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Healthy Aging Tips #2 - GABA, cortisol, stress and Afib. We know familiar observation: “Afib begets Afib.” I also observe that often Stress begets Afib and then when you’re in Afib, you become even more stressed than before the onset. These days, everyone has more stress. It’s often said that the stress of 21st century living is unprecedented. I’m in the process of gatheringby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, thank you so much for all the information! I must say, I am a little overwhelmed. I have read the book, Grain Brain by David Perlmutter. It talks about how brain dysfunction occurs from consuming gluten and carbs, even whole grains. These foods can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety chronic headaches, depression, and much more. It really is a good book. A few years ago, my TSH was 4.by Marsh - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi George, > > A beta blocker can have a secondary impact on > initiation as you noted but it is very minor > impact in degree. By itself it will not have a > anti arrhythmic action to an ongoing arrhythmia > nor will it ever convert a person to NSR from an > active arrhythmia. > >by smackman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks so much for all of your responses! You guys are seriously amazing. I actually was prescribed flecainide 200mg (I am 115 lbs) and metoprolol 25mgs to take as pill in the pocket when I go into afib by the second doctor that I saw. I didn't take it during my most recent episode because I was too freaked out to take it at 3am and then go back to bed. Sounds like I need to get overby AnneM - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dr. John has posted his doubts about the BELIEF trial. For myself, having already had extensive ablation of the left and right atrium and LAA and waiting for the follow-up TEE, this was a little disconcerting to read. I am in the group of CHAD score = 1 and was never in persistent AFIB. But I had a good diet and lifestyle (well, except for job stress and a commute from hell), all of my efforby Mike E - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Sam, It sounds familiar. In my case, anxiety. I hold my breath unconsciously, until sometimes I get dizzy. It happens when I get stressed, then 'skippy's', then tightness in the chest. I find a quiet spot and breathe, full breath in, hold a couple seconds, slow breath out, repeat. In 5-10 minutes I feel better. It keeps happening, I haven't found a way to stay relaxeby Mike E - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'll just repeat what Shannon has said about my case. First, I did not have the implantable device. I had the external device. Also, the PVCs I experienced had nothing to do with the ablation as far as I'm concerned. They were no doubt started from the incredible stress I was under at the time. My father had just passed and I was operating on very little sleep. They went away withinby tvanslooten - AFIBBERS FORUM
I wasn't remembering dreams for years because I wasn't getting REM sleep and that was my big clue along with AFibbers having a propensity for Sleep Apnea. I got tested and have mild sleep apnea. I am now on a sleep CPAP machine and there are different responses to it. The machine with the small in nose piece with humidifier is what I use. I found initially that I was more tired anby LindaLee - AFIBBERS FORUM
George – thanks … good explanatory report…especially the concluding comments. What’s not mentioned and should be noted: The high production of catecholamines during endurance exercise is known to remove “free magnesium ions by chelating them out of circulation from catecholamine-induced free fatty acids”… which would help explain the arrhythmia factor. Also not mentioned is the exceby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron is doing pretty good Anti AFIB and I've been in touch with him periodically since he first reported in here and he is being well cared for. Inspoke to him just yesterday, and with the weekend and Shirley being off on Friday we are just waiting on word if he actually had any Arryhthmia at all the two days last week, but Ron told me that the jumpy heart was shortly lived and occurred onlyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Part 1 of the GMO Facts Report: Preface An abbreviated version of this report was recently published in the AFIB Report. The following is much more detailed and is offered as a critically-important awareness alert for those interested in learning how exposure to Genetically Modified Organisms or Engineered foods is linked to many health problems. As you read the GMO Facts report, keep theseby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The complete report is posted in the General Health Forum - Same Title... This Preface serves to alert everyone about the importance of why we need to become informed on this topic. There is an oops factor ... the post was too long, so it will be offered in segments... so stay tuned; I'll offer the first one today and then more this week to complete the project. GMO Facts you maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mork, So your claim that Fran is afib free to this day [8 years from last report from Fran] is based on your "unavoidable conclusion", and your "complete confidence in the body's 'innate healing' capacity"... And comparing an apple to a bag of chips one easily knows "high quality, nutrient rich food" has just one meaning. This appears purely subjeby Mike E - AFIBBERS FORUM
bobrt1 - I don't recall noting precautions about using sotalol and taurine. A check with the WebMD interactions website for taurine indicates only reaction with Lithium. Following is a compilation of various previous posts on taurine some of the research I did long ago on taurine. Scan down through it so that you have a good idea of the function and merit of using taurine to help witby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe anxiety is physical yes but also driven by mind stuff and projection of great fear that is optional with a little effort at keeping to heart that you are not going to die, it is not that horrible after all, and most of all keep in mind the mantra 'this too shall pass' as it very much will and with each passing day your are another step closer to the freedom of NSR again. Youby alangford - AFIBBERS FORUM
You will be fine Alangford, really, titrate the Toprol if you go into AFIB again to get your rate to 110 or lower /.. or at least under 120bpm, preferably less than 100 and 90bpm would be ideal and in any of those scenarios you can sail into the ablation Aug 12. I had severely symptomatic persistent AFIB for 3 full months non-stop prior to my initial ablation and as noted finally got it underby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Background: In the recent thread that focused on the relevance of Exatest results and in response to the comment by Liz (quote): ......There is probably no one as dedicated to eating the right diet, supplements and making sure the electrolytes were optimal than Jackie, that wasn't enough, as you probably know she has had 3 ablations, uses the exacta test, that is no cure. ....I’d likeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
your burden is low so you can ask your doctor whether it is OK for you to take an aspirin during episodes, it will give you some protection but not for about the first 20 minutes. I take 80 mg daily for many years now because of heart disease passed down from my father's side of the family tree. My father in law has had AF for 20+ yrs now. He is 93 and takes warfarin. His AF is permanentby researcher - AFIBBERS FORUM
Charlene - Sorry to be responding so late and also sorry about the diagnosis. There's a good chance if you can clear up the delayed emptying, the arrhythmia may also go away. Here are several items from my files. A followup by Google may offer more guidelines for reversing the gastroparesis. Jackie Refined carbohydrates and soda pop may cause GERD by inducing insulin resistance, whby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
In light of the very important current posts on the role of Magnesium in reversing Afib, this is a timely reminder to all readers (especially new readers) that stress is a major depleter of the essential mineral/electrolyte, magnesium. A post from last March, is a good reminder of how the stress response affects everyone and is especially relevant to those with Afib. It segues nicely into queby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
When my Afib first started I would awaken in the middle of the night with a heart rate around 200, gasping for air and feeling like I might pass out walking to the bathroom. This was in the days before AliveCor monitoring. The problem initially resolved by morning. Any man reporting those symptoms would immediately get a cardiac work-up. Because I was a female with no cardiac risk factors, the EPby bstevens - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Montos, The adrenal insufficiency connection is a top likely culprit as a possible strong associate to the hard steady heart beat pounding you experience, especially with the background of a high tone of anxiety and worry in general. It is such a common and vastly missed entirely, and/or underdisgnosised, yuyculprit behind a host of such physical symptoms. Alas, so few docs are properlyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
No groups doing really significant work use six months now as a success metric, unless its for a specific comparison to another study that uses that benchmark, but most now have one year as the minimum and many use 20 months +/- 4 to 6 months as a study endpoint. The key thing in all this kind of discussion, is that we can play around and find all kinds of middling to horrible stats from largeby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carole - There is a definite connection to hiatal hernia and diaphragm displacement conditions in that most always, the vagus nerve (Tenth Cranial Nerve) can become pinched or impinged which is excitatory. Since the vagus also enervates the heart, it's a logical association. Here's the link to a post from 11 years ago on the topic of Acid Reflux, GERD, Hiatal Hernia and Vagus Nerveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Jackie. I will do the searches you mentioned. I need to be better educated about this condition. I'll come back with questions that come up. So glad to have found you all. By the way, I was sure my afib was vagal because it had always begun at night and seemed to be triggered by GERD and my stomach pushing up through my hiatal hernia. but not I am not so sure. My last two episoby CaroleF - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Keith of the AFIB universe. Sorry for the delay I've been very busy of late, but you got some good advice as usual already. At Mayo you should get good overall care and just be sure to insist that either Doug Packer or Sam Asirvatham does your ablation and no one else and be firm on this, both are very good men and skilled ablationist and you will be safe with either. Both are very niby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Que, Like yourself I live in the bay area and was diagnosed with asymptomatic, paroxysmal af about 2.5 years ago during a physical exam. My CHA2DS2-VASc-score was 0 and I was prescribed diltiazem and aspirin. About 10 months after my diagnosis I saw Dr Natale who did a 7 day Holter and found that I had a 30% burden rate with the longest episode of 12 hours; based on these results he rby Allan - AFIBBERS FORUM
The procedure is nothing especially compared to dealing with the afib and all that is related. Dont sweat it! seriouslyby tsco - AFIBBERS FORUM
Keith - I don't have any experience wiht the Mayo clinic - I had mine with Dr. Natale. But I think you should know that almost everyone of us (if not all of us) who went through an ablation wonder why we didn't do it sooner. It really was not a big deal at all (in terms of recovery, etc. ) The operation room is a little intimidating, but you're knocked out before you have time tby tobherd - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't see the evidence that weight training (even "heavy" weight training, whatever exactly that is) has detrimental effects on individuals leading to or worsening of afib. The studies appear to involve endurance athletes. Perhaps there are some studies of competitive lifters who have stretched or enlarged some aspects of their heart anatomy with consequences for afib, but theseby safib - AFIBBERS FORUM