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New to AFib, scared.
Last Wednesday I woke up and was sitting in bed. I felt my heart beating oddly and after that my chest felt uncomfortable, I told my sister how I was feeling and at that point my heart started beating really fast. I thought I was having a heart attack...
read morelatest replyBarMax, March 21, 2019 10:24pm EST
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Just diagnosed--can't wrap my head around it
I am having a hard time too. I went to bed last Friday, 3/8, and couldn't go to sleep because my heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was a drum beating on my mattress. I have never had that happen before. I had had flutters for
read morelatest replyTexyMexy, March 19, 2019 6:30pm EST
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In and out of Afib with long pauses
Hello! I am new to the cardiac/AFib world. I was recently diagnosed with my heart going in and out of AFib while having long pauses and bradycardia. My cardiologist said he is unable to treat the AFib with medication due to
read morelatest replyGene157, March 13, 2019 1:15pm EST
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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 replyshafiq48, February 21, 2019 2:47am 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 replysunbirds, March 12, 2019 5:09pm 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...
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