Atrial Fibrillation Forum A forum for sharing experiences and treatment options regarding atrial fibrillation and other atrial tachy-arrhythmias. https://www.afibbers.org/forum/index.php Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:27:38 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201984#msg-201984 Re: Amniioderone and ablation questions https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201984#msg-201984
And definitely no reason for concern about the diltiazem. If you stop it and your heart rate goes much higher, that's not really a big deal unless you've got comorbidities you haven't mentioned. It may not be comfortable to have a heart rate of 120+ but it won't do you any harm for a limited period of time. Same with metoprolol.

Basically, you have to accept that you may be uncomfortable for the few days prior to your ablation, but you'll be safe. Sounds to me like your EP knows what they're doing.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:23:42 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201983#msg-201983 Re: Amniioderone and ablation questions https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201983#msg-201983
Amiodarone needs to be tapered normally, but if it turns out to be toxic for you, they won't ask you to taper; they'll ask you to stop taking it cold turkey.

I took amiodarone for eight weeks four years ago. I didn't like it, but it did help me to beat my nasty arrhythmia a week after my first ablation. I tapered for two weeks taking 200 mg per day. I was fine after that, and the Holter came about two weeks later.

Amiodarone stays in abundance in the human body for weeks after ceasing it. I am not qualified in medicine, so my opinion is only that...an opinion. I don't see why a person would be asked to take a powerful anti-arrhythmic drug like amiodarone and take it right up to the time of the Holter. It's residue will mask what the heart wants to do.]]> gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:23:21 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201982#msg-201982 Amniioderone and ablation questions https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201982,201982#msg-201982
Also I am on rate control drugs. diltiasem. Last weekend I was in flutter so I took (as prescribed) metropolis. when I went back in sinus my HR went to 40 at one point. It recovered pretty quick. So before the ablation they are stopping the rate control drugs. I just feel that I could be in serious trouble. I take the short acting 60 mg every 6 hours. I also have a CT 2 days prior. If I am off then and I have gotten super nervous at these before, I can see it shooting up. Anyone have any thoughts here? questions for me to ask the team?]]> bettylou4488 AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:51:30 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201981,201981#msg-201981 Chia seeds https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201981,201981#msg-201981 I met a man from Singapore recently and he told me that he'd had a heart rhythm problem since he was young. He was now retired, so I guess in his early 70's. He said that he hadn't had an ablation and wasn't taking any anti-coagulants. Perhaps it wasn't a very serious rhythm problem. But what I found interesting was that he said that for the past 2 years he'd been soaking chia seeds in water over night and eating them the next day. He said that from taking the chia, his heart rhythm had improved a lot.]]> TomR AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:51:30 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201980#msg-201980 Re: Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201980#msg-201980
Last week I had the pneumonia vax, and mRNA doses of over 50 flu and covid. 3 days later, my first ocular in about a couple years.]]> AB Page AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:58:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201979#msg-201979 Re: Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201979#msg-201979 BarbB AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:37:16 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201978#msg-201978 Re: Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201978#msg-201978 BarbB AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:35:56 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201977#msg-201977 Re: Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201977#msg-201977 JDfiB AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:49:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201976#msg-201976 Re: Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201976#msg-201976 Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:52:00 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201975#msg-201975 Is there any connection between ocular migraines and Afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201975,201975#msg-201975
In May of 2014 I had my first ocular migraine, and have since had many episodes. I rarely get a headache, but I do get the shimmering watery look or a colorful kaleidescope of colors. It goes away after 20-30 minutes of shutting my eyes.

When I Googled what causes ocular migraines, it mentioned that they might occur from abnormal electrical activity - which is pretty much what Afib is too, isn't it? Hence my reason for asking if there might be a connection...I always tell people who ask about AFib that it's nothing really wrong with the heart, but it's an electrical problem.

Any thoughts on this? Barb]]> BarbB AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:06:26 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201974#msg-201974 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201974#msg-201974
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Andre43
Interesting discussion. I didn’t realize how closely the autonomic nervous system could be linked to AFib symptoms and triggers.

This is from an FAQ on the site written long ago: [www.afibbers.org]

This is from the Foreward to a book on afib ("Lone Atrial Fibrilation, Towards a Cure") that the site's late founder, Hans Larsen wrote over 20 years ago. The Foreward was written by the French EP Researcher, Philppe Coumel MD. He also talks about the autonomic nervous system & afib.


"Any professional who has not solved all aspects of an issue hesitates when a layman
takes up the challenge, and this was my initial reaction when Hans Larsen asked me to
write the foreword of this publication. I expect my contribution towards paroxysmal atrial
fibrillation (PAF) management accounts for Mr Larsen's request. Although this a priori
reluctancy is, in my opinion, shared just the same by other professions, physicians
probably have even greater reasons due to their sophisticated practice, which often
cannot be expressed in figures and where experience counts as much as knowledge.
Although medicine became, with Claude Bernard, something greater than just a piece of
art, it is still not 100% evidence-based. An absolute requirement when it comes to
checking an expected therapeutic progress (new drug, for instance), the evidence-based
approach is still, and often wrongly, implemented in highly sophisticated pathophysiology
areas. The approach can even mislead physicians who rely on apparent reasoning rather
than true reasoning, to the extent that true progress sometimes results from that type of
mistake when it is recognized.[1]
PAF is typically a situation where collecting relevant data is a difficult task knowing, in
any case, that it is impossible to express the entire data in figures. Quite a few years ago,
I suggested a pattern showing that cardiac arrhythmia results from the combination of
three factors which can be identified anytime but hardly weighted in percentage.[2] This
pattern involves a cardiac arrhythmogenic substrate, influenced by the autonomic
nervous system (ANS), with a trigger starting arrhythmia. The arrhythmia may burst, as
expressed by the author, into "World War III", or on the contrary, remain unnoticeable.
The reasons for these major variances from one patient to another, and even of PAF
attacks in a patient, remain unknown. But it is a fact that the symptom is most often
assessed differently by the physician and by his patient. For the patient, the symptom is
the major issue whereas the physician's main concern is the potential arrhythmia-related
risk, in particular stroke rather than discomfort.
Physician and patient points of view may differ. A patient wanting to explore PAF
pathophysiology needs specific cardiac electrophysiology and ANS qualifications and
knowledge, and this is rarely the case. The patient who focuses on symptoms ignores the
invisible part of the iceberg. But the patient may also doubt that his medical issue is
really dealt with when medicine considers, only occasionally, his quality of life, whereas
this is in fact his main concern. Physician and patient points of view complement one
another, even fruitfully, depending on which parameter is involved. Very briefly, this
publication shows and confirms that studying the arrhythmogenic substrate is the
physician's job, studying the trigger is the patient's job, and studying the ANS is their
common job.
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Over the last ten years, there has been extensive research on the substrate, in particular
in Europe where fundamental and clinical electrophysiological research is a core
tradition, particularly in the Netherlands and France. This research led to two notions
with major practical consequences: AF's self-maintained nature and the fact that AF
originates, often focally, in the left atrium. This is typically the kind of progress expected
from professionals and is, I must admit, perfectly understood and accounted for by Hans
Larsen through his study of recent medical literature.
Mr Larsen has also well understood my contribution concerning the role of ANS on the
onset of PAF attacks, and the percentages he allocates in his surveys to the various
vagal, adrenergic or dual forms are indeed those noticed in everyday practice. To analyze
these forms, physician-patient cooperation is recommended, even if this goes against the
fairly common physician attitude who prefers a patient not to be too knowledgeable, to
prevent biased observations. My experience is that the most useful symptomatological
details are often provided by the observations of physicians suffering themselves from
PAF. All physicians do not necessarily master AF as such, but thanks to their
qualifications and experience they know how to observe and analyze clinical signs. I
remember the surgeon who noticed that after a stressful surgery morning the evening
involved an additional vagal attack risk; until he mentioned this, I had not identified the
potential role of the rebound effect. Just the same, when PAF attacks occur at the end of
a week, they may often be explained by higher than usual physical activity and/or
unusual physical activity, or higher alcohol consumption.
These examples show how the relevance of physician-patient cooperation varies when
analyzing PAF clinical signs. The cooperation is highly efficient in the search for triggers, , ,
and this is one of the new and interesting points of this publication, usually not
considered by physicians. To my knowledge, the survey carried out by the author directly
with patients is the best researched that can currently be found in medical literature.
When asked what must be done to prevent further attacks, I usually tell my patients it all
depends on them and that the answer lies in their own observations. This is, in
particular, the case for sports, whether on an occasional basis or with the major issue of
professional training; excessive training is harmful when it exaggeratedly modifies the
ANS balance beyond the sympathetic and parasympathetic physiological values.[3] It is a
major mistake to think that the man in the street must be as trained and fit as the
professional sportsman. Any common sense driver knows that if he wants to make his
car last he must avoid handling it as a rally or Formula I driver.
I feel no need to comment in detail on the therapeutic advice provided in the book, but I
must make a few general remarks. Avoiding as far as possible known triggers is a
requirement often treated as anecdotal. The reason may be that for physicians
"anecdotal" is slightly deprecatory because it refers to details not covered by a general
demonstrated rule. But some anecdotal observations sometimes turn out to be of great
interest. For instance, the first patient who led me to describe vagally-mediated PAF was
alternately in sinus rythm or AF depending on whether he was standing up or lying down.
Changing the ANS balance is only possible when one of the causes of its malfunction is
clearly identified, which is rare except with the athlete, or patients with hyperthyroidism
or quite exceptional pheochromocytoma. In fact, the substrate is definitely the main
arrhythmogenic factor of the above-defined triad and is the true therapeutic target.
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As such, it seems to me this target falls mainly under the physician's role rather than the
layman's. In this field, it is unsafe to rely on the too many anecdotes or beliefs, as they
sometimes qualify as pure "folk medicine". The issue is not to deny that an infection, or
poisoning by mercury contained in dental amalgams may cause the problem, but to
acknowledge that this simply cannot be demonstrated in compliance with the rules of
evidence-based medicine. Which means that, within a group of randomized patients,
statistical efficacy evidence of a therapeutic intervention or of no intervention (placebo),
carried out on a blind basis for both the patient and physician, must be demonstrated.
Who, among patients suffering from PAF, is prepared to play this game perfectly
mastered by physicians and which sometimes irritates physicians themselves when they
think their experience gives them the absolute truth ?
Two examples in the book show how drug reputation must be confirmed by "controlled"
therapeutic trials performed in compliance with the rules. Sotalol has long been
considered a higher efficacy drug than other beta-blockers as it combines with its
specific action on beta-adrenergic receptors a "type III" pharmacological effect suggesting
"amiodarone-like" properties. Simply, no one had ever taken the time to compare, by the
rules, sotalol and beta-blockers on the one hand, sotalol and amiodarone on the other.
Recent research has demonstrated that sotalol efficacy is no higher than that of the
other beta-blockers, [4] and, on the other hand, lower than that of amiodarone.
Physicians can also be misled by beliefs which vary significantly from one country to
another, as often noticed in Europe due to its diversity of national practices. How to
explain otherwise the variances between countries in the use of such a major
antiarrhythmic drug as amiodarone? This drug holds approximately a 50% share on the
worldwide antiarrhythmic market, but with significant differences in use: high (probably
unreasonably high…) use in France or Belgium, low (probably unreasonably low…) use in
Germany, fairly balanced use in Great Britain and the Netherlands. The drug's bad
reputation, on its launch in the USA more than ten years after having been launched in
Europe, mainly stemmed from the prescription method requiring specific caution not
complied with at the time. In fact, it is well-known now that this is the most efficient drug
for treating PAF as well as nearly all other cardiac arrhythmias, but that it must only be
used when the other drugs have proved inadequate. From there on, I usually say that the
most serious complication of amiodarone, in case of troublesome or serious side-effect,
is that the patient loses treatment benefit as, after so many years, there is still no new
drug truly as efficient as amiodarone on the market. The fact that this book advises
against amiodarone is just one of scientific publication drawbacks, which non-
professionals may find difficult to identify or of which they simply are not informed. Just
as the media sometimes tend to emphasize a single train crash rather than keep up to
date with all trains arriving on time, it is much more difficult in our system to publish
hundreds of no-problem cases after several years of use than to publish ten cases
involving more or less serious short-term complications.
All in all, patients and physicians will read this book differently, but both will find it useful.
AF is such a complicated disease that no physician, including cardiologists, can pretend
they know everything about its various fundamental, clinical and therapeutic aspects.
Patients seeking information about their own case must realize that medicine is not an
easy profession, but does attempt to take the right path, even if that path does not
always turn out to be the best path. On the other hand, our increasingly evidence-based
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medicine must not neglect human aspects just because they cannot be easily expressed
in figures.
This publication is a highly notable contribution to our knowledge about a disabling
disease which can only benefit from physician-patient cooperation.
Philippe Coumel, MD, FESC "]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:23:24 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201973#msg-201973 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201973#msg-201973 Andre43 AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:24:07 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201972#msg-201972 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201972#msg-201972 Edda AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:21:05 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201971#msg-201971 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201971#msg-201971
Initially was disappointed not to get the mRNA (i swallowed all the promotional hype and half truth) so i got the AstraZeneca but i was aware of the clotting problems resulting from it in some people so i took Eliquis to hopefully avoid blood clots.

As it turned out, after many hours of my own investigations listening to scientists/inventors of the technology and medical doctors working with patients, it was possibly a blessing i didn't get the spike shot.
A few months later I refused the promoted :( mRNA booster my GP highly recommended. He refused to check me for spike antibodies (when i requested it) so i got someone else to order the lab test - as it turned out, i had antibodies which obviated the risks of an mRNA shot anyway, phew.]]> Joe AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:06:40 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201970#msg-201970 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201970#msg-201970
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Thank you George. I took 12.5 the next evening, but felt like I usually feel after taking Flec (tired, brain fog), so I stopped and no afib since then. I never had any reaction to the Pfizer (I compared the data of my shots and the afib episodes), so this was somewhat of a surprise, especially since I was so hopeful about the potassium increase. Did you go back to the J&J or get another mRNA? I am wondering whether the J&J would work better for me

I was chatting about my symptoms with a friend who has connections with a top afib center. My friend said they were well aware of many others with similar reactions. This led me to do a deep dive into the whole vaxx developement, regulatory and marking business. I then made a decision to not continue to get any of them around 2022. As mentioned above, I have a relative in a nursing home who I visit multiple times a week. I've been doing this since before I made the decision in 2022 and have never gotten sick from anything during that time. I'm not suggesting others do what I do as my protocols are very non-standard.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:15:50 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201969#msg-201969 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201969#msg-201969 Edda AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:38:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201952,201968#msg-201968 Re: Looking for people w/ afib to interview https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201952,201968#msg-201968 GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:59:45 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201774,201967#msg-201967 Re: Ablation EP - Toronto https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201774,201967#msg-201967
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Carlorea
Is it wishful thinking that if AFIB doesn't come back cancel the ablation.?

Yes it is.

If you stopped the flecainide completely today and didn't experience another afib episode before next spring, I'd say maybe you can put it off. But taking flecainide definitely doesn't stop afib. It only suppresses it as long as you keep taking it.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:08:03 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201774,201966#msg-201966 Re: Ablation EP - Toronto https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201774,201966#msg-201966
I have returned from 3 weeks vacation in Italy. The good news is that I was in NSR throughout the trip and the flights. In fact, I have been in NSR since August 4 . Since most of my episodes happened between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM, I decided to add 25 mg of Flecainide at night in addition to the 50 mg . Not sure if this may have paused my episodes for goods remains to be seen .
I am scheduled for PFA next spring . Is it wishful thinking that if AFIB doesn't come back cancel the ablation.?

Prior to August the 4th I was getting on average 2 episodes / month, lasting from 30 minutes to a few hours.

Any thoughts ?

Carlo]]> Carlorea AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:58:08 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201965,201965#msg-201965 Two Years Post PVI for Atrial Tachycardia https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201965,201965#msg-201965 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:05:46 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201736,201964#msg-201964 Re: Allina Health? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201736,201964#msg-201964 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:41:18 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201858,201963#msg-201963 Re: Interatrial septum healimg https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201858,201963#msg-201963 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:34:36 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201914,201962#msg-201962 Re: Nightmare Experience https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201914,201962#msg-201962 Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:42:43 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201914,201961#msg-201961 Re: Nightmare Experience https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201914,201961#msg-201961 Erin AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:15:32 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201960#msg-201960 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201960#msg-201960
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Carey

Let's not ignore the differences of mechanisms of action between a traditional flu vaccine and the mRNA...

That's kind of a vague thing to say. I know how they both work but I'm not sure what you're referring to. Care to explain?

No doubt you know the difference, Carey.
Traditional vaccines deliver a given number of antigens (in different forms) for our immune system to act upon.
mRNA delivers instructions for our cells to make antigens. Depending on many factors, it's not a given (limited) number, cells make them for a period of time, also depending on several factors as to for how long and numbers.
Of course, it's far more complicated and involved - adjuvants vs liquid nano particles. There are quite a few other aspects that are of concern ..

Your choice :) I stick with traditional vaccines for the time being.]]> Joe AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:22:15 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201959#msg-201959 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201959#msg-201959
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My question is, should I take a micro dose of Flecainide (12.5mg) for the next couple of evenings to prevent another afib episode? I think George managed his reaction to Covid vaccines like that.
And now I am also reluctant to take the Flu vaccine (never got one before, but I am now 70 years old and maybe it's time), and how would I manage that? Taking Flecainide in the days before and after and how much? (Female, 110 pounds). I usually only take Flecainide as PIP when I get episodes.

Correct, I did use 12.5 & 25 mg flec doses. I'm materially heavier than you at 170#s. I did have one acute (next morning after an afternoon shot) episode after the J&J C19 vax. However the mRNA C19 vaxes had longer lasting effects with me. They upped my afib incidence 15x. I hypothesized that if I stayed away in time from a booster, I could quit the chronic flec. This turned out to be correct and the time was 8 months distant from the vax (I periodically would skip the flec and see if I got an episode). I'm 71, and like you, I've never taken a flu vax. I also visit a relative in a nursing home multiple times a week. The home is commonly in "outbreak status" for one illness or another. I do whatever they ask for disease transmission prevention, but never anything extra on my own (except my own health protocol). I never get sick.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:22:18 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201958#msg-201958 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201958#msg-201958
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Joe
Let's not ignore the differences of mechanisms of action between a traditional flu vaccine and the mRNA...

That's kind of a vague thing to say. I know how they both work but I'm not sure what you're referring to. Care to explain?]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:50:45 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201957#msg-201957 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201957#msg-201957 Joe AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:42:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201956#msg-201956 Re: Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201956#msg-201956
As for the flu vaccine, if you think afib is bad wait until you experience a serious bout of flu. The last time I did was 1989, which also happens to be the last year I ever skipped a flu vaccine. I was in bed for a week, off work for two weeks, and didn't really feel 100% back to normal for a month. Never again will I miss a flu vaccine. People underestimate the flu until they get a rip roaring case of it. And at your (our) age, a case of flu like that can easily put you in the hospital. Also, should you get flu or COVID, there's a good chance you'll experience the joy of the disease and afib at the same time.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:09:34 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201955#msg-201955 Can Covid vaccine trigger an afib episode? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,201955,201955#msg-201955 And now I am also reluctant to take the Flu vaccine (never got one before, but I am now 70 years old and maybe it's time), and how would I manage that? Taking Flecainide in the days before and after and how much? (Female, 110 pounds). I usually only take Flecainide as PIP when I get episodes.]]> Edda AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:57:08 +0000