Well done you! I agree with everything you have said & so wish I had someone to counsel me & explain all of that to me about 10 years before I had figured that out too!
Unfortunately for me the damage was already done so although I am now managing my conditions so much better, I have had to accept that I will never be totally well again.
Best wishes CD
No problems with any of that. Click on my username and scroll through some of my posts.
I don’t know if you read it but I posted this article by a US Intagrative Nutritionist Cardiologist that I follow a few days ago - it’s about how women’s hearts & dysfunctions are SO different.
Totally agree which is why we push life style changes . It may not remove the underlying pre-disposition to AF but in most cases it does drastically reduce the AF burden and for some like you improve QOL completely.
Agree completely Jamila - healthy living has never once been mentioned to me in over six years of medical treatment. I learned it from this forum and by reading the AFA website.
The best news I had from the medics, like you when originally diagnosed, was that I had Lone PAF; that said to me this is not an emergency where you have to hand over to the medics & pills there is a lot you can do yourself. Like you I did a lot but probably not enough and have had 6 years of increasingly good quality of life. However, with this 'beast' there are few grounds of complacency and I continue to search for more clues to fix it without it dominating my life.
Thats great! I suffer from PAF and dont know when I actually go into AF. I asked the EP whether it would be worth starting Magnesium supplements and he said there is nothing to prove that it can work. Who should i speak to and is there a standard magnesium I could take as well as Co q 10?
I recently purchased an apple watch and don't want to get into the habbit of checking this but can see from my pulse that I have recently been in AF for c. two days. and yet still have no idea. I have a well balanced diet and have been a vegetarian my whole life. I am 71 years old and would like to prevent this from prgressing quickly.
You can see a Nutitionist or Lifestyle Medince Doctor but after tests etc expect to pay £ 1000-1500 but I haven’t found on in the UK who specialises in cardiology like Dr Sinatra.
So have I - for 40 years & I wok with 2 Lifestyle Doctors who are have dual trainings. This Dr who is both cardiologist + naturopath offers The best advice I’ve come across for general, specialised heart health.
Brilliant post Jamila123, gives hope to people who have recently been diagnosed with Afib. I have been on beta blockers for 18mth and now I have decided to try the same as you have done. I wonder if it would be possible if you could tell me where I can find some of the research you have done and all of the vitamins you replenished your body with ( I know you mentioned 3 were there anything else you took?) My social life involved alcohol and I know I will have to give up that part of my life, how did you cope with that part of your life did you have to sacrifice certain friends and activities to get yourself well? I worry about the psychological side of it and depression setting it, do you have any tips regarding that? Sorry for asking all these questions but I am fascinated by your resilience and strength. You have given me hope and hope is all I have left. Hope you can help, massive regards 👍
Jamila - please delete your last post with email. Not a good idea on open forum for your own safety. Use the. HU PM service to contact individuals. It works well.
When diagnosed with P-AF 3 years ago I instantly followed the recommendations, lost 1.5 stone/increased exercise and sleep/ no alcohol /avoid stress / eat a mediterranean diet /take appropriate supplements of magnesium taurate and Q10 .
My episodes of P-AF reduced from every couple of weeks to every few months until last December when they have increased again .
I like to think my lifestyle changes have bought me a couple of extra years with minimal P-AF .
I am also fitter than I have been for years and have just increased my exercise levels, I don't get as much in the winter when there isn't any gardening and wonder if that is contributing to more episodes. I am not stressing about it I can live with my P-AF, people live with much worse health conditions.
For exercise winter or summer rain or shine, I walk briskly twice a day for 1.5 miles. Sounds too simple and low tech but I think it is one key to keeping AF at bay.
...so do I ST but you can't walk at speed through thick mud which I have had surround me in the fields since November and a brisk speed is required to raise the heart rate.
I usually walk 4 miles a day in the summer. I have now increased my daily exercises at home to compensate .
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