I'm 71. (F) Brady when resting in the 40's and as low as 35 overnight.

Your EP can have you wear a Holter monitor 24 hrs/day for a week or two to see what's going on.

My ablation was July 18, 2024. On 25 mg Metroprolol 2x/day and Amiodarone 200 mg 1x. (and Eliquis, Hydralazine 50 mg 2x, and amlodipine 1x for HTN from hypercortisol).

I had an AFIB occurance with racing heartbeat 2 weeks later for 2 hours then it converted on it's own. I still had intermittent HR spikes when doing normal tasks.

My EP failed to tell me using my arms would cause racing spikes and my Internist was like "STOP peeling carrots" "STOP mopping the floor" "Stop reaching, Stop lifting" "AFIB beegets AFIB!" ! And they mostly stopped (for the whole blanking period.)

THEN I got Covid for the first time 3 weeks post ablation and my BP stayed slightly higher ever since but no AFIB.

Nothing happened then, until January 2025 when I had an allergic reaction to a Holter monitor adhesive. Got massive hives AND a big lesion on my nose overnight! Biopsied, it was a SHINGLE! So it's all related.

Then a couple days after the hives, had another AFB with only a few 150 HR spikes for two hours and it converted. I blame the hives/histamine.

Co-Morbidity: Mild sleep apnea I just found out and ongoing Cushings Syndrome with hypercortisol so that doesn't help at all. (from the Covid vax)

My holder monitor 5 days was ok, everything in acceptable ranges.... but I've noticed some spikes lately like, three times in two weeks of 118 and 130. But my hives are not resolved yet. So we'll see if something is brewing. Those spikes sorta freak me out but the EP's PA is casual about it.

Regardless, the EP said get off the Ami and Metoprolol - in progress. Since I'm still Brady. But used to be called TACHY-BRADY but the tachy disappeared...for now. I plan on very limited activity to not produce heavy spikes while the Metoprolol is fighting me tooth and nail to wean. It does that!

Anyway, get the Holter monitor and make sure they give you the report after discussing the results. I notice they tend to gloss over stuff.