Starting Digoxin

My Afib started after a bout with pneumonia about 4 months ago along with severe dehydration, over worked, stressed, etc. Started me on meds (apixaban, perindopril, bisoprolol and statins). Terrible tiredness and dizziness. They did a cardioversion but it didn't take. Now they're talking about ablation then to try the cardioversion again. In the meantime, they've added Digoxin to the soup. Wow, text book side effects. Just wondering if others have had reactions to this med and their experience with the ablation treatments.

[jeanjeannie50]

I hated every minute of being on Digoxin. It made me feel vague and tearful, which is definitely not me. It didn't do much to prevent my AF either! I have a friend who takes it and she thinks it's wonderful.

Jean

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It's amazing to read how different meds affect people completely differently. I've only been on digoxin for 3 days and the only side effect so far is it's ripping my intestines up. A hell of a way to lose weight lol. I would be curious if others feel like crap then feel ok then feel like everything is fine even though nothing has changed. It's very frustrating!

[barbly1]

Like you, my afib started with double pneumonia. I had a drug cardioversion in the ER, but a month later it happened again, eventually going back into NSR on its own. I was prescribed different drugs: Flecainide and Metoprolol and Eliquis. My heart rate was not under control by the drugs, so I had an ablation after 4 months, and it seems to have fixed the afib, but I still have lots of skipped beats (coming from different chambers of the heart). These are now controlled by the Flecainide, so I am feeling good. There are so many different drugs, that if you are getting bad side effects from one, hopefully you can get a substitute that makes you feel well again. Good luck!