What circumstances do others go into AF?
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Would like to ask what may seem like a daft question because I know we are all different however I just wondered - What symptons do others get when they go into AF? And are there times in tends to happen to you?
For me its a flutter almost like indigestion right in the middle of my chest. It typically can happen in the early hours 1.30 and 4.15 being favourite times often followed by going to toilet. Other times it seems to have happened after an eventful day or after a medical test and when I have gone to eat. Yet normally eating doesn't seem to flip it. I guess I am puzzled over the fact it's hard to tell if there is a digestive element so am just curious at what others experince. Just had a AF event this morning thankfully all settled by taking my morning dose early with a little bit extra and am seeing consultant this week anyway. Thanks
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reginald86759 kate07761
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kate07761 reginald86759
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madge07350 kate07761
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reginald86759 kate07761
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which medicines do you take? Do you think that perhaps the pills could be a contributory cause to the problem. It's something I'm trying to find out.
kate07761 reginald86759
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In the past had warfarin and amiodarone and propranol. I was glad to get off amiodarone!
Do I think its the pill? - well answer is kill and cure and chicken and egg. I'm in on a hamsters wheel. The symptoms I get when in AF are a magnified version of what I get and have had for years on and off - cold and shaky + flu like symptoms and pain around liver area.
No cause found so classed overall with ME. Then in 2011 flutter kicked in but it was after a very stressfull time away from home looking after relative. Had several flutter events and A&E visits then Ablation for flutter in 2013 from which time I have been a wreck - very weak - cannot walk down the road somedays etc etc. All random on and off every day. Had to give up driving! If I try and cut down on flecanide it flares up. I have a suspicion the bisopropol suit me less but again if I try and wean off I get rebound. As yet no gastro problem found I've had scans in past but nothing comes up in that or bloods. Having said that I do wonder if a endoscopy might show something and it might help if I was acutally examined by a consultant! My consultant has excepted that the symptoms might be secondary to taking tablets but says there is no safe alternative. At the same time I also know I had a version of the same before I even went on tablets and hence its so confusing and life inhibiting. Someone with x-ray eyes needed!
andrew22534 kate07761
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andrew22534 kate07761
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Back in 2011 I had a test for my pump and vessels and all was well then. My brother also has AF but he had to have stents and my Grandmother had Angina so perhaps some predisposition to get certain things. I hope you get the t-shirt and only hope that doesn't mean you will need to rely on benefits because that is an experience!
Soupmaker kate07761
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The first time it happened I was sat up in bed reading a book. I felt like my heart started to do the rumba. No discomfort or any other symptom. It lasted 90 minutes.
All subsequent episodes woke me up round about 4 am and were shorter.It was always the peculiar rumba rythym not the rate which felt odd to me, though medics always referred to it as palpitations. It always stopped spontaneously.
Since being on medication for 18 months I've had no episodes of PAF but have had Atrial Flutter lasting only about 10 minutes, which I'd never had before.
Recently I've sometimes felt a sensation in my chest, like a slight rumble, and thought I might be about to break into a PAF rumba or flutter, but each time it's subsided, usually when I fell asleep.
I don't drink alcohol, so that's not a trigger, but I'm sure stress and insufficient sleep are. Haven't noticed any dietary connection either. Hope you get more replies that help you.
kate07761 Soupmaker
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reginald86759 kate07761
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As I said mine usually just subsides after 6/8 hours. The only drug I take is amlopodine for hypertension. One of the main side effects is palpitations/arrhythmia as is the case with most other hypertension drugs. I had an ablation for atrial flutter last autumn but have had several attacks since so await my next meeting with the specialist.
simon56380 kate07761
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I had been in rhythm for 11 months, addressed my severe sleep apnea and made some fairly significant lifestyle changes.
My severely enlarged left ventricle (EF25%) has made a complete recovery(EF now 58%).
I had to cardioverted 5 weeks ago, and then again last Thursday!
Each time it happens, I am completely unaware of it. I only know because my blood pressure device has an Afib function that flashes when/if I'm in Afib.
Im completely asymptomatic.
I'm on Sotolol, carvedilol and apixaban, and once again don't get any noticeable side effects from these meds.
I've had a number of theories as to why I go out of rhythm, but latest theory is dehydration ( I live in Adelaide, South Australia-a hot, dry temperate climate).
I've been reading a how dehydration can effect your electrolyte levels(like potassium & magnesium).
I record my blood pressure, heart rate and weight every morning, and noticed last Thursday (when I was in Afib) that I was 1.5 kg lighter than the day before and couldn't really pin it on anything except dehydration?.
I guess anything that changes your physiology could be a trigger??
It'll be interesting to see how the next 4 or 5 weeks go for me.
My cardiologist wants to refer me to an electro physiologist talk start discussing the possibility of an ablation.
Am probably clutching at straws a it with my dehydration theory, but am really hoping I'm right. I could live with being cardioverted very 6-12months, but every 4 weeks or so is way too often for that sort of thing.
kate07761 simon56380
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frank61666 kate07761
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I have gotten rid of my PAF completely (I think) by taking probiotics containing bacteria that are known to digest histamine.
In hindsight, I think my PAF's started a month or 2 after I was on a tough antibiotic regimine (doxycyclin for 90 days) for some skin infection. I am sure antibiotics can lead to afib if the cards are aligned correctly.
Can anyone here relate the AFIB beginnings with recent (1-2-months) antibiotic use?
Frank
kate07761 frank61666
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Strangely I had a long term treatment of doxcyclin some months prior to my first AF event! That treatment was to try and help my ME! So that is another interesting comment - thanks.
I've also been treated on and off with thyroid which probably has confused my body but that is a long and confusing story so won't go there.
jay7196 frank61666
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madge07350 frank61666
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