admitted to hospital again over weekend, af and chest pain. when checked in hospital blood pressure had crashed.

[Johnw]

admitted to hospital again over weekend, af and chest pain. when checked in hospital blood pressure had crashed. just stabilised my blood pressure and checked for chest pain. did not confirm af sent home after 24 hrs and asked to check with GP on blood pressure and renal function?????

[Beancounter Volunteer]

Hi John

Sorry to hear you had such a bad episode over the weekend, sounds very unpleasant, I remember you are fairly new to being diagnosed, when are you seeing your EP or cardiologist?.

Obviously go and see your GP asap, and then get to the cardio for a treatment plan,

I wish you the best

Ian

[TheStand]

John,

Sounds like a nightmare. I've had that one many times. I think I could have lived with the fast irregular heartbeat but the crashing blood pressure is what got me every time. I always felt so tired and bad afterwards and it was always a few days before I was back up and running.

I remember you stating earlier that you were taking beta blockers. I would really want to speak to my Dr about a different type of med. The beta blockers do slow down your heart but they do nothing for stopping the AF so you will still have the attacks. I took them for over 9 years. Once I switched Drs and was put on rhythm control meds my life changed. I went from having 1 or 2 attacks a week back to having 1 or 2 a year or less. Rhythm control meds attempt to hold the heart in rhythm which effectively stops the AF from happening. It's not 100% but it sure slowed them down for me and I didn't have the tired feeling all of the time with them.

Hope you get something worked out soon and don't have to go through this again.

Tim