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TIA symptoms but ALL tests come back negative for anything
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Apr 14 3:44am | Replies (82)Comment receiving replies
@californiazebra It's interesting that you had similar symptoms. How did you know that you had been in Afib for so long? Once I finish all the testing I will be meeting with my neurologist and that won't be until May!! It's crazy how long it takes to get an appointment these days. I will be having two MRAs to evaluate the blood flow to my neck and head and I just had the EEG. I assume that if anything major had been discovered in that test I would have gotten a call. I assume that you are now on medication to control the Afib?
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@neisie13
Yes, it does take forever to get an appointment with a new specialist.
I started having afib episodes when I started taking a breast cancer med, day 7 and then regularly with about 150 episodes in the past 5 years. I am very symptomatic feeling my heart out of rhythm, low BP issues, high heart rate, fatigue. Awful. I have been diagnosed on several occasions. My Kardia mobile confirms start and stop. Some people are not symptomatic. I have had several retinal TIAs briefly losing all or part of my vision. All right after long afib episodes.
I refused to take Eliquis until I landed in the hospital with aphasia. Very scary. Thought that major stroke was finally hitting. I’ve been taking it for 6 months now, no issues except fatigue that’s improving. I tried Multaq in the beginning and had active heart attack symptoms for 3 days before I stopped it. No more. I’m missing some liver enzymes and don’t metabolize lots of meds correctly either severe adverse reactions.
Trying to get a second opinion for cardiac ablation due to unique added risks for me, but some hurdles with two cancers keep interfering and issues getting medical records transferred. Really looking forward to being rid of afib someday! Long journey so far.
Have you ever had afib that you know of? Good luck with the MRA. I do also have some cervical stenosis and 4 different types of venous and arterial anomalies identified in various scans. that aren’t helpful plus a rare genetic demyelinating neuropathy that makes ablation riskier for me. I suspect a trainee angel assembled me without reading the instruction manual. LOL