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Afib triggered at onset of sleep; what to do?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 14, 2023 | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
I also get afib when going to sleep or an hour or so into sleep. I only get afib once a year or so and just went two years before having an episode this week. My afib is dramatic with heart rate around 180, short of breath, chest pain, and I end up in ambulance.
I have done the following things to address afib, but mine is paroxysmal and infrequent so may not apply:
Potassium in the am via low sodium V-8
Magnesium at bedtime
Never eating after 5 or 6 pm, stay upright after eating
Believe it or not, I stopped the episode this week with Gas-X! I usually pop a diltiazem to slow heart rate and aspirin. I burped a lot and the afib stopped. My theory now is that GI gas presses on my heart when lying down. No doc involved at this point. No daily meds. Feel fortunate.
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Hi @windyshores — I wonder why you only get afib once a year? What does the cardiologist think? What do they do for you at the hospital? My heart rate never goes above 125. I feel fatigued. I get afib 2-4 times a month.
The other day a friend was coming over to help me plant new plants. I woke up in afib and stupidly didn’t cancel. When I stated digging a hole I got so dizzy, weak and nauseous it scared me and I stopped. Luckily those symptoms stopped in 2 hours with rest even though the afib kept going. Won’t do that again.
Thank you for your post. I had also decided my paroxysmal a-fib is always because of poor digestion. None of my medical team have agreed with me but none have disagreed with me either. I have lately been tapering off Metoprolol due to low bp and have had more-often but milder episodes of a-fib. I’m not sure of a connection.
Thank goodness for Gas-X and magnesium.
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That's makes perfect sense.