Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Support Group
Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia) which involves the two small, upper heart chambers (the atria). Heart beats in a normal heart begin after electricity generated in the atria by the sinoatrial node spread through the heart and cause contraction of the heart muscle and pumping of blood.
Well after seeing Dr. On Friday I was feeling pretty confident this Afib was just thyroid. I had told him the Metoprolol made me tired, he suggested switching to Bystolic and I wanted to wait as I seemed to be getting better.
The dumb thing is thought since I'm am on 75mg succinate I thought well let's just see what happens if I go down to 50mg. Did good yesterday then forgot to take it this morning, remembered about 11:00 when I didn't feel quite right. Well it is a bouncing around, liviable but wondering maybe I really do have Afib LOL. I have a habit of thinking not me.
laurab
The dumb thing is thought since I'm am on 75mg succinate I thought well let's just see what happens if I go down to 50mg. Did good yesterday then forgot to take it this morning, remembered about 11:00 when I didn't feel quite right. Well it is a bouncing around, liviable but wondering maybe I really do have Afib LOL. I have a habit of thinking not me.
laurab
lalab707
Forget the rat poison thing....lots of folks are very happy with being on Coumadin. Seems that it does take time to get used to getting the numbers right. But, the cost is nothing compared to the newer anticoagulants.
PAF...we always think we may have some reprieve. I am in week 14 NSR and I would like to think I can go lots longer...but, it is what it is and it will appear when it appears.
Metoprolol makes me very lethargic. Atenolol did too yrs. ago when I used it only for blood pressure. I think it is best to try different meds. to see how it works for you. We are all different with how we react to each treatment.
Make it a good day!
Good thing I see him in December and I will better prepared for the med questions. Last time wanted why's and what caused this out of the way.
Oh yes that denial is a killer
Laurab
I use it now as PIP....I take it only when I get an episode. It brings my HR down from 140 to 100 and less. I stay in afib, but with low HR. I convert on my own....whenever.
It does take time to get acquainted with afib. It was a total unknown to me when I was diagnosed....3.5 yrs ago, I had never heard of it. It takes awhile to absorb the info, and the time to know how it will affect you personally.
This is the way I understand the thing with the rat poison rats arent dumb. If they eat something and then immediately get sick and die the next rat will see that and NOT eat what the first rat ate. Now, if they eat something that will thin their blood then they hemorrhage (but not immediately, say in two days or so) the other rats wont know what the first rat ate to make him sick and die. So they overdose on something similar to warfarin. Voil, rat control. That is why it is important to get your INR checked ; to make sure you are NOT overdosing on your warfarin (only if you are taking warfarin, NOACs target a different part of the blood clotting chain and therefore an INR isnt necessary). Luckily, we are not rats!
I was able to choose which anticoagulant I wanted and after reading different reports and talking to people I know (one of which had a really bad reaction to a NOAC) I decided to take Coumadin (a vitamin K antagonist) mostly because IF I should be in an accident (which I dont plan on) I felt the doctors would be better able to react and get any bleeding under control quickly. And I took a course so I can self-monitor and regulate which saves a heck of a lot of time and energy (but I understand it isnt an option in the States).
Carp diem
atp
All things are poison and nothing is without poison,
only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.