (just) before this section. It wasn't a conversion yet, but something was happening. In the plesmograph phone app, I could see this change in heart rate, though it wasn't graphed like this.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoetKim I have always wondered if the live culture actually survives freezing. The instructions say must consume in one week after opening. I would not think that would be necessary if there is a live culture and fermentation continuing. I think it does. I think the "bugs" are part of the "magic" of natto. Dean used to post things on Bacillus subtilis which is the naby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoetKim I would love to know more about making one's own natto - and from black beans, not soy. If you have recipe or any ideas, would love to see it. Also, where would one get starter? Lots in this search You can used many different beans, smaller is better because fermentation is more efficient. QuoteAnd would it be same starter as soy natto? Yes, you could also use theby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib George : So having a live recordable CO2 reading would even clarify things more? I'm sure. Since I thankfully have infrequent episodes (it will be back to three in two years on Monday), I haven't made the investment in trying to track CO2, though that would be interesting, just in the breathing experiments without afib. However, I've played with breathing enougby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJDfiB Not sure if this will make sense, but how can this relate to Sleep apnea? That is also a non breathing situation but one that contributes to AFIB. I am not disagreeing with your method just wondering how they may relate. I have looked at NLAMA's link, but your question prompted me to put intermittent hypoxia arrhythmia into a Google Scholar search Just scanning the papers,by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotejohnnySI regularly consume natto for breakfast and recently switched to pill form about 100mcg of Vitamin k-2 mk7 made from natto in Japan. A week later I started getting frequent ectopics which seem to increase as I continued to take K-2, in fact I took 200mcg just to experiment and sure enough by evening time the ectopics increased. I continued this for a week and im 100% sure its the causby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George: How about this do you think it has any merit? Liz Yes, it has merit, but you don't have to spend the money to do the same thing. The idea is to get you to breathe through your nose at a rate of around 5.5 breaths/minute (4-6 or even 4-10 is the range). The search terms are coherent breathing, slow breathing or paced breathing. An Italian cardiologistby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJDfiB Not sure if this will make sense, but how can this relate to Sleep apnea? That is also a non breathing situation but one that contributes to AFIB. I am not disagreeing with your method just wondering how they may relate. I'm not a sleep apnea expert, but I think you stop breathing. CO2 will rise (and some with sleep apnea can have quite high CO2 tolerance), but, depending on thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Is this the mechanism at play when one does valsalva or modified valsalva? No, valsalva increases parasympathetic (vagal) response. It usually doesn't work for vagal afibbers, but may for those with adrenergic triggers. Valsalva is generally an attempted exhalation against a closed airway, can be with a full inhale. Like bearing down in a bowel movement. Wby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe I use breath also when my HR goes 'funny' but can't describe it well. All i know is that so far it gets the HR feeling back to normal. Yes, my son-in-law says he uses breath holds when he gets a funny feeling that might presage afib (possibly PACs or PVCs). He says it works and clears it up.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brief afib history. First episode July 2004, vagal trigger after training run on 14,000’ peak. Afib a day or two later (common delayed vagal). 2 months of 6-9 hours afib every 10-14 days self converting or with exercise. Then 2.5 month persistent episode converted with 300 mg flecainide. Proposed plan to EP & accepted, which has evolved to high dose magnesium (to near bowel tolerance), higby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
This Medscape article discusses the issue.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteKen I did the test and got to 45 sec. I could have gone longer with much discomfort. Knowing when to stop and breath is a bit subjective depending on ones "discomfort" tolerance. Yes, the point is "the first urge to breathe." Ideally you'd have your first breath after the breath hold be the same as those before. It is not a maximal breath hold test. 45 secondby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen I don't know if my breathing (which I focus on) is a problem. For example, one of the weight exercises I was doing before my hip replacement that generated the greatest need to breath was squats to a short bench (knees bent to 90 degrees) while holding a 40lb dumbbell to my chest. Legs and core mainly and some arms, chest and back - 20 reps in a set, and I normally have to take aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib I do not remineralize. They add some things I want like mag but also add things I don't want like calcium. I am open to rethinking this. Still in NSR so not eager to make any changes yet. I'm no expert. I do recall reading that drinking water without minerals can deplete minerals from the body. In one group I'm in, they make or purchaseby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen Dang, getting old impacts our physical and aerobic capacity. Nothing new here, but I will continue to push for a 50 year old body, even though mine is 75. I am just trying to keep up with the guy. I get it. I'm typically suggesting the athletes that show up here moderate. I have a subjective limit that I don't cross to stay in afib remission. However I am not afraid to puby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib My home water is now 4 stage reverse osmosis. Curious if you remineralize?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM