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You make some really good points; I agree that many of us make "excuses" for our conditions and others who seem to say "what the heck!" it isn't going to make any difference anyway so why try! (Remember all the smokers who used to say "we all have to die of something!" but then when they get COPD or lung cancer or esophageal cancer--whatever smoking is know to contribute to--they fight like heck to be "cured." It is also true that some things are just the luck of the draw, or genetic in origin or age related! A-fib in younger folks seems unpredictable; then we get over 65 and all of a sudden the docs say--'well, it is just an aging disease/condition." I looked at the suspected "causes" for A-fib and really had none of them except age! On the other hand, when I try to negotiate with my doc over decisions on what I am willing to risk, I get the same drug "recommended" dosages and choices determined by big pharma! Shouldn't we have the right as patients to decide what is "worth the risk" and what is "prescibed" based on drug companies and their profit margins? My doc says I must stay on Eliquis 5mg twice daily because that is the appropriate dosage; my brother has A-fib and he has never been on Eliquis, just takes a low dose ASA. I currently have had NSR for several weeks and take a drug for rhythm as well as rate. How much poison do I have to take before I can decide to decrease the dosage; I look at the "side effects" of these meds and they scare me to death! I am beginning to think that I will not die of A-fib issues but due to the damage all these drug combinations will do to me.
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Your experience is exactly why I do not go to docs. I could write a book on the experiences I had from the very FEW times I went to a doctor since I was 20 yrs old and now next month 77. My best friend in Florida was trying to prove to her family that she was healthy enough to live by herself. She took no drugs and had energy at 82. One number was a LITTLE high so the doc put her on a med. The med caused a problem, so another med. In very few months she had to have one of those daily plastic things to keep track of a handful of pills. She got symptom after symptom and ALL were due to the drugs, In six months, her last symptom was depression. The drugs took away her will to live and she shut her eyes on purpose and stopped eating and died. The doctors orders killed her.
You do not have to take any more poison, the decision is yours. I have read the side effects of Eliquis before and no way would I swallow one. I am not encouraging you to do anything as the doctor trusting people whomp on me. I am saying, I do not believe in doing what others do. I research and decide for myself. I have watched 34 people die who were younger than me, and all went to docs and obeyed whatever they said and did not change their diet one bit and I believe every one of them was younger than me, some as much as 20 yrs younger. I walk up and down steep hills to town every day and eat mostly natural foods. Clean my house and take care of myself. I could write a book, but not room here.