Hi everyone, I posted yesterday about stress and afib episodes. I now have another question."Do any of you have bad night's sleep when in afib, constant wakening, sweating etc?" If so any advice would be welcome.
I am still in afib since the early hours of Saturday morning but much slower, feel tired after awful night.
Hi, I can’t imagine sleeping in afib. If I’m having an episode I have been prescribed Flecanide as a pill in the pocket and so far it has worked and reduces the episode. It can take time to kick in.
Not a great help but you could ask your medics.
Are you taking medication for your afib.?and are you taking Apixaban or similar against stroke? You do not say if your doc. /cardiologist is involved in your care. With such long bouts of afib. I would think this is necessary. Some background history may help people here to advise you better.
Hi there, yes, I am under an EP in Glenfield, Leicester, UK. I am on sotalol 40mg 3 times daily and apixaban. My episodes nearly always last around 30 hours plus starting with fast heart rate but then slowing after a few hours. I was able to function reasonably well yesterday and walked round a show for 5 hours. Had an awful night and feel tired today but afib is much slower in fact quite slow but still there. This is what normally happens before I revert to NSR.
Episodes used to come about every 4 months, sad to say, like others, becoming more frequent.
On the waiting list since November 2022for an ablation
Maybe ring the dept where you expect ablation to take place and put yourself on their s cancellation list.All depts have this facility.I have responded to several cancellation for various appoints and also ask now on behalf of husband. You get lucky about half the time so it is worth doing.
Maybe ring the dept where you expect ablation to take place and put yourself on their s cancellation list.All depts have this facility.I have responded to several cancellation for various appoints and also ask now on behalf of husband. You get lucky about half the time so it is worth doing.
It’s so debilitating isn’t it? I’ve had several weeks of very little sleep most nights because of AF. The only medication I seem to be able to tolerate is Riveroxoban, so there doesn’t seem to be an answer for me. I’m worn out. I can only sympathise: wish I could offer an answer.
😢I know, such an awful condition, so wearing. Does your heart rate go very fast when in afib? My rockets for the first few hours then continues to jump around, speeding up, slowing down and missing beats 😞
Don’t think it’s amazingly rapid, but horrible nevertheless. Just can’t rest when it’s going.
I think if you could get your anxiety under control you will cope much better. Sweating can be caused by panic and stress. You need to try and relax with taking deep breaths and telling yourself it is not life threatening, it will go and that you have had it before. It really works. Listen to some music, read or phone a friend to take your mind off this monster. Our mind plays tricks with us when we are anxious. Love and prayers.
Thank you so much, yes, even though I have had this for 3 years it never gets any easier. According to my GP anxiety comes with the territory which I don't think has helped me
l have only had this for 5 years. Do you take vitamin supplements at all? I was much better with AF and anxiety when l started with vitamin B supplements and magnesium. Try with the deep breaths and to relax if you can. They really do work if practice. I am a very anxious person so l am not kidding you. Xxx
if it’s stress that kicks it off then that explains the episode I had last night. You have my every sympathy/empathy. Exhausted today. It felt like my heart was wobbling like a jelly on crack at one point! On edoxaban daily and have pip flecainide which, like others have said, reduces length of episode. It was anniversary of my husbands death this weekend snd also had bad news to give my mum so not surprised it kicked off my PAF. Have a chillaxing day and Take care 🦊xx
Hi
Oh dear it sounds like a rapid H/R. I had it fast through the day.
Have your thyroid scan done?
cheri JOY. 74. (NZ)
Yes, no thyroid issues. I have lone af
Hi
I had no results showing problems with thyroid.
However a Carotid Arteries scan showed a shadow on my thyroid.
Had thyroidectomy and 12 lymphs removed 3 years ago.
I had uncontrollable sweating. But also rapid H/R also caused it.
I take Diltiazem 120mg daily AM which controls my h/R. Bisoprolol PM 2.5mg for BP. cheri JOY
My episodes would almost always come at night, so I'd get up to take whatever pill was prescribed at that time, then sit and watch TV waiting for the meds to work -- or not. Sometimes the episode would still be going strong until after I ate breakfast the next morning, when it would stop. Sometimes it would continue on. So yes, I was dead tired from the ordeal. A-fib has a mind of its own with no regard to our lifestyle!
I agree 💯, drives me crazy. I walked around the agricultural show for more than 4 hours on Saturday, trying to forget it but it wasn't easy, so uncomfortable. Then I had the awful night with sweats and dreaming and still there when I woke on Sunday morning but it reverted around 10am. Such a strange condition and dread the next episode coming. How offen do you get yours?
You're a brave one, like me, in that we try to continue on with our life as normal. Four hours at the agricultural show was probably similar to my photo club outing at a nature rehab facility while I was in a-fib. During my working days, I even went to work in a-fib. I've had three ablations, the last being this past December. Knock on wood that I haven't had any problems since.
Well done to you! 😊 I am still working and also go to work in afib. Terrified of ablation though
I had no problems whatsoever with each of my ablations -- in fact, they were a relief. I'd rather have an ablation than a root canal!
I would be keeping your medic informed of your symptoms - however, hope this helps to at least calm the heart: one Magnesium capsule of at least 400mg strength once at night an hour before bed will calm all muscles including the heart, and you will have a deeper and sounder sleep - at least, on my Cardio's recommendation, that is what I discovered - I at first found several types of magnesium were unsuitable as they caused bloating and abdominal gas, but non-buffered Magnesium Bisglycinate is a truly great form with no upset to the gastro tract. I had a lot of anxiety over my AF and was very sensitive to fast heartbeats especially at night, but this product helped calm everything down You can take 2 capsules if you need, up to 3 times daily - nothing harmful in them. If you go to the site for 88 Herbs - 88herbs.com/store/ (they're in Canada) and scroll down the 'Store' page you'll find them - around $22 bottle of 90 capsules.
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