Quotekbog Yes, flec is usually prescribed BID, but I had noticed a pattern of my heart trying to go into AF in the last several hours before I was supposed to take the next dose, so I dug into the prescribing information and looked at studies at length, only to see that in some rare cases, a patient needed TID dosing for adequate control of symptoms. Also, that children above infant age and undeby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
As Wolfpack wrote, this is individual specific. Mine last only about 1 hour... but I get them two times a week! I don't even know if it's potentially more dangerous having about 110x 1h afib a year or 2x 55h ; but having had longer and much less frequent episodes (15-24h) two years ago, I can say I found afib far more tiring back then. I wouldn't live with afib without any treby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehoundym (...) It seems that many posters here know when they are in a Fib. Sometimes I do, but not sue if feeling palpitations necessarily equates to A fib. How can I tell the difference? (...) You might take a look at some vids from Dr Sanjay Gupta, on Youtube. Here's one about the heart palpitations.by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I don't think there's a lot to be analyzed there. The positive news you can take from it is, as you said, that the afib isn't really sustained. Your heart keeps trying to do the right thing so as the ablation lesions heal, hopefully it will gradually settle down into a normal rhythm. I hope so... Afib is now less disabling for me than the absorbtion of the drugs. Afibby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is the kind of chaos I caught yesterday around 5:30AM (Lead2 tracing): Afib is not sustained, there are some p waves here and there and the avg HR isn't very high (mostly below 100BPM). I'm not qualified to analyse those tracings, but I'm sure some people here should be able to see other particularities. I've tracings captured a couple minutes later, afteby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi, Jackie. Thank you so much for your kind informative answer. I've already had numerous tests, but I'm not sure to use the correct words to name them (here we are french speaking)... QuoteJackie Pompon - The gas/bloating during sleep can be from numerous sources... one might be that you have a sensitivity to lactose ... consumed during your last meal. That's a fairly easyby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
After having been afib free for a full week, I got my 204th episode this monday from 5:00 to 5:55 AM. The event followed the classic scheme for me : 1.- Last meal between 6 and 7 PM 2.- In bed at 10 PM and quickly asleep. 3.- Three to four hours of good sleep, then waking up with a bloated stomach and some premature contractions. 4.- If I can relieve the pressure (burping), I may sleep agaby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many people, and particularly paroxysmal afibbers, are often prescribed anticoagulants for a limited period of time. When one has a CHADS score = 0, anticoagulants may be prescribed some weeks before and after an ablation procedure, for example. There's no problem with this.by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteVictoria I've read here lots of comments from people having mainly long afib episodes. Did some of you already experienced many short afib attacks, like those I've to bear? How did they evolve? I've had afib for 16 years. In the beginning my episodes were few and far between and didn't last very long. Maybe a few hours. I could go months at a time with no afib. Aby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nothing to see, but your story reminds me of one of my early afib attacks. I was such panicky I tried to breathe avidly, swallowing a lot of oxygen while my EF was very low. I thought I was about to die. I couldn't stand up, speak clearly or move my fingers normally... Later, my sister told me I'd have been better breathing slowly in a paper bag. I felt so stupid...by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Is it a way to check the efficiency of those new blood thinners? I presume a blood test would say if it's OK, but how over time? @ Mike E Sorry for this. Is it the first and only blood thinner you were prescribed?by Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey (...) I spent years looking for triggers just like everyone else, and when I identified a possible trigger I would actually test it. For example, I became convinced at one point that MSG was a trigger for me. So I went to the store, bought some MSG, and went home and drank a glass of water with a full tablespoon of MSG dissolved in it (a huge dose). Absolutely nothing happened, so MSby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Well, they're not a good sign but being only three weeks out from the procedure they're not a sign of failure. It's possible the episodes will end in the coming weeks as the lesions form scar tissue. It's not really possible to predict how it will go at this point. Thanks for your answer, Carey. After my PVI ablation, I've had nearly the same consequencesby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi everybody. I'm new to this forum and relatively new to afib, since I got my first attack in Nov 2015, and I hope finding some help and good advices here, where many people are experiencing for years things I'm only living for months. Since Nov 2015, I've known hundreds of afib attacks, had lots of exams, tried several kinds of meds and diets, and had three ablation procedureby Pompon - AFIBBERS FORUM