Afib and sex March 21, 2021 08:21AM |
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Re: Afib and sex March 21, 2021 09:04AM |
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ElectroBlu
Curiously, when doing a search on this forum, I could not find one post that mentioned afib and sex.
Am I the only one whose sex life is impacted by afib?
Re: Afib and sex March 21, 2021 09:15AM |
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GeorgeN
Curiously, when doing a search on this forum, I could not find one post that mentioned afib and sex.
Am I the only one whose sex life is impacted by afib?
During parts of 2012 and 13, I was going through a divorce and stress eating wheels of bire. I later figured out that this increase in calcium gave me many more afib triggers, including the time after orgasm when heart rate drops significantly. A search on my posts on this is here. When I figured out the calcium connection and eliminated it, the increased triggers abated.
Afib has never caused ED for me, if that is what you are referring to.
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Re: Afib and sex March 21, 2021 01:25PM |
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ElectroBlu
To be more precise, I mean that sex is one of my main triggers for an afib episode!
Re: Afib and sex March 21, 2021 02:23PM |
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GeorgeN
To be more precise, I mean that sex is one of my main triggers for an afib episode!
During that time, I put on a recording beat to beat heart rate monitor and performed self gratification to see what my heart did. My triggers have always been vagal. From memory, my heart rate increased to around 115 BPM at orgasm, then went on a pretty steep slide to 65-70 BPM. It was during this slide that PAC's could occur. These never led to afib during self gratification, but did during sex with my partner (never wore a monitor while with my partner...). If I felt these PAC's starting, I could often stop them and ward off afib by changing from a horizontal to a vertical position or getting up and moving around (fortunately have a supportive partner). This changed the autonomic nervous system balance (ANS).
This led me to hypothesize that the issue wasn't heart rate, per se, or being parasympathetic, but the dramatic ANS change that was the trigger. My resting heart rate is easily in the lower 50's and can be in the low 40's during sleep. So the absolute heart rate wasn't the issue. This ANS change was also an issue with other triggers during the higher calcium time, including consuming an ice cold drink quickly.
Re: Afib and sex March 22, 2021 09:15AM |
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Re: Afib and sex March 22, 2021 04:19PM |
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George: Maybe you should repeat your study, this time with a partner. Bet you'd find lots of different outcomes with different emotions and hormones, (Oxytocin), involved.
Do this all in the name of research, of course. Please publish your results, too.
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Im also curious how soon after an ablation once can resume physical activities like this?
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