Help with PAF

[DaveBr]

I have been suffering with PAF for approximately 5 years . Lately I've had several episodes where I am waking up at almost hourly intervals during the night and stay awake for around 15 minutes feeling the AF before falling asleep and starting again . The problem is when it's time to get up even if I am no longer in AF I am in no condition to drive the 1.5 hours to work . Has anyone else been in this position.

[CDreamer]

Oh yes but thankfully am retired so have no imperatives to go anywhere.

Have you been tested for sleep apnea? which can cause nocturnal AF. OR it could be vagal AF ie: you only have it at rest.

AF is exhausting and when you have to get up to pee several times, which AF makes you need to, the disturbed sleep will affect you.

[Paulbounce]

Hi Dave.

Yep - I fully understand. I struggle to wake up in the morning these day's. I certainly wouldn't want a 1.5 hour drive to work - I couldn't do it in my present state. However I'm all for mind over matter (dead easy to say) and it sounds like your doing well with this one.

Just rember though sleep is important for us afibbers. Do you ever wake up out of breath ? I do and wonder if sleep apnea is the cause. The norm is a dream (for me) of being trapped then I wake up very short of breath.

Maybe a call back from your GP is a good idea.

Paul

[Rubymurray25]

Exactly the same happened to me, I posted the same question as you did on this forum and someone kindly suggested I might have sleep apnea. I am not overweight so it hadn't ever been mentioned as a possibility. I went to the doctor and was given a questionnaire and when failing was put forward for an immediate overnight sleep study . It was discovered I had severe apnea with 68 episodes occurring every hour ,acceptable limit is circa 5/10 , so was immediately put on a CPAP machine ( positive airways supply ) and now sleep like a baby. My latest consultant believes that is what caused my AF.

[secondtry]

You have had some great replies already. I would just add two things, start tomorrow with Breathright nasal strips (maybe look further into your breathing YouTube James Nestor/Patrick Mceown) and look at alternatives to that commute or cut stress elsewhere.

[blulla1]

See if this will help. carrafibdietinfo.com/ The author also had a vagal type PAF.