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Just another experience to add to the mix…I was put on amiodarone after other meds stopped working. One month of loading (200/day), and then on maintenance dose of 100/day. I have to say, it worked really well. Luckily there was a cancellation, so my ablation was early. I only had two months total on it. However, I had already started to have the visual side effects (glare and haze.). Research says this will slowly go away. ( I have an upcoming eye appointment so I will check.) I had been complaining to the EP about amiodarone. Happily, he had me (let me?) stop taking it the day of the ablation. And although it stays in the body a long time after stopping, he said it is stored in fat, so thinner people like myself are rid of it faster. The downside is that my post ablation heart rate is staying higher than I’m comfortable with. (I’m in the blanking period now.) It seems to be a trade off.
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@vtsun I am happy that you have had such a great experience and that your ablation seems to have been successful. Your elevated HR is/ought to be temporary, but I have read reports from ablatees whose HR was elevated for almost a full year...and then it reverted over time and dropped to a new normal (which in many cases is up to 10 BPM higher than previously). A heart beating in NSR and 77 BPM is nothing to be concerned about, even 87...although we would all appreciate it being somewhat lower. The takeaway is the NSR, that you can sleep, that your heart reacts when demands increase, returns to a resting HR, and that your 'heart rate variability' is near normal or normal. In case this is new to you, heart rate variability, you should look it up and consider if it's something you think you would like to use to gauge your heart's underlying health. Smart watches and smart rings these days, usually worn all the time, will do a pretty good job of determining HRV. Each morning, when you check your health app to see how the night went, one metric will be the HRV. If it's consistent and in a decent range, I think you should feel content and safe.