Quotehwkmn05 Cardiologist, Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD, in his book, Death by Calcium Another great read by Dr. Thomas Levy is "Hidden Epidemic". A personal story of his own root canal teeth he believed to be the direct cause for his heart attack and other health issues until removal. Thank you for the reply, I’ll check those out. I’m about 1.5 years post diagnosis and finally decidby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another option if you like the tech and you are an iPhone person is an Apple Watch. Yes, the newest ones run a similar ECG to the Kardia, but even at least back to the series 2 models will constantly monitor HRV. I found that when I am out of rhythm, my recorded heart rate variability spikes above 150. I’m not really sure how the watch interacts with Android phones if at all. For the iPhone,by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Greg I am 36 and was diagnosed about the same time you were. I am healthy and work out quite a bit (10-15 hours/week), but sounds like I’m nowhere near the shape your in. Looking back I can remember at least a few times in the last 15 years or so that I was most likely out of rhythm. When I was first diagnosed I didn’t even know there was anything wrong, I was having and ekg done for a pby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf I definitely read somewhere the other evening that high cholesterol reduces stroke risk! I'll have to try and find said article/s and post. I can’t put my finger on the link, but I know there was a fairly large and long study regarding stroke and cholesterol out of Japan. Here's one study LINK Sorry, looks liek you might have to register to view it now.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
I’m still working on getting my mg levels up, currently at 600mg daily. I am wondering how much others are able to take. Also, are topical magnesium sprays any use to us afibbers? My in and out of rhythm cycles seem to be extending. I was in rhythm for 6 days, but then out for 8. I was then in NSR for the last 8 days, but I think I pushed my workout too hard last night. I felt off last nightby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack I have noticed a fair amount of muscle cramps lately, but I attributed that to my increase in biking at the gym. I swapped out running because of my back/leg issues for biking. I do take a magnesium supplement and I also cut way back on my supplements, so maybe something there is off too. I am now taking Nattokinase (2,000 FU 1x day) Taurine (1,000mg 3x day) Hawthorne Exby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters I have noticed a fair amount of muscle cramps lately, but I attributed that to my increase in biking at the gym. I swapped out running because of my back/leg issues for biking. "Without enough calcium you may experience muscle cramps." Yep, I read through that too. It really is such a fine balancing act.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Beardman - Good you are getting rid of the excess calcium since anytime there is too much intracellular calcium... which is almost always the case with afibbers, there is also the finding that intracellular magnesium is low. The ratios of calcium-to-magnesium and potassium-to-sodium are established by fundamental biophysics... along with the calcium-to- sodium ratio that is ofteby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters "Calcium is especially important for athletes because they are more likely to lose calcium, as well as other minerals, through perspiration." Could just be a balance of Ca+, perhaps the weeks I stayed in rhythm was all the Ca+ excess working its way out.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just when I thought I was making headway . . . The decrease in Ca+ seemed to be working wonders. I went 6+ days without a single episode. Unfortunately, that ended for me Tuesday morning while I was sleeping (I have never recorded an episode during sleep before). I have been out of rhythm since then no matter what workout(s) I have tried. During this 6 day stretch, my resting heart rateby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Beardman - oh - yeah ...well, too low in the spine.... I was curious to know if the disc issues were higher up and had some impingement in areas of the vagus nerve, but not down there. I certainly wish you every success with the procedure. There are some specialists in this area that are injecting special forms of what I'll call "collagen" for lack of a better term..by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Beardman - The support factor is definitely an important part of the forum. Always has been. I'm pleased to see your cutting back on the Ca and arginine helped and as time goes on, you'll probably see continued stability but you also may need further reductions. What are the numbers of the herniated discs? Jackie Hoping for a microdiscectomy around L5, but it lookby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDinodog Hi Beardman- I'm sorry you have to deal with this and understand it all too well. I just turned 45 so now how it is to get this diagnosis and feel like your life is in flux to say the least. Take the time to do some more reading, and I think you will likely conclude that an ablation is the way to go. You are young with a structurally sound heart so your success rate with a tby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Completely understand the frustration. Bear in mind, though, that we are all biologics and not machines. The same set of inputs does not always have to produce the same set of outputs. AF is a progressive disease. It will change over time. As things are today, there are really 3 choices for AF: don’t treat, medicate, ablate. Eliquis has a reversal agent that was recently approvedby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Beardman: I think every Dr. will want you on Blood Thinners. If it was only an episode every 2 months, then they would be more inclined to accept no Anti-Coagulation. Keep in mind when you are doing your research, that Paroximal AFIB could mean bi-monthly episodes, or 1-2 a week like yours. The other thing is that you are relatively early in your discovery of your AFIBby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Did you ever follow up on an Endocrine/Cortisol check-up, as suggested in in your earlier Post? A Saliva Cortisol 4X/day test would tell what is going on with Adrenal output. The fact that you can sense it coming on several hours prior suggests some sort of intermittent Hormonal or Electrolytic imbalance. I had intermittent periods of Adrenal Suppression which triggered AFIB.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Beardman: 'My EP suggested that I take flecainide, but cautioned me that I absolutely couldn’t take it before the cardioversion as it could put me into NSR which could throw a clot. I know they are going by the book and I don’t want a stroke, but I just wish I could find the balance a little better." _____________________________________________________________by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Beardman - your intake of calcium... I consume 1,000-1,500 MG of calcium a day is very high. You need to cut back to under 500 mg or less... on a permanent basis. ... because calcium is excitatory to cells... that includes heart cells. And it will dominate over magnesium... (which is calming or relaxing)..... If your magnesium intake is consistently low, then that explainby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I suspect he's being required to take anticoagulants for three weeks prior to the cardioversion to give any existing clots time to dissolve. That's standard procedure. So what his EP is saying is don't take flecainide until that time period has passed. You definitely don't want to convert to NSR by any means when you've got a clot lurking in your left atrium.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Beardman: 'My EP suggested that I take flecainide, but cautioned me that I absolutely couldn’t take it before the cardioversion as it could put me into NSR which could throw a clot. I know they are going by the book and I don’t want a stroke, but I just wish I could find the balance a little better." Are you misunderstanding what your EP said? The whole point ofby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Has anyone noticed or been measuring their heart rate variability? Mine is measure automatically with my Apple Watch. When in NSR it is between 20-75, but when out of rhythm it spikes upwards of 250ms. I am not sure if the watch is accurate during an arrhythmia or if this is another valuable piece of data to follow. Without changing anything yet, I worked out at martial arts for about a hourby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN I consume 1,000-1,500 MG of calcium a day, maybe that’s too much and I could try cutting down. I eat a Keto/vegetarian diet though, so I am sourcing most of my fat content from dairy. From my experience, I'd stop the Ca++ completely. Now. When I was overeating Ca++ , I had many more triggers. I'm much more robust without it. How much is too much exercise is toby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Your doc is right when he wants having you back in NSR as soon as possible. Waiting is usually bad because the longer you're in afib, the more likely afib would worsen. I understand this, but with the ability to convert on my own, I just didn't feel it was necessary. I am usually in NSR for 3-4 days at a clip and then out for 1-2 days. I would say that an electroby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Joel/Beardman - The Adrenotone may be too stimulating... esp. in combo with L-arginine. The Adrenotone product data sheet has this notation: Advise patient to discontinue use and consult you if they experience sleeplessness, headache or heart palpitations when using Adrenotone™. You should consider cutting back on the arginine as well as that can be too stimulatory for someby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Did you ever follow up on an Endocrine/Cortisol check-up, as suggested in in your earlier Post? A Saliva Cortisol 4X/day test would tell what is going on with Adrenal output. The fact that you can sense it coming on several hours prior suggests some sort of intermittent Hormonal or Electrolytic imbalance. I had intermittent periods of Adrenal Suppression which triggered AFIB.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon Your doc is right when he wants having you back in NSR as soon as possible. Waiting is usually bad because the longer you're in afib, the more likely afib would worsen. I understand this, but with the ability to convert on my own, I just didn't feel it was necessary. I am usually in NSR for 3-4 days at a clip and then out for 1-2 days.by beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
I do and I am sure this is just me being stubborn, but I really didn’t like the path he wanted me to go down. He was insistent on an electro cardioversion and wanted me on blood thinners and a few other things to, “try them out”. My chads vast number is zero. I suggested that I could wait a few days to kick back into NSR and it was like I had just insulted him. I have read so many mixed reviews oby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
I was diagnosed with afib in March at random (more explanation in my previous thread). I have been taking a variety of supplements both via recommendations here, my own reading and my naturopaths suggestions. I am 36 years old and have zero interest in any pharmaceuticals. I am in rhythm about 70% of the time in any given month, generally out of rhythm for 24-48 hours at a clip. I can count oby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
So I have been on quite a few supplements since originally posting and though I would put them here for reference. 2 grams L-Argentine 3X daily 1 gram Vitamin C 3X daily 500mg Niavasc (Niacin) 1X daily 20,000 fu Nattokinase 1X daily 3 caps Adrenotone 3X daily 200mg DHA form Algae 3X daily 1 cap Vitamin D Supreme (5,000iu Vit D and 550mcg Vit K) 1X daily 3.75grams L-Carnitine 1X dailyby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehwkmn05 Beard, sorry, that was hurried. Vitamins B and C was minimal in those supplements you mentioned. Not knowing my cortisol levels were off, I was on a daily dose of 4000 mg of Vit C for 2 years and stayed in NSR. For some reason they ceased to keep me in NSR, going out 12 times in 2 months. After an adrenal test and regimen of Cortisol control, NSR since then for 1 year. I dont take Mby beardman - AFIBBERS FORUM