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Interesting I.D. Do you have a busted thumb?
When you see your cardiologist can you bring up your cold water success with him/her and let us know what he says? It sounds like you may have done sharp breathing in our or gasping and could have acted on your AFIB.
Why did you come off your meds? Did your cardilogist know you came off?
I do not many times cardilogist have suggested non medical ways to try and get your heart back in rympthm. I don't remember them but something like coughing hard, does squad, val salva, etc. I really don't want to infer thse are what they said try just referring to something like that I read or was told.
The cold shower if succesful and cardiologist says okay to try sounds good. It even sounds good to use and quite frankly refreshing as I sit here in hot Florida.
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I forgot to add he did say a cold shower will help sometimes and the ID have worked construction most my life so a few along the way, lol
A large glass of ice water as well as running cold water on the inside of the wrists is my “go-to” when no time for cold shower. Shock the vagus nerve any way you can to tame the afib. Adding the metoprolol tartrate is the last resort if afib will not stop on its own or with ice water treatment. This in addition to low doses of metoprolol succinate(pm), Flecanide(am+pm) and eliquis(am+pm) - going to exercise now!
I had Paroxsysmol, I think thats the spelling,( ocassional) A-Fib that worsened in my 50’s to the point where I need to do something. I had an Ablation about 3.5 years ago and have not had it since.. thank You God. What I found helped halt mine many times was a very HOT shower.
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Just being hard headed for one and at the time of the first A-Fib I was quitting smoking the fake pot which is very hard to quit and with the stress that comes with that I hoped it was a one time deal with the A-Fib but now 4-5 years later it comes back but very mild. Wish I had thought of the cold shower Saturday right after I noticed it. the discomfort level was a 1. last time it was an 8 or 9. I am 66 and have been working 6 and 7 days a week for two months so that in itself probably helped get back to the point of A-Fib again. Saw the cardiologist yesterday and he was acting like no big thing. Just lose weight and get a few more test in the coming weeks.