skip beats

[francesturpin]

I take 100mg of Flecainide twice daily which is controlling my A-Fib so far but every couple of weeks I get a couple of hours of skipped beats. Just wondering if anyone else has skipped beats. I had my ablation 6 weeks ago for Atrial Flutter not sure whether I will do a second ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.

Thanks.

[BobD Volunteer]

Ectopic beats like this are a common problem once you become aware of your heart as we here tend to and though benign can be annoying. Slow, deep diaphragmic breathing usually stops them.

[ETHEL103 in reply to BobD]

Never helped me I'm afraid.

[Sunnyann in reply to ETHEL103]

Ethel ...its sun tan Ann....are you there ?

[ETHEL103 in reply to Sunnyann]

Well hello haven't heard from you in ages.Lovely to here from you .

[Sunnyann in reply to ETHEL103]

How are you ? I felt I had to take a break from the forum as it was becoming harder to switch of from the afib and its curse....also had to get a new phone and had some issues with email addresses so had to change e mail addresses ....anyhow I'm still here and 2half weeks post ablation ....

[ETHEL103 in reply to Sunnyann]

Wow so pleased you've had your ablation.Im still waiting.If you want to chat again I'm here.Would like to know how it all went.x

[Bagrat in reply to BobD]

Yes, deep breathing usually does the trick for me. Have been complaining about being breathless on hills for a long while. It occurred to me that I am so used to slowing my respirations for ectopics and anxiety that increasing resps on hills surprise surprise, really helps!!!