What does flutter feel like? I've had afib episodes since 2011 and convert with PIP metoprolol 12.5 mg and flecainide 100 mg. My episodes are always obvious to me -- I check my pulse/ox gadget, have to pee, etc. I have about 2-3 episodes a month and convert within 2 hours. My cardiologist wanted me to wear a Preventice monitor for 30 days to make sure I wasn't in afib more than I was aware. He's afraid I'll get a stroke, because I don't want to take a blood thinner (but I take nattokinase 100 mg daily). I have to wear the monitor for one more week. Had no afib for the first 2 weeks, then an episode. Then the night after that, Preventice left a message for me at 5 am July 4th (I was asleep with my phone on mute), asking if I was OK, and did I notice anything. No, I was asleep at 5 am. But today my cardiologist's nurse called to follow up and said Preventice notified them that I had been in flutter and that there was a long pause before I converted to NSR. I realize now that I don't really know what flutter is. I get what I call short "runs" of multiple rapid beats that last for several seconds. As for pauses, I definitely get that when I come out of afib - blackout-duty pauses - but I've never passed out from it. Now this is making me worried because my heart is fluttering and pausing while I'm asleep and who knows whether I'll wake up? Thanks https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175893#msg-175893 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:55:06 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175978#msg-175978 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175978#msg-175978
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Barry G.]]> Barry G. AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:28:37 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175941#msg-175941 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175941#msg-175941
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Yeah. I think Carey once got 1:1 flutter.
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Once? I wish! It was dozens and dozens of times over a period of two years. There was a time I was in the ER getting cardioverted 2-3 times per week until I discovered that I could chemically cardiovert myself using high doses of potassium and a potassium meter. All information I found here in the library.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:12:37 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175939#msg-175939 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175939#msg-175939 .
I once had half a dozen hours for sure with flutter around 125bpm. It was a strange sensation, beats were discrete in strength. Sinus tach should give stronger beats (I'm guessing).]]> Pompon AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:08:29 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175927#msg-175927 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175927#msg-175927
I think Carey's cruise was set a tad higher at times (:D]]> AB Page AFIBBERS FORUM Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:10:23 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175902#msg-175902 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175902#msg-175902 From my experience, I'd add that flutter don't give beats different in strength from each other, contrary to afib, where you'd feel tronger beats here and there.
When afib and flutter are intricated, as I've had experienced, flutter is hard to discern without an EKG recording.]]> Pompon AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 08:48:27 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175901#msg-175901 Re: What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175901#msg-175901 but regular heartbeat. It can also be slow, but it will always be a regular rhythm, unlike AF, which is always irregular.

What is flutter? Flutter is a self-perpetuating signal going around in a circle in one of your atria.

Flutter tends to be resistant to rate control and antiarrhythmic drugs. Unlike AF, it tends to be a stable rhythm that can continue for days or even weeks.

All that said, rest assured you'll wake up. It's not dangerous and pretty much everything you know about AF applies to flutter as well.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:04:09 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175893#msg-175893 What does flutter feel like? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,175893,175893#msg-175893
My cardiologist wanted me to wear a Preventice monitor for 30 days to make sure I wasn't in afib more than I was aware. He's afraid I'll get a stroke, because I don't want to take a blood thinner (but I take nattokinase 100 mg daily).

I have to wear the monitor for one more week. Had no afib for the first 2 weeks, then an episode. Then the night after that, Preventice left a message for me at 5 am July 4th (I was asleep with my phone on mute), asking if I was OK, and did I notice anything. No, I was asleep at 5 am. But today my cardiologist's nurse called to follow up and said Preventice notified them that I had been in flutter and that there was a long pause before I converted to NSR.

I realize now that I don't really know what flutter is. I get what I call short "runs" of multiple rapid beats that last for several seconds. As for pauses, I definitely get that when I come out of afib - blackout-duty pauses - but I've never passed out from it.

Now this is making me worried because my heart is fluttering and pausing while I'm asleep and who knows whether I'll wake up?

Thanks]]> CC66 AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:30:30 +0000