In AF now

[SpritzerAce]

Hi. Hope all of you here in the forum is keeping well. Just want to rant .. in AF now since 12 hours ago. Wondering when it is going to go back to NSR. 😀 at the moment feeling quite shitty and there are tonnes of work to be done. Took one and a half Sotalol last night but yeah .. so far things are the same. Hoping it will convert soon to sinus rhythm. Have a good weekend everyone.

[Hidden]

So sorry to hear the ugly monster is at your place, you should not have answered the door! Hope it converts soon for you and stays gone. Rest and be safe💜

[SpritzerAce in reply to Hidden]

Ha ha ha. Thanks Hoski. I converted finally. And straight off to work 🤪

[Hidden in reply to SpritzerAce]

So glad to hear that!

[rosyG]

How you are back in nsr now. Relax as much as possible and deep breathing

[SpritzerAce in reply to rosyG]

Thank you. Yes back in NSR. Thank God! Happy weekend to you.

[Padayn01]

Please let us know when you are back in NSR

[SpritzerAce in reply to Padayn01]

Hi! Yes am back in NSR now. You know how good it feels like when your Kardia reads NORMAL 😀 I just love all the support that I am getting in this forum. You guys are wonderful.

[jeanjeannie50]

Sorry to hear this, how are you now?

[SpritzerAce in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Hi Jean. I converted back to NSR. Thank you. Like I mention before thanks for all the support. This is really my go to forum. 🙏🏽

[doodle68]

Hi SA good to hear you are back to normal. You are not alone I joined you yesterday going into P-AF at 3:35pm and going to bed still in P-AF at 10:30 pm. I got up in the night to spend a penny a couple of times and it was still going strong but gone by 6am. The worst part is I only had P-AF 10 days ago .

The episodes make you really appreciate being 'normal '.

[SpritzerAce in reply to doodle68]

Hi! Thanks. Yes .. I went through the exact same thing as you did last night too but only converted at noon. Sometimes it makes me wonder ‘what could be it?” and “ when is it going to convert?” and “what else can I do to make it go away?” .. ha ha. Knowing too well that we don’t have an answer to that. 😄 so glad to hear that you converted to NSR too. Here’s to many many many more wonderful days, months, years ... of being AF-free! Take care.

[doodle68 in reply to SpritzerAce]

Hi SA as I was venturing into the shower anyway I thought I would try the shock of a cold one to start. The shock nearly killed me but not my P-AF .

The previous night I got little sleep due to tiles sliding off my roof after the ridge tile came off on Sunday in the storm. It has been repaired this morning.

I have noticed before my P-AF can appear if I lack sleep and the stress of arguing my case with a builder who did not turn up when expected can't have helped. P-AF is a strange unpredictable creature...

Stay well

[Colum4ever]

Good luck, hope it’s better soon.

[Hidden]

Try cutting back on the sugars and walk a few miles in the afternoon - should stop it. Here is the data I have accumulated on that:

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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 (this is why all doctors agree that afib gets worse as you get older). 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 (afternoon) 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?? I also found that strenuous exercise does no good – perhaps you make yourself dehydrated??

I'm pretty sure that Afib is caused by a gland(s) - like the Pancreas, Thyroid (sends signals to the heart to increase speed or strength of beat), Adrenal Gland (sends signals to increase heart rate), Sympathetic Nerve (increases heart rate) or Vagus Nerve (decreases heart rate), Hypothalamus Gland or others - or an organ that, in our old age, is not working well anymore and excess sugar or dehydration is causing them to send mixed signals to the heart - for example telling the heart to beat fast and slow at the same time - which causes it to skip beats, etc. I can't prove that (and neither can my doctors), but I have a very strong suspicion that that is the root cause of our Afib problems. I am working on this with a Nutritionist and hope to get some definitive proof in a few months.

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

PS – there is a study backing up this data you can view at:

https//cardiab.biomedcentral.com/a...

[Clarrie]

I too am in AF since 6 pm yesterday evening. My attacks usually last up to 36-48 hours.

Hope it's gone by Tuesday as am due to have a tooth out then.

[SpritzerAce in reply to Clarrie]

Hi there ! Totally understand the feeling. Hope you reverted soon. Take care.