How I effectively cured my Afib.
I know everyone’s story and situation is different, but this is my journey and how I effectively cured my afib. I use the term effectively because I’m pretty sure I would have an episode if I stopped taking my supplements, but I am 100% pharmaceutical free – but I didn’t stop taking metoprolol until my new doctor told me I could – very important point for me to make here.
AS ALWAYS DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING OR START ANYTHING WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR!
Background: I have always led a very healthy lifestyle. I work out, don’t smoke, don’t drink, eat healthy, but in December 2019 I was working out and I paused to chug a cold protein drink(which I never ever do), and my heart went kookoo. I thought I was going to die. I went to the hospital and they said I was having an afib attack – I didn’t even know what the heck that was. I was in the hospital for 2 days but I never came out of afib so they decided to stop my heart and restart it. Then I was put on metoprolol 25 mg (as well as Xarelto but only for 30 days).
I thought ok, well that’s past me now and as long as I am on this stuff called metoprolol, I will be fine. Then a year and a half later I was doing deep squats and went into another attack. I was given 300 mg of flecainide and in 12 hours my heart went back to normal.
Then a year and half after that I laid on my back too long and triggered afib yet again. I took the flecainide again and went back to normal.
I should point out that during all this time I had tons of near missed on episodes by just leaning a certain way or slightly bending over but if I straightened up really fast it would go away in about 10 or so seconds, but I was always walking on egg shells as they say.
They only thing I had added as a supplement during the past 2 years of this was 300 mg of magnesium.
So, after my 3rd episode, my cardiologist said I need to do an ablation as well as add flecainide daily, and change from metoprolol to a more risky and harsher drug. THAT WAS WHEN I SAID THAT’S IT – I’M TAKING CONTROL OF THIS!
Finally I decided enough was enough because my cardiologist at this point was just guessing – he hadn’t done a single test to find out what was causing this or asked me any questions like might help figure out what could be a factor. How can you up the drugs and start doing procedures when you don’t even know what is causing the issue.
Time for research: So, I started researching like crazy. I learned that metoprolol and similar drugs weaken the heart over time, which in turn leads to pacemakers, then more drugs and you are just going downhill – ok, sorry, not something I want to do.
So, I found a cardiology practice that first tries a natural approach, and to do that – I know this part is crazy – they actually try to find out what is causing the afib in the first place! I know – radical idea, right?
The cardiologist there ran a ton of blood tests on me and found I had a high amount of mold in my system, so I did a mold inspection on my house and my air ducts were filled with mold. I got that removed and I noticed my overall health got better within weeks after that. She also found I needed to take even more magnesium and I needed a D3 supplement.
So, I kept doing research and figured out I need to keep building the strength in my heart which led me to Taurine and B6 (I discovered that B6 is huge especially in athletes. Even bicycle associations advise their members to take B6 because without it they can develop heart issues)
Now I don’t take any meds not even metoprolol and below is my list of supplements: (most are just standard amounts)
Multivitamin
D3 2000 IU
K2 200 mcg
Beta Carotene
Lutein
Probiotics
Taurine 1000 mg
Arginine 1000 mg
Magnesium Biglycinate 700 mg (300 mg in the morning, then the rest throughout the day until bedtime)
D-ribose 5 g
Beet root powder
Myo-inositol 2 g but I may up this because I’m not taking the standard amount
1200 mg potassium supplement
Sunflower lecithin
B12 100 mcg
B6
R-alpha Lipoic acid
CellCore biotoxin binder
Clorella
B1
Melissa for anxiety – actually this really really helps calm my heart to a smoother beat
Chamomile for anxiety calms my heart as well
Ceylon Cinamon for blood pressure and blood sugar control
Flax seed oil
Garlic supplement
Ginger supplement
Bamboo extract
V8 – 2 small cans a day
AND NOW FOR MY GAME CHANGER:
I had made great progress and after about a year and a half after getting rid of the mold and taking these supplements. I didn’t have to walk on egg shells any more and my near misses were getting less and less, so I knew things were getting better, however, if I leaned over my desk a little too much I would still get a bumpy rhythm sometimes and have to straighten up really quick to get out of it, so I felt like I wasn’t 99.99% there yet.
My breakthrough came when I started thinking about how ablations basically deaden the nerves by causing damage to your tissues – well I certainly didn’t want to do that. But what if you could deaden the nerves in another way? The first thing that popped into my mind was Kava. I had used Kava a long time ago when I had tooth pain and it would numb my entire mouth. So, I thought it might kind of numb my nerves overall so I got some and took about 4 drops of the liquid extract at work. My heart immediately got so smooth I wasn’t even aware of it. I am someone that feels every heartbeat and I know my heart rate without having to measure it at any given moment. Then I realized at some point I was slouched over my desk and nothing happened – no little palpitations or near misses - nothing. Then I read that Kava inhibits sodium channels like flecainide does – only this is natural. And it inhibits neuronal firing – no wonder my heart became so nice a smooth after taking Kava – and I only took 4 drops as less is more with me. So now I take 4 drops about once every 2 hours all day and right before bed.
And that’s it. For me all this is my effective cure. By the way, I work out on free weights with zero issues.
Thank you and I hope some of this might help someone out there, but as always, don’t change anything or start anything without consulting your doctor, and if your doctor is closed minded like mine was, find a doctor that is open to a natural approach like I did.
AS ALWAYS DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING OR START ANYTHING WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR!