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Anyone with occasional Afib NOT on a blood thinner?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Dec 12, 2025 | Replies (115)Comment receiving replies
@lindy9 - Wonderful that you rarely have a blip of AFib!
How was it determined that caffeine was the CAUSE?
When you were using caffeinated products, how much were you using in a day? Just coffee/soda or???
I have paroxysmal AFib sometimes 10 minutes and very occasionally 6 hours. I have had a pacemaker now for 12 years, just got a new one inserted 2 years ago (Medtronic). I take Plavix and 2 81mg enteric coated aspirin every am; plus BP and cholesterol meds.
I take no products like Eliquis/Xarelto, etc. I was a caregiver for my husband (severe heart issues) and he was on Xarelto first and then switched to Eliquis because of severe bleeding into his eyes. I'm scared silly of either one of them or any others. I'm considering the Watchman, but still on the fence.
I've taken Plavix close to 18 years and aspirin in various doses for about the same length of time. I have NEVER had a bleeding episode of any type, no low hemoglobin, no problem with any surgeries I've had, no blood clots.
My Lisinopril has been reduced because I was running very low blood pressure following a very complex PCI which opened 3 severely blocked areas.
Thank you for sharing.
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I read in a news column that a doctor answered questions. Someone wrote in with the exact same symptoms as mine, The doc responded that some people are severely sensitive to caffeine and was the cause.
At that time I was a waitress and had been drinking about 4 cups of coffee a day and I think Dr Pepper or Tab which was popular then. At the same time, I had started a job as an Engineering secretary in electric company. Back then, no computers to easily correct, and not even electric typewriters. I had to type specifications, and when you made a boo boo, had to use white out to correct or if too big, start the page over. I was making lots of errors due to nerves.
I began decreasing and decreasing quantity of coffee until just 1/4 cup. I discovered that I still had heart rhythm problems with just 1/4 cup and also errors typing.
I went back and forth having none one day and could type lickety split no errors and no afib, and next day a bit of coffee and had problems. Between age 21 and now 77, no afib, other than a short time when I found some coffee ice cream from the US, and back it came and realized it was the problem.
The episodes I had in my teens etc lasted for a feqw minutes to several hours and overnight.