AF

[Gillybean123]

Good Morning Everyone. Just wondered. I had a bout of AF 10 days ago. It wasn't a bad bout but it still made me feel unwell. Today I feel well. Through the time after a bout I always feel apprehensive that I will go back into AF. Was wondering how long it takes any of you to get over a bout. I do feel much better today. Love to you all. Xx

[CDreamer]

I think it’s really variable depending upon how long the episode was, other health conditions status, how symptomatic etc. For me it was from a few hours to 2 weeks.

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to CDreamer]

The same with me.

[Gowers]

I certainly feel washed out the next day however long af lasted

[Roto]

I'd feel wrecked for another 24 hours...

[Rubymurray25]

For me I think the apprehension of the AF returning and having to go to A&E for treatment is almost worse than the actual event and the recovery period. I have probably had 20 episodes of PAF in 5 years , in the earlier days a few would have cleared themselves without any real stress after maybe 3/5 hours, then the ones which cleared with a PIP and the remaining 4 by a cardioversion. I guess I have been lucky as I never really feel worn out but as Cdreamer states it depends on many other individual issues. I have recently had my first ablation and am really hoping it can calm everything down.

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I have found that the more sugar or the worse I am dehydrated the longer the episodes. Also, if I continue to eat sugar after it starts, it just keeps going for days, until I cut back on sugar. Here is the info on sugar:

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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer. If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt??

Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer