> 1. Are you supplementing with electrolytes? > Specifically magnesium and possibly potassium? > 2. Sounds like a vagal trigger as Wolfpack > wrote. > 3. What kind of exercise, how much, how intense? > Chronic fitness can lead to vagal afib in those > who are prone (like me). > 4. What does eat very well mean? "Eat very well" > and GERD should nby jlm33990 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wolfpack, II agree, an EP is always more knowledgeable about these matters. Just had an EP consult which I'll describe below. George, my rates are not really hitting new highs. I've hit these before, but what makes it worse is any bit of anxiety shoots them right up, for example freeway driving, which I now won't do while in afib. I thought I remembered being told years ago thaby Lynn - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Shannon, My LAA isolation was in Feb 2015. I remembered our conversation from Oct 2015 and reviewed it. I'm looking forward to talking to Dr. Natale Friday. I was expecting to schedule another TEE before this visit but it wasn't ordered. I have been feeling better the last few months so thought there might be some positive changes. I have been afib free but not without theby Mike E - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good to hear Smackman, and the only thing Tammy needs to ask Dr Natale : "Is David still Breathing?" 😎 Just kidding of course, there is nothing at all to be nervous and worried about here, worry going into a follow up procedure after Natale did your first one is strictly optional on your part. This is a straight forward touch up and a relative walk in the park for not only Natale but yby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
> I have a similar feeling of pressure in my throat but my AliveCor monitor shows regular NSR. Its bothersome because I feel like its heading towards afib for me too. Wondering > if others have this feeling of throat pressure before an episode? I too have this feeling, but it usually doesn't result in episodes. This feeling is why I bought the AliveCor, I was certain something mustby erich - AFIBBERS FORUM
Daniel I don't seem to have anything related to the throat area. Most of my feeling is in the area below the sternum.by SteveDaley - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good start Daniel and you are on the right track and welcome to the website and forum, you are certainly in the right place as well. Dr. Hongo as you must know by now, was mentored by Dr Natale along with his colleague there Dr Steven Hao and both are very accomplished ablationist with a first class training. And Dr Hongo is a good person too to follow you as your clinical EP prior to at someby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Jackie and Gordon about the kudos for Dr Hongo and also the info about thyroid function. All my thyroid levels seem to be up to speed and within range that even you pointed out Gordon. My B-12 level however, seems, at least to me, a little low: 354 pg/ml. I think the European reference range starts at 500, so by that definition I'm low.The reference range is 200- 1100pg/ml.by Flowmaster - AFIBBERS FORUM
Daniel: I second Jackie's endorsement of Dr. Hongo here in SF. Although Natale did my ablation 10 years ago, Hongo assisted and did all the follow up. He has performed successful ablations on two of my friends recently. Re thyroid, my hand surgeon, who is a musician and operates on a lot of people with Repetitive Stress Injuries, strongly recommends keeping one's TSH between 1.0 anby ggheld - AFIBBERS FORUM
Daniel - definitely pay attention to optimizing your daily magnesium intake. The restless legs are a classic sign of Mg deficiency. Be aware that the sensations in your throat area can also be thyroid related. I've taken thyroid hormone replacement for many years and at one point, I could feel a lot of activity in the throat area. My tests indicated I was very close to going into &qby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey George, I've been taking liquid mag and glycinate for the past month and am having an Exatest in a couple of weeks so will get a read on that soon. Currently have a monitor/patch with what feels like super glue attached to my chest for the next 7 days so that will be interesting as well. Can't wait to feel the sensation of having it ripped off...not lol. Had a great visitby Flowmaster - AFIBBERS FORUM
Daniel, "I also get twitchy leg fasiculations a lot lately. " How's your magnesium intake? Fasiculations in any muscles can be a sign you need more mag. When I first had afib, 12 years ago, these showed up on my eyebrow muscles. It took months of regular supplementation of mag to bowel tolerance before they went away. Of course I was also doing this to keep the afib atby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Steve, It was a little unclear from your post - are you actually getting reads from your BPM showing that you're in afib when experiencing those weird feelings at the top of your stomach? Is it correlated to eating for you? I have a similar feeling of pressure in my throat but my AliveCor monitor shows regular NSR. Its bothersome because I feel like its heading towards afib for meby Flowmaster - AFIBBERS FORUM
I had one EP tell me that the majority of his patients have thyroid problems. I had another tell me that it is best to have an ablation only if your thyroid is stable because increasing your synthroid will cause new focal points in the heart. Thus I do think that there is a connection with the thyroid meds and afib. In my early days of taking synthroid I would frequently get a short burst of SVby Lynn - AFIBBERS FORUM
Recently have been out of the blue having anxiety or panic like attacks where it feels like i have skipped beats and the beats are fast for a short period of time. This happens at the top of the stomach. It throws fear in me or for a better word anxiety and i use a blood pressure gauge which shows irregular heartbeats to see if i am in afib. It is a very irritating feeling. I take Levothyroby SteveDaley - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm about 3 months out of my ablasion surgery and I've been told all went good. I'm in my mid-40's, male and very active pre-surgery. I really only had afib a few times and it always corrected itself within half a day or so. The few times I did have it tended to be when I was exercising, generally in the morning, stressed, didn't have much sleep the night before and mightby captcashew - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks all. Jackie your post was very insightful. I am beginning to learn my triggers and starting to get a better grip on my situation. I am still going to my evaluation for the ablation, but I think I am going to hold off on the procedure until I better understand my situation. My goal is a cure, not simple a block. You are also right that my situation is not that bad. However, fromby richgorman - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am a 51 year old male who has recently been diagnosed with lone afib. As I think back, I guess I have has some PAC’s, PVC’s and other rhythm abnormalities for many years. I just never really paid much attention to them because they were brief and did not impair my life in any way. About three months ago, I had my first real incident of afib. I woke up with my heart trying to punch its wayby richgorman - AFIBBERS FORUM
thanks Jackie for the article i will share it with my doctor. I had hiatal hernia year ago when i was coaching basketball, teaching, on the board at the golf club, golf chairman at the golf club and other stressful jobs. I took a test forget which one and doctor said i had a hiatal hernia and said it was stress induced so i quit the stuff at the club and it went away. recently with the Thyroidby SteveDaley - AFIBBERS FORUM
I had diagnoses of a hiatal hernia & anxiety a few years before I had my first afib episode. I know folks here have talked about both being a factor, and I have no doubt. The hernia is still there, but the anxiety is long gone (drugs for a bit & a whole lot of therapy - enough so that I'm happily in the job that caused all the anxiety). Best to you. Nancyby Nancy - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't know what is happening i played golf this morning and around 14 i always seem to get stomach discomfort stress I went to a doctor and he said i have a hernia up there he could feel it(i wonder if you can) Hiatal Hernia i guess and it right below the sternum however i am suspect to anxiety and i start to feel like i am going to get afib. I have one of the Alive EKg things for smby SteveDaley - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, MAGNESIUM Thanks for the Magnesium info! The CALM Magnesium is the one based on magnesium citrate. Is there another version of CALM that uses the magnesium bisglycinate amino acid chelated version (label indicates Albion patented process)? Or, are you just saying to use a Mg supplement (not CALM) that uses the magnesium bisglycinate amino acid chelated version (label indicates Albionby Stephen - AFIBBERS FORUM
Regarding chelation, there are a number of anecdotal stories of bad side effects when detoxing too quickly via agents such as DMSA. Even using more mild measures (such as adding cilantro to salads) have been reported to cause bad side effects, if ramped up too quickly. For example: QuoteHello everyone, I would like to put into writing an odd experience with a heavy metal detox diet thatby apache - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pretty kittay - Based on your recounting of various experiences, consider these points that caught my eye: heart racing when you become anxious or the 3 am occurrences of racing heart. Often, that can be the result of low blood glucose (blood sugar) and that can be driven by what you ate or drank for your evening meal or perhaps a snack later in the evening. During the day, that applies wheby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy, it is very common that night terrors or night time AFIB triggers where you wake with a startle response are initially caused by too low nocturnal adrenal function in combination with inadequate cortisol stress-adapting hormone reserve, often due to intrinsic or acquired adrenal insufficency and not infrequently exacerbated by excess melatonin release (or too high a nocturnal dose of melatby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: I supplement with 600-800mg of chelated mag, I also eat two bananas a day, one in the morning and one at night, I forgot that on my list. George: THANK YOU! This is FASCINATING. I too have nasal mucous, I used to get anal itch for months at a time and I've been told I could be susceptible to RA. Not that these are necessarily related, but I also have vagal afib in much the way yby erich - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim: Thanks for responding. I've seen a CBT specialist and a psychologist last year when I was having severe anxiety issues. The CBT therapy was amazing, and reduced most of my anxiety episodes. While I said I get anxious over having an afib in my earlier post, it's not as intense as it was and it's just me guessing as to why I am still having palpitations at night. So, while Iby erich - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've only had 5 episodes of afib this year, a minimum of 2 months apart. But nighttime has become frustrating for me. If I lie on my back ,I often have heart palpitations and skipped beats. Nights like tonight I have a touch of indigestion and lying on my right side I still feel a bit jumpy, like my heart is on the edge of going into afib. Also, sometimes in conversation, I get what feels liby erich - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello all. I'm back unfortunately. I'm 42 yrs old. Had ablation surgery 5.5 yrs ago. NSR almost all the time until about 1 month ago. Started having palpitations frequently that would progress to afib occasionally. The afib lasts from 5-30 min to a couple hours max. Once or twice a week afib on average. Palpitations are very postural induced. Many times if I lie down on bacby jimangie1973 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Monty, I am so happy to see that you are doing so well. I also know how you feel about the warfarin. Imo if you are sure you are not getting what dr.s like to call silent afib then you have no need for the warfarin, but I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV :-) . I did the same thing after returning from bordeaux. I was sensitive to the occasional skips that would happen. Over time these wby Adrian - AFIBBERS FORUM