| Name | anonymous |
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| Location | New York |
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| Age | 58 |
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| Diagnosed condition | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 2 yrs |
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| Frequency of episodes | first 2 were a month apart, then almost a year til the third. |
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| Duration of episodes | 4hrs, about 24 hrs, about 12 hrs. |
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| Event preceding first AF | working a rather gruesome night job, drinking lots of coffee because i am a morning person, not a niteowl. |
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| General health | general good health except for overweight and mild hypertension. I don't smoke, am not asthmatic, am a light drinker, at the time of the first episode had not had anything alcoholic for about 3 months. |
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| Current state | I feel quite well. At the time of the last hospitalization, all the tests they did came out quite normal, nothing to explain what caused the trouble. |
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| Triggers | caffeine. I am okay as long as I have no more than 1 cup of tea in the morning. I don't drink coffee any more. I got the last episode by 2 nights without sleep, about 5 cups of tea during each of the 2 days so as to stay awake and work, and then climbing a steep hill with some steps in it. |
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| Preventions | Stay off caffeine, is all I know. |
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| Current medications/side effects | no medications right now except Prinivil for the blood pressure. |
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| Past medications/side effects | Digoxin was prescribed after the 2nd episode, and I took it for a few months, but it made me feel so tired all the time. If I lay down at all during the day I would fall right to sleep, and I couldn't climb stairs. One month it ran short when I didn't have money to refill it, and I began taking it every other day to make it last a little longer. I felt so much better on the days I didn't take it that I just discontinued it. I do take 1 aspirin in the morning and one at night, with the idea of preventing stroke. |
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| History of surgery | Appendix, 2 caesarians, vein stripping [varicose veins], d&c. |
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| Personal comments | I sure hope that mess does'nt happen any more! |
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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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