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Re: I need to share - 4 years ago

Thanks for your comments to my post, GGHeld. I agree it's likely time to get a second consultation, especially from an EP. I'm in communication with Kelley, Dr. Natale's Nurse Practitioner. (Living in the Los Angeles area, this is lucky for seeing Dr. N). I must wait until next year when I change back from an HMO to a PPO... It's comforting to have a community of afibbers

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I need to share - 4 years ago

Hi everyone, As I mentioned earlier in 'My Afib has Changed', a few weeks ago I started getting tachycardia, or 'flutter', leaving me very winded and weak. Until then, I rarely took my beta blocker and managed my heart pretty well with magnesium. These new symptoms were not manageable with large amounts of mag, or very well managed by the beta blocker I currently have, w

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Re: My afib has changed - 4 years ago

Vanlith, thanks for answering my earlier questions. I will check out the product you mention. It DOES sound good. / I like the idea of the 3 mags and only wish I knew why Taurine always gives me intestinal gas. I assume it's the sulfur, and I must have sulfur pathways issues. I saw my general cardiologist this afternoon as a follow up to a stress test and echocardiogram, and for cleara

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Re: My afib has changed - 4 years ago

Thanks for your notes, Vanlith. As I said earlier to GeorgeN, I stopped my Carvedilol today when I started 125 mcg of Digoxin prescribed yesterday after a Stress Test. I never cared for carvedilol, so good to be off it, even if I only took it 'as needed' in the past. I was taking the supplemental A (alternating with beta carotene) after reading Kate Rheaume-Bleue's book on V

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Re: My afib has changed - 4 years ago

Thanks, George. I'll back way down on my supps and see if any might be causing this. Yes, it seems that I can take a little calcium before I get that feeling of 'hardness' in my heart area. Btw, a calcium scan I had done around 9 months ago showed a score of 44, which is said to be within normal range for a person of my age/gender. 7 to 8 years ago my scan score was 14.

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Re: My afib has changed - 4 years ago

Hi Carey, I don't know what kind of fast heart rate it would be called. Perhaps it was flutter. Sometimes it would be be in rhythm and sometimes not. I'll see the cardiologist next Tuesday for a follow up on the stress test and echocardiogram and will ask more questions. It seemed to come on a few weeks ago without any reason that I could sense. When the rate was high (nothing hig

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Re: Strophanthin - 4 years ago

Just throwing out my 2 cents on this. I agree with Joe --"Got to have to do with cellular condition and or intracellular environment". I think it's the cellular changes in electrons (the calcium/sodium, mag and potassium) which makes the heart tissue/cells more subject to excitability. Quoting Mildred Seelig's (MD, MPH) book, The Magnesium Factor : "The normal concen

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My afib has changed - 4 years ago

I've had a light case of afib since 2015. I'm currently 71 yrs and in good health besides the afib. I'm on 15 mg of Xarelto daily and take a mult-vi-min, plus extra K2-MK7, Vit A, Vit D, C fish oils, (maybe some other things) and of course, lots of magnesium. Usually I take Mg glycinate but also like the orotate version. I try to take Taurine, but have a sulfur-pathway problem so

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Re: A complete 180 thought - AF vitamin D and Calcium - 4 years ago

Hi everyone, Like GeorgeN, my heart responds quickly to magnesium supplementation whenever it goes a little wacky. So I take mag glycinate caps throughout the day. I also take D3, 2000 IUs and K2-MK4 120 mcg. daily, sometimes with some Thorne K2-Mk4 drops thrown in... plus fish oils. And Vit C and other nutrients. For 5+ years my knees and pelvis have been stiff, and the degree varies depend

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Re: Dr. Nataly and insurance - 4 years ago

Thanks for this reply, Carey!

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Dr. Nataly and insurance - 4 years ago

Hello, I'm still sorting through this, so this question may be premature, but maybe you Nataly folks might have some ideas. I recently emailed my HMO cardiologist if he would consider giving me a referral to Andrea Nataly for consult and/or ablation. His replied that he doesn't know Nataly and can instead refer to Los Angeles based Cedars Sinai EPs for this treatment. I've onl

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Re: Update - Importance and Benefits of Taurine - 4 years ago

Ken, Sorry for the delay in replying. Any supplement (and food) that is sulfur-rich can: 1. give me gas, and 2. cause my eyes to burn after a few days of large intake. Someone mentioned once to me that molybdenum helps 'sulfur pathways in the body' and I found it DOES help with the intestinal gas. (Chewing anise seeds helps too). For the eyes burning I just back off the sulfur produ

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Re: Update - Importance and Benefits of Taurine - 4 years ago

I've started taking either Taurine or Cardiovascular Research's Mag Taurate recently and find it steadies my heart even better than mag does. And mag does a good job! ( I have a little problem processing the sulfur in the taurine, but have a few tricks to handle that). I'm grateful for your articles on taurine, Jackie. I also love how it helps many things in the body. / I'm

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Wellbutrin and afib - 4 years ago

For many years I took a small dose of name brand Wellbutrin, stopping it after being diagnosed with paroxysmal afib in 2015. Sometimes I miss the extra energy it gave me, and today my cardiologist emailed that he'd approve a small dose prescription if I want to go consider re-starting it. (I wanted his input as to whether he thought it's a good idea with a afib diagnosis). Am still con

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Re: Exatest - 4 years ago

Thanks, Susan.

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Exatest - 4 years ago

I'm having difficulty getting any response from Intracellular Diagnostics re: the Exatest. I've reached out to them via phone (3 times) and email (once). It baffles me that no one at the company responds. / I notice nobody's left a review on Yelp or the internet link to the lab. Has anyone got a comment ?

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seeking alternative cardiologist - 4 years ago

Does anyone have experience with an alternative or functional medicine cardiologist in the greater Los Angeles area? Appreciate any replies.

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Re: Having trouble w/ Cal/Mag supplmentation - 4 years ago

Jackie, I didn't receive the private message from you around 12/20/21, probably sharing your personal intake amts of K2-MK7. Can you try again? Tkx, CA gal I didn't read far enough in the thread. Thanks for your earlier reply. CG

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Re: Having trouble w/ Cal/Mag supplmentation - 4 years ago

Jackie, thanks for this wise reply. Do I need to be taking around 300 mcg of K2 MK7 daily? Can I ask how much you take? (Seems I've also read in the past that if one has an Apoe ratio with one 4 or more, that more K2 is required. I DO have one 4 in my ratio).

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Having trouble w/ Cal/Mag supplmentation - 4 years ago

I'm well versed in nutrition and supplements and as a 'lightweight' afibber, know the value of magnesium and take mag glycinate and sometimes Mag theonate. I'm 71, in good general health, but have osteopenia. Recently, my GP wanted me to look into bone preservation meds. They do not sound good to me at all. I take 3-5,000 IU's of D daily and my level is 53. I've la

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Re: Natto and other supplements instead of Eliquis - 4 years ago

Robin, I got off my Xarelto last June and have felt better having done so. There's more to the story of why I felt I could do this within a safety margin, but won't go into this here. I will likely start on nattokinase soon so am glad to hear of Allergy Research Group's product. I take many of the supplements you do and also watch my carbs. (I've been 95% gluten free for

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Re: L-carnitine supplements - 4 years ago

Susan, I just noticed my original post about L- Carnitine wasn't completed. I'm new to posting here, so must have missed something there. I've been taking either 1 or 2 L-Carnitine tartrate capsules (333 mg each) for a few weeks and notice my heart is stronger and steadier, so I'll likely continue to take it. (Thorne product). I also take 1 500 mg Acetyl L-Carnitine for

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Re: L-carnitine supplements - 4 years ago

Thanks, George!

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L- Carnitine - 4 years ago

Hello, 3 weeks ago I started taking 333 mg L- Carnitine tartrate in the early part of my day. I'd read a book by Dr. Stephen Sinatra who touts carnitine as helpful for the heart, and then I read Robert Crayhon's book The Carnitine Miracle. (Brief history- I've had lone A-Fib since 2014 and my last holster test revealed I have it 20 % of the time). Before trying L-carnitine, my b

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Re: fish oils and a-fib - 4 years ago

Thanks for these replies, frankangelo and George N. George, I'll give that trial with DHA (and eventually EPA a trial....

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fish oils and a-fib - 5 years ago

I have knee osteo-arthritis (not bone-on-bone and no pain--just stiffness). I walk with a noticeable limp. I recently did a trial of 3 grams of a high quality fish oil product to see if it helped my knees. After a week, my limping disappeared and gait was normal. My legs had much more strength. I was overjoyed. But then I noticed my heart began to have increased palpitations. After a few days,

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Re: Depression meds & afib - 6 years ago

So, getting back to only the antidepressant question. Are there any recommended meds one can take along with a diagnosis of A Fib? / Does anyone have experience treating both issues?

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Re: Xeralto - 6 years ago

Elizabeth, You might want to ask your cardiologist's office for some samples to 'tide' you over. Maybe you could request some each time you visit through the year, so you'd have a stash at the end of the year....

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Re: Depression meds & afib - 6 years ago

Daisy, Thanks for your note on Fish Oils sometimes causing more PACs. I will research. And thanks, everyone, for your cautionary words re: my desire to trade fish oils for Xarelto.

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Re: Depression meds & afib - 6 years ago

Yes, I'm asking myself the same. I'd like to lower my Xarelto to 15 mg /day but my cardiologist says all adults should have 20 mg. Anyone have experience taking 15 mg?

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