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Yes, Welcome... Jason. I certainly hope your heart settles down shortly. Thanks for your very detailed report as well as your following report listing the supplements you take and amounts. Keep in mind that you don't have to stop with 800 mg of magnesium unless that's your bowel tolerance max. You could try pushing up a bit more and with time, you may maximize your levels at aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - some people are sensitive to sulfites in wine and also to the accumulations of pesticides in wine that is not organic. But, typically, the major problem is the fact that alcohol is excitotoxic to heart cells and it is apparent that in those with arrhythmia, it tends to be a reliable trigger. This neurotoxicity of alcohol on cells extends to brain cells as well. One might say afibbersby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wolfpack - I can't emphasize enough that during the cold/flu season, it always pays to have one 'extra' of everything on hand in case you have to do dosing 'heroics'.... I used to use EmerGenC... but switched to the Lipospheric C because of the powerful higher dosing equivalencies and related quick results. Yes.. do get zinc. It's really helpful. I justby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Karen - It may help to keep in mind that alcohol is well-known to have detrimental affects for afibbers. It depletes magnesium and is known to be excitotoxic to cells. This obviously become important when the cell is a heart cell and the majority of afibbers are found to be magnesium deficient... along with other electrolyte imbalances. The EPs recommend avoiding alcohol. My first AF evenby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes… inflammatory cytokines do cause afibbers more symptoms than probably those w/o arrhythmia. Anti-inflammatories that are not related to aspirin or NSAIDs include many helpful herbals and other nutrients. However, if you don’t already have a remedy ‘arsenal’ on hand, often it’s hard to get out to get it once you are down with a bug. For the future, I’d like to share some of my home reby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Wolfpak - I learned about GoLytely many years ago when I was required to have an annual colonoscopies because a couple of polyps were found and removed so they were 'watching' to be sure. Back then, they always prescribed the GoLytely type bowel prep...(drinking the large quantity of liquid prior to.) Then, the 'new and improved' prep came out and that's what I was prby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Glad you are feeling so much better, Amy. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Chris, and welcome. I am truly sorry that you have had such a struggle with these symptoms starting with an early age and I appreciate your detailed report. Overall, yes, stress can give you those symptoms and the fact that your body's balance of the critical minerals (aka electrolytes) is also undoubtedly skewed and deficient, contributes to the symptoms. I'm pleased toby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve.... As George mentions, I do recommend having the ExaTest as it is the only test that measures by direct tissue analysis what levels of minerals or electrolytes are actually inside the cells where it functions. It is "high science"... in that it was developed for use with astronauts so they could easily and accurately measure critically important stats in space travel. Whiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
frankibis - Welcome to our group. Sorry you have developed afib. It well could be the digoxin causing your problem. Here's a search result for past posts on that drug. And specifically, this one from 9 yrs. ago by Hans who originally wrote on that drug and side effects Hopefully, you can enlist the cooperation of the doctor who prescribed that for you and suggest that youby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Anton - I've sent you a PM. Nice to see your name here, but sorry for the reason. Your history is similar to mine. Ablation 2003 lasted for 11 years and then I also began with bouts of flutter. Nasty. I did go for the second ablation in 2014 to Dr. Natale in Austin which isolated the Left Atrial Appendage; followed by #3 in April of 2015. All has been calm since then. Jaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
SteveW - Thanks for your detailed report... My heart goes out to you for your horrific flying experience and arrhythmia. I can't begin to imagine. As others note, the heavy or intense exercise is well known to cause arrhythmia problems in certain individuals. Much of that can be the result of low electrolytes aka minerals that help regulate electrical conductivity and stimulate heart bby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
BD - As you know, Eliquis is a powerful blood thinning drug. I am not familiar with properties of Arjuna, but if it does help to thin blood, then you absolutely must not use the two together unless your doctor says it is safe. Here are two websites that cautions about Eliquis and interactions. While it doesn't mention Arjuna, you'll notice the strong wording about bleeding incideby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barry - Thanks - that's good information. Yes, I was iodine deficient, for sure. I was born and raised in what is known at "The Goiter Belt" in this part of the country. I had various symptoms for years that went undetected by my family doctor and endocrinologists. I did have a (small) goiter plus the nodules which tend to turn malignant with time. I also had massive fibroby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barry - Thanks for your post. Phill - You may fine this thread on iodine helpful. While iodine can be very useful in promoting thyroid function, it's best to be tested first to determine if you are deficient. It's an iodine loading test overnight followed by a first-morning urine catch to determine how much your body absorbed according to how much is excreted. Those whby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Stephen... Long ago when my afib began, I also went the ConcenTrace route and I also was concerned over the "trace" toxic elements. My thought was that I have control by buying organic fresh fruits and veggies but not in restaurants so even though I don't often eat away from home, I'd still be getting more toxic elements than I'd consider healthy. It didn’t makeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Alice - I am so sorry that your recurrent afib is debilitating. Everyone has his/her own way of coping and some do better than others. I'm glad you have come to this forum since getting support from 'kindred spirits' is a good way to get started in learning how to deal with the beast. My focus was learning all I could about what I might be able to do to either lesseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good... but just be sure you are taking enough to make a difference to compensate for the statin depletion. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Linda - You can go directly to the website of IntraCellular Diagnostics for the details on EXATest. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the emphasis, Liz. Ablations are most definitely invasive procedures. I'm sure you recall the calamity that befell Pam Walters during her ablation at Johns Hopkins which eventually resulted in her husband writing a book on the tragic event.... and then our forum member from California who had tamponade during the ablation procedure and eventually needed cardiac surgery to reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you are still taking the statin, then you should be aware that statins deplete Coenzyme Q10 - a critically important antioxidant and nutrient required for heart energy production. Either way, it's a good idea to supplement with a high quality, CoQ10 product as a heart support nutrient. Read more here: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Amy - this is highly individualized and depends on how Mg depleted you are, how rapidly your body uses available Mg... that is, if you have high stress or heavy exercise, then you deplete quickly and typically can tolerate higher magnesium intake. Bowel tolerance is the dosing guideline. As with any type of magnesium intake, start with low dosing and ramp up to bowel tolerance gradually and tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Both good choices, Phill... good for you! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Most often, stomach acid issues, burping and belching occur because of lack of enough natural stomach acid rather than too much. Sounds weird, but it's true. Many people are deficient in key nutrients such as vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin) and zinc which are fundamental to making one's own stomach acid. Also, if that person's tissue pH is overly acidic, then that ties in with iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz and Ginny I’ll try to respond to you both …. If you need more clarification, please let me know. Glad to try to help. We definitely have continually emphasized the importance of using both Vitamin D3 as well as Vitamin K2 in the MK7 form. Regardless of whether or not you take vitamin D, the K2 MK7 is an important supplement as it helps remove calcium from soft tissue deposits… I’vby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Lyla - yes..vitamin D is definitely very important and to address the potential concerns about arterial and other soft tissue calcifications, as you mention, Vitamin K2 in the menaquinone 7 form supplements are recommended. The K2 MK7 form is the longer acting form compared to the menatetrenone 4 form. The recommended preventive dosing of K2 MK7 was initially 180 micrograms (mcg)....Some are rby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Spencer - Here's an overview of important considerations for you to understand. Part of this was a response to another afibber a while ago... and I've elaborated a bit more. My intention is not to overwhelm you, so read in small doses, but each point is an important consideration as much of it relates to lifestyle 'habits' that can be altered and which are known to have siby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Nick - I pulled this together quickly ... so that you could be aware of some of the safety issues associated with copper. It's definitely an important nutrient, but in very minor doses and deserves your research time before supplementing with it. You can read about copper functions and requirements here at Oregon State . And this from the Mayo Clinic Also, there are cautions aboby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello JayBros~ Thanks for sharing your very interesting report. I'm glad you are doing so well. I can appreciate all that you've said since I'm also one of the more 'senior' members having gone through both a second and third procedure just a couple years ago. I can attest that it was actually amazing what a 'non-event' they all were for me. Courtesyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mark - Just a reminder: We are all unique, individual cases... with age, nutritional status and other influencing factors that can interfere with or affect both reactions to supplements as well as meds. Therefore, it's virtually impossible to give strict standard guidelines, but since this forum began, many of us have been participating for a long time and definitely know that certainby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM