Excellent general article on Arrythmias - when, what & why.

[CDreamer]

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[jeanjeannie50]

Wow, that explains my last bout of AF. I'd been pulling up some brambles in my garden. Those brambles had driven me potty for years, I thought they were coming from my next door neighbours side, but new neighbours have stripped the garden and taken out every bush and hedge!!! (Who does that to a garden that's been established for almost 60 years)! I went around to their house and was horrified to see that the the brambles were on my side. Well they were their side of my leylandi hedge and what a job I had trying to reach and remove them!! Was very sorry for myself to have to be doing this! My heart did a few thumps that evening.

The following morning at 7.30am I took myself off swimming at our local indoor pool. Doing lengths I felt extremely breathless, but I refused to rest for long, feeling cross with myself at how out of condition I had become - after all years ago I'd trained here twice a week and never got tired! I could feel my heart bouncing around, but thought it was just the exertion.

Went home and my heart took off like crazy, I felt dizzy, hot and faint. However, I was determined that I wasn't going to hospital and sat still for ages and it calmed quite a bit.

The result of this is I've been in constant AF now since the 1st August.

I can easily believe it was all set off by my emotions, as described in your link CDreamer, my irritation at having to try to pull up huge brambles and annoyance that I'd become so unfit when swimming!! Grrrr!

Will my AF go away now?

Jean

[Hidden in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Hiya Jean,

This post of CD's is very interesting and I am gonna have to read and reread it.

Y'know - I was gonna make a contribution to your excellent post of AF and the 'What if's' that emerged. In the end I decided not to, why - because I figured the start of my AF journey was so weird, so unusual and so out of sync with every one else's experience that it wouldn't make sense.

John

[CDreamer in reply to Hidden]

I would be really interested to hear your experience.

[Hidden]

Hiya CD,

Very very interesting. I think I need to read this again, and possibly again.

My initial reaction is that there is a section on green leafy vegetables ........ well for us Warfarin (Coumadin) users, just about all those veggies are a no, no !

I need to think more about my AF journey too, like, err! just when did it start and why.

John

[irene75359]

Really interesting - thank you for the link.

[secondtry]

Thank you!

[Jalia]

Really interesting CD. Thank you. I'm waiting to see my EP but in the meantime have made my own diagnosis of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (!!) My fast heart rates come completely out of the blue and although outwardly calm suspect hidden emotions.

I was interested al so to see the reference to scar tissue from a heart attack....was wondering if the scar tissue from RF ablation can cause similar situation.

[Coco51]

Interesting! I do feel there is an emotional connection with my AF attacks, but not always a direct one...i.e. the stress can build up, and then the AF starts for no apparent reason, sometimes even when I relax. Certainly when my AF first became persistent, we had finally moved house after 28 years and very difficult time with purchasers dropping out etc. However the persistent AF started full time afterwards on holiday when I felt guests were not helping out enough but I didn't want to say it!

The need for good HRV - Heart Rate Variability - is an interesting concept. (I suspect mine is not readily variable, slow to increase with exercise and decrease after etc.) And so is the idea that increase in HR can "scramble" heart rhythms.

Thanks for posting.