Dear all
greetings lovely people. I am wondering if anyone, like me, gets their Afib every day and at the same time? I am finding come 5.45 pm there it appears like an unwelcome houseguest to spoil my night. I cant work out any triggers as I dont drink smoke, smoke, take coffee or take soft drinks.
Maybe that is just after you stop work? Adrenaline rebound is often a trigger. When I was running a race team I was always ill at the end of every season as the stress stopped. .
Eating a big meal will increase your heart rate - it`s not by any chance just after your evening meal is it ?
For it to happen at the same time everyday there must be a trigger - working out what it is the hard part though.
Another suggestion - is it the med`s or rather the time you take them ? For example if you take them early in the morning maybe the effects could be wearing off ?
Dehydration could be another cause - maybe you drink water in the morning but not later in the day.
You must have a trigger for sure - could you fully change your routine, times you take med`s (check with your doc first), the time you eat etc and see if it changes anything ?
Best,
Paul
I'd like to say over the past 5 years it's been as regular as a specific time but sadly not.
The only pattern I can perhaps state is nights are worse than days, and I don't usually get the AF attack during exertion it comes in the hours/day after.
From memory the first attacks were when resting/waking up for a week of holiday from work but the preceeding days being quite manic.
I think it would be helpful for you to write down your eating habits for a week or more. You should stop ingesting any drinks with caffeine and corn syrup/high fructose corn syrup. If it happens the same time every day, it is probably linked to eating five or so hours prior to the event
My experience could suggest it is something to do with your posture at that time. If you do the same thing every day at this time, this could be the cause. Mine often starts within a few minutes of sitting down to read the tablet or use the computer. Since this is not a time thing, I know it is the activity itself and has nothing to do with what could have affected my heart.
A number of lifestyle actions may help to lessen or prevent this but the main issue I would say is your sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous system connected with the Vagus Nerve, which is not properly balanced through over work, over stress or over exercise.
I had a similar situation and what I did was first seek urgent medical advice to stop the AF dead with a Flecainide scrip (as any episode makes a second more likely) whilst I worked on eliminating the above mentioned causes from my life which took me several years to do (as all the AF tests added to the already present stress) and to let the system re-balance naturally. For me, everyone is different, that has taken 5 years with QOL increasing all the time. Hope something there helps.
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