Af ?

[Deb1838]

Hi all

Under a lot of stress at the moment, haven’t felt well the last 24 hours.

I just did my pulse and it was going between 60 and 150 this lasted for about a min done twice since and a steady 52.

Question was this af or could it be Svt. Not sure what the difference is but I have been diagnosed with both.

Feeling really scared now.

Thanks

Deb

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SVT will feel fast and regular , AF will feel fast and irregular

[Deb1838 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you mike for clarifying that. well then it was AF

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I hope you may be feeling better now than you did.

[Deb1838 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you Relim I feel better than I did but very anxious about going into a full blown afib episode

[Hidden in reply to Deb1838]

What has happened before when you have had AF?

[Deb1838 in reply to Hidden]

Only had one attack spent four days in hospital

[Hidden in reply to Deb1838]

That would be unwelcome. Some of us are very much affected by AF and others less so. There are those who are have AF - occasionally or all the time - and are unaware of it.

The thing is, when it knocks at the door it does wake us up and encourages us to toe the line, look at diet, sleep, stress and lifestyle and this is no bad thing.

[Deb1838 in reply to Hidden]

Relim I have given myself a talking to. My husband was about to lose his job and I allowed myself to get stupidly uptight. I already have to watch my diet lifestyle as I am diabetic. I just don’t seem to have the emotional stamina that I used to have. However I am also a lady of a certain age!

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Things that crop up and disrupt our lives are not always as bad as we may think they are at the time.

[mswillow]

Hi, hope rhis help I had svt and bacicaly the cleaver electrics make a short cut off circuit and create a small path and goes round instead of usual route pulse will be very fas t but regular. I was diagnosed also after ssablationvt ablation year after that treated Af it csn be fast, normal, lower heart rate but will be irregular and feel like heart flop flops or I say box of frogs going of different time s an csn feel it not regular ..

[Deb1838 in reply to mswillow]

Thank you willow I think this was an afib attempt I am used to the fast short runs but I felt terrible all day although pulse was only irregular for a short period of time

[mswillow in reply to Deb1838]

Yes you get to know difference I could tell just arm you self knowledge that I found my strenght help me understand an cope with unpredictably of the conditions, I was very tired with afib also, washed out, grey an fainty .. are you under care for this? It can be bit circle when anxiety there to, which is very normal as no normal when heart doing all that! ,have you practiced breath techniques? Mindfulness?

[Deb1838 in reply to mswillow]

I do meditation on a Thursday at work but I am not very good at it as I am naturally an anxious person and I struggle not to worry about everything.

[mswillow in reply to Deb1838]

I find hard to quite mind and thoughts with meditaction, I use the senses when anxious that takes mind off thinking like 5 things can hear, 5 touch, 5 smell, 5 can see and 5 taste.. then 4 ect.. its har d to think about anything ele w hen doing this and you can do it anywhere if 5 things t much start with 3? I guess it finding a couple things tgat wrk for you anxiety horrible on top of wgat your goi ng through.. wish you well

[Deb1838 in reply to mswillow]

Oh that’s a brilliant idea. Thank you for that. Will try that I think I can do that

[mswillow in reply to Deb1838]

Oh wow great! I t work for me better as it distract my mind rather focus. Realy hope it works for you 😊 good luck !!!

[Deb1838]

I was seeing a consultant but he has referred me back to gp. He took me of rivaroxiban as he said I had a 50/50 chance of it returning.

[secondtry]

Are you waking up in the morning refreshed? Sleep issues are I believe an important contributory factor to AF. I do 45 mins meditation, exercise & prayer before going to bed, as well as using a nasal strip as my upper airways are not very clear. I also got yesterday from the dentist a guard for my bottom front teeth as I tend to grind my teeth in my sleep - haven't tried it yet but hope it will help??

[Rubymurray25 in reply to secondtry]

Totally agree about sleep issues,and greatly underestimated, having just been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea ( after 7 years of struggling with AF ) after 5 weeks on my CPAP machine I have gone done from 68 episodes an hour to my best last night ( with a new chin strap and nose pillows ) of 2.5 an hour and feel really refreshed and positive ( at last) .

[Deb1838 in reply to Rubymurray25]

Yes I do struggle with sleep. I am also diabetic so it affects my blood sugars. I am going to put some relaxing music on and try and relax. I think I get into a cycle of anxiety. I have meditation today so see if I can get on top of it today rather than me feeling out of control

[secondtry in reply to Rubymurray25]

Brilliant!