| Name | Trudyjh |
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| Location | California |
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| Age | 59 |
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| Diagnosed condition | lone paroxysmal afib and paroxysml SVT |
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| Years with condition | known since October 2000, but perhaps milder before that and confused with panic attacks |
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| Frequency of episodes | a big mess initially, it took finding a good, caring doc, and experimenting with dosage of toprol to get to the present state which is much better, see below. |
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| Duration of episodes | three years out from the diagnosis, I have episodes of multiple ectopics a minute every few months, and an uptick in ectopics every few weeks, but only a few seconds of afib in the past year. |
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| Event preceding first AF | huge stress |
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| General health | good, non-smoker, non-drinker. overweight, and the beta blocker has made that a lot worse. recently high cholesterol. |
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| Current state | see above |
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| Triggers | stress, indigestion, weight (5 pound) lifting exercise, some foods (caffeine, lemon.) |
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| Preventions | Trying to stay calm. Trying to deal with indigestion, liquid mylanta seems to help that, also prevacid. |
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| Current medications/side effects | toprol xl(50 mg) causes shortness of breath and limits ability to exercise. also seems to cause depression.
can't take aspirin for anti-clotting because it causes urinary pain. doc says I don't need coumadin yet.
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| Past medications/side effects | cipro caused multiple PVCs a minute and small bouts of afib. I went back to normal within a day of stopping the cipro. detrol caused mild tachycardia. |
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| Future plans | Trying relaxation techniques. Trying to lose weight, not succeedng. |
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| Personal comments | I am wondering how many of us have had afib for years and had it misdiagnosed as panic attacks or were having both conditions at the same time.
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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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