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QuotePrevention of vagal type LAF Flecainide and disopyramide can be quite effective in preventing vagal LAF episodes. They are both powerful drugs and can have very serious adverse effects so they should only be used by afibbers with structurally sound hearts. Beta-blockers and sotalol have strong beta-blocking properties and are contra-indicated for vagal afibbers as they are likely to worsenby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Do you think you are vagal? The propafanone has beta blocking properties and you have mettroporolol on top of that. If vagal, these could contribute to afib triggering.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Peggy!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don, I live at 5600' MSL (and spend a lot of time at 10-13,000') and don't have that issue. Have you been tested for hemochromatosis? In any case the advice to donatend blood is the easy answer. All men and postmenopausal women can accumulate iron. It also depends upon your diet. For example meat or taking vitamin C before you eat green leafy veggies can increase iron absorby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Also, I can take my mag all at once, in the morning, in the evening, spread out or whatever. 2 or so g/day is well below my bowel tolerance, so it really doesn't matter. But, I may be a special case. Pay attention to what your body says.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteStarwarsfan George, could you tell us exactly how you're getting in the supplemental magnesium, as in what form and what times? I have been trying to get 200 of magnesium ascorbate from vitamin C twice a day, and then 325 from Calm powder before bed, along with Taurine 4g powder… But I've been thinking of increasing it because I still seem to have some PACs here and there or jusby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news Jason, Continued NSR to you!!!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Your diet looks impressive as far as nutrients ago… That obviously doesn't include your supplements, are you still also doing 1.4 g of magnesium a day? Yes, 1.4-2g/day now. Also methyl B12. QuoteStarwarsfanI saw where your potassium is gained mostly from foods now, I'm trying to keep mine at about 3500mg a day and my sodium about 5 to 5500mg a day, but that's just because Iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteStarwarsfan Are you guys aware that there is a study that links levels of vitamin D greater than 100 with atrial fibrillation? Let me see if I can find it and I'll try and post the link... I can say that for certain it doesn't work that way in me. QuoteStarwarsfan And George, do you take in much dietary calcium? and while we're on it what are your potassium intake fromby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I should note, I do take 200 mcg of MK-7 as Jackie notes. Also, my wife alternates 10,000 IUs & 5,000 IUs every other day on D3 to keep her 25OHD level at 120 - it is individual. Gundry does note a big autoimmune benefit from high 25 OHD levels. Another cofactor is Vitamin A. I get an average of over 16,000 IU's/day of A from food. All this being said, if you notice negative conseqby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ben, My doc, Steven Gundry, prescribes 10,000 US's/day of D3 for me, to keep my 25OHD level at 120 (in US units). Gundry keeps his level there and wants my wife there, too. He says he's yet to see a case of D toxicity in his patients. For me, I know (have experienced) that calcium is a bad actor for my afib control. Having 25OHD of 120 has no negative impact on my afib control.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
CHADS-VASc: < "as well as results of an additional ZEO patch two (2) months ago, the doc said that my velocity (medical term?) was at 28, which is why he has kept me on Xarelto." If your LAA emptying velocity is 28, then you are a candidate for Watchman, also why you need to stay on Xarelto. However, the way you measure this, as I understand it, is with a TEE < Not sure hoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks again Shannon for all you do. I concur that I've learned much from many I've connected with over the years here!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Our doc, Stephen Gundry, wants our omega 3 index >10 (actually between 10 and12). He also specifies we get at least 1 g/day of DHA. He has an excellent track record of keeping people well for a wide range of illnesses from autoimmune, cancer, cardiac, dementia & etc.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Natalie, I sent you a PM. Look for it in Private Messages in the upper right hand corner.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Send a private message to Shannon with a link to what you've postedby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Read the actual paper and could not determine if aspirin dosage was 325 mg or 81 mg.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteRJS4Basically if my heart rate is depressed for too long, it seems get thrown off when it starts speeding up again. I'm very vagal. When my electrolytes were not as balanced (too much calcium), I was subject to a lot of triggers that I'm not now. One of these triggers was the time after orgasm when the heart rate was dropping quickly. I could feel PAC's and if I did notby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ryan, If you have a sympathetic trigger, the caffeine won't help. The PIP beta blocker makes sense. Sounds like you might have mixed triggers. My motto is "if something isn't working, do something different." In your shoes, I'd likely detrain, eliminate the caffeine, alcohol and eat as cleanly as possible. Sounds like digestion might be one trigger. My aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz, On my low carb, ketogenic, fasting program. I make it a point to consume a lot of salt. When insulin is low, as it is on my program most of the time, the low insulin signals the kidney to dump a lot of sodium. At a conference I attended last weekend, Steven Phinney MD presented data that lowest mortality in a large study was 5 g/day of sodium (not NaCl alone). Higher mortality with lby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
See if you can find magnesium hydroxide powder at the chemist or online.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My nearly 13 year experience using flecainide as pill-in-pocket or on-demand has been 100%. I keep my afib mostly in remission with magnesium to bowel tolerance - after a 2.5 month episode in my first 4 months of afib 13 years ago, I've had 3 episodes totaling 2.5 hours out of rhythm in the last 4 years. The first time I used flec was to convert the 2.5 month episode. That took 20 hourby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
There are a lot of places on the web where you can learn to do your own analysis instead of having to always send it in, unless you are really concerned.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've had an AliveCor/Kardia for 3-4 years. It agrees with my own assessment, though I've only had 3 afib episodes during that time. Their software analysis is a more recent addition. You used to have to analyze it yourself, send to your doc, or send it to them and pay to have it analyzed. I've always just done it myself. Irregular r-r peak times are a hallmark of afib as is thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, when I am in afib. I recall my first ever episode. Put on an exercise heart rate monitor, walked up and down the stairs to the basement in my house. Heart rate was 145. Was very fit and had been training for a race that started at 6300' and terminated at 14,100' with a length of 13 miles. I would have expected a heart rate around 90. I took my blood pressure with a manual cuby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I used to drink the concentrate undiluted.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
George, For what it is worth, there was a guy who used to post here that would swear high dose iodine < I never tried it I could never sort out the "harmless" contingent from the "harmful" guys on high dose iodine. I've always tried to keep my iodine intake a few times the RDA, but nothing in the many mg range. Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
George, If you are limited by bowel tolerance as to how much mag you can take, you could try (if you haven't already) external application of solutions of magnesium. You could use magnesium chloride, which in a supersaturated solution is called magnesium oil, though there is no oil it just feels oily. Also epsom salt. In this oil post of mine, there are links about this < You coby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM