← Return to Living with Atrial Fibrillation: What are Your Experiences?

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@lindy9

So, if I understand right, you had no idea of a heart problem, but an EKG said you did. Then months 2-1/2 years of horrible side effects. You stop them and are doing better. But friends and family are concerned you don't take meds!

I knew a lady who tried to please her family, and doc after doc gave her drugs, when she had been taking none and was doing fine before. In about 6 months she was dead. The doctors and the concerned family in my opinion killed her. She was my best friend and lived next door.

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The side effects of Pharmaceuticals were So Toxic to me, they made my life "A Living Hell". After starting the drugs, for Months I'd sleep (at Best) 4-5 hours a night. I adjusted my diet to eating & drinking healthy foods & liquids ... eliminated colas & alcohol. I was never hungry, only ate because I knew I HAD TO. & I noticed after the A-Fib drugs Nothing tasted the same. After the Dr. told me to stop the Med.'s , I was sleeping 8-9 hr.s (of Good Restful sleep) again, food & beverage tastes were restored, I didn't have random shooting pain in my low back, arms, legs, & feet ... & I could think clearly, remember phone numbers, dates, names, & appointments. Family & Friends commented, asked what I was doing differently, I seemed Like Me Again! I had the energy to do common ordinary chores, & my sense of Humor returned. I could sit down, read a book, & remember on page 82 something that was on page 11. After my cognitive function began coming back & I was finding pleasure in simple things in Life, I decided I'd rather live a shorter life ENJOYING a Quality of Life, than live longer & have family & friends remember me in my last years as An Angry, Miserable Old Person (all due to my bodies inability to deal with Drugs that caused Constant Fatigue, fragmented memory, a Lot of Frustration, Anger, & Depression!) It's a choice: Quality vs Quantity!