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Are the drug protocols problematic?
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Meeting with the electrophysiologist this week.
Everything about this is very strange and I believe the AFIB is being caused by the trauma response following a surgery which has caused a very debilitating anxiety disorder that limits my ability to function.
Or maybe the AFIB came first. I know that my response ing heart rate changed significantly after the surgery.
It has been 10 months and I have tried every protocol out there including medicine and non-medicine to address the issue and still struggling.
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Well...that bites. You sound like you're about as on top of it as a person can be, but still deeply anxious. Of course, anxiety can be a nasty trigger of AF due to epinephrine and the sympathetic nervous response. Metoprolol, for one, would/should be able to keep a cap on that, as you are experiencing.
You say 'every protocol'. I gotta ask, 'cuz it's my skeptical nature, so please don't take my questions personally:
Magnesium supplements? They help for some, especially if you're low-ish.
CBT or hypnotherapy, maybe both, for the anxiety?
Being in AF will not help to keep you calm, which enables the feedback loop you're apparently in. Thank goodness you're seeing an EP soon. If he/she succeeds in stemming the incursion of the extra voltages into your left atrium, you'll soon be free of AF and can begin to relax.