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Jude, LAF is very complex, at least as far as the input to arrive at the electrolyte and autonomic problems triggering episodes. I think that LAF and pathologic AF share the same triggering substrate, i.e., sinus node like tissue present around the PVs. That's why PVI is effective for both. These cells appear to be present in about 10% of the population. Your can either get LAF earlieby PC - AFIBBERS FORUM
i have been getting visual disturbances recently. I am on 120 mg of sotolol in morning and evening. Has anyone else experienced this. Jackie sent me a list of side effects and it does list eye problems. Just wondering if anyone had them. I went to cardiologist today and everything ok except for a few irritating anxiety type side effects. I have been 9 months free of afib(knock on Wood) Notby steve Daley - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello all. I guess I'm here to dump and ask for advice. I'm 35 and for 2 months I hardly had any ectopic activity. Just a quick flutter or two in a day for a long time. Now, I have them several to many times a day, and they are the hard thump ones. Needless to say, it caused a few anxiety attacks cuz I was so worried about going into afib. I was in afib only once in my life and itby Arnold - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi there: In April 2005 I experienced an episonde of afib. I'm 36, healthy, workout regularly. I laid down to go to bed and remember feeling really tired and relaxed - funny huh. Then boom! Of course I thought I was dying - not a good feeling. Went to the ER and was given cardizem. The next day I saw a cardiologist and my heart had gone back to sinus rhythm. Subsequent tests (blood worby Harry - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana, on another post, that may be a little lost now, you asked, " How do they determine if you have SSS? One cardiologist was positive I had it. But the EP seemed surprised by then, and dismissed it." I noticed that no one had answered your question (probably because it is too far back on the board), I do not know the answer regarding how they know you have SSS, but if I were you Iby Sharon Glass - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Steve: I have taken sotalol for the last 3 1/2 years in doses from 40 mg/day to 480 mg/day until I quit just recently. The side effects that I experienced were fatigue, lowered blood pressure, lowered pulse, cold extremities (hands and feet) in winter and diminished sex drive. I did not experience any anxiety that I could attribute to sotalol and I haven't seen anxiety listed as a sideby Doug Symonds - AFIBBERS FORUM
Libby - about three years ago, I corresponded with a man who came to Cleveland for ablation after he had a pacemaker placed. He knew the pacemaker most likely would not have any affect on the afib and it didn't; thus he needed the ablation. If you truly don't need the pacemaker, you should consider ablation with one of the top EPs. Perhaps you need to get a second or third opinionby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana, you have no need to apologize. I imagine a large portion of the people on this board have been to "Anxiety Land" and remember it very well. The thing about going there is each time we arrrive better equipped and eventually we don't even have to go there at all. My last episode started with anxiety and I immediately put into action all I had learned and it worked, nice relaxby Sharon Glass - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I work out, my pulse is never higher than 100 (which is double my normal pulse). This was definately, if not afib, something. (It went up to more like 150). On the bright side, because of this board, I was able to compose myself. I did not panic, I did some breathing exercises, and I'm convinced that's what brought the pulse back to quasi-normal. I apologise for my endless anxiety,by Diana - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rob - thanks for your response and I'm going to answer quickly as I am short on time this morning. It amuses me a bit that your doctor looks to the RDA and wants to bring you up in calcium; yet has so little knowledge about the benefits of magnesium and not just for afib. I don't think he has a true understanding of exactly how calcium and magnesium function intracellular especially in the instby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another fact than could be discussed here. In each Beta-blockers (Toprol , Metoprolol, etc.) side effects appear: Other less serious side effects are more likely to occur, such as: · sleep problems (insomnia); · tired feeling; or · anxiety, nervousness. They call those side effect less serious. I've also have anxiety problem in past but I can't relate that with beta-blockby Catalin - Romania - AFIBBERS FORUM
Claire, I forgot where you said you live and what kind of insurance you have? Do you have any Ativan, or Xanax? That helps in a number of ways W/R anxiety and will calm afib and sometimes helps me to convert sooner. There are people on this forum who have contemplated ablation for years, may finally go for it (in just the right hands) or not and opt for trying improvements through diet and liby Pam - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana; As Bob says SVEs is just another name for PACs. When I have them bad, they can occur at up to 10 or 12 per minute. I have had atrial begeminy, which is every other beat being a PAC (or SVE). I have also had them in runs, which would then be called a run of SVT. Two in a row is a couplet, three in a row is a triplet and further would just be called runs of SVT. They are more annoyingby Pam - AFIBBERS FORUM
naturally a very anxious person...................afib just adds to itby randy - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have used ativan and then valium for three years now. they are effective for me in eliminating PAC's which usually lead to afib. However, I can get episodes without PAC's so I can't use the drug to totally prevent episodes. I have found sometimes that after vigorous exercise I seem pretty susceptible to afib, especially if I have a wine with dinner. Sometimes I take a little vby Jon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Randy, Ativan is used to treat anxiety and Effexor is for depression. Is your anxiety caused by afib or do you think that you tend to be an anxious person? I ask this because I have often wondered about how anxiety, depression and afib are interconnected. I think that afibbers tend to be hyper- sensitive, easily stressed out and obsessive. For instance, I know that I am not by nature a casby Carol A. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Randy, I don't know about the Effexor, but the Ativan dose you are taking is the smallest prescribed adult dose, and given your size, I can see why it's not being very effective. I would think you would need at least double that. I'm sure that since it is a benzodiazapine, the doctors would start with the smallest dose. I have never taken it to prevent anxiety, as I'm notby Pam - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Randy, Any member of the Benzodiazapine family (Valium, Ativan, Xanax & co) acts on depressing the central nervous system. I have found that small doses of Xanax helped w/calming the wild palpations I would get, and I spent 7 yrs in chronic afib. Also realize that any benzodiazipine is highly addictive as wel develop a tolerance over long periods of time. I recommend taking PRN as oby SAm D - AFIBBERS FORUM
No Gordon I am not 6'8 and yes I know I am too heavy. I have been my whole life but really got out of shape after afib hit me 5 yrs ago at age 35 between the depression and fear of exciting my heart through excersise I do very little any more. I was a dedicated Martial Artist and reached 3rd degree Black Belt and was about to test for 4th when the afib started to be a frequent visitor. Thby randy - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam, I looked at your previous messages about The Sedona Method and I didn't see any substance. Your messages seemed vague about what it was and didn't say if it has ever helped anyone with afib and didn't claim that it was a cure. "Finally a few months ago I found out about the Sedona Method. Available for over thirty years through seminars & tapes it has just recentlyby Bob K. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Anxiety seems to cause my afib often. My doc is trying ativan for situational anxiety and effexor for a daily med. I see no difference since taking these. I am thinking of asking for higher dose. He has me take .5 of the ativan and daily 75mg of the Effexor. I am a large person and typically have to take big doses of medicine for example I am doing 850mg of Rythmol SR per day and wasby randy - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark, Afib sucks, but it is rarely fatal. sometimes I almost wish it would kill me. Sometimes I feel very, very sorry for myself for having it. I have to remind myself: what is it that I can learn from this? Sometimes I'm not sure. I hope that one day I won't have to deal with it anymore, but what will I have to deal with then? It will be something else. And I probably won't bby Thomas - AFIBBERS FORUM
The fear of Afib is all too familiar to me and, I suspect, to many who use these pages. It's one of the reasons I have spent countless hours over the last two years researching possible cures. I'm a Health Professional myself with a forty year interest & involvement in Complementary Medicine & I've found there is always something new to try. Good diet, the proper supplemenby Sam - AFIBBERS FORUM
Scott - Welcome - I certainly agree and repeat again, remember, afib isn't fatal. It just feels as if it 'could' be at any moment. The initial anxiety we feel isn't imagined. My thought has always been that if the doctors we see could experience a few days or a week of afib, they would view us in an entirely different light because the sensations are certainly unlike anythinby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gerard, Regarding your comment, "Incidentally, I would note that the attendant psychological effects of paroxysmal a-fib can be severe. It's always in the background, like having a stranger lurking in the basement. I've been sucker-punched with a-fib enough times to know that it is something that you have to take seriously." This reminds me of a situation I had when I was iby Bob K. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isn't it possible that Afibbers tend to be by nature anxious people? I know that I have always tended to be an anxious person - worrier, (worse case scenario thinker) stickler for details, somewhat obsessive, etc. Perhaps anxiety is something that needs to be treated to relieve afib. The two syndromes - anxiety and afib - may be feeding off one another. Carolby Carol A. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Probably the most important thing to remember is that afib isn't fatal. It's really uncomfortable, annoying, inconvenient, and often downright terrifying but we don't die from it. Once you come to grips with that and learn to recognize the pattern you'll have to endure, it can get easier. Not everyone is able to relax, but if you can focus on a breathing exercise, do someby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan, I think your anxiety may be doing as much as anything to cause the dizziness... Have you read Bill's input above? Have you been diagnosed with anemia and what about your CBC, etc... You have stated that your iron was fine before AFIB. I would hazard a guess that they AFIB is not the problem with your iron absorption but rather a symptom of another metabolic problem/chemical/digesby J. Pisano - AFIBBERS FORUM
Oh I need so much advice. I posted below on my trauma at MGH's EP Floor. It's a creepy place I honestly believe is haunted. It's impossible to list all the bizarre things that happened but I'll try to put it in context. I've had 5 afib attacks (2 last week) under MGH's "care." I came back here a year ago from LA where I got great care and was afib free forby Anon (because...) - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian - I'm not a doctor nor am I a pharmacist, but what I know about Flecanide is that 300 mg. is a large dose to take at one time. Additionally, when I was first put on Flecanide at the Cleveland Clinic - the only way they would do this is to hospitalize me for several days to make sure I was compatible with the drug as it can have fatal side effects. I also know that they were reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM