Thank you for your comment @strongHeart. Age of initial onset: 65 Gender: male Current age: 74 Keep in mind that my a-fib was always relatively mild -- it was intermittent and never incapacitated me. Mostly just very scary, especially when the episodes lasted for hours. My experiences may not be applicable to others, but testing out some of the things I've tried is harmless and coulby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's been more than 6 years since my last post on this topic, but I thought others might be interested to hear my experience related to tyramine as a trigger. The last tyramine high food I tried eliminating from my diet was toasted almonds, of which I was eating a lot every day. Since eliminating them I have not had an a-fib episode for more than three years. It seems that only roasted almonby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM
As to enteric coating -- I think that applies to aspirin. There is evidence that the coating interferes with the absorbtion of aspirin and for some people the interference is stronger than for others. And there is little evidence, as far as I know, that enteric coating on aspirin has any real benefit. Yet I have found it harder and harder to find non-enteric coated aspirin, especially in thby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm in the same boat as you, though my AFib is mostly vagal in nature. My occurrences are on average about twice a month, lasting no more than 8 or 10 hours and never debilitating. As with you my CHADS risk is low. I take an aspirin a day (325mg) but no other treatments or medications. I also have been taking magnesium and potassium supplements for some time. As to your question abouby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, Thanks for taking the time to provide this information. I'll look for Dr. Braverman's book as well. I found his list of tyramine foods interesting in that it is a bit more aggressive than other lists I've seen. Following are some of the discrepancies between his list and my personal experience. Bananas - I've found that I can eat a banana or two a day withoutby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM
I would like to share my experience of controlling my aFib by reducing external triggers and am interested to know what others think of my interpretation of these experiences. Based on what I’ve read in these forums and in Hans Larsen’s book, my aFib is a fairly benign case. I have experienced episodes for about 8 years, but have never been incapacitated by them. Most of my episodes appearby lpoleshuck - AFIBBERS FORUM