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@jamesgallenstein

I had my 3rd ablation 16 days ago and I feel terrible. I'm tired all the time and my headaches are bad. My a-fib seems to be going on all the time. Doctor says it just takes time, but I'm so depressed.

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I feel your pain as I have had a few ablations myself and the way it was explained to me. Typically it can take about a month to see the full benifit of an ablation. Depending how much needed to be ablated your heart is just in recovery mode. It should get better slow at first but will get better each day. At least for me I would have mini arrythmias all the time but they did not get to the level of the reason the ablation was done in the first place. Now my condition was not afib but Ventricular Tachycardia. which is more associated with the lower parts of the heart. But I believe the recovery is similar for any ablation. So I hope that helps and I know after a few of mine my heart recovered and was better for it. Also if you were on any medications for your afib and was removed from them during the ablation maybe talk with your doctor to see if a temporary increase would help while your heart heals. I know for VT that was a possibility but I'm not sure what the typical treatment for afib is. Hope things get better real soon.
Blessings for a quick recovery

It takes 3-6 months for the heart to heal. That’s the blanking period. If you were having afib before the procedure it’s not unusual to have it after until the heart heals. You have to be patient. Rest. It’s a process. Scar tissue has to form, that’s what stops the aberrant electrical signals. It takes time for that to happen. Did they prescribe a ppi like Prilosec? I was suppose to take that for a month. It was worse than the procedure. Horrible headaches, constant burping, pain under my ribs. I hung on for three weeks then they told me I could stop. Took awhile to get over that.