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Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and medication side effects
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jul 30, 2024 | Replies (103)Comment receiving replies
My neighbor allowed doctors to get on that med trolly. Previously on none. Within 6 months she died. The last med side effect was depression. She no longer wanted to live, shut her eyes for a week and gone.
I recommended to her to wean herself off all of them. I showed her that like you said it was symptoms from the meds. I cannot tell you what to do, but I would cut a sliver off all of them every day until weaned off. I would start immediately.
I am almost 76. And long story short, even a small amount of anything with caffeine in it gave me a fib episodes. Get off all coffee, chocolate, Mountain Dew, and colas if you take ANY. Please let me know if you do any of that, and the result. I have no a fib, and hack weeds for an hour or over every morning, walk up and down steep hills to town, and clean my house etc.
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Hello @lindy9 - Thank you for sharing your experiences and some of the troubles you've had with medications. We all react differently to medications, which is why it is important to monitor your own symptoms and side effects and to keep your provider in the loop.
Weaning off of medications can be complicated and if not done properly can have its own set of side effects. Because of this, any weaning of medications should be done in partnership with your providers. I'd like to remind of our community guidelines about being careful to give medical advice when sharing our own experiences to help one-another through our medical journeys:
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