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Irregular heart beat

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DOAC was mentioned but was determined I didn't require it. I do believe it is AF but the doctors offer no advice as to how it starts...its a case of it just does! How to prevent it is my biggest issue, and what measures I can take to get it back in rhythm. I estimate it can last for 10 hours and then all of a sudden decide to go back to normal, most perplexing!

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Replies to "DOAC was mentioned but was determined I didn't require it. I do believe it is AF..."

That's the very nature of AF....'irregularly irregular', and also the descriptor 'paroxysmal'. It comes and goes. Some find that supplementing with magnesium helps, or reducing calcium intake, or upping their potassium a little. Avoiding alcohol, caffeine, taking cold showers helps some, or sticking their head in a bucket of cold tap water...truthfully, it works for some to convert their AF to NSR. Not eating too much at a meal so that stomach distension is not overdone. Not sleeping on their left side, or they try sleeping semi-recumbent on a sitter or with two pillows behind them.

Some do Vagus nerve tone increment exercising like stroking the earlobe, or placing the tip of a finger into the ear canal and rubbing, or tugging repeatedly on the tragus. The Valsalva maneuver helps for some. Some find relief walking....just pacing around until they feel better.

Lastly, if it is AF, and I would take great pains, personally, to rule it out, you MUST Be on a DOAC. That's the first protocol for someone deemed to have AF, even paroxysmal and rare AF.