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@usedtobecarefree . I have been diagnosed with AFib and can't figure what it's all about. I am 79, have always had low or normal blood pressure yet the cardiologist has prescribed metrophol which I see lowers blood pressure. I fainted recently and wonder if that was caused by a low blood pressure or AFib. I am taking a blood thinner but find this AFIb totally confusing. Most times I feel great and exercise a lot. Only problem is the occasional dizzy feeling.
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I am not a doctor, but when you already have low blood pressure and given a med that causes it to go lower.....I would have googled the side effects before swallowing or paying for a pill. And then asked the doc why, I believe you fainted because of the too low blood pressure caused by the med. I would wean or get off the med. Not twlling you what to do, but what I would do.
Then I would get off anything that can cause or make afib worse which is anything with caffeine in it and high sugar diet.
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Afib manifests itself differently in individual patients. It started in my case with dizziness and acute altitude sickness even at 6,000 ft. then, within a year, it moved to periods of near fainting; then within a year, to acute Afib, and my passing out (that means, you black out, are fully unconscious for what can be any number of seconds.) the last one occurred while I was driving.
I am fortunate to live in a major metro area with exceptional access to cardiologists and hospitals. The ablation i received in short period of time likely saved my life. Pay very close attention to the symptoms--they are telling you something.