Hi I'm Nat

[Natty-J]

I was diagnosed eith AFib at the age of 49 and have been living with it for the last 8 years . I am on dijoxin and flecinide , it never really bothered me that much up until about 6 weeks ago. I woke up early hours with my heart racing at 140 and very irregularly. I took myself yo A and E and for 5 hours was monitored and sent home. Since then my anxiety is through the roof and am constantly panicking every time it skip or double beats. Can I ask firstly is it still normal to get irregular beats even on meds and is anyone else in the same situation please x

[Noodlesalad]

I was getting irregular loud heartbeats when my GP changed me from Ramapril to Candesartan for high blood pressure. I stopped taking the Candesartan and have been prescribed Amlodipine which I'm really nervous about taking but will try it as I know I need hypertension medication.Hope you get sorted and at least the A+E checked you out thoroughly try not to worry.

[Natty-J in reply to Noodlesalad]

Thanks so much .. its awful I don't want to be thinking about it 24/7 it's taking over my life x

[Jetcat]

hi natty, I’m on bisoprolol and still get ectopics and runs of AFIB.!! The ectopics are a total nuisance sometimes and just increase my anxiety. Iv had them over 30 years now and I’m still here so try not to worry too much.

All the best

Ron.x

[Natty-J in reply to Jetcat]

Thankyou so much its just reassuring to know that there are others out there x

[Jetcat in reply to Natty-J]

Believe me Nat there are plenty of us. And we still here to tell the tale 👍. There’s probably only one thing that likes it and that’s the anxiety animal.?? Even after 30 years + of living with them I can still let the anxiety start taking over if I’m feeling that way.? But at end of day I know they going to kill me so they annoy me more than frighten me nowadays.👍 hopefully you won’t have them as long as I have, but just remember you’ll be ok even though they are frightening sometimes.👍

Ron.x

[Natty-J in reply to Jetcat]

That’s good to know and hopefully will come out the other end of this. I am just waiting for cardiology to contact me for a 24 hour monitor. Have u heard of ablation before ?

[Jetcat in reply to Natty-J]

Yes, Iv had 3 ablations for atrial fibrillation 5 years ago.

[Natty-J in reply to Jetcat]

Have you did they work ? I was offered one years ago but at the time didn’t feel I needed it because didn’t think it was that bad . There not too evasive are they ?

[Jetcat in reply to Natty-J]

Let’s say I’m a lot better than I was. I still get little episodes of a fib and ectopics but cardiologist just changing my meds a little to see if it calms things.?👍

[Jetcat in reply to Natty-J]

NOT going to kill me I meant to say nat.!! Me and my predictive text.😡

[Yellow26]

Hi Natty

I’ve had A/Fib for 12 yrs, I used to have my heart racing,it was frightening and you do panic. It took about 2yrs to get my medication right.

I’m on Digoxin, Amlodipine, I do occasionally get my heart racing but not as much since my change of medication, it’s a trial on what medication suits you.

My anxiety was terrible at first but did get help with counselling through help in mind,that helped a lot but still have the odd panic attack now and again, good luck and seek treatment with the anxiety.

[Natty-J in reply to Yellow26]

Thankyou so much I will get some help I don't want it controlling my life x

[Georgie8]

I was diagnosed with afib four years ago, and take bisoprolol everyday. I have good days and a few bad days and nights. I decided not to have an ablation, my afib is permanent, I have learned breathing exercises to help when I need to and it does help