Good morning all, does anyone think that having ectopics makes you tired. I am asking as some days I am really not myself even when I`m not in AF but I have noticed that on these days I am having a lot of ectopics, some every 4 or seconds then others every 15 and 30 seconds. Any thoughts please I am on hols in Spain at mo, had 12 hour AF last week which was banging away at first then settled not too fast. Stopped on its own, what a relief.
Pat
I have constant ectopics and have done for some years since my successful ablation. I gave up trying to work out if this is why I get tired or if it is just I am VERY unfit. Arthritis pain also make one tired so can never tell. If I am busy and in an exiting environment I don't notice but once I relax I am knackered.
I think they do, especially when I have bouts of them. Horrible things - sometimes I can stop them with mild exertion but sustained runs of them leave me tired and shaky.
Ectopics make me feel tired and shaky - I'm not sure if I just notice them much more since my AF diagnosis but they aren't pleasant. Do hope you stay well and enjoy the rest of your holiday.
I wonder whether exhaustion actually results in heart blips such as ectopics as opposed to it being the other way around.
I have HF and a very high incidence of ectopics. My EP said he is not sure which has caused which but, because of other health problems (mainly arthritis) I cannot lie in the position required for as long as needed for an ablation so I am stuck.
The EP said that when I felt "the bumps" and was feeling breathless and tired and shaky, it would be best to just take it easy until I felt better. He said that he could possibly perform an ablation under a general anaesthetic but, in his experience, he finds that the ectopics stop and there is nothing to ablate.
It makes planning ahead for things a bit difficult but if I'm feeling rough I try to sleep it off. It's weird, but I can get up at 8am and get on with things, then feel rough at 9am and go back to bed and sleep like a baby for a couple of hours.
If an ectopic beat is the ventricle contracting out of sequence, it makes sense a lot of them could make you tired. That's simply because the ventricle doesn't have a full supply of blood to pump, so during the time it's out of phase, your circulation is impaired. Tiredness and light-headedness seem to be logical outcomes.
76 years old with A F
apixaban and hematuria 
3% Afib burden and proposed medication
breathlessness 
Apixaban Eliquis 5 mg - bleeding
