Hello!
Last night I had ventricular ectopes and I couldn't sleep, I took zolpidem and slept until morning without interruption. My question is: does zolpidem drive away the ectopic or does it just make me not feel them anymore? Someone has experience
Now it is in English I understand your question but realy do not know the answer. I am guesing that the drug has no effect on your heart but you relaxed and slept so the ectopics were not noticed.
interesting is that the first time the palpitations disappeared and then I fell asleep.
Hi Pear.
I have used Zolpidem from time to time to help me sleep.
I'm not a medic so this is just a personal opinion - basically it's just my take from my own experience. For me lack of sleep can be (has been a trigger) for afib.
You wrote
"does zolpidem drive away the ectopic or does it just make me not feel them anymore"
You would need to consult your doctor but I would say the sleep is the 'helper' here. Zolpidem kicks in pretty quickly - as you start to fall alsleep you are less likely to notice the ectopic's and a good nights kip can really help. I doubt very much Zolpidem stops ectopic's but the extra rest might help.
That's just IMO and as stated above I'm not a medic.
Paul
Luck you. Zolpidem gives me 2-3 hours of sleep and no more. I wish it were different. I think the heart beats the same but you fail to worry about it. Everyone has ectopic beats to some degree, I gather, but some of us are more concerned than others (or have more...).
everyone will be ectopic but my problem is that I feel them, they don't let me sleep, I wake up and I don't fall asleep anymore!.
an explanation would be that it calms the vague nerve !? not??.
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