length between a f episode

[trixie100]

Does going a long time between.A f episodes mean that my attacks will be less frequent

[Autumn_Leaves]

I think that may depend on your treatment and how well it is working, if that applies in your case. In my limited experience AF episodes are random and unpredictable. If you’re hoping it will somehow get better and disappear altogether, that’s probably being a bit unrealistic.

[Spangle14]

so hard to say but I like to think that if AF begets AF, then NSR begets NSR. We can live in hope....

[BobD Volunteer]

Oh if that were true.

AF is a very individual condition. Normally AF begets AF so the more you have the more you will get but unless you have embarked on massive lifestyle changes AF is very unlikely to just go away ,

Best advice is to enjoy the life you have and don't question why. .

[secondtry]

I would say never be complacent and double down on lifestyle changes until it has gone virtually completely. I have had 2 under 1 hr episodes in 8+ years, I don't regard it as gone just suppressed sufficiently. If you need incentivising on lifestyle changes just consider how they may put off other chronic issues that crop up in later life.

[Frances123 in reply to secondtry]

Really pleased for you but can’t help saying….ohhhh you lucky b*@@&r.

[secondtry in reply to Frances123]

Luck brought about by working on it b*@@&y hard! 😁

[Bagrat in reply to secondtry]

 Had no long episodes since 2013.

Lots of weird days with no actual irregular heart beats (I would know believe me.) Fatigue, excessive peeing etc.

Have had short runs of regular and irregular tachy none more than a few mins. Reduced by one doc by reducing flecainide and by another 4 years later increasing it again!! Cling to my apixaban like glue!!

[secondtry in reply to Bagrat]

Great!!

[Threecats]

Hi Trixie,

My view is that we AF sufferers have super sensitive heart muscle cells that react to certain triggers - stress, alcohol etc etc. Unfortunately, that sensitivity will always be there as it is a part of our make up. Whilst we can’t alter that we can implement lifestyle changes to help ourselves. Of course, these have to be lifelong changes but, as Secondtry says, they are also life-enhancing and may well lead to us dodging other chronic conditions later on in life.

[intheweeds in reply to Threecats]

that’s a very interesting way to see it and it fits perfectly with my AF. I got my first bad episode while being very stressed in my job.

[Singwell]

Stick with the lifestyle changes that enable you to feel well. And enjoy the spaces in-between! Meaning when you don't have AF.

[Ppiman]

Since my ablation in 2019 for atrial flutter, I developed mild AF (heart rate 85-135bpm) which initially was more regular but of late has been much less so, with the last occasion being in June this year. Like you, I am hoping this means that somehow the condition has improved. Who knows? I do still get lots of ectopic beats and a mild racing heart, but AF has not reared its head for several months now.

Let's hope for the best!

Steve

[momist]

Oh, how we wish it was so. I once had over eight months without any AF, and then when it came back it was almost weekly!

[Cat04]

My AF went away for 3½ years following an ablation and then returned and I have been in constant afib/aflutter for the past 6 months 🙄

[Samazeuilh2]

”The AFib Cure” (written by a cardiologist) argues that AF cannot be cured but some people can put it into remission. I agree with the others that you should double down on lifestyle changes; there are no guarantees, but this gives you the best chance.

[Bingofox007]

hi. Had first episode nov 2013, next one jan 2022 then one last night. Very stressed before all of them. I’m not on treatment as flecainide caused flutters and have really bad arthritis and when on thinners and not able to take nsaid I was unable to move. Not on any heart meds now but I can move with relative ease. Risks/benefits etc. Just hope af doesn’t rear it’s ugly head again soon. Wishing you well take care 🦊

[DawnTX]

Trixie, I have read from people on here some can go for 20 years. We are all different but also. You need to understand that it is not that your ablation has failed but that you have a new spot in your electrical system that has failed. I think of it like a leaky pipe. You get a leak and it gets fixed but then later down the road you get a leak again in a different spot. My first was a cryo-and lasted six months. My second was an RF and lasted a year and a half. My last procedure was the end of April and it was a failure. I just had a cardioversion Friday and it appears to be a success. You put 1 foot in front of the other one step at a time I wish you the best of luck that you never feel another afib event. Each day they are working on new things so hang in there