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Hi Ingrid! I'm another newbie here and can't really answer any of your questions but just wanted you to know you're not alone. I'm a 33yr old (with a wife and 4 kids under 5) otherwise healthy male who has played soccer all his life and I am probably the healthiest I've ever been as far as weight and cholesterol. I still ended up with afib too. I haven't starteby pgrove1 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Unfortunately, I have had to join this forum as I have recently been diagnosed with Afib, but I am very grateful for it as I see I am not alone. A little background on me…I am 55 yr old healthy female with paroxysmal Afib (vagal) and a low resting HR. I am a runner (have run over 25 half marathons/marathons in the last 15 years); do yoga; meditate, spin class and weights. I am not overweight aby Ingrid - AFIBBERS FORUM
This doesn't have anything to do with big pharma. This is the basics of aspirin and afib. Pointing you to specific sources of knowledge would be a huge task involving you spending a lot of time reading about the mechanism of action of aspirin, its known effects, and the history of afib. Keep in mind that afib and aspirin have both been with us for a very long time (afib since the ancientby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kate, Did you ever get through the "doom"? Did it ease over time? Did you have some tools (distractions/techniques) to help you through it? I'm significantly better now than I was 3-4 weeks ago but I still feel it. Pompon, Sorry to hear you haven't found your afib "cure" despite your ablations. It sounds like your episodes are shorter and maybe less frequby pgrove1 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome Patrick - The info you'll find here is fantastic. Sometimes it helps just sharing your experiences in this community. There's lots of well-informed people here, and they're not always in agreement on things like treatment or medications, but you can become knowledgeable and make smart decisions from info here and your own personal health care team. I can say if wasn'tby AB Page - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Patrick, I was first diagnosed at 40 and was in great physical condition. A friend of mine who was about the same age as you and also in great shape appeared so young and healthy that when he was at his EP's office the nurse walked into the room and said sorry and turned around and left because she thought she had the wrong room. I second Ken's advice to relax and would also encoby Leo J - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi everyone, New to the forum and new to afib. I’m a 33 yo otherwise healthy male. Back in June I had my first episode of a fib. I was standing in my kitchen cooking bbq sauce for some ribs I was making and out of nowhere I had palpitations that felt to me like a run of SVT. I’m a pharmacist that works in the ER and my wife is an ER nurse so I laid down and tried to vagal out of it with no luby pgrove1 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello everyone I had my 2nd successful ablation in September with Dr. DiBiase who is amazing and connected to Dr. Natale. I’ve been doing great and am considering coming off the blood thinner. Met with doc yesterday and February zio showed no afib, but showed small run of SVT and another small run of VT- neither of which I even pressed the button for. I was surprised to hear this and very upset.by Dinodog - AFIBBERS FORUM
Greetings all: I had an ablation with David Callans at Penn almost 10 years ago, with no afib since, until four months ago. I had been having high-stress related BP and other anxiety issues related to changing jobs and ultimately retiring, and had one episode that was ended with Corvert. Have been in contact with Vivek Reddy in NYC, and he is willing to perform an additional ablation when I am rby Callydex - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dean, thanks for your post. Well that ensures I wasn't dreaming up the wandering stomach story though I must have read your post a few years after your original message as I only found out about the AF in 2006. With regards to ……."I think the Doc said that 3 or 5% of the population have valvulus of the stomach" coincidentally ties in with Carey's recent post where heby Barry G. - AFIBBERS FORUM
Before having HR problems, or other cardiac issues, it's usual not mining about heart beats. Once we've had to deal with afib, ectopics, tachycardia and the likes, we're tuned to our heart, we often listen or check our rhythm, and it's really bad. It increases our anxiety. Stress is very bad because it usually increases our number of ectopics, which in turn increases our streby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Had my first cardioversion done last September, since then I've been out of afib, but I now will experience random skipped beats, doesn't happen every day, just really out of the blue. Feels like eternity when I feel it which makes my anxiety go up like mad. Currently on diltiazam 30mg and still fairly young at 30. Anyone have this happen after a cardioversionby tango232 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Stress creates an adrenal response. First, and early in life, the adrenal glands produce cortisol. Cortisol is inflammatory and, if stress is chronic, can produce systemic inflammation in the body. Over many years we can experience adrenal fatigue, meaning our glands have lost their ability to produce cortisol and instead produce adrenaline in response to stress. Adrenaline shortensby DucatiRider - AFIBBERS FORUM
You had a successful Ablation in summer 2016 right? Why would you worry about pacs etc.? Anyway I took prednisone before my second Ablation with no issue. I know there is no guarantee of AFIB not returning but for now I have moved on with Life and stopped dwelling on AFIB negative thoughts. It’s not worth the Anxiety/Stress. Life is good and good luck with your Poison ivy. I have had it and sterby smackman - AFIBBERS FORUM
So, if you were to compare the heart of someone who lived with permanent Afib for 20 years, with rate control and anticoagulants, with a person with a "normal" heart, what would be the difference? Is it mainly a quality of life issue.....how it makes you feel? I know my friends husband said his first episodes were uncomfortable and scary. Now he's in permanent Afib and sayinby katesshadow - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've found this 20 minute mp3 is a good exercise, both for breathing and as a meditation tool < It is from breathing instructor, Patrick McKeown. Anxiety Free is one of his programs. The idea is the slower and lower volume breathing will decrease sympathetic dominance (as a vagal afibber, I've never had this or any other meditation technique trigger a vagal afib episode).by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
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QuoteMuntz GOD BLESS YOU ALL! I can't begin to describe the comfort and ease of my anxiety by reading your posts. I'm 66yo and deal with every moment worry just thinking when is my next AF episode! Had my first in 2005 lasted 10hr & prescribed aspirin; second AF in 2018 lasted about 12hr. and prescribed eliquis, flecainide and Diltiazem. If I'm playing with grandkids or my pby katesshadow - AFIBBERS FORUM
GOD BLESS YOU ALL! I can't begin to describe the comfort and ease of my anxiety by reading your posts. I'm 66yo and deal with every moment worry just thinking when is my next AF episode! Had my first in 2005 lasted 10hr & prescribed aspirin; second AF in 2018 lasted about 12hr. and prescribed eliquis, flecainide and Diltiazem. If I'm playing with grandkids or my pups and myby Muntz - AFIBBERS FORUM
lds - I echo all the great advice you have been given. I, too, traveled and many times by air and with afib and sometimes, a-flutter. I always had close at hand, all of my meds along with those that helped keep me calm and I also made sure I was well-hydrated during and after the flight. My events were often as long as 20 hours and sometimes, 24 - 28 hours. I was using nattokinaseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelds001 So, my doc has always said if it lasts more than eight hours I need to go to the hospital, but that is because of blood clot potential. I have Eilquis at home...that i have not used....take that with. So if I’m on my trip and my AFIB starts up .....do what I normally do, and live my life....... if the symptoms aren’t too bad. And if it lasts more than seven hours or so start takiby katesshadow - AFIBBERS FORUM
So, my doc has always said if it lasts more than eight hours I need to go to the hospital, but that is because of blood clot potential. I have Eilquis at home...that i have not used....take that with. So if I’m on my trip and my AFIB starts up .....do what I normally do, and live my life....... if the symptoms aren’t too bad. And if it lasts more than seven hours or so start taking Eliquisby lds001 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Wolfpack, for those explanations.by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Ghost said: The EKG beat is very pronounced - always has been. When googling "strong heart beat" or "can feel my heart beat" it always brings up palpitations and the sort, no one is out there saying that it is normal. My cardiologist had no problem with it. Another thing that could cause it is if your blood sugar is low. I always have a protein snacby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon Well, maybe. But what's the reason for this happening only during a couple of minutes from time to time ? Isn't it more likely induced by stress ? My guess is you're going to "feel" the ventricular systole. You probably can't sense atrial contractions because they are so much smaller. The ventricles are innervated really only by the sympathetic nervousby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon What you are discussing is inotropy (Force of muscular contractions) and the number one factor in all of that is calcium. More calcium = more force. Well, maybe. But what's the reason for this happening only during a couple of minutes from time to time ? Isn't it more likely induced by stress ? There must be several reasons for the "whoosh" sound in ears.by katesshadow - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack What you are discussing is inotropy (Force of muscular contractions) and the number one factor in all of that is calcium. More calcium = more force. Well, maybe. But what's the reason for this happening only during a couple of minutes from time to time ? Isn't it more likely induced by stress ?by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
What you are discussing is inotropy (Force of muscular contractions) and the number one factor in all of that is calcium. More calcium = more force.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ghost, I've sometimes strong heart beats too, but my cardiologist didn't bother with that. If it's regular rhythm and the heart is normal, it seems there's nothing wrong with it. I feel stronger heart beats when I'm laying down, especially on my back or on my left side. I'm skinny ( BMI 20), which may explain this. There are moments I hear it in my right ear, but nby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Relatively Asymptomatic AFIB patients often don't feel a sense of urgency to Ablate, especially is they self-convert back to NSR within several days. What is "relatively asymtomatic"? When I had my episode, I knew the second it started and it caused great anxiety. It went on for several hours and, I don't know whether it was the Afib or my anxiety, Iby katesshadow - AFIBBERS FORUM