Similarly, I went into what seemed to be svt (or just a really heavy dose of PVCs and PACs) yesterday while watching the super bowl. And I think it had to do with eating a ton of carbs (getting bloated) and simultaneously drinking alcohol. I try not to drink too often anymore, and don't typically go into arrhythmias. However, I notice that when I do it seems to be when I am either A: Supeby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelibby Hi All! I'm new to the forum also. My journey started five years ago with first, an episode of SVT with ectopics and a year or two later, a two and a half hour episode of a-fib. After a couple more years I started having nightly sinus tachycardia/atrial tachycardia episodes (about 3 am), which eventually were more a-fib. They usually go away when I get up. This past week I had aby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesafib Ryan, Did your EP rule out SA node malfunction? Although unusual in younger people, it can be responsible for the bradycardia and variability in HR you describe, e.g., from sick sinus syndrome and its variants. It can also be hard to detect. If so, then supplementing with Mg can be counterproductive, due to its calcium channel blocking properties. Your use of beta blocker as PIP toby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Sympathetic nervous system = adrenergic/adrenaline Parasympathetic nervous system = vagal/cholinergic Basically, the sympathetic nervous systems is your heart's "gas pedal". You get excited, or do exercise, and it speeds up. The parasympathetic nervous system is your heart's "brake pedal". You eat a big meal, or sit down in the evening, and it slowsby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Ryan, If you have a sympathetic trigger, the caffeine won't help. The PIP beta blocker makes sense. Sounds like you might have mixed triggers. My motto is "if something isn't working, do something different." In your shoes, I'd likely detrain, eliminate the caffeine, alcohol and eat as cleanly as possible. Sounds like digestion might be one tby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
LOL. I wondered if I was going to get a comment on the Ovaltine bit. So as far as the Metoprolol, that's why the EP only has me on "pill in the pocket" approach (bc my low heart rate). I only take it if I start feeling an arrhythmia come on, which has been about once every two to three weeks or so since that initial really bad one. I try to take it as little as possible. Tby RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello All! Grab some Ovaltine cuz it's story time!!! I'm new to the AFIB community and sort of excited but slightly sad to be here. I'm only 26 and have been a natural bodybuilder/powerlifter for about the last 6-7 years of my life. Everyone thought I was perfectly healthy, yet here I am. I always had an extremely slow heart rate, even back to elementary an middle school.by RJS4 - AFIBBERS FORUM