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Anyone with occasional Afib NOT on a blood thinner?

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jul 22 7:50am | Replies (97)
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@lindy9

In looking back to your episodes, can you think of any possible cause of triggering them? Extreme stress? Do you drink coffee and if so, how much? Mountain Dew? Colas? Eat chocolate?

I know from experience, they are very uncomfortable, but I never went to hospital and mine lasted from a few minutes to several hours and sometimes all night, but when I woke up it was gone.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jul 19 3:38pm

@lindy9 I know the forum can be confusing but I have answered previously. I do not have any caffeine. I know my triggers and they are various. With afib I have a rapid ventricular response (heart rate 190+) but with low blood pressure, it is dicey to bring it down with meds so I am usually in the ER, once in the ICU. They give me a diltiazem drip and we wait.

I would not be able to sleep- short of breath, fish flopping in my chest, woozy. Mine needs treatment.

If yours is lasting all night, or more than 5 hours, you are at risk for stroke. There is controversy about how long it has to last (minutes to 48 hours) for that risk to occur.

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