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Re: taking Xarelto & these supplements too? - 6 years ago

I started a new thread since this one has gotten off the original subject. I wanted help & advice starting on Xarelto & now I have started a new topic to ask about propafenone which has now been prescribed for me. So I just wanted to let you know I have more questions, but started a new topic w/propafenone in the topic line. Thanks.

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?s re propafenone & treatment for different types AF - 6 years ago

Hi, I have recently written about the blood thinners I was advised to start on. Now I want to ask about the anti-arrhythmic recommended for me. I saw the cardiologist 2/14/19. Next day I got thyroid labs he ordered. He did an echo & stress test, which came back normal. When I first saw him in the office, he said he would probably start me on flecainide & stop the carvedilol I wa

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Re: how to keep up w/info on this site - suggestions..... - 6 years ago

Thank you to all: Carey, MadMax, Shannon

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how to keep up w/info on this site - suggestions..... - 6 years ago

Hi, I am new to your site lately & on it whenever I can squeeze it in. I have seen so much helpful stuff to know now & for the future. Do you have any suggestions as to the best way to keep up with certain tips/articles? Is there a way to take certain blocks of info & drag them into some personal afibbers area of my own, so when I want to find that ???something that I can barely r

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Re: taking Xarelto & these supplements too? - 6 years ago

Thank you Jackie. I have stopped the ginkgo 240 mg a day. Supposed to be good for your brain too tho guess I will give it to my husband as I have 2 bottles. When you say cut back severely on the fish oil supps, do you think: Maybe I could take 1 tsp of the cod liver oil (instead of the 3 tsp I was taking) the DHA 500 was recommended by Dr. Perlmutter - alzheimer prevention - Grain B

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Re: taking Xarelto & these supplements too? - 6 years ago

Elizabeth, I agree I can't expect much good advice there. Most of them think you are crazy for taking anything. They think we get most we need from food - which may have been easier in times past, but not now.

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Re: taking Xarelto & these supplements too? - 6 years ago

They have my detailed supp list & the frightening thing is I was sent home w/advice to start Xarelto & he said nothing about my 240 mg of ginkgo biloba daily. I knew about it bec I do research stuff & I am asking for more advice now. When I saw him the first time last yr, he did pooh-pooh many of my good supps. Much I take is recommended by thyroid and adrenal support groups &

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taking Xarelto & these supplements too? - 6 years ago

Hi, I was just on here asking about blood thinners, etc. Thought I would start a new post to ask if I might obtain advice about taking some of my supps when I start Xarelto tonight? Here is my list of some I think are questionable to take w/Xarelto tho possibly some can be taken in lower doses? Ginkgo biloba 120 mg 2x/day)is what I had been doing since not on a blood thinner before Cod L

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Re: Timing & type of AF - 6 years ago

Thanks to both of you Wolfpack and George for replying. I am beginning to see that I probably do not have vagal afib as mine is mostly in the early evening after dinner and or wine & other triggers at other times as well. But not usually at bedtime, not lasting long, not terminated by exercise. I take iodine Iodoral 12.5 mg every morning with my thyroid medicine. I used to take a lot but t

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Re: Not sure what type of LAF I have - 6 years ago

Liz, What type of thyroid med do you take? Before my dx of AFib, I was on all natural dessicated thyroid (NDT - if you have any experience with it, it is pretty complicated). After AFib dx, I had to switch to synthetic at first, but later I wanted to add back some NDT, so the synthetic was lowered & I am still trying to find the right mix. It is tricky. But the NDT does so much more

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Re: Not sure what type of LAF I have - 6 years ago

Thanks anti-fib! I see the price has come down & I guess it is time for me to buy the Kardia Alive-Cor thing. I saw where the pulse oximeters ranged from $16-$80 at first glance & I am no good myself at detecting afib by pulse, so I guess I need the real thing. I know the sensations, but nothing like really having solid confirmation for me & to show the doctor. I did wear a Hol

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Re: Not sure what type of LAF I have - 6 years ago

Thank you for your replies, continuing to take it all in.

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Timing & type of AF - 6 years ago

I would be grateful to know if anyone has their AF at night or late afternoon, not necessarily while lying down or just at bedtime, and if they feel their AF is adrenergic rather than vagal even though their episodes are not during the daytime. There are several indicators given so that you can diagnose which kind of AF you have, and I would just like to know if many of you find it common t

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Re: Not sure what type of LAF I have - 6 years ago

Hello, Thank you for replies. Elizabeth I will address your questions, but first I wonder if any of you has read Hans' book? Because he definitely thinks knowing what type of afib you have is ultra important. Because knowing whether its origin is vagal or adrenergic or mixed determines the proper treatment, and in fact, the one-for-all afib treatment can be highly detrimental. He has man

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Not sure what type of LAF I have - 6 years ago

I am reading LAF Towards a Cure by Hans, & I am still confused as to whether I have vagal, mixed, or adrenergic AF. I do believe it is lone AF bec I had been told my valves & pumps were all normal. I believe my AF was caused by too much thyroid med for too long. My thyroid was surgically removed totally 13 yr ago (Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis w/suspected CA) so this is not thyrotoxicosos, b

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Re: new to group - ?s re afib meds/supps - 6 years ago

Hey, yes i take iodoral & have for yrs. I know quite a bit about all that as I have been thyroidless for 13 yrs now & have read much & been helped a lot. I do believe I convert FT4 to FT3 pretty ok, but getting direct T3 is another thing in addition to converted T3. I already take selenium & a number of things. The thyroid groups call your med of Synthroid - Sincrap. have you

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Re: new to group - ?s re afib meds/supps - 6 years ago

Carey, My 1st sentence told you I had paroxysmal Afib. All the rest of your ?s were also answered in my note if you would re-read it. 4 episodes in one month's time of monitoring. I gave the whole story as I was hoping to give a full picture & get some answers to these specifics. I detailed quite a bit which should give enough information for a detailed reply. One cannot advise p

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Re: new to group - ?s re afib meds/supps - 6 years ago

Hi Liz, Let's see if I can remember all you wrote as I don't see it now! I have NOT started hawthorne extract or taurine yet as the dr. has only had me on the beta blockers about a month & she did not want me to take the supps, so I decided I needed to stay stable for a while before experimenting with getting off the beta b. & getting on the 2 supps. I have only had Afib be

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new to group - ?s re afib meds/supps - 6 years ago

Hi, I was diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fib (or lone afib) Jan 19th, & it has taken me a while to learn how to get on here & ask some questions. My thyroid was surgically totally removed in 2005 & I had to start thyroid replacement. In 2010 I started natural dessicated thyroid (NDT) & have experimented with that process for years. I am now 68 years old & though I have b

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