When I was first diagnosed with AF I found sleeping a problem because Af often started in the night and I had what I now know to be pulsetile tinnitus - I could hear my heartbeat - and it was LOUD! The less I slept the more anxious I became as the thoughts raced around, then I just got impatient, frustrated and downright angry that this bloody condition affected every single part of my life.
My sleep solution was to get into audio books. I discovered that years ago there were some voices that just lulled me to sleep - Letter from America (if anyone remembers?) was one of my favourite programmes but despite my best efforts I could never stay awake long enough to hear the whole programme.
Anyways, to sleep I needed distraction by soporific voice so I became an audio book addict and still am.
I post because I stumbled across this little mini-series recently on Audible - it’s a conversation between 2 researchers on the science behind meditation. It you have ever been sceptical about the benefits and thought it all a bit of hippy, dippy nonesense - listen and think again!
I am not promoting Audibleb by the way, just that I have been a member for years and this came up as a freebie, obviously a promotion but I just thought it may appeal to some.
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I’ve noticed since my cardioversion in September that I can hear a soft swish swoosh heartbeat sound, I’ve just checked and it’s definitely in time with my pulse. It’s a little like a softer version of the sound when you put your ear to a battery clock to check if it’s working.
I hear it when everything is quiet, settling down to sleep or reading in bed mostly but if I concentrate and it’s quiet then sometimes at other times too.
I don’t find that it bothers me at all, I tend to think “ahh, lovely normal rhythm : )” but it is very quiet.
If I go back to dreaded afib again I’ll take notice wether the sound changes, I can remember an awful pounding when trying to sleep but don’t know if the feeling was in my chest or head if that doesn’t sound too nonsensical..
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