I have had high pulse rate for over 3weeks with machine showing occasionally in A/f.I went to A&E where my pulse was 107 and in A/flutter They didn’t seem concerned and told me to contact my consultant on Monday
I did this he changed my medication .He doubled up my beta blocker(Nebivolol ) this didn’t do anything so he changes my other medication (deodarone) to digoxin.
Since then I have been out of breath and tired.Nothing changed still rapid pulse and A/F
I went to my GP on Friday who doubled up my digoxin but still no joy .Has anyone been on Digoxin ?if so what were your side effects?
Sorry it’s a bit confusing but I am wondering how do I get me A/F under control and slow my pulse rate.The medication at this time doesn’t seem to be working. Thank You for reading this
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Wife had prolonged episode of PAF with chest pain and was told by arithymia nurse to go to A&E. She was admitted and they added Digoxin to her Bisoprolol and played with the doses for a week. Only when her resting HR was consistently below 90 did they discharge her, still in AF. Ppst discharge, she eventually self reverted and at 3 month follow up they removed Digoxin as its only for those in permanent AF.
She felt tired when HR constantly raised but not after release when still on Bisoprolol + Digoxin.
When you are in Afib or flutter your heart is sort of vibrating instead of beating. Thus the high pulse count. It’s not working like a normal heart that is fast beating. May be why your doctors weren’t concerned.Digoxin slows the heart when you are not in Afib it flutter.
I have found that they only way I can get out of Afib or flutter is to listen to Weightless by Marconi Union. It is an 8 minute instrumental that was written and published by a music therapy department at a University in the UK. It works best with earphones, but at night I play it on a loop all night without earphones. I downloaded it from iTunes fir $0.99. I have been listening to it for over ten years. My electrophysiologists are all surprised that I’m not in chronic Afib and flutter. All the doctors say I should have been in Afib and flutter after a year but I found the music after 6 years of not being able to stop the Afib and each new ablation caused a new flutter but didn’t stop the Afib. If my Afib and flutter are all going off at the same time, I lay down with the music playing and in under an hour I’m back to normal rhythm ….
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