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Can these 2 things cause ectopics?

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So, I have had an awful nights sleep due to frequent ectopics as soon as I put my book down to go asleep.

I had an ablation last June, to great success and ectopics had been relatively infrequent since.

Prior to my ablation, any ectopics I had could be pinpointed to a definite trigger. i.e. caffeine, energy drink, dehydration or stress.

Since my ablation, I sometimes get runs of ectopics that I can't pin down to any particular cause which can be quite stressful.

I'm going through a rough time with a lot of new health issues at the moment, which almost certainly isn't helping but last night they came out of the blue as I was trying to sleep. As they did the night before.

So, 2 things I'm wondering: 1. I've been recently diagnosed with reflux, so I'm on PPIs (which I've read can be troublesome for AF) but I was still suffering some throat symptoms last 2 nights so had some baking soda in water before bed.

2. I bought a Bamboo memory foam, orthopaedic pillow last week and it's shaped to cradle your neck and head, but in doing so does put a little pressure on the back of my neck. I'm concerned this could be irritating the vagus nerve, somehow. I've had decreasing positional or vagus stimulated ectopics since my ablation but do occasionally still get these now and again.

So, do any of you that have suffered longer than me think either of these could be a cause of these ectopics I've had the last 2 nights?

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You may well be right about the neck position,have had an irritating cough and propped up to sleep.....off AF went!

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