Good morning you lovely people
Has anyone had there AF kick off while in bed and suddenly you just turn over and boom there it is pounding away !
It’s the first time this has happened to me while being asleep , I know I was on my tummy when I fell asleep , then just made a quick turn over to my side
Hugs babs 😀
Yes unfortunately AF can strike at any time, it can be so random. After digesting food is a common one, lying on your left hand side too. Quick sudden movements like bending down to pick something up and standing up quickly. Not sure if you’re on meds or not but it could be time to have another chat with your GP especially if this is occurring more often.
hi stoneyrosed
I’m on meds bisoprolol and appixeban and statins , but this is the first time while in bed it’s happened 😊
Thank you for your reply
Have a lovely day
You will recognise all the triggers for AF in time, I’m not sure bisoprolol alone can prevent AF occurring, as your doc spoke to you about flecanaide ? This prevents AF for a lot of people including myself until I eventually had an ablation. Just a couple of things to consider to help perhaps. You have a great day too. 🌞
Yes ,quite often xx
Oh yes! This has happened to me countless times. The last time was about 5 months ago on a Saturday night. I sat it out at home until Tuesday am .....admitted to CCU fir 2 nights and then dccv. Also happens when I've been sat quietly minding my own business reading .
This will probably get me kicked out of the forum but please take it in the spirit meant. I’m on holiday in Portugal and for a moment, I thought I had mistakenly opened some raunchy Portuguese webpage!! 😳
But to be more serious, AF can occur anywhere and sometimes it’s impossible to establish the reasons why. It could be dream related but difficult to say, hope it settles soon…….
thank u 😀
Your mind FJ....I really didn't know what you meant until I re read the post 🤭
there speaks a true lady 👍
I've read thepost 3 times and still don't get it!
You obviously have a very clean, uncorrupted mind Auriculaire! 😇
I don't! But I am very poor at getting jokes. Finally got it when I read Guitar's post below!
I too have led a sheltered life, because I don't get it either!!!!!!!!!
Snap.
me either
….and suddenly you just turn over and boom there it is pounding away !
This should win an award for the most enjoyably entertaining post in a while🤣🤣😂😂
On a more serious point I certainly feel I’ve had the odd occurrence laying on my left facing forward when I roll over.
Very best wishes
Dreams usually start mine and quite often it's when I have been out for a meal
thanks for your reply 😀
Yes, mine has usually happened either in the late evening or in the early hours, never in the day time. Try and sleep on your right side if you can, at least to begin with.
thank you x
Also sleep with at least two pillows or a foam wedge under your pillow as I found that having the top part of my body raised helped the AF starting enormously 😆
yes, quite often my AF wakes me up in the middle of the night. You just never know when it’s going to occur.
AF for me is very position dependent. I cannot sleep on my left side and there is also one position lying on my far right side but not quite on my stomach where my heart will sometimes start acting up like it wants to go into AF. Rolling over slightly stops it.
thank you for your reply 😀
Yes, it has happened to me over the last week or so. It is disappointing in my case as I had an ablation three months ago and naturally I am starting to worry that the AF is starting to make an appearance again after some time off! It comes after I had had a good consultation with my EP and she had said that I could start to consider coming off my medication. Now I am not so sure and have put a call in to seek further advice.
when I used to regularly have AF, I monitored the frequency of episodes. Over a 6 month period 56% of my AF episodes started when I was asleep or when waking.
Pete
yes. My Af often starts while im in bed
Always sleep on my right side took some getting used to. but seems to work for my AF. Something about extra space for the heart
Yes, when I roll onto my left side. Many times. B nuisance!
always! Can hear it echoing through the mattress, nightie jumping with each beat and feel like I’ve run a marathon the next day! It usually lasts a couple of hours after taking PIP flecainide. I just sit there, stethoscope on my chest, scared until it’s over. I usually read this forum in the night as I don’t sleep well, if it happens again do write, it’s nice to know someone’s out there snd knows exactly how you feel, your among friends here. Take care 🦊xx
thank you for your reply 😀
I've not noticed it start in bed, but I've had arrhythmias start caused by movement - kneeling to wash the car wheels or weed the garden, stretching to paint a ceiling and bending to dismantle a cot all come to mind -and was told that the organs can become pulled and pushed about and easily press into each other, including the heart. I was told that this can cause ectopic beats to occur, the type of beat that can trigger AF.
Steve
yes . What did you eat for supper? Indigestion can give you indigestion. Eat early around 6-0 pm and avoid hot spicy foods
thank you for your reply 😀
I don't go into AF but many times when I lie down I get increased heart rate. It jumps from 54 to 75 - and feels wrong - It goes away when I sit up and maybe do a vagal manoeuvre. I'm on flecainide form the rhythm.
It used to wake me up occasionally and then I’d take Flecainide as a PIP which stoped it in a few hours but now I take flecainide regularly, I hardly ever have episodes and only very occasionally during the night. Do remember we are all different so good luck finding what works for you.
Yes - my afib nearly always starts when I am lying down asleep or awake.
thank you for your reply 😀
I was just into bed on night and my sons was ranting on the phone about his ex wife. I finished the call, turned to put the phone on the bedside table and boom! off it went. Stress?!? 🤦
The last two episodes simply woke me up at 2am - both of them at exactly the same time.
There’s no rhyme nor reason to it - not that I can find. 🤨
Frequently......... probably more often than not when AF is in town. Its on a holiday at the moment, thank goodness.
yep, almost always mine occur during the night, and lying on my left side is the worst position for triggering it. When this happens I spend the rest of the night half sitting up, which helps a little but does not help sleep!
thank you for your reply 😀
Yes i cant stay on my right side long it gets terribly uncomfortable. Also i can neither ly ony back or lean against it when sitting. Its a point in the middlesomewhere between shoulder blades. Not much use telling a gp they just look at you. Just have to get used to it. Comes with the teritory. Dont do anything that aggravates. I have a pacemaker which helps. Stops heart from going to low at night. I dont take much meds, a blood thinner rivaroxaban and 120mg diltiazem. I cant run or bike on it but i do have a pretty decent life.
Most of my episodes kick off when I am in bed and I don,t even have to move it just wakes me up. I must admit lying on your left side seems to start it off sometimes as well.
Yes. Getting up in the night sets mine off as does eating too much and too late in the day.
Good morning babs, yes I regularly get woken by episodes, I reckon that’s why I’m so wrinkly now - just not getting enough beauty sleep 😉
thank you for your reply 😀
Hi and Yes I’m getting this at the moment - go to bed no problem , turn and wham - I seem to get this in cycles at night and atm I’m in one - sometimes before I sleep sometimes wakes me up …then don’t get it at all in bed (or it doesn’t wake me) - no Rhyme or reason to it
Absolutely yes! But the good thing is, it's the easiest trigger to resolve... 😊Taking Flecainide I can sleep for a while on my left but I'm definitely, 100% aware my heart is less settled, jumpy, faster.
Take care!
Yup, that's when I get the attacks. Lying on my left side is NOT a good idea for me!
JimF
Yes I have had it happen a few times - unfortunately!😊
thank you for your reply 😀
Speaking from experience, I would venture to guess that this would be close to a universal "YES" from everyone on this site. 😀
It happened to me a few years before I was diagnosed with atrial flutter/fib: my heart's banging around woke me up. I didn't think I was having a heart attack, so I just went back to sleep; I woke up the next morning and not only was I still alive, but my heart was back to normal. I chuckle now because, while I might expect exertion to trigger my afib, sleeping is the complete opposite of exertion.
Sleep apnea has caused me to wake up with Afib.
yes definitely and quite a few times.! I think it’s something to do with pressure in the abdomen on certain manoeuvres that can set it off.?? I may be wrong but I’m sure I read it somewhere.
Yes, it applies to me. Sometimes I am having weird dreams and then I wake and boom I'm in afib with a ponding heart ❤️
thank you for your reply 😀
Most of my PAF episodes wake me up & I’m pretty sure they are brought on by sleep apnea. Other episodes seem to happen just as I’m expecting to go to sleep & I usually notice a sort of flutter for a day or so before. Sometimes if I have a Dioralyte it seems to stop the flutter & so I manage to avoid the episode.
I more often go to sleep in afib and wake without it.
Ablation in a morning 
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Double dose of Apixaban this morning 
Ablation tomorrow morning... any advice?
