| Name | R. Baldwin |
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| Location | Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Age | 37 |
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| Diagnosed condition | atrial fibrulation |
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| Years with condition | 6 |
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| Frequency of episodes | 6 in 6 yrs (4 long, 2 short). 3 yrs between last major ones |
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| Duration of episodes | Small ones are less than minute. Long ones are usually 24 to 60 hours. |
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| Event preceding first AF | Stress, eating heavy late at night. Palp's with standing quick/laying wrong. |
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| General health | Non smoker, occasional beer drinker. |
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| Current state | In episode, waiting to convert on own as in past. |
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| Triggers | I can not say that I have known triggers, however, I have had minor Afib (less than 1 minute) triggerd by standing to quick, laying or sitting up to quick. Common link between my 4 major episodes has been overindulding food before bed, stress (combined work with home), bloated feeling or water retention before bed. |
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| Preventions | On short episodes (less than 1 minute): calming myself or forcing burp, cough or compression of chest. |
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| Current medications/side effects | Toprol XL (no side effects). Take Verapomil when in Afib only (works well to slow heart and take away annoying Afib feeling, i.e., makes you feel normal unless you check your pulse to find it is still there). |
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| Past medications/side effects | N/A |
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| History of surgery | None |
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| Future plans | After reading others with late eating symtoms I am going to stop. Also stay away from high salt food at night(Chinese). I will discuss with my doctor possible connections with vagus nerve. |
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| Personal comments | Email any new discoveries. It seems like a lot of people suffer, I don't understand why someone doesn't dedicate the time to find a common link and cure (maybe triggers to vagus nerve are common?) |
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) | | atenolol (tenormin) | aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil |  metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism | | adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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