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Stopping My Heart

viv0147
viv0147
Hi this is my first message in this group, my heart has been going to fast, it apparently is out of sync, which has been making me on times feel faint and quite breathless. So the plan is to stop my heart then to re-start it using the paddles, which then hopefully will put it back into sync. So my ? is has anyone had this done, and was it successful, and did it solve the problem. Thanks

PS. my name is Viv and I am a male the reason I mention this because it can be male or female helps to stop any confusion Lol
kevk
kevk
Hi and welcome to DS.

Have your doctors told you what arrhythmia you are having ? I have a couple friends who need cardiversion to stop A-Fib.

You would be the third Viv I know of that are male. Is that short for Vivan ? I wish you the best of luck...
viv0147
viv0147
Still in the middle of tests thanks for the good wishes regarding the name for the male its Vivian and the female is Vivien
deleted_user
deleted_user
Viv, I know that his was posted last month. To be honest I don't know anything in this department I hope that it was succesful though.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi... I had the cardioversion done with the paddles to try and get my heart back into rhythm, but it didnt work. Eventually I was in atrial flutter. I had to get a pace maker and had a total AV node ablasion. It worked great and I am fine now.
How is it going for you?
irislove418
irislove418
They gave me a blod pressure medicine to slow my pulse that was reacing 189. Now it get sno higher then in the 80's.
deleted_user
deleted_user
That is called syncronized cardioversion. we use it for quite a few different arrthymias depending on the severty the patient is in. Usually it works, occasionally it doesn't. Depending on the heart rythym and the actual pulse rate there are medications that can be used to do the same thing, your body actually produces that medication naturally, it's just that sometimes it needs a little extra. As far as solving the problem, it might. But you will probably have to be on medications to help your body not get into that situation again. Good luck!