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Thank You to Everyone in the AFIB Community!
I just wanted to say how helpful these forums have been to me. I had a stroke in early October 2018. After being hospitalized and wearing a halter heart monitor for thirty days, my cardiologist put me on elliquis, a statin, and Multaq.
read morelatest replyPatio7, February 15, 2019 6:59pm EST
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Newly Diagnosed with AFib
Hi, Today I was diagnosed with Afib. Something I never dreamed I would ever have. I think I had been having episodes for about two years off and on but not severe. I would attribute them to having a virus or something else. I would...
read morelatest replyJeanamo815, February 1, 2019 5:31pm EST
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Vagus Nerve
I was diagnosed with AFIB in 2016. I believe I may have had it much longer, but was diagnosed as panic attacks. I am a 59 yr old male. I was diagnosed the morning of a colonoscopy. The day before the procedure while doing my prep to clear the stomach...
read morelatest replyD10S, January 21, 2019 4:12pm EST
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AFib because of sleep apnea
Hi, I am new here. In November I had a AFib after I woke up. I went to the emergency room and it went back on it’s own. The consulting doctor put me on metropopal. I have reactions to the medicine. Because I was a new patient, I had...
read morelatest replyMadgy56, January 16, 2019 7:38pm EST
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Fluid Retention- Furosemide
8 weeks ago I was diagnosed with AFIB. I retained a lot of fluid which I lost while in the hospsital due to the constant IV Diuretics I lost 15 pounds of water. Now at home I regained 10 pounds even though I am only eating less than 1800 calories per
read morelatest replyBobbaLee, October 14, 2018 12:33pm EST
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First Verified AFib incident Friday, July 13, 2018
I went to the ER at approx. 8:00 PM Friday, 7/13/18 with an odd feeling in my chest and a heart rate averaging 164 BPM up to 189, per my Polar HRM. Diagnosed as being in AFib VERY quickly by ER staff. I converted to sinus rhythm about 4.5
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When to consider Tikosyn
I have on and off AFib now for 6 months. I converted with Sotalol (200mg) each dose. Would not convert on 160mg so they bumped it up to 200mg. Was in NSR for 4 days on Sotalol 200mg and then had a breakthrough atrial flutter 30 minutes...
read morelatest replypatrickg, June 10, 2018 1:33pm EST
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When is a heart rate too fast?
When is a heart rate too fast? I was just sitting on the couch reading a book when suddenly I had shortness of breath. I check my Apple Watch and my heart rate was 98 bpm. But what’s too high? I’m on 50 mg of Metoprolol.
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First Cardioversion
Have just been told to double my dose of diltiazem to two tabs a day (to 360mg instead of 180mg) as my heart rate is still very fast after being taking it for the last two weeks 😫😫 My EP told me to keep my heart rate under 130bpm, until I have a
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10 Abnormal beats equates to AFib diagnosis?
I recently had a Holter Monitor test, and was informed that there were 10 abnormal beats in the 24 hour period, and was subsequently diagnosed with AFib and put on blood thinners. This was shocking to me. I didn't know how to react. ...
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