"Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? I've been experiencing a new pattern of afib this year. I was getting only a few afib episodes for the last few years...maybe 3 per year, lasting 2-3 hours and always converting on it's own. Quick start, quick finish. This year, I started getting into what I call a "mode"... where i notice I'm getting lots of ectopics all of a sudden....my Kardia shows me PVC's and PAC's....and this lasts for hours, it gets worse, and eventually turns to afib for about 3-4 hours.....and then goes away. The entire period of time can be like 24 hours....but only 3-4 hours in actual afib? Once the ectopics start, there is no stopping this pattern??? FYI. I've had afib for 30 years...1 ablation 14 years ago cleveland clinic...helped alot....again only had few episodes yearly lasting 1-3 hours max. Any thoughts? Such a dramatic change in pattern... https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175885#msg-175885 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:54:18 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175904#msg-175904 Re: "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175904#msg-175904
Thank you George for the valuable informstion!]]> Sdweller AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:29:57 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175903#msg-175903 Re: "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175903#msg-175903 No more meds for me, they have side effects only. 4 times ablated. Always this cycle.
I've tried all kinds of diets and supplements. In vain.
I'd like to be fully monitored, blood tests included, for a tenth days or so. I'm sure it would bring interesting results about things slowly building up then being suddenly destroyed by afib.
About ectopics, I'd add that when they follow a regular pattern (bi or trigeminal), they don't lead to afib. Never for me. Conversely, short runs are signs of imminent afib. If I start quiet exercise, they may disappear... but they'd likely strike back during the next resting moment.]]> Pompon AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:30:12 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175900#msg-175900 Re: "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175900#msg-175900
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Can I ask you about the calcium? I have never thought about that...I eat a lot of cheese and yogurt and dairy in general. Too much can cause afib it looks like?

That was my experience. I was eating a low carb diet and went through a divorce 8 years ago. I started literally stress eating wheels of brie. My previously stellar afib remission degraded. I thought it was divorce stress. After 14 or so months, reread the literature and figured it might be the calcium in the brie. I stopped the brie and my afib control immediately returned to pre divorce levels.

Steve Carr also has posted on calcium & afib in his protocol.

This is a search of all his posts.

The last thought I have is testosterone levels. Was listening to a podcast today where the guest mentioned he started getting palpitations, got tested and found out he had very low T. With T replacement to normal levels, the palpitations went away.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:46:38 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175898#msg-175898 Re: "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175898#msg-175898
Can I ask you about the calcium? I have never thought about that...I eat a lot of cheese and yogurt and dairy in general. Too much can cause afib it looks like?]]> Sdweller AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:29:47 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175891#msg-175891 Re: "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175891#msg-175891 here (and continues working for him). In the subsequent 15 & 2/3's years, the cycles never returned. The electrolytes mentioned in my link were a change from when I had the cycles.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:52:58 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175885#msg-175885 "Mode" of ectopics leading to afib? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175885,175885#msg-175885
This year, I started getting into what I call a "mode"... where i notice I'm getting lots of ectopics all of a sudden....my Kardia shows me PVC's and PAC's....and this lasts for hours, it gets worse, and eventually turns to afib for about 3-4 hours.....and then goes away. The entire period of time can be like 24 hours....but only 3-4 hours in actual afib?

Once the ectopics start, there is no stopping this pattern???

FYI. I've had afib for 30 years...1 ablation 14 years ago cleveland clinic...helped alot....again only had few episodes yearly lasting 1-3 hours max.

Any thoughts? Such a dramatic change in pattern...]]> Sdweller AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 07 Jul 2020 19:54:13 +0000