| Name | Barb |
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| Location | MA |
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| Age | 59 |
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| Diagnosed condition | tacycardia, atrial fib |
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| Years with condition | 18 years, tachy - 2 1/2 years - a fib |
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| Frequency of episodes | tachy became several times daily at the onset of the afib - afib initally every few weeks, lasting only a few seconds, then a few times per week, again only lasting 5 or 10 seconds - annoying, but manageable |
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| Duration of episodes | had a 3 1/2 hours episode a few weeks ago (my first of that duration) went to the ER - they used magnesium, cardizem and adavan in the IV for conversion - |
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| Event preceding first AF | in 05 - was treated for Lyme disease - had all the symptoms but no positive on the testing - was on doxy for about 10 weeks- prior to all this I had gone thru about 3 years of extreme stress ... |
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| General health | never smoked, never drank, health is very good for my age, aside from this |
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| Current state | after the 3 hour episode - I am having a hard time coming to grips with this - I am afraid to go anyplace for fear it will happen away from home and then what will I do...........the mental aspect is as bad as the physical for me |
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| Triggers | physical exertion after eating - eating until I feel full-
rushing to get someplace on time - being tired - |
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| Preventions | I recently doubled my dose of lopressor - I am hoping that will stop it - but it's too soon to tell at this point |
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| Current medications/side effects | Lopressor (metoprolol) - ice cold hands and feet, a bit off balance at times, overwhelming tiredness |
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| Past medications/side effects | none - when I only had the tachycardia I refused meds - with the afib - I gave in and am sorry I didn't do so sooner.
The first two years of the afib I refused to take anything - always thinking it would "go away" |
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| History of surgery | last surgery was over 10 years ago (hysterectomy) I don't see any correlation between the two |
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| Future plans | keep searching for an answer to make this "go away" |
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| Personal comments | Has anyone tried acupuncture??? Herbs??? Sometimes I feel like it's due to a chemical imbalance - like when your eye twitches or you get a leg cramp (calcium works for the leg cramps) why not something of that nature for the heart - it is a muscle.......
I see a mainstream cardiologist - and I also see a holistic cardiologist - take Vit D, magnesium, b complex, fish oil
I find it interesting that in the ER one of the things they gave me was magnesium in the IV....... |
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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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