If those are your only AFIB events, stroke shouldn't be a big worry.

Well, that is very good news in regards to afib.. My recommendation would be to find a functional medicine dr. In your area. Most regular MDs only know how to write RXs, not get to the bottom of medical issues.

Try to relax, do some yoga, take some magnesium and perhaps 5-HTP.

In what way do you feel your Dr should be more helpful? 30 seconds or less of afib isn't long enough to worry about a stroke.

Gee, and I thought I was cured with an AFIB burden of only 4.5%. Gee, that works out to 64.8 minutes a day ... every day.

Let's put these things in perspective.

The dizziness could be vertigo which could be caused by a number of things: low thyroid, inner ear virus, an inner ear crystal that is out of place or even anxiety.

Has your dr. Tested your thyroid? If so get a copy of your results. They should test TSH, free T3 and free T4. TSH should be below 2 and the others should be in the upper half of the normal range.

Hi Shae: Sounds like you already received some great input. I agree..any AF under 30 seconds is considered non-sustained and a doc really could not justify the use of anti-coagulant. Anti-coagulants carry their own risk. Docs have to weigh the risk vs benefit. The balance issue may be inner ear or you may be experiencing Vertigo. If I tip my head to the left or lie on my left side, I experience vertigo but resolves in a moment or two. I work at a cardiac monitoring company and recently wore a monitor at my job because they were doing some updates to their software for AF burden. My AF burden came in at 87% which is kind of depressing since I have had two ablations. My cardio says my AF is hard to treat. He said it would almost be better if I were in AF all the time rather than those short periods of time (13%) that I am in NSR. I do take warfarin because of the amount of time I spend in AF. I hope your new doc is able to resolve your dizziness. Take care, Carrie

If vertigo is caused by a crystal in the canal of your inner ear, the Epley Manuever cures it. I had it twice and when I did the Epley Maneuver, it went away instantly. Google it.

yeah, don't be discouraged, that's nothing, there are probably thousands of people that have those and don't even know it, I would get off the recorder and just live your life, stay off this site would be a good idea too. Vertigo could be caused by other things.

While my afib isn't 64.8 mins a day it still worries me. Best of luck to all of you with "real" afib. I will take my "out of perspective" afib and move along. Lesson learned. Happy Holidays and God Bless.

Sorry didn't mean to minimize your situation. Just seems that you are a worrisome person and reading about people that have serious afib symptoms with long durations and monitoring your heart 24/seven may make your anxiety worse. That's all I meant.

Shae-

What did your new primary say ??

Have you looked into supplements like Magnesium (yesterday, it was suggested that I switch from magnesium glycinate to magnesium taurate), d-ribose, Co-Q-10, etc. ?

Have you found anything in particular that triggers your episodes ??

I'm sorry. I joined this a-fib club about 15 months ago, and ... I can't wait to leave it ;-)