I have gone a little over five months now with no afib breakthroughs on 100 mg of flecainide twice a day. I have been very pleased with the medicine. However, recently I have been experiencing something hard to diescribe: it feels like my heart is slightyly fibrillating or speeding up slightly. But I am not sure. It lasts only a few miunutes and is so mild and minor that I wonder if I am confusing these sensations with normal sinus rhythm. These fluttertings are so unpronounced that I am not sure what I am experiencing. It certainly doesn't feel like the terrifying afib epsidoes I used to have that would propel me in panic to the ER. I called my EP and he arranged for me to wear a 24-hour heart monitor. It showed that everything was normal, but during these 24 hours I did not experience these self-prerceived irregular beats. So I am still lin the dark as to what I have been experiencing. Does anyone ever feel these slightly iregular beats, but they are so vague and minor you can't be positve that you are not in normal sinus rhythm. Any ideas what I have been experiencing? I would definitely have an ablation if I thought I were having breakthroughs, but I am not sure what I am feeling. What should I do? Stan https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1179#msg-1179 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:52:50 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1276#msg-1276 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1276#msg-1276
Another Expert]]> peggy merrill AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:02:11 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1264#msg-1264 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1264#msg-1264
Your observation that each person requires a slightly different dose is acurate. If we all could just play with the doses, most likely we would find there are peak times when we need more - and other times, when less would be adequate. However, the docs don't want to and really, can't - take the time to fine-tune every patient.... some of us are just bold enough to do it on our own.

I'm glad that you have found a regimen that allows you to keep up your active lifestyle. Good for you!


Jackie]]> Jackie AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:40:32 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1250#msg-1250 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1250#msg-1250 scott AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:51:18 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1249#msg-1249 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1249#msg-1249
Jackie]]> Jackie AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 31 Oct 2003 05:34:49 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1230#msg-1230 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1230#msg-1230
You are experiencing the heebie geebies.

From an expert heebie geebie,

Jim W.]]> Jim w. AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:33:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1212#msg-1212 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1212#msg-1212 As Jackie said,you should try supplimental magnesium. If you continue to be bothered by it, ask your EP about an event recorder. Those are just the size of a deck of cards and you just wear it until you catch the event. They are always looking but don't record until you have the symptom and push a button. Then, depending on how the monitor is programmed, they can record in perhaps 20 seconds in memory and then 20 seconds in real time. You keep the recorder a month, or how ever long it takes to catch the event and then you transmit it telephonically.

Pam]]> Pam AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:29:51 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1209#msg-1209 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1209#msg-1209 At times( with my doctor's approval) if those quivers become less subtle, I will take an additonal 25 mg of tamb..or just a tiny nibble of tamb.... that usually clears it up for me. I might have been exercising too vigorously or eaten something that causes gas. I hope you work through it, Stan.]]> peg AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:13:24 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1201#msg-1201 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1201#msg-1201
Have you decided to try the magnesium?

Jackie]]> Jackie AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:01:36 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1199#msg-1199 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1199#msg-1199
:-)

blessings,
MLM]]> Marshal AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 30 Oct 2003 05:42:33 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1179#msg-1179 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,1179,1179#msg-1179
I called my EP and he arranged for me to wear a 24-hour heart monitor. It showed that everything was normal, but during these 24 hours I did not experience these self-prerceived irregular beats. So I am still lin the dark as to what I have been experiencing.

Does anyone ever feel these slightly iregular beats, but they are so vague and minor you can't be positve that you are not in normal sinus rhythm.

Any ideas what I have been experiencing? I would definitely have an ablation if I thought I were having breakthroughs, but I am not sure what I am feeling.

What should I do?

Stan]]> Stan B. AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:22:25 +0000