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Of course, if a person is taking magnesium glycinate as many of us do, especially the ones who are not getting afib episodes any more, glycine is the glycinate part of that formulation. PeggyMby PeggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
You might also consider the amino acid Glycine. You can purchase it from Life Extension foundation. It is calming and a component of glutathionine and a couple of studies have found benefit to the heart due to it's antioxidant promotion.by Tish - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick, I find that Valerian is great for sleep. SAM- e has never caused any arrhythmia problems with me. Nor has 5 HTP. But, remember the saying found so often on this board: "We are all an experiment of one." Translated it means that we all different. Carolby Carol A. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - you and I mistakenly posted in BB session V. I had two windows open and working - sorry for the mistake, Here it is again. Re: Anxiety and afib Author: Jackie (---.neo.res.rr.com) Date: 07-17-07 16:10 Nick - I recommend L-Theanine from Jarrow (iherb) and have posted on it many times in the past BBs. I also posted in the 5th BB on Stress and Anxiety and replacement of neurotransmitteby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
You may already be taking Taurine, but if not I can say that for me an added benefit of taking it is that it has made me a lot calmer and gives me peaceful sleep at nights. I don't seem to get bothered or stressed by anything any more. I think a few other people on here have also said they get this benefit from it.by Sue Bowden - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick--I found that St John's Wart CAUSED my AF; a friend of mine also had to have a pacemaker implanted because it caused (or was associated in causing) a different kind of rhythm disturbance. I have a very stressful work life too and bad DNA for anxiety, which can be triggers. I have found exercise, animals and Qi Gong(a Chinese movement/meditation health maintainance practice) my greatby Louise - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks to this web site I have kept my a-fib mostly under control for over a year. I follow the Paleo Diet and take the recommended supplements. However, recently my job has changed and I have to travel a lot. I am very anxious and stressed and having a lot of Pvc's. My question is does anyone know if SAM-e, St. Jouh's wort, valerian or any amino acid that would help and not cause anby Nick in SC - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - I recommend L-Theanine from Jarrow (iherb) and have posted on it many times in the past BBs. I also posted in the 5th BB on Stress and Anxiety and replacement of neurotransmitters using the self-help book by Julia Ross "The Mood Cure" <; She doesn't mention the theanine, but the archived BB have several posts on the properties of theanine. I love it. You don't eby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Michelle, I used to be the same way, worry all the time about afib happening. I am a little over one year without afib. I finally decided that it was stealing my life by always thinking about it happening again. At one time I had decided I would never drive any distance from my home and I love to travel. Since I made up my mind that afib was not going to control me, I have been on at least 6 triby Sharon Glass - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've been dealing with my a-fib for years and with careful diet and supplements seem to have some control over it. The Paleo Diet has helped a lot, but I can never seem get completely away from it. My question is about anxiety. My job has changed and I now travel a lot more. I hate change and this is causing me a lot of anxiety. Does anyone know if SAM-e, St John's wort or any other hby Nick in SC - AFIBBERS FORUM
David, It has been documented that chronically fit people have an increased risk of afib. One study is here (free access, but you may have to answer a questionaire) . In this study the risk of exercisers over controls was 5.8:1, and both controls who got afib were also exercisers, so the risk is actually much higer for exercisers. PC (Pat Chambers, MD) who has posted frequently here has speculby GeorgeN v/52/na - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jay, if you get more anxious when you hear about non-drug, non-surgical measures that help other people get rid of afib, then let me suggest that you extinguish that anxiety reaction by flooding it with posts from people who have had success getting rid of all afib episodes by means other than heart drugs and surgical procedures. These posts can be found here on Hans' excellent site by useby PeggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have Dr Sarno's book and, as a Manipulative Therapist, I find its principles useful in encouraging a positive attitde. It has some serious limitations too but this is not the place for that discussion. I looked into and practiced deep breathing techniques at some length. It seemed logical that this might help Afib. However I came to realise that techniques like Dr Weil's 4-7-8 wereby Sam - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dennis, you are not alone in your thinking. Dr. John Sarno at NY University Medical School has written several books on oxygen deprivation being the cause of most cases of back, neck, and shoulder pain. He hypothesizes that it could also be the cause of many other ailments: "We can now proceed to an examination of the question of where TMS fits into the broader mind-body scheme. ...Iby Carol A. - AFIBBERS FORUM
My ablation in Victoria in Oct/05 had to be aborted half-way through because of a tamponade, and I would sometimes wonder how effective and long-lasting the afib-free ride would be. It's still a question, even though I had my first episode in 18 months the other night, getting up to pee at 4 am like usual, then noticing some quiet ectopics. Took some magnesium and nattokinase, then went fby Brian J. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Kagey, many thanks for the link - pertinent information for me! Like Denver, it was information on this BB that prompted me to seek advice about a follow-up ablation. One of the difficulties facing someone with permanent AF who contributes to this BB is to tread the fine line between warning a newbie about the dangers of atrial scarring and adding to their exisiting anxiety about AF. Iby Emmie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just an update, I love this Forum, and the feedback. I posted an incident that Happened in February after a drinking binge for three days in Vegas, I went into Afib at the airport upon leaving Vegas, and thus was stuck in the hospital for three days in Vegas to get my heart rate normal, and run tests(scared me to no end, as all I did was drink alcohol, and some red bulls during the weekend). Welby Rick - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Mellanie, Just in case it is any use..... Answers to : 1) General Practitioner: Lovely man but not trained in the filed so unwilling to comment on AFIB - referred me on to 3 cardiologists which led to a referral to and EP. Cardiologists: Nice guys but not very experienced. Didn't know the difference between vagal and andrenergic AF. All said AF would not kill me EP: Nice man but decby Emmie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Harriet - My afib journey was 8 years before I decided to have pulmonary vein isolation ablation (Dr. Natale). Many people have posted over the years who reported much longer journeys.... Erling had it for about 10 years and was able to resolve it himself as did Fran whose journey was about 20 as I recall. Hans was at least 12 or more before his first ablation. We all go through those times oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian: Sorry that you are having afib....the anxiety can be overwhelming, but it is good that you reached out to us....this may calm your heart, knowing that we feel your pain and wish you well. There is however another thing that you could check out and that is your fasting Ferritin and Transferrin Saturation Percentage levels. People who take vitamin C in pill form and have the Hemochroby Isabelle - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - with your diet, have you tried eating the Paleo style and giving up all grains? At the very least, you should consider giving up anything containing wheat - flour - and the other gluten-grains like rye, barley, spelt, tritical and oats. Even though oats do not grow containing gluten, they are most often contaminated during the harvesting, processing, packaging and contain high amountsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Over the years of afib i have several things that disturb me 1. fear that it could happen again ------an anxiety i guess which also leads to depressed feeling occasionally 2. uneasy feeling in the chest area under the sternum i guess. 3. i dont sleep as well as before 4. i dont eat certain things dont do caffeine, alcohol or decongestants 5. I obsess about my health because of afib becauseby steve Daley - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cheri, I participated in several workshops on EFT and had numerous sessions with a qualified teacher of EFT. It did nothing for my afib, but probably lowered my anxiety level somewhat. Hansby Hans Larsen - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dwayne, I can't speak to the physical injury/relationship to Afib, but i feel, in my case, that stress & anxiety over a long period of time contributed to my Afib. Over a 2 yr. period I had a series of very stressful life events, from death in the family to marital breakdown to brain tumor removal (benign) to awful car accident, and I carried a lot of sadness and anger and some feelinby Harriet - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Dwayne. My best guess is that the accident may have rearranged the shape of your chest in some way that put some pressure on your heart that didn't used to be just that way. There was a conference room session recently discussing the idea that some people may be predisposed to get afib because of the shape of their chests, you may want to read that. Find it like this: Scroll up tby PeggyM - AFIBBERS FORUM
In 1988 I had a severe crushing accident between 2 trucks. Technically I should not be here today. Since then I have had numerous fallouts from this accident. I used to have many panik attacks at night and a couple years ago they threw me into the PTSD pool. 3 years ago, I experienced my 1st a-fib. I may have experienced it before, but this time sent me to emerg. Since then, it's been on/offby Dwayne - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello James, I am 60 this year and have been in permanent cardiac arrhythmia since Sept 2004, having previously had 'palpitations' on and off for 10 years. Before it became permanent (ie. still 'LAF' with no underlying heart disease) it was usually very symptomatic, with me flat on my back during the worst episodes. After I was diagnosed with afib in 2001 (and was told thaby Emmie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello all, I am new to the board but have been reading for quite some time. A brief history about me. Had my first AFIB episode 7 months ago and had another a month ago. Both started about 3am and lasted for about 24 hours before converting back on my own (first time at the hospital and 2nd time at home). I am 29 years old. Do not smoke or drink, never have. I did consume a lot of cola andby Ben - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - try L-theanine. The one on Hans site is by Jarrow. It helps reduce stress and anxiety and people who have tried it tell me it helps convert from an event. (I have no personal experience with that as I used it after ablation). It will not make you sleepy, or impaired in any way. Exeption- Gordon tells us that it puts him to sleep; typically, though, it does not. Take one in the mornby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
My first Afib was 2 years ago and second one three days ago. I drank really cold milk and there it was. I go into anxiety attacks with these things, so take a tranquilizer, and extra beta-blocker, an aspirin. My blood pressure was 178/124 with a pulse of 173. How long can the system take this? In ER they tried to reduce the rate with 210 mg sotolal but intravenous channel blocker brought the rateby Stephanie - AFIBBERS FORUM