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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
@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
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@californiazebra So sorry you have had afib episodes for so long, and you definitely have been dealt the short end of the stick when it comes to a healthy life. I do not have afib but I know what it entails because I was my mother's caregiver for many years and she had it. She was on a medication called Tikosyn and I don't think it is that common because every time she went into the hospital I had to bring her own bottle. The pharmacy there did not carry it!! As far as I know I have not had afib but my EKG has not been normal for a couple of years, I had the entire battery of cardiac tests a year ago and all was okay but I will see my cardiologist next week and mention the TIA type of symptoms that I have had. My EEG results showed up today on the doctor's portal and were normal, so that is good and now I wait to have the last tests, the MRAs. I also know about cardiac ablation because my father had it twice. He had Rheumatic Fever as a child which destroyed two heart valves that were eventually replaced one with major complications. After he recovered he would go into an arrhythmia once in a while. I hope your insurance covers those heart medications you are on because I would assume they are very expensive. So thank you for your support and I will let you know the results of the MRAs which are scheduled in a couple of weeks.