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Sleep apnea? Obesity? Water retention (despite the basic echo, missing a lot of data)? Cafeine? Drugs? Food/water intake after 8? Tried sleeping inclined to rule out incompensatio (despite the basic echo, missing a lot of data)? COPD? Smoking? Massive alchohol consumtion in your lifetime? Sleep study? So many causes of AFIB or whatever is causing your palpitations.
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Im inclined and I want to believe it’s a form of stress or anxiety, but the physical sensation came before the mental anxiety I’m currently feeling(grandma had to go into hospital to have lungs drained of fluid yesterday and I’m sure that doesn’t help)
I sleep fairly well. I haven’t had caffeine since Sun the 20th(caffeine didn’t seem to provoke a reaction anyways)and I still had a higher heart rate than normal yesterday. I occasionally use weed from time to time, typically at night as a way to help sleep(I wouldn’t consider myself a pot head by any means), but I haven’t used weed since I think April 11. I haven’t been diagnosed with COPD ever( the chest X Ray from ER didn’t show anything wrong with lungs). I wouldn’t consider myself a heavy drinker, I go through periods where I drink more than usual(baseball postseason, holidays) but I typically don’t drink enough to have a hangover and the last time I drank so much I threw up was in 2014(my older brother ratfucked himself with booze and meth and he now has congestive heart failure).
I admit, I’m heavier than I should be(236 pounds 6’2”) but I exercise 6 days a week riding a bike. My average resting heart rate when not having an AFIB episode is around the mid 50s, hell it can sometimes get as low as high 40s if I’m very calm and rested.
I’ll keep y’all posted in case anyone else ever goes through this
edit: current heart rate is anywhere from 54-61 bpm
double edit: I haven’t smoked cigarettes since July of ‘23. Even then, I was a pack a week smoker and I went through periods of years where I didn’t smoke
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ToeMissile
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Keep in mind that while weed and alcohol may help you get to sleep but they both reduce quality of sleep.
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If I didn't work graves I wouldn't need to use anything, but melatonin gummies have seriously helped me out the past few years sleeping during the day.
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Do you at least get to rotate out to other shifts? I've only ever had to do swings over a few 2 week periods around 20 years ago - 1pm to 9pm.
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Update: spoke with the MD to discuss results of the Echocardiogram. So there’s definitely nothing wrong with my heart physically but I definitely have AFIB that needs to be controlled by medicine or by electrical cardioversion treatment. Its
what upsets me is he didn’t seem to care that my AFIB episodes are only triggered when I’ve been laying down (something that’s a common theme on the internet), but didn’t explain why
Apparently he wasn’t a cardiologist though and I’ll finally get an appointment with a cardiologist this week
in the meantime, I CANT exercise(ughhh)
The only good news in all of this is that if it’s just simple AFIB without a physical cause, it’s very manageable and shouldn’t have an effect on my lifespan
edit: I’m hoping this can be treated with the electrical method rather than lifelong medication because I need to move soon and at that point I’ll lose my insurance. The electrical method has a chance of fixing it long term if not permanently.
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You'll need DOAK for the rest of your life so clots formed bc of afib doesn't make it to your brain, emboli, giving brain damage. Unless you get surgery. DC is a temp for most, most with fast afib get beta blockers on top to keep it in sinus rhytm - and to take one extra pill if you do re-afib.
RFA is more of a long term fix, but even so many end up wirh re-RFA and pills to maintain..
Best you can do is get your fluids and weight under control. Listen to the cardiologist. It'll be fine, it's one of the most manageable conditions.
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The only issue I have is I have to move soon and I’m going to lose insurance when I do. I can’t afford to stay in California.
im currently not having an episode, since my ER visit, ive had more days without problems than with.
the doctor I spoke to this morning wasn’t the cardiologist so im hoping the actual cardiologist has some better news
I’m still holding out that this was all brought on by stress. Shit, most of what I’m being told by doctors is giving me more anxiety than relief
edit: to clarify about the stress thing, Ive kept getting bad news dropped on me since this whole thing started. My friends mom died, my friends husband is about to be taken off life support, my grandma had to go to the ER again and my family is now going back on an arrangement we made as to where I was going to live if my grandma went into assisted living(hence why I need to move soon)
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Update:
I havent taken any Metoprolol since the night of the 22
I haven’t had any AFIB episodes since the morning of Friday the 25th and ending around 4pm PST(they went away without taking any medication, and the sensation was more annoying than concerning). I really REALLY hope that’s a good sign. Laying down doesn’t seem to be triggering anything anymore. I still don’t want caffeine or exercise until I speak with the cardiologist though. If the AFIB episodes started Thursday the 17th, I’ve now had more days without (8) than with (5).
Walking doesn’t seem to trigger a response, nor does lifting anything mildly heavy. Every night before I go to bed, my heart rate has dipped into the high 40s bpm range (ER doctor said that if that ever occurs to NOT take the medication they prescribed)
However, I do feel like I’m having general anxiety issues (mostly because I admit I’m worried of the physical symptoms returning). I think it’s made me more “hyper aware” of my own heart beat, I tend to be able to hear it when I’m sitting down at rest. But when I check my pulse, it’s typically no higher than it should be(mid 50s-low 60s). I’ve also ditched my Apple Watch for now since wearing it made me constantly want to check my heart rate which was prob messing with my anxiety.
I see the cardiologist next Wednesday and I really hope that if I’ve had no AFIB episodes by then, the doctor will conclude that I was suffering from very high anxiety issues for several days and that’s what caused the AFIB.
Current resting heart rate is 55 bpm
edit: I forgot to mention, my mother developed AFIB at some point several years ago and has been medicated since. However, in her case, when the AFIB started, it NEVER went away on its own. Even for a day.
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Do any of you guys have a negative opinion of colonoscopies due to risk of the procedure, and do the stool tests instead?
I'm a few years away from 40 with no family history of colon cancer, but I'm skeptical since I've followed a western diet most of my life. So many garbage chemicals in our food.
Medical consensus seems to be that colonoscopy is an absolute must, but I'm looking for dissenting opinions.
I'm a few years away from 40 with no family history of colon cancer, but I'm skeptical since I've followed a western diet most of my life. So many garbage chemicals in our food.
Medical consensus seems to be that colonoscopy is an absolute must, but I'm looking for dissenting opinions.
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I think the updated consensus is that stool test is the way to go. At least for initial and/or in case of not elevated risk for whatever reason.
**not elevated
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tugofpeace
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Stool tests don't detect precancerous polyps though right? Which is the whole point of colonoscopy
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ToeMissile
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looks like 'markers of polyps' vs visual inspection
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