Living with Atrial Fibrillation: What are Your Experiences?

I have had AFib for a year or so and am on Metoprolol and eliquis. They seem to work well. I cannot take a Watchman because I am allergic to nickel. So all of a sudden I went into sinus rhythm for the past two weeks. I got back on stress and no caffeine. I am 82 and that is all I will do.

My A Fib comes and goes and when it comes it is with brain zaps! Which makes it twice as frighting. I have told my doctor about the brain zaps but he doesn't reply , like he either doesn't want to talk about it or he doesn't believe me.

what do you mean exactly?
I have AFib. I recently had a bout of amnesia that was preceded by a severe headache and vomiting. Neurologist I consulted said more likely to be seizure or migraine. No one related it to the AFib though I do take Lipitor and an anti coagulant to prevent strokes... so... what is a brain zap!!? to use your terminology.

Brain zaps are sensory disturbances that can feel like shock sensations in the brain. A person may also notice a brief buzzing sound and feel faint or black out momentarily ( I have never blacked out). My eyes seem to automatically close and I see bright lights and patterns in my field of vision. The zap only lasts for a few seconds but keeps repeating for a length of time. It seems that each time it happens it can be a little different, like the zap may be followed by a flushing feeling in your body that fades.
I know this is so freaky strange that it is hard to believe but believe me it happens. The not knowing what or why is terrible and scary.

Thank you for describing it. I haven't had exactly that symptom. I suppose your doctor is a cardiologist or your primary? It is hard to know what specialist to ask about it. Why assume it is the AFib? (Maybe because I don't think I am aware when I am experiencing the AFib most of the time). That reminds me to check with this group and see if anyone ever has a dark shade come over half of one eye. Or blurry vision occasionally in one eye. Over the years, I didn't automatically assume these were migraine symptom, because the migraine-related visual disturbances (usually called aura) I have had in the past is more like fractured vision, like not seeing all the words on a page because of spots. Usually preceded by headache, nausea, but not in recent years. Very confusing to figure out cause of symptoms -- whether heart, brain, or eye symptom.