I developed AFIB after my Moderna booster. I’ve had SVT for years and well under control but this was very different. Not getting another booster shot.

Yes after I had my booster with Pfizer vaccine, exactly 2 weeks after, I had some sort of allergic reaction and I was diagnosed with Afib. I had an allergic reation 2 weeks after having my 2nd dose of vaccine. My skin broke out in a rash all over. I never put 2 and 2 together until this has happened. I believe the vaccine brought on the Afib. Never had any issues previously. Never saw a cardiologist previously. Now I am seeing a cardiologist and electrophysiologist. They put me on Diltizem, shortly after I had a reaction where my face turned red and was extremely hot. They then put me on another medication metroporal 25mg 1x a day, Now that medication is bringing my heart rate down too low. My episodes are far and few between. Currently we have stopped all medications and I am keeping a journal. No more vaccines or booster shots for me. The advise is to get an ablation. I am female , 66 years old. I am not ready for that, but I am keeping an open mind if my symptoms continue.

This is both a comment and a reply to all of you.

1. I am so grateful not to be alone.
2. My dentist, a DMD (not a DDS), brushed off my comment re: Pfizer double jab adverse reactions I suffered.
3. I am self diagnosed with A-fib. Why self-diagnosed? Because I've had SO many pervs/creeps/liars as MDs and GYNs--both male and female. No need to go into details. I come from a family of honorable medical professionals but now hold all others in contempt until they prove their integrity and professionalism. Ergo, I no longer have a GYN or MD. Been decades since a PAP smear, etc. Even had problems with more than one Dermatologist.

Now... What's all the above got to do with A-fib? Before the Pfizer double jab, my mastocytosis was strictly cutaneous. My only "trigger" was tobacco smoke. BTW, I was diagnosed via two biopsies (an active lesion/degranulation on my right thigh was gently scraped and a colorless "mole" near my collarbone was excised). Results? I was Case #138 ever diagnosed in America. I was born with 1,000 times the normal number of mast cells in my skin. The doctors at Vandy had nothing to offer but some legit anecdotes of other masto sufferers (allergic to FD&C Red #2 and another patient was allergic to natural sunlight). Years later, knowing masto can eventually cause leukemia, I went to my wonderful Dermatologist for my annual exam and Rx for another year of Claritin 10 mg. Yep, it was Rx only back then. I mentioned my annual company physical indicated elevated leukocytes so was referred to an Oncological Hematologist who added another antihistamine to my regimen. Bear in mind, Claritin alone had kept my masto completely under control for decades. Never had to use my epi pen. That second histamine blocker? Tagamet. All was well. And then...

I got the vax. My cutaneous masto escalated to mast cell activation syndrome, MCAS-GI. For the past 18 months I've suffered up to 9 bouts of diarrhea per day. I am allergic to almost every food, herb and spice on the planet. I am desperate to get my weight back up to 117 or more.

Now this begs the question: Is my A-fib (which I can verrrrry easily feel for myself) the result of the Pfizer double jab or from a continuing loss of precious electrolytes? In any case, I am on a journey.

Oh, I must add that I'm very perceptive about my body. Used to be a dancer. Famous for my high threshold of pain. Used to be a blue collar worker. Fit! Flexible! A health nut! Then the jab... Along with the A-fib, I could actually feel/sense/discern blood clots when a specific vein would throb. So specific that I could have traced the vein with a Sharpie. Twice at the left rear of my upper skull. Twice on the inside of my left thigh. I have successfully treated those blood clots with 1/2 of an adult aspirin every night.

My A-fib is calming down as I address my magnesium deficiency, identified by Advanced Food Intolerance Labs testing (and foot and calf cramps). I'm also deficient in calcium. Was deficient in molybdenum but that is up to par now. I'm even low in sodium and do "enjoy" remarkably low blood pressure. My fasting blood sugar? As you can imagine in the low 70s.

So, which came first? The A-fib or the MCAS-GI resulting in my magnesium deficiency?

I'm on my own except for all of you. Oh, last item. I do exercise to keep my heart strong. Some nights a walk around our neighborhood (weather permitting) or time on the treadmill in our home gym (7 minutes at 2.5 mph, followed by 28 minutes at 3.2 mph). My pulse? High! Tooooooooo high! But I will not give up.

Now? I don't even have a Dermatologist. The wonderful one who referred me to an Oncological Hematologist? She was murdered. Seriously. Dr. Martha Post. Then I had a series of incompetent, deceitful, snide Derms. Found a good one but he joined the group with the liar. Again, those are other stories. My Dentist? She's excellent but uninformed. Via MULTIPLE legitimate sources, data has been collected proving a WORLDWIDE spike in dramatic hypersensitivity to food as a result of the vax. We've all heard of VAERS. Well, those reports are impossible to keep up to date and some MDs are skeptical or contemptuous of their patients. Even so, that international data has been collected! I am NOT crazy. I am the opposite of a hypochondriac. I have had zero psychosomatic moments in my entire life. I've had to be reality based, tough. Thus my remarkably high threshold of pain. Plus, who ever imagined or wanted attention for suffering 9 bouts of diarrhea per day? Only DAO enzyme and a low to no histamine diet have helped me keep a safer form (non laxative) of magnesium in me long enough to grant benefits. Much improved. And my A-fib is not as dramatic.

Thank you for your kind attention! Again, I appreciate the affirmation, proof that you and I are not alone!