Thankyou George, I can’t seem to find magnesium in it’s own here, they seem to come with another form of something. If it’s ok with the taurate added to it, I’ll increase the pills as you suggest Thankyou, Tweezby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Thanks as always. Looks like I can increase it quite a lot then….I will do slowly as you suggest. Is it ok that my magnesium is also already ‘mixed’ in with the taurate though? So I’m effect I would be increasing he taurate as well as the magnesium? I have some magnesium glyconate too, but not taking that as I’m taking the magnesium taurate ( which I thought might be better for mby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: magnesium…. Please can I just ask….as I am a bit confused. I have started taking magnesium taurate. I’m taking 2 a day of what they regard as a ‘high potency’, maximum dose, but the bottle says that two pills = magnesium taurate 1500 mg, of which is providing 112mg of magnesium. So by taking two tablets per day, I am only taking 112mg magnesium, the rest is taurate. I did check this ouby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Carey & Pompon, Thankyou both….and for putting my mind at rest today. You are both right, I’m fixated on my Apple watch I look at it a lot…too much. I will look into a Kardia , I’ve never heard of one. If I get an afib attack, it can now go on for hours, unless I take a PIP. I was getting one every 3 weeks ( but only for 3 months) leading up to diagnosis in September. Before thatby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Pompon, What do you take for your vagal Afib? How often do you have them? Are you on blood thinners? ( I’m not) it’s another worry for me as I don’t really want to have them as the only one I can take is warfarin. My CHADS score is 0 currently. I do worry about the future. Tweez.by Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George and Pompon, Thankyou so much for coming back. I don’t actually know what a PVC or PAC is, but I’ve heard the term…I will Google them, but glad it sounds like something not to worry about. No, nobody is monitoring me. I have had a few blood tests this year since the summer, but as regards the effects of the beta blocker, or my heart rate, nothing since October when I saw my cardioloby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, I’m hoping someone might know what is happening. Background: I am in the Uk and have written before about not coping very well with my paroxysmal A fib diagnosis since Sept after being out on a monitor in A&E. I’d suffered with ‘attacks’ for approx 10 years without diagnosis, but due to anxiety this year they became more frequent, I am currently on bisoprolol 2.25 mg for it. No anticoby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good luck too Bob Regards, Tweez.by Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Apologies for coming back to you so late. I do appreciate your responses and again, you’ve been so helpful to me. My Last CRP level was done in October and I was VERY anxious, probably more than I am now even and it had gone to 2 from being 1 in Late July. It is interesting to read about your wife’s reading and the process of elimination. Funnily enough too, around that time I was hby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, I am trying to keep all my blood test scores within a certain level in preparation for coming off Bisoprolol. My C reactive protein level was 2 in October but 1 in August. I have been severely anxious about my paroxysmal Afib, currently controlled with Bisoprolol.Do you think stress and anxiety could be causing this as I’m aware I need to get it back to 1 as quickly as possible? Myby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lani B, Thankyou so much for all the good advice. I am currently taking 240mg of magnesium raisers at 50 mg B6 which I intend to up but doses. I’ve only Been taking it two days so far. I started taking rhodiola rose this morning for my anxiety as I just can’t seem to tolerate anti depressants. Inositol looks interesting, but I’ve just had a quick Google and unfortunately I think it interacby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan, Thankyou for coming back. I stopped drinking any alcohol ( and also caffeine) in July this year after I first had my anxiety issues and I unfortunately still had attacks monthly until September, when I was first put on the bisoprolol. I am going to slowly withdraw again from the bisoprolol due to the tinnitus, the way it makes me feel like a zombie - and the lack of good sleep,by Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Joy, Thankyou - I replied ( hopefully it worked!) Tweezby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jugsy, I did a bit of research I found Professor Ernst is a female and had a look at their website. I would be under Basildon Hospital for this procedure and they are a cardiac specialist unit in Essex, so I’m probably under a good area ( haven’t met anyone there yet as I am under another nearby hospital that would refer me to Basildon). When I next speak to my cardiologist ( if he evby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jugsy, Thankyou and I see you were the one from South Wales ( apologies, I didn’t connect). So did you go privately to The Royal Brompton? Or was it under the NHS? We’re you paroxysmal? We can’t afford privately unfortunately, especially if it has to be repeated. Is Professor Ernst from the Royal Brompton? Does he work under the NHS too? Sorry so many questions. Thankyou, Tweezby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Kevin, I am a 56 year old female and joined this forum just this week. I am recently diagnosed with paroxysmal Afib after experiencing attacks intermittently over past 10 years. The attacks became more frequent. Initialy I was only getting one yearly or so. Then this last year every month, but I had been suffering from anxiety this year. Mine funnily enough became more frequent after my Astby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jugsy, Thankyou for explaining it to me. I understand now. Unfortunately in the UK under the NHS, I don’t think I will get to choose the EP who does the ablation. We have to go with whoever is assigned. I am under a good local hospital. My cardiologist said I would get to speak to a specialist at the hospital where I’d have the ablation ( if they say I can have one, I don’t even know thatby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan ( I know you were writing to Tom though), My Gp took me off the propanolol when I told him it made my feet go like ice….did he do the right thing? They were literally like blocks of ice, I’ve never experienced anything like it I took a really low dose too…I think it was either 10mg or 20mg I can’t remember. I was only told to take it as I was off the BIsop and I needed it as a PIP tby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thankyou George, I really do appreciate your help and the breathing exercises will certainly help me, especially when I go through the tough times of getting off the bisop, which I am dreading. I have a kindle, so I’ll definitely be checking that. Thankyou so much, Tweezby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Poppino, Thankyou for coming back. Yes, 6 months seems a long wait and being a pessimist in all this, I bet it’s longer. I’d have one next week if I could. I’m not sure how I’d even be able to go to France and as I said to Jugsy, under the NHS I feel I have no choices and the cost of going to France, or even trying to sort out how and when would be beyond me I’m afraid, but it is a lovelyby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jugsy, Thankyou. Citalopram is the only anti depressant I haven’t tried….it’s good to hear you were ok on it. Please can I ask what an EP is? I’d see this a lot and just don’t know what it means I’m under our local hospital and although I’m not impressed by the time things take or the lack of support, I’m not sure how I can switch from the help I’ve been given so far under the NHS? I didby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan, Thankyou for coming back. I space my carbamazepine about an hour to 1.5 hrs before I take my Bisoprolol, but as I take both in the morning, one before and I after breakfast, I’m not sure how I could leave 3 hrs….,y pharmacist said I could take the Bisoprolol first, then the carbamazepine, but I’m too scared to mess around with the timings, as it would mean I start taking my Bisoproloby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thankyou Ponpom, I do appreciate you replying and yes, stress is the worst thing for me since this Summer especially. Everything you describe is so true. My GP even said to me last week, I could be a lot worse off and basically pull myself together. My cardiac consultant did say to me ‘ it won’t kill you’ when he saw how worried I am. Sounds like they all do that Thankyou, Tweezby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
I meant to add too…I do take anti convulsant med - carbamazepine, which they all know about at the hospital. I know there’s an interaction there but they didn’t seem to think there was a problem, though I am wary of the flec because of it. I will try 100 mg next time and wait an hour to see if I convert. I have a Apple Watch with heart rate monitor which helps….though it can be a bad thing at tby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, I meant to say too, yes about the Bisoprolol…I really wish I’d never started taking it every day, when I was prescribed it by A&E that first time. I told them I never got many episodes. I asked the Dr at A&E if I needed to take it every day. He shrugged and said ‘see how you feel” yet on the prescription it said to take every day and do not stop unless you talk to your Doctor.by Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Susan, Thankyou - and I’m sorry to hear about the issues you had with Flec and I hope you are fully recovered now, it sounds like you had an awful time. I have read your link, Thankyou for that and it provided an insight into flec and dosages and I can see that it’s never been clear. When I sat with my cardiologist for the first time, he was quite vague about the pill in the pocket approaby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks George, I’ve lots to think about. I won’t take 300 mg again, I wasn’t happy taking that amount and I panicked a lot the next day, wondering if I’d go into Afib again and what I’d do if I did. Thankyou for all your help and consideration again, Tweez.by Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Thankyou so much for coming back to me so quickly. I weigh approx 71kg right now ( I’m 5 ft 8) but I have lost weight over past few months too. To be honest, I did wonder about taking such a high dose in a 1 hr period. It was definitely what he prescribed for me and I also have it in writing. He did also say that 400 mg was the total I could take in a day, but I haven’t read thaby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, I’m new to this forum and struggling with my diagnosed Paroxysmal Afib. I’m mid fifties female in the UK. You all seem so lovely on here that any words of encouragement would be very helpful at this tough time. I went undiagnosed for probably about 10 years with on and off palpitation episodes that self resolved within a few hours. It started once a year or so and then progressed to once eby Tweez - AFIBBERS FORUM