Does Taking Naps Help Your AFIB

[goldey]

this is from Medscape, a newsletter by and for medical professionals that i got into when i was writing for a health magazine.

medscape.com/viewarticle/99...

[mjames1]

Interesting, but study implies that prolonged napping increases afib burden. Could it be that those with afib, simply nap longer? I mean between the afib itself and all the drugs we're on. 😀

Jim

[Maggimunro]

hi there

Is this a ‘chicken and the egg ‘ situation? I mean, does the disturbed sleep caused by nighttime Afib episodes make you more likely to nap during the day? Or is it the opposite ie napping during the day means you are more likely to have Afib?

[ozziebob]

If this report has any validity I'm doubly doomed. Doomed for my AF, and also doomed because my childhood polio now requires daily over 30 min naps to allow my damaged legs to recover enough to continue my day. 🤔

But I won't be losing any sleep over this report.

[beach_bum]

Well, I guesss I’ll stop napping then…said no one EVER lol.

[waveylines]

Interesting. I don't take naps during the day, never have. I do have regular periods of time when I rest ie sat down reading etc during the day. I have Afib. I'd want to know how they screened their groups before they started the project. How they checked for bias. Am never very keen on black/white thinking. Shades of grey....Of course common sense would indicate that if you don't sleep during the day you sleep better at night. I'd like to know though what happens as we age to cause us to sleep less well at night and then result in a nap during the day?

Does having a health condition cause you to sleep less well which in turn causes you to day nap. We're the group who napped had more pre existing conditions than the group who didn't.

Guess I need to read the research more thoroughly!! 🤔

I think this is likely to be more complex than it appears on the face of it.

[Buffafly]

I haven’t got time to read the article, sorry, but what I can say is that I start fading out at about 3pm and if I have a very busy day and don’t stop for a nap/short lie down I very often pay for it later in the form of AF or disturbed sleep which may be caused by my heart having little bursts of AF. So I feel I need a little completely relaxed break during the day and I don’t care what the research says!

[Cavalierrubie in reply to Buffafly]

l entirely agree with you Buff. Listen to your own body. Adequate rest is so important and it doesn’t matter when or how you sleep. There is always new research saying this, that and the other. Sometimes it not relevant to us. Like you, they can say what they like, but you have to do what is best for yourself.👍

[Jajarunner]

How strange! Thank you for sharing. Most of my Afib episodes have started during the night or in a knap but that's obviously not the same as what they are talking about here!