Afib? I’m a 35 year old women, who is having a really hard time! I had my first episode of afib when I was 31.. and my second 4 weeks ago, I’m now 35, in between these occasions I have had episodes of a high heart rate! I’m awaiting an MRI to check my coronarys.. and an echo sound on my heart. It’s just getting me down, I’m worried of il ever have a normal life 😩
Carly
I had Afib in my early 30's and thought it was something else. High heart rate from drinking too much caffeine but finally diagnosed in my d50's with permanent Afib. I had no idea how life-threatening I had put myself but once diagnosed I was in good hands and led a semi-normal life until I decided to have a few ablations to revery to NSR, which was accomplished about a year ago. This website will give you ample information on how you can best take care of yourself and will meet some excellent posting buds.
Thank you! 😊 I really need the support x
Hi,
My daughter went into AF during both her two pregnancies. She was early 30's at the time. Since she has stopped breeding the AF has stopped. She now practices a form of martial arts - Thai Kick Boxing, no recurrence of AF.
God help any bloke who tries it on with her .... most likely need a good surgeon !
All that said, my side of the family seem to have a genetic predisposition to AF which we can trace back several generations.
John
Here is one way to look at it: you are now aware that you might have a problem so you can get it checked out and make a decision about treatment. Two years ago, I was 51 and had a stroke that was likely caused by undiagnosed AF. So it is probably a good thing that your heart problems are being investigated now - you have a chance to get the appropriate treatment or make any lifestyle changes. It is hard to believe this, but sometimes clouds do have silver linings.
Thank you I’m trying to remain positive x
I’m in my 60s now but my AF started in my 30s. It wasn’t frequent, but quite scary at the time, and I ended up in hospital on a couple of occasions. I was eventually given a regular medication which helped a lot, but I think my main changes were to lifestyle. I put an end to late night drinking and eating, and I substantially cut down smoking. Neither change affected my life all that much, but I was able to confine the AF attacks to a couple a year, and was able to manage them very well for many years.
There’s absolutely no reason why your life should be ruined at all by what you might think is an early diagnosis. You are still undergoing tests and you may well find a different cause than the ones which were leading to my episodes. Above all, in comparison to me, the options, in terms of medication, or procedures like ablation have come on leaps and bounds in the last 30 years.
Even if this forum seems to have a fair number of old codgers on it ( like me) AF is certainly not confined to older people. The welcome news for you is that as a “young” person your body has much more capacity to adapt and repair itself, so that’s a good reason to remain positive!
I’m sure when the investigations are complete you will be given a treatment plan to suit you, and you will be able to lead a normal life again
Thank you so much 😊 x
The only advice I can give you is get yourself a Kardia monitor. Sod's law says when you have episodes of AF or high BPM you are nowhere near your doctor or cardiologist. You can then email the results. But the main point is to consult your medical team.
Give this a try and see if it helps you:
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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:
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