QuoteCarey Given your age, an ablation makes a lot of sense. Managing afib with drugs is quite often less than 100% successful, and all the drugs involved have side effects that anyone who's physically active isn't going to like much. Also, most of the antiarrhythmics tend to stop working after a variable period of time (years, unpredictable how many), and some can even become pro-arrhyby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Thanks, Wolf. Are you saying you believe I should consider ablation? MY GP suggested that but I thought it might be a bit premature to go down that route. Did you do it? I don't see the EP until after the holidays. I had the ablation about 6 months after AF started. In my opinion, ablation should be a first line treatment option in our cases. Objectively speaking,by Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack Same here. I was 41y old when mine started. At the time running 6-7 miles, 6 days/week with one "off" day. My BMI at the time was probably 20, BP normal, no tobacco, no diabetes. Normal echo, no heart defects or valve problems. More than likely it's just the increased vagal tone that slows your resting heart rate down so much that the normal pacemaker -the sino-atrby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Ghost: Your worrying too much about getting AFIB, or that are having AFIB. I suggest focusing more on what to do about it, if it comes. Iv'e had 45 or so Episodes, nothing real bad ever happened. You are right to look for "Triggers". Especially in your case, where they could not find anything else wrong. Keep a log or Diary. It won't hurt, and can onby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I would note that some have posted that coffee was a trigger, Of course they have, but that doesn't mean it actually was. If I had a dollar for everything I've seen people claim was a trigger I'd be on a beach in the Caribbean right now. Hey, he's new to afib. How about we agree to give him the broad strokes at this point and avoid the fine points of debateby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN I'm a 46 year old male, no health issues and very athletic. -Ghost How athletic? Chronic fitness is a known path to afib for some, including me. While exercise may be good for your heart plumbing, it may not (especially a lot of endurance cardio) be good for the electrical system. < Detraining was/is part of my successful strategy to keep afib in remission wby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey, I cannot thank you enough for the reply. You seem to understand exactly what I am feeling, what the continuity of my quest for info is like, and how it is affecting me psychologically. That, in itself is a huge comfort. I'm so used to being "immortal" that when this occurred, it really hit me hard. Being the rock of the family, I wasn't able to let my guard downby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM
Moderator, thank you for approving my account. I had stumbled upon this forum a little while ago to learn more about afib after having my second episode of it. The first episode was back in March of this year (17) when I woke up in the middle of the night. My 9 year old had crawled into bed and was kicking around and I decided to head to the spare bedroom to get some sleep. After lying back dby Ghost - AFIBBERS FORUM